Alexandra Pascalidou’s home – a personal three-room flat in Stockholm
A home that tells stories. When journalist and author Alexandra Pascalidou was furnishing her three-room flat in inner-city Stockholm, she asked me, as a friend, to help bring her vision to life: colourful, warm, playful and personal – a welcoming home, not a sterile one.
Project facts
- Type
- Apartment
- Location
- Inner-city Stockholm
- Rooms
- Three-room flat: living room, TV den, dining area, bedroom and bathroom
- Photographed
- 2018
- In print
- Published in Sköna Hem no. 1 2019 / Expressen ↗
- Interior design
- Pontus Nilvander, Nilvander Ateljéer
A home with personality
Alexandra knew what she wanted to feel when she came home, and that made the work a joy. My task was to find the things that could carry that feeling, and to make them work together. We mixed antiques and auction finds with modern furniture, so every room gained layers of time and history.
Chandeliers and sunburst mirrors bring sparkle, Designers Guild textiles bring colour and pattern, and in one of the rooms the ceiling got a bird wallpaper – a place where the eye likes to linger.
The colours could be bold but warm: deep blues and purples, gold and brass, and green from large plants. The light was built from many sources – chandeliers, table lamps and candles – so the rooms can move from a working day to dinner with friends. The result is a home that feels like Alexandra herself: generous, curious and full of stories.
Monkeys in the TV den and Harry Schein’s lamps
For the small TV den I found a monkey wallpaper from Cole & Son. A small room can take a big pattern, and here it gave the playfulness Alexandra wanted. I also tracked down table lamps that once belonged to Harry Schein – objects with a story of their own, just like the rest of the home.
The base of the dining table is designed by us at Nilvander Ateljéer. In the bathroom, mirrors cover half the walls and the tiles are laid in a herringbone pattern.
Published in Sköna Hem
The home was published in Sköna Hem no. 1 2019 and in Expressen Leva & Bo in December 2018, with photos of every room. More homes where colour and history take centre stage: Period apartment on Grevgatan and Christmas at home with Pontus Nilvander.
Photos from the project
