Sandra Juto's Berlin Apartment

I was so excited when I woke up this morning to finally see the long awaited feature that FvonF, a German interiors blog based in Berlin, had planned for my friend, Sandra Juto, and her husband Johan Pergenius! Here is a quick peek into their Berlin apartment, located in Friedrichshain, but the FvonF blog has many more photos plus a lovely interview.

I put FvonF in touch with Sandra and Johan not long after they moved to Berlin from Sweden, so it was good to see that FvonF fell in love with Sandra and Johan too. It makes me happy to see more of Sandra's apartment online - I've often wondered what her kitchen looks like - now I know. Her pretty apartment is so inspiring to me - I love the old German 'altbauwohnung" details seen in so many of the turn of the century buildings that we have here. The herringbone wooden floors, high ceilings, plasterwork on the ceiling, it's all so inspiring to me. I love the natural light and the painted wooden floors in Sandra's office. Don't forget to notice how she arranged her Polaroids on the wall...

I LOVED the part of their interview where they went into a bit of the emotional process involved in finding their apartment. I'll quote Sandra and Johan directly from FvonF . Sandra explained, "The online photos of the apartment looked so terrible (in an intriguing way) that we had to come see it to compare it to the other, more polished, places we had looked at. When we stepped inside we looked at each other and we couldn’t ignore the fact that we both had fallen in love with the place. The condition of the apartment was more or less a disaster. The previous tenant lived here for 40 years before she died and seemed to like chain-smoking more than cleaning." And I couldn't help but laugh at how Johan described the first viewing, "When we showed up for the viewing, the real estate agent said we were brave to come see it. He was sitting in his car outside because he was so sure that no one would come." What a riot! And what a good example of how one has to believe in something for themselves - who cares what others think - even when it comes to home selection. YOU have to love it.

View the entire interview here.

(images: Philipp Langenheim)