Calm and elegant open-plan apartment

This beautiful turn-of-the-century apartment in Sweden (for sale via Alvhem) has a light color palette, enhanced with wood tones and a few blue accents paired with white walls throughout the interior to optimally reflect the daylight coming in through those large windows.

The living and dining rooms are included in one space, which is separated from the kitchen with an additional wall, allowing for a half-open layout where the kitchen is still in a separate area, yet easily accessible and part of the same space.

The bedroom includes an impressive wardrobe that goes wall-to-wall and a two-person workspace fills the area by the window.

A dining area with a long Ikea Besta unit and String shelf on the wall

A spacious dining area in front of the living room window

The living and dining areas are connected to each other with a long section of Ikea Besta wall cabinets that spread over the entire back wall. The String shelf adds a spot for books and the light color palette is enhanced with natural beige tones and a combination of wood and hemp in the two rugs.

A living room with a brown sofa and a lovely combination of art prints

The brown sofa in the living room is paired with a modest gallery wall in brown and blue tones, which mimics the color palette in the textiles on the sofa.

A living room with a brown sofa and a mixture of blue and beige accent colors

A round mirror on the wall reflects the space and the daylight coming in through the dining room windows.

A white kitchen separated from the living room with a half wall

Rather than include the kitchen and living room in one space, a half-wall is built between the two sections to create a half-open layout.

A white kitchen with a white subway tile backsplash and stainless steel hardware behind a half-wall shared with the living room

The white kitchen cabinets are paired with simple stainless steel hardware and beautiful white marble tiles arranged into a subway pattern.

A white kitchen with a white subway tile backsplash and stainless steel hardware

A niche space with a limewash accent wall

While you can opt to paint your interior wall in a beautiful limewash paint, in this case only the area inside of the niche space where there used to be a doorway is treated with limewash, for a beautiful grey accent in the space from which the round mirror stands out.

A limewash paint accent wall inside of a niche space finished off with a round mirror

A bedroom with light grey walls and blue bedding

The light grey bedroom walls pair nicely with the white-washed hardwood flooring in the space and I love the way this wall color stands out against the white trim underneath the ceiling. The brown fabric headboard is paired up with a mixture of beige, white, and blue bedding. This combination of warm and cool tones adds an interesting contrast to the bed.

A bedroom with light grey walls and a combination of blue, beige and brown tones in the textiles

The bed fits perfectly between the wall and the wardrobe, still allowing for two bedside tables to be placed on either side of the bed.

A wall-to-wall built-in wardrobe in the same color as the wall

The elegant wardrobe is spread over the entire bedroom length, creating ample storage space for clothes in the bedroom. The upper cabinets that are reachable with a step ladder only can be used to store away items that are less used. The wardrobe doors are painted in the same color as the bedroom walls, for a tone-on-tone effect that is finished off with small stainless steel knobs.

A wall-to-wall wardrobe painted in the same color as the bedroom walls

A two-person workspace in front of the bedroom windows

When you both work from home, it’s often smart to include a double desk so you have a larger home office. The space in front of the window includes a large table top on Ikea trestle legs and two wood chairs. This white and wood combination also comes back in the String Pocket shelf on the wall where office accessories can be stored.