1Exterior of an old pencil factory converted into the home and studio where textile artist Hanne G (Gaard) lives and works;
her husband, Nicolay Gronlund, who makes publicity songs, and their children, Tara and Theo.
With the new Henning Larsen Opera House as an architectural claim and clean water as a compelling reason, the conversion of Copenhagen's port into a residential neighborhood has made the city grow and has changed the lives of many of its inhabitants.
Not far from the center it is possible to dive - in summer - and combine life and work in one of the old warehouses turned into houses.
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2The coffee table is also a lamp.
It's called Illumesa, it was designed by Verner Panton and produced by Louis Poulsen.
Next to the sofa, from Bolia, one of the owner's textile creations and the Arco lamp, a classic by Achille Castiglioni produced by Flos.
The dining room table was designed by Hanne's father.
The chairs are by Hans Wegner and are manufactured by Carl Hansen.
The copper lamp is a creation of Arne Jacobsen.
Designer Hanne G builds her crochet sculptures, while her husband, Nicolay Gronlund, composes advertising songs in this space that was not so long ago a pencil factory.
With those professions and two children, long before the confinement, the Gronlunds bet on the fresh air of a new neighborhood where they would have more space, more light and direct access to nature.
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3Next to the dining room, a classic of warm Danish modernity, the industrial-style stainless steel kitchen on castors.
The red fridge and oven column is from Ikea.
Hanne G became famous after presenting a collection of crocheted rifles.
"It was the juxtaposition between something apparently masculine and something apparently feminine, but also between the handmade and the industrial, between the funny and the dangerous or between the soft and the rigid, that popularized the series," he explains.
From the weapons he went to the plants, and from these, to trying to weave entire characters with the naive air of the colored stitch.
The house where they live and work has preserved the windows, the polished concrete floors, the exposed pipes and the cobblestone walls of the old factory.
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4The furniture in the reading corner comes from Hanne's family home.
The wooden table is a design by Nanna Ditzel, and the library by Hans Wegner.
Ikea furniture coexists with the best of Nordic design and the Hanne G collections painted on paper and canvas or knitted with a future-proof crochet hook.
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5A crochet AK-47 rifle, the artist's specialty.
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6Hanne G also signs the canvases.
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7The turquoise chairs have the original 7 series upholstery that Arne Jacobsen devised for the SAS hotel.
They are manufactured by Fritz Hansen, as is the swivel armchair.
The owner of the house also decorated the chest of drawers.
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8The paving stone on the upper part of the walls lets in light without diminishing privacy and recalls the industrial origin of the house.
On this page, the patchwork at the head of the bed is Hanne's work and the nightstand is from Ikea.
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The bathroom is essential, with a circular Ikea sink and a red painted floor and shower tray.
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10The studio where the couple works occupies half the house.
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A home in the pencil factory
2021-02-05T01:10:17.089Z
In this former industrial space next to Copenhagen's harbor, exposed pipes and concrete floors are combined with the best of Nordic design. A couple of artists and their children live and work there.
