Now the grandson of designer Kore Klint lives in this house with traditional Swedish red facades. He continued the work of the famous grandfather not only in the field of design, but also in taking care of the family farm

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After a long walk through the spruce forest, you come to a clearing where there is an old wooden house with facades painted in the traditional red-brick shade for Sweden. Now the building is owned by Peter Clint, a representative of the fourth generation of the design family — they have been using the old farm as a summer cottage for a long time and enjoy the absence of a TV and computer. “Here you immediately calm down, and there is always something to do. In autumn, there are an incredible number of mushrooms in the local forest, and in spring — wild crocuses. Nature is always beautiful here, even in winter. You can’t even imagine how incredibly beautiful it is here during a snowstorm!” says Peter.

He is the grandson of the famous architect and furniture designer Kore Klint (Kaare Klint) and the great-grandson of the architect of the Grundtvig church Peder V. Jensen (Peder.V. Jensen). His mother was Vibeke Klint, one of Denmark’s most famous textile designers, and his father, Morten Le Klint, was engaged in landscape architecture.

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Peter Clint inherited the house from his uncle, who at one time insulated the building and sheathed the walls of the chipboard rooms. The new owner decided to remove all alterations in order to return the atmosphere of an old family home with authentic materials to the building.

In the living room, the walls of untreated timber create an atmospheric background for simple furniture. The blue carpet was invented by Vibeke Klint, and the Le Klint lamp on the wall and the rocking chair were brought from the house where Peter spent his childhood. 

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Throughout the house you can find the works of this creative family. On the wall and above the dining table hang Le Klint lamps (this company was founded by Tage Clint, brother of Kore Clint), carpets designed by Vibeke Clint on the floor, and an ornamental radiator screen made by Peter Clint from carved handles for Milano kitchen.

Around the dining table is a collection of mismatched chairs, in which the work of Kore Clint Kirkestol is adjacent to vintage Tonet chairs and a pair of Portuguese wicker models, which were one of the sources of inspiration for the designer. There is not much furniture, and this helps to emphasize the simplicity of both the objects themselves and the materials, which can be traced everywhere here — from the interior to the raw timber walls.

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Peter is a shipwright by training, but a few years ago he started designing and building kitchens for private homes, paying special attention to functionality, wood quality and simplicity of expression. “I was very early “wounded by design,” if I may say so,” he laughs. — My grandfather was Kore Clint, and I admire the principles he stood for. In his subjects, he always proceeded from traditions: he looked at what already existed before him, simplified, got rid of everything superfluous. Grandpa always started with the function of the subject. He said that if you have a clear idea of what you need, the design appears by itself”

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Kore Klint’s form and expressiveness stemmed from craftsmanship and tradition, the same applies to their family’s wooden house. Old walls made of graying wood tell of craftsmen who at the end of the XVIII century turned tree trunks into timber, and these boards still keep the house dry and warm. The carving above the entrance is another example of Swedish carpentry.

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There are remnants of old wallpaper in the kitchen, with which Peter’s ancestors glued wooden walls to give a simple home comfort. They were not torn off, and now it is a kind of wall decoration. Simple kitchen furniture with open shelves and two laconic lamps reflect the austerity of the situation. Peter made the kitchen table himself, as well as the cutting boards with a wooden bowl. He also replaced the doors in the house, putting old wooden ones instead of plywood from the time of his uncle’s repair (some of them are almost 200 years old, like the house itself).

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A wooden staircase leads to the upper floor — there are three rooms there, and through the door there is a view of the living room with a fireplace and a sofa bed, which Peter also made with his own hands. He brought a carpet for the living room from his childhood home, in memory of the work of his mother, a famous textile designer.

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My grandfather was Kore Clint, and I admire the traditions he championed

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A few windows with fine glazing remained from the time of my grandfather, but most of the frames and glasses in the house were replaced with new ones.

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The carpet in the bedroom with pink and orange stripes is the work of Peter’s mother, Vibeke Clint. Her old desk also found a place in this room, along with two chairs by Poul Kjerholm (Poul Kjaerholm). The family uses the chest to store duvets and bed linen. It is made of sandalwood and emits a faint pleasant aroma that scares away mice that often get into the house.

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