Small Cool 2011

Lovely lovely - Exactly my kind of apt. I especially like the unfinished flooring.

AMAZING! i love aarhus and i love this place!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!I am so inspired by your use of of art and your check floor in your kitchen with the warm tones of the counter top. Very nice use of space and colour.

I'm in love with the architectural detailing of the space, the credenza, and all of the art on the walls. This looks like a bright, happy space to reside in.

LOVE the kitchen!

This is what I call a "well edited" home, which is of course key to living in a small space. Everything has been chosen with a careful, deliberate hand, without looking forced. Good balance of negative space (another key to tiny living) and posessions. Me likey.

love the artwork!

What a lively atmosphere, and fun place for living, you have created.

Wonderful-- and a shelf of books! Always good to see.

I feel the urge to go clear my closets now. The carpet is going too.

I Love the artwork in this house. The whole general vibe is fantastic, but oh the artwork.

The artwork is fantastic and i love how you display your books in such orderly fashion. Love the paneling in the bedroom...very classical details.

yes please! this is great! good job

Wow, the first entry to make my favourites after I'd seen just one picture!

Those floors! What dreams are made of.

It looks much bigger than 688 sq.ft.
Is the bathroom too small?
I like the freshness of the kitchen.

The couch color (+ the bedding) warms up the place, I mean, DK style is usually this "everything white", but this place breaks up the rule and meets cozyness and warmth. Congrats and good luck!

...now get a cowhide rug for the living room and you're done!

I love the artwork! Well done.

Such a beautiful calming space. Who makes those bookshelves? Or does anyone know where I can get something similar?

how the heck did you get on your kitchen ceiling?

I love the bookshelves in the dining area and those floors!

I am really liking this low book shelf thing.

Boy howdy do the Scandinavians kick our butts when it comes to beautiful homes!!

So much wonderful artwork and furniture - even with all the things I like, the yellow lamp stands out!

This space is to die for. I will fall asleep thinking about this apt. Photo of kitchen was taken from??? Maybe, just maybe a rug in the living room.

I love this apartment. It's just perfect. Can you tell us anything about the floors? Are they unfinished? They make me swoon...

do scandinavians have good design in their genes? do they breed for the sole purpose of having good taste?!

¡fan-tás-ti-co!

Wow!! I just couldn't love the wall behind the couch anymore than I do! What a great place to call home.

My heart just skipped a beat.

so awesome!

A place for art and books. I run more to clutter and softness but who can go wrong with so much wonderful art on the walls and shelves full of books. And full of light. A very wonderful space.

walls smothered in art.. surfaces sprinkled with trinkets.. exposed clothes..cosy kitchen.. colour & vibrancy.. love!!

sucha a beautiful home! I'm in love!

perfect. love the floors

I love the kitchen and floors.

I'mnot a great fan of open clothing storage anywhere, but other than that, I really like the space. The art is impressive.

I love: the floors (I don't see a need for a rug!), every piece of furniture (esp. the yellow lamp!) and the awesome way your art is hung : ) Very inspiring!

Wonderful - love the bookshelves and the art collection. Well done!

Absolutely fantastic! I would love to live in a home just like this.

I love every room here. It just soothes me.

I've always loved checkerboard flooring in the kitchen, looks awesome!

I'm in love.

Fantastic art!

Okay, this is one of my favorites, but this is going to sound very critical only because I'm looking closely. Not loving the exposed clothes hung in the bedroom or the wall packed with random student art and a long bookcase. The living room also screams for a rug to soften up the farmhouse floor. But the credenza beneath the TV, the mid century furnishings are all very nice.

@ formosagirl. You got it! My parents are Danish and they have 3 kids: architect, graphic designer and engineer. it's genetic :)

Love the lounge room and kitchen. Lovely.

I wish this one would get a few more votes to push it up to the top of international!

@All. Thank you for all the kind words. We really like our apartment and the room layout. Our kitchen and bathroom is quite small, but I like the fact that the most square feet are used in the living room, since it is where we spend the most of our time. Our biggest challenge right now is that we're out of wall space :-)

@ComfortSeeker and others. We had a rug in the sofa area, but I poured coffee all over it by accident, so I threw i out. I actually like i more without the rug, because it makes the room feel bigger and I like the look of the floorboards.'

@Sady. The bookshelves are made of five 28x28x12 inch pine-wood modules screwn together with sheet rock screws. We painted the modules white and put it on short legs, since we couldn't mount them on the wall because of the wall panels. It is our cheap DIY version of the Danish "Montana shelving" which costs a fortune.

It was quite a task aligning the bookcases since the floor i very uneven. From the wall and 12 inches out it varies an inch :-)

@ec05. I just held the camera up over my head standing against the fridge. The secret is the ultra wide angle 10-22mm lens :-)

@templemorris and others. The floors are unfinished pine-wood. They are the original floors from 1896 when the house was built.

Lovely! The only thing that i do not like is the leather couch, but this is just me - i do not feel them cozy, and i do not like the feel of touch to the leather, but.. as i said, it is just me! You deserve to be the one that goes to the next stage of this contest. Wish you luck!

Lots of MCM goodness and art without being pretentious. Love how nicely curated the whole space is.

Also, who makes the lamps in the living area and bedroom?

Super lækker indretning. Jeg håber I vinder!
Hvor i Århus ligger lejligheden?

even though i've got my apartment in this contest, i've had to vote on a couple places that i particularly enjoy + yours was one of them. i voted for you quite a while ago and i'm glad to see you in the lead. best of luck!

Why are all the most beautiful spaces in Scandinavia?

Wow, I just love this home.

Tillykke! Lejligheden er meget lækker.

You completely deserve to win! You had me at the first photo, the second, with the long, low, open storage finished me off. Congrats!

This is somewhat similar to last year's grand prize winner. It has much of the same feel (and coffee table!)

This is a welcoming open space, individualized with beautiful art. I just wish there were more variety in furniture. I like mcm furniture a lot, but I think it's more interesting when it's infused with different styles.

Does anyone know where to get that credenza? My girlfriend fell in love it, and it would look amazing in our home.

Does anyone know where to get that credenza? My girlfriend fell in love it, and it would look amazing in our home.

Does anyone know where to get that credenza? My girlfriend fell in love it, and it would look amazing in our home.

Does anyone know where to get that credenza? My girlfriend fell in love with it and it would look amazing in our house. If anyone can help me locate the source, that would be awesome.

Lasse,

You have such a beautiful space, congrats.

Would you be able to guide me to where you got the credenza from? I've been looking for months for something like it. Any help would be appreciated.

Congratulations!

lots of art, (good) books, kitchen with SUCH long windows... youre living in your Dream I bet =) - congrats and enjoy the prize !

I really like this space. Great artwork.

Really well done. I had a place with a similiar place and wish I could have been so creative and artful. Thanks for the inspiration!

Does anyone know the name of the two art pieces above the entertainment center?I've been looking everywhere online to find them...help.

does anyone know where the two art pieces above the entertainment center are from? I have been looking online all day...help.