A Small Swedish Space That Will Make You Want to Downsize!

Tjeeeena! Hur är läget?! Shall we start small this week? This Swedish studio in Gothenburg is a mini 45 metre square (484 foot square), but it’s proof that you can have it all (even a piano!) in a small space! I also threw in the floor plan from where this lovely space is currently for sale so that you can make heads and tails of the layout (sometimes it can be hard to tell from the pictures). Sure, it helps that the building dates back to 1899 and the period features are still intact, that it has magnificent high ceilings and a beautiful arch window to boot – but there’s still plenty of ideas to steal for even the most dark and dingy of flats! White paint at the ready….

Bed-side essentials such as a dressing gown and slippers can be turned into decoration in their own right. I’ve got my eye on a pretty floral kimono such as this liberty print one!

White linen bedding, small beni ourain rug

Using the windowsill as a make-shift bedside table for books and a lamp helps to free up floor space.

Milk NA1 table lamp

A small space can become cluttered very quickly. Try to group items together and leave blank space between each zone so you can see some nice, clean areas – it will make the room feel bigger and less cluttered.

Hay Tray Coffee table, IKEA reading lamp.

It’s quite incredible how you can fit showers into the tightest of spaces (my sister managed to get one into a small closet in her second bedroom and now has a lovely little en suite!). Even though this little bathroom is a wet room, a shower curtain would be essential for me as I’ve got something about getting my socks wet in the mornings (not to mention the loo roll!) – how about you?!

Fouta / Hammam towel, L:A Bruket hand and bodywash, Marvis toothpaste

Floor plan

Photography: Anders Bergstedt / Styling Studio Cuvier for Entrance.

What a pretty space. Does it make you want to pack it up, pack it in and go for a studio in Sweden’s second largest city?! I’m not sure I’d swap it for my house right now (what with all my kids and all!) but I wouldn’t mind having it as pied-á-terre so that I could pad around, tinker on the piano (when I’m not at Theo’s piano by the window in Berlin, of course!) and visit the likes of Artllieriet and Grandpa Store. A girl can dream after all, right?!

For more small space inspiration this bright and sunny Monday morning – sit back and take a scroll through this archive (as always hop over this apartment if it pops up first!). If there’s anything our Scandi friends totally rock at – it’s making mini spaces mighty!

Have a great start to the week!

Niki

Bed-side essentials such as a dressing gown and slippers can be turned into decoration in their own right. I’ve got my eye on a pretty floral kimono such as this liberty print one!

White linen bedding, small beni ourain rug

Using the windowsill as a make-shift bedside table for books and a lamp helps to free up floor space.

Milk NA1 table lamp

Hay Tray Coffee table, IKEA reading lamp.