JEWEL BOX

A gemologist and her family revamped a landmark 150-year-old house in Copenhagen, turning it into a colourful synthesis of old and new

WORDS & STYLING MARIE MONRAD GRAUNBØL

Blackbirds are singing, sweet briar roses are in bloom and the distant sound of a lawnmower completes the peaceful scene. Occasionally a car passes on the other side of the hedge – the only thing indicating that a shopping strip is just five minutes away and that Nadia Shelbaya and her family actually live in a big city. “The neighbourhood was what we first fell in love with – the house came second,” says the rising star of the Copenhagen jewellery scene. “It is magical to stand in a flowering garden and be in the middle of the city at the same time.” Location was a decisive factor when she and her husband were house-hunting in 2015. They ended up at this address in Denmark’s oldest residential area, the Rosenvaenget…

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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2020

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