Table service “I had our kitchen table in the shop for months, and
people had been complaining about its condition so I took it home to
use instead of selling it,” Elin says. “I now get so many requests for it!”
Vintage remix The living room (opposite) is an eclectic mix of pieces.
Elin made the coffee tables from old cafeteria table tops with concrete
pots as the bases. The art is by Karin Lengstrand and the Ire Möbler
vintage sling chairs are from Elin’s designer friend Soraya Forsberg.“I RARELY BUY NEW FURNITURE,” says vintage store owner
Elin Jensdotter Hont. But for the sofa bed in her guest room,
she made an exception. “It’s extra tricky to find a good one
second-hand.” Just about everything else in Elin’s home is
vintage or crafted sustainably, an ethos that’s important to her
and husband Patrik. “Both Elin and I grew up surrounded by
second-hand items. But since becoming adults and especially
since moving into a home of our own, the interest in vintage
furniture and interior design has grown immensely,” Patrik says.
SIMPLY THE BEST For this couple, home is an apartment in
Stockholm with high ceilings and timber floorboards – an ideal
backdrop for their collected furnishings. Though the eras of
pieces are varied, from a 1960s Ikea table to a 19th-century
wooden bench, a common thread ties everything together: the
palette of textures. “I’m very inspired by the Japanese interior
style and can sit on Pinterest for hours analysing how they
decorate, with which colours and materials,” Elin says. “It’s an
aesthetic that really appeals to me, the perfection in simplicity,
modesty, natural roughness and asymmetry.” However, when
they first moved into the apartment, Elin says there was a less
appealing kind of roughness. “The old lady who lived here prior
to us had done so for 24 years and had barely cleaned in that
time,” Elin says. “But we painted the whole place, fixed up the
floors and practically scrubbed our hands off!”
MOVING PIECES Though at work Elin collects and sells
furniture, at home it’s more about rearranging what she’s got
rather than bringing in new things. “Every time we have friends
over, they say ‘what’s changed now?’” Elin says. “But we’ve
come to a point where we feel better living with less, so usually
the changes are about streamlining what we already have.” Rsustainability and finding something rare that’s had a previous life” A
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