Carlsberg Green Bedroom

A small entrance transformed into a bedroom with built-in wardrobes, office space and a reading nook.

This room in Carlsberg Byen started out as a small entrance. It now had to work as a bedroom, with space for clothes, a desk and a corner to sit and read. The room is narrow, with a small alcove by the window. We started from our client’s own sketch of a wardrobe wall. From there we made a floor plan, measured drawings, a list of modules and a scheme of colours and materials.

Location
Carlsberg Byen, Copenhagen
3D render of a sage-green built-in wardrobe wall with a cushioned reading nook and drawers at its centre.

Gallery

Materials and colours board with oak, dark green, brass handle and a wooden armchair.
3D render of a dark green bedroom: a velvet headboard, plum and striped cushions, and a shelf with books and a framed print.
Style collage: a dark green wall, linen bedding, two scalloped pendant lamps and striped, red and green cushions.

Design decisions

The plan puts the bed in the alcove by the window, so it sits a little apart from the rest of the room.

A desk and chair stand under the second window. Along the long wall runs one built-in wardrobe wall, which also frames the doorway. The wall is made from standard IKEA units: PAX wardrobes 100 and 50 cm wide, an open PAX frame at one end and a 40 cm BILLY bookcase at the other. In the middle, two 50 cm PAX units are cut down to 45 cm to make a low chest of drawers. Above it sits a reading nook with a seat cushion, topped by a cabinet made from the offcut. Our modules breakdown lists every unit and its size, so the wall can be planned and bought piece by piece. For colour we chose a deep green for the walls and green fronts with brass handles, together with oak and linen. Burgundy, striped and patterned cushions, two scalloped pendant lamps, a velvet headboard and a wooden desk and armchair complete the style concept.

Drawings

Client sketch: a line drawing of the wardrobe wall with a central nook, drawers and open shelving at one end.
Modules breakdown showing how IKEA PAX and BILLY units combine into the wardrobe wall, with unit sizes.
3D model of a light wood wardrobe wall: tall cabinets, a central nook above drawers, a doorway and open shelves at each end.
Floor plan and two sections of a narrow bedroom: a bed in an alcove, a desk and a full wall of wardrobes.
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