“
O
n a good day, I call
my style ‘unafraid’,”
says artist and
designer Sarah
Hvass of her tiny
home in the middle
of Copenhagen. Where most of her fellow
Danes choose white walls, pale wood and
natural fibres, Sarah has gone for zig-zag
wallpaper, multiple f loor coverings and
brave colour choices. All of which provide
a surprisingly sympathetic setting for her
collect ion of Da n ish f ur n it ure, v intage
ceramics and her own artwork.
“I was after an ‘international’ style,” she
says, “but one which showcases classic
Da n ish desig n f rom t he 60s.”A LOVE OF PATTERN
Pattern is close to her heart. Squares,
diamonds, chevrons and stripes all make an
appearance – often more than once, and in
different materials. “I love to repeat the
same pattern,” she says. “I think patterns
are poetry. True, some poetry is really bad
but at least it provokes a reaction.”
This love of pattern led her to choose four
different types of f looring. The entrance
hall is tiled in grey marble; the bedroom
a nd liv ing room have squa re pa rquet ;
the bathroom a multi-coloured diamond-
shaped vinyl f loor, and the kitchen
chev rons, picked up in t he zig-zag s of t he
wallpaper in the bedroom. The multiple
f looring types help define different areas.SMALL DECISIONS
The size of the apartment – a mere 46sq m
with just one tiny bedroom – pushed her »This page: posters from
her travels and
Copenhagen’s design
museum, alongside
pieces of artwork and
fleamarket treasures,
bring interest and
personality to Sarah’s
apartment and, she
insists, makes the whole
space feel bigger rather
than smaller. Opposite:
multiple flooring types
help to define different
areas – in this case the
square parquet of the
dining area and the
kitchen’s chevron-
patterened vinyl
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