A Trendy Traditional Condominium Inside in Helsinki, Finland

New Zealand designer Katie Lockhart has developed an unparalleled strategy to midcentury-inspired interiors introduced into the present century. Final yr, Lockhart and her group accomplished the renovation of an residence in Helsinki, Finland for a younger couple. They started speaking throughout lockdown, and the undertaking was accomplished remotely via most of 2021. Lockhart added architectural detailing—from flush oak architraves and skirting, an oak parquet ground, and coloured tiles on the kitchen ground—to create a base palette. Here’s a have a look at the ensuing design, stripped down to point out its fundamental options.

Images by Mary Gaudin courtesy of Katie Lockhart Studio.

The kitchen options customized oak cabinetry and built-in seating. On the prime of kitchen runs the flush oak detailing (as a substitute of typical moulding). The hearth, additionally designed new, is about with black brick.

Each the kitchen and eating room cabinetry was detailed via drawings and made out of oak by an area Finnish cabinetmaker.

The eating desk is the couple’s classic Hans Wegner desk. The chairs are additionally Wegner designs: the basic Wishbone Chair in oiled oak. The pendant mild above is the the Hotaru Double Bubble Gentle by Barber & Osgerby for Ozeki & Co. Ltd., the Japanese producers of Noguchi lamp shades.