Canadian software program salesman Andrew Heneghan had been in Copenhagen for under 48 hours when he met his accomplice, Martin Reinicke, an area florist and ceramist. Their shared ardour for interiors and renovations was a potent frequent thread: Andrew was as soon as a carpenter, and Martin likes to spruce up houses and different areas in his free time.
Andrew Heneghan (proper) and Martin Reinicke (left) wished a spirited house to assemble with company, in order that they gave their lakeside Copenhagen house a facelift by stripping again finishes, designing a customized all-steel kitchen, and updating the terrace to absorb the view.
“I bear in mind visiting Martin’s house and being like, ‘This man’s obtained nice model,’” Andrew recollects. A decade since, they’ve now executed seven renovations collectively, together with this Sixties studio house in Copenhagen that they reimagined with a barely extra open plan to simply host pals and occasions.
Earlier than: The studio, which dates again to the Sixties, was beforehand a lackluster, white-walled house with a cabinet-cluttered entry.
The residing house has a Hästens mattress that may fold away throughout events, a eating desk and chairs by Alvar Aalto, and observe lighting within the house’s signature orange.
Although Andrew and Martin break up their time between right here and Gylsboda, Sweden, weekends are spent on the flat. Daylight streams into the west-facing house, which provides sundown views over one of many metropolis’s three lakes (collectively often known as Søerne, or The Lakes)—a perk that bought them on it, regardless of the house being 450 sq. ft.
Martin, who made pencil drawings of houses when younger, would erase partitions, remake them, and attract furnishings; he follows an analogous strategy when renovating. “It’s all the time about stripping it to the bones and constructing from there,” he says, which is precisely what the 2 did right here.
Andrew and Martin tore out partitions and a set of built-ins forming the entry, preserving some storage and including extra above the door.
“The house is purposeful and collaborative, whether or not we’re having pals over and a DJ on the terrace or internet hosting houseguests.”Â
 –Andrew Heneghan, resident
The ceilings and partitions had been pared again to show the unique concrete, which provides the areas character, Andrew explains. Partitions enclosing the entry, and a set of cupboards, had been eliminated to open up the house, and the 2 changed the dated finishes and home equipment with a brutalist-inspired stainless-steel kitchen that performs off the concrete’s tough texture.
“We’ve actually turn out to be enthusiastic about working with steel and chrome steel,” Andrew says. “We wished to see if we may create a customized kitchen fitted for this house solely in steel.”
Earlier than: The kitchen had restricted storage and counter house.
The brand new stainless-steel kitchen is fitted with cabinetry and home equipment and features a floating island with a burner and drawers to hide pots and pans. It’s set on wheels so Martin and Andrew can rotate it to unencumber ground house as wanted whereas entertaining.
The couple collaborated with native welders to assemble a futuristic kitchen island that has an electrical vary and storage for utensils and pots and pans. The island and the kitchen cupboards mirror the customized metalwork within the rest room, the place Martin and Andrew put in an identical metal sink with open shelving.
Vivid-orange Arne Jacobsen Vola taps pop in opposition to butter-yellow tile within the rest room; the entryway is now forest inexperienced. The couple additionally rotate the flat’s art work, offered by gallery Nordværk. The partnership with the gallery, which is owned by their pal Rikke Albrechtsen, fulfilled a dream of theirs to make their residence a purposeful but collaborative house that will “create alternatives to point out artwork and produce individuals in,” Andrew says.
The toilet has its unique terrazzo flooring, punched up with yellow tile, decor and fixtures in Day-Glo orange, and a customized metal sink.
The house doubles as a gathering place for openings and occasions and feels additional cozy when the couple host dinner events or DJ units out on the terrace. When the flat will get busy, the Hästens mattress can fold into a settee, because of a customized body. “Internet hosting family members right here is pure pleasure,” Andrew emphasizes. “Our pals are all the time welcome.”
The terrace, up to date with new flooring and bench seating with storage, offers a breath of contemporary air throughout gatherings. “It creates an area for partaking with the sundown, which is such an enormous a part of the house,” Andrew says.
Ground plan of Søboks by Andrew Heneghan and Martin Reinicke
