‹‹ is also reflected in the designer’s covetable
collection, which mainly features European design
from the 1920s to ’70s. From Danish classics to ’60s
Italian to current-day pieces by Ilse Crawford, it’s
all skillfully arranged to feel effortlessly cohesive.
Regulations make it challenging to renovate
and modernise in a building of this heritage, but
such charms are what Seidenfaden Busck is drawn
to. The floor slopes somewhat — fitting, given the
houseboats that line the canal below — and each
window is a slightly different size.
This deeply personal style of accommodation
offers the intimacy and exclusivity that a hotel chain
cannot match. Every design choice is considered toTHIS PAGE in the bedroom,
rattan armchair 311 by Josef
Frank from Svenskt Tenn;
stool by Piet Hein Eek;
Azucena Monchella floor lamp
from The Apartment; Willow
wallpaper by Marthe
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in the living room, patchwork
armchair from The
Apartment; Polka Square
wallpaper by Farrow & Ball;
rug by Märta Måås-
Fjetterström; artworks by
Karin Mamma Andersson and
Georg Baselitz; masks by
Jan S Hansen.create an aesthetic nirvana — “by mixing differing
mediums of art, colour, tapestries and textiles, as
well as contemporary and vintage design pieces,
I have strived for luxurious at-home comfort to
create a restorative stay,” Seidenfaden Busck says.
From a green Flos Snoopy lamp to a candy-striped
daybed, every element is vibrant and soulful but
meticulously edited. “I believe that my aesthetic
expression derives from mixing materials, tactility,
colours, periods and places of origin,” she says.
“At the end of the day that’s what I find interesting
to create.” With much of her inspiration from the
art world, not surprising given her former career,
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