SARAH’S STYLE
OAvoid white at all costs. Why
choose something lifeless
when the world is full of rich and
lovely colours?
OThink of flooring as an important
part of your decorative scheme. It
can add pattern and texture and
help to ‘zone’ different areas.
ODon’t be afraid of pattern; it brings
life into a home. And the more
pattern the merrier. Even a real mish-
mash can look really considered.creativity to the limit. The bed was built on
the spot by customising a Swedish daybed
and adding built-in storage made from MDF.
Her bedside table slides out at the foot of the
bed and is just big enough to accommodate
a cup of coffee and a paperback.
“The thing about living in a small space,”
she says, “is that you have to make decisions
and stick to them. There’s not much room
for manoeuvre. I love every square
centimetre of this apartment because I have
thought about each and every one.”
Despite the confined space, Sarah decided
not to declut ter. “Sma ll apa r t ment s w it h
nothing in them look even smaller,” she says.
“It’s contradictory but it’s true.”
She displays glassware and ceramics that
she’s picked up in f lea ma rket s a long side
classic pieces from Scandinavian companies
like Iittala and Normann Copenhagen (see
page 8). Healthy-looking houseplants and
vases full of f lowers are chosen to
complement her distinctive colour scheme.
NATURALLY COLOURFUL
Colour is as important to Sarah as pattern.
“Colour enriches your home and your life,”
she says. Her colour combinations –
burg undy red, pa le blue a nd yellow, olive
green and purple – may be unusual but to
her, they simply ref lect nature. “I’m always
surprised that I have to explain my colour
choices,” she says. “To me they are totally
nat ura l. They feel generous a nd sex y.
White, on the other hand, drains the life out
of everything. My one piece of decorating
advice is: ‘Never use white. Just don’t.
Stay away from it’.” When she puts it like
that, it’s hard to disagree.
This page: Sarah
had the bed built on
site. Combining a
Swedish day bed and
clever use of MDF, it
features a pull-out shelf
and drawers at the foot
of the bed. Opposite
page: to save space,
her desk was fitted
above the radiator.
The chair, by Johnny
Sørensen, is another
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