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It takes a certain amount of pluck to confess that you based your kitchen renovation on...a paper shopping bag. An Acne Studios shopping bag,” photographer Billie Scheepers points out with a laugh, referring to the fashion brand’s beigey-pink bag. David came home with a new pair of jeans one day, and when I spotted the bag, I knew that was our color.”
Her husband, David Harrigan, had originally imagined a different kitchen hue— perhaps a vibrant orange or a British racing green,” he says—but he wholeheartedly embraced the shade once they had a custom-mixed paint sample. I believe in making courageous design choices,” says David, founder of Scandinavian design platform Aben.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Better Homes & Gardens US.
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