16 November 2011

Louise and John bought an old house..(1)


Louise and John have been talking for a very long time about fulfilling their dreams about an old house in classicistic style just outside Copenhagen. Louise is in love with everything French but with a twist, she allways adds her own touch on things and is trying to avoid the temptation to make everything too sweet. They found their house, but gosh it needs a lot of renovation...


Louise and John (mostly Louise in fact) are making plans and while waiting for the craftsmen and materials to arrive, they are taking looks around the house. It is not very big but suitable for the couple who doesn´t have children. Three floors, an additional green house and a couple of balconys.



Louise has been wondering about buing new interior doors but then the couple actually found the original doors at the attic. Once being white with a touch of gold time has now changed them into creme, brown and grey crackled colors.  Louise actually doesn´t dare to paint them over, in fact she loves the patina and decided to use them as they are... Different lights changes the colors.
Click on the photos and choose "show original" to enlarge.
(to be continued..:-)

16 comments:

  1. Det er hyggeligt at høre om Louise og John. Godt de har fundet et hus, som passer til dem! Jeg tror Louise er som mange andre kvinder, for det er vist altid dem/os, der glæder sig mest til at indrette sit hus. At hun så har været så heldig, at finde de originale, gamle døre på loftet, gør det jo bare endnu mere spændendende at indrette. Især når hun elsker patina og det gamle, brugte look. Jeg er lidt misundelig på hende, for hun står over for en spændende opgave. Jeg glæder mig til at følge med i forvandlingen. Jeg så vinduerne med skodderne og udskæringerne omkring. Nej, hvor ER det bare flot!
    Knus Eva ;0)

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  2. Are you renovating your pretty dollshouse Susanne? Or is it a new one? Anyhow I am curious what is next;) Hugs

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  3. Dette gleder jeg meg virkeligen til å følge , det blir garantert et spennende å unikt prosjekt Susanne 
    Vinduene ble perfekte. Taket ville jeg ha børstet med forskjellige farver( brukte den maleteknikken på hobby keramikk)
    Louise og John har nok arbeid i lang tid fremover 

    Klem Janne

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  4. Louise is a very nice French name, and I'm sure she will live very happy with John in this beautiful home. <3 ;)

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  5. Thanks for your sweet comments!
    Eva, yes she adores that job, can´t have enough time left ;-)
    Old maid (sorry I forgot your real name): Yes I am renovating the house, I never finished, and never really liked the exteriors.
    Janne: Yes, I will do something about the roof too, it´s going to be grey but I think I will keep the shingels and just add som aluminium in the corners..
    Léa: Thanks again for inspiring me to start over again. Louise (which is a very common name in DK too, although with another pronounciation) and John finally decided not to moove to Paris ;-)
    Love, Susanne

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  6. Looking forward to following the couple of their new house rennovation!

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  7. The doors are wonderful. I am looking forward to seeing all you do.
    Hugs Maria

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  8. I'm so excited about this new project of yours, Susanne! Louise and John's adventure in renovation sounds very promising and entertaining. I love what you have done to the doors!

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  9. Thanks a lot, next weekend will be outside painting time ;-)
    Love, Susanne

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  10. I am very anxious to follow this great adventure of renovating the house. I really like the style of the house and these doors are wonderful!
    Hugs

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  11. cette rénovation est bien amorcée ! La façade retravaillée est plus réelle.

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  12. Super! The house and the story.
    Geneviève

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  13. Joyeux relookage de maison que je vais suivre .les fenêtres et volets sont déjà très prometteurs .

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  14. I love what you've done to the doors. You can already tell Louise has great taste! =)

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