A number of years in the past, when Swantje Hinrichsen and her boyfriend determined to maneuver in collectively, they discovered a 1928 brick home in her boyfriend’s hometown of Münster, Germany, the place he works as a schoolteacher. Constructed for a transport firm supervisor, the construction had excessive ceilings, French doorways, and loads of area for the 2 of them—but it surely lacked a kitchen.
Thankfully, Swantje’s beau occurred to have put in a freestanding Ikea kitchen 10 years earlier in his earlier place, so that they took all of his kitchen elements with them, home equipment included. Swantje, an illustrator and graphic designer, found out what ought to go the place—”the parts miraculously slot in our new area”—after which added suave touches, akin to a pegboard on the facet of the fridge and a well-propped show shelf, that elevate the design from secondhand to impressed.
We found her kitchen some time again on Instagram (@swantjehinrichsen); many Likes later, she agreed to share it with us.
Pictures by Swantje Hinrichsen.
The eating desk’s enamelware pitcher is the Sockerärt Vase, one in all our favourite Ikea staples (it is available in two sizes, beginning at $14.99).
Ikea’s Värde system, sadly, has been largely discontinued, however shelf models, akin to this one, will be sourced on eBay from sellers in Europe.
