Simply Beautiful

Jewellery designer Ivona Bruun’s Copenhagen apartment has comfort and family life at its core – but it’s still a serene space, full of designer classics and vintage finds

- Jenny Tucker

Some interiors are stylish and beautiful. Others make you feel like you want to pull up a chair and stay forever. But the real magic occurs when a combination of these factors hits just the right note to create a space that truly embodies the word ‘home’. Jewellery designer Ivona Bruun prides herself on being the instigator of such alchemy. ‘My family is the core of everything to me,’ she admits. ‘Get that right and everything else fits into place. That’s why the home is so important. I want it to be a place where we all feel happy, comfortable and enjoy living. But, of course, it also needs to look amazing.’ She laughs when considering the commitment she feels to her four walls. ‘I love my home so much, it’s often hard to get me out of it. I can spend hours moving furniture around, experimenting with accessories, adding flowers and art. Building a lovely, welcoming home is my absolute passion.’

Ivona has pulled off a stellar job. This Danish apartment oozes charm and personality with its stunning traditional features and enormous rooms, each one adorned with carefully chosen items of beauty. Ivona’s starting point is always a neutral palette, and so it was fortuitous that, when the family moved here four years ago, the apartment had been painted white from end to end.