{"id":100222,"date":"2025-10-03T06:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/a-dreamy-post-divorce-apartment-in-copenhagen\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T06:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:42:07","slug":"a-dreamy-post-divorce-apartment-in-copenhagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/03\/a-dreamy-post-divorce-apartment-in-copenhagen\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dreamy Post-Divorce Apartment in Copenhagen"},"content":{"rendered":"


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After going through a divorce, artist Simone Polk<\/a> says she needed a \u201csoft landing.\u201d She found a light-filled apartment in Copenhagen to share with her 12-year-old daughter, Ava. They\u2019ve since moved on, but here\u2019s a tour of the space that took Simone through a tough transition, welcomed new friends, and served as a\u00a0backdrop for her paintings\u2026<\/p>\n

LIVING ROOM<\/p>\n

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Wall color: Pointing<\/a> by Farrow & Ball. Paintings: Simone Polk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI was with my ex for 14 years, so at first, I felt really lonely. Then I ran into an old friend at a party, and she introduced me to a group of divorced women. The first thing they told me was, \u2018Sort out custody so you have the \u2018even\u2019 weeks to yourself and the \u2018odd\u2019 weeks with your daughter.\u2019 All the women had the same custody schedule. Now, when we don\u2019t have our kids, we spend time together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sofa: old Ikea \u2018F\u00e4rl\u00f6v\u2019 dressed in a sage linen cover by Bemz<\/a>. Floor lamps: Gubi<\/a> and Akari 20N<\/a>. Bench and stools: flea market finds. Curtains: &Drape<\/a>. Rug: Nordic Knots<\/a>. Pendant light: Akari 21A<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMy house is very calm, but I\u2019m like Monica from\u00a0Friends<\/em> \u2014 I hide all the clutter in the closets! This apartment has a really big walk-in, and if you opened it, everything would fall out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chair: Togo Fireside chair<\/a>. Coffee table: Vintage from Eliaselias<\/a>. Painting: Simone Polk<\/a>. Floor lamp: Akari 20N<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSome people have described my home as \u2018beige,\u2019 which can be a shorthand for bland. But I love warm, buttery tones. Like when you look at photos from the eighties and they have that golden light.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bookcase: Flea market find. Lamp: Helle Thygesen<\/a>. Painting: Simone Polk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce, when I was about 12, I discovered a book in my father\u2019s bookcase that was filled with pictures of all these beautiful rooms. I remember thinking, Should I live in this room or that room?<\/em> I got carried away imagining it. A space you love can bring so much joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u201dWe had our first Christmas here, just my daughter and me. Because the ceiling is so high, we got the biggest tree we could find. We could barely carry it home.\u201d<\/p>\n

DINING ROOM<\/p>\n

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Wall color: 4524<\/a> from Fl\u00fcgger. Table, hutch, and floor lamp: vintage. Dining chairs: \u201cOld Kai Kristiansen chairs I found 20 years ago in a vintage shop.\u201d Paintings: Simone Polk<\/a>. Pendant: vintage, similar<\/a>. Curtains: &Drape<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up, I drew all the time. My dad, an artist, was quite proud of me and said I would be an artist, too. Then I forgot all about it, and I had a long career in television. When the channel I worked for closed down, I decided to try to make work out of something I loved. I started as an interior stylist, and I\u2019d make paintings to bring to set. Then people began asking if they could buy the paintings.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cFirst, I sold my paintings myself, then I worked with a gallery, which takes a 50% cut, and then I decided to go back to selling my work directly. For a few years now, I\u2019ve been photographing my art at home. It\u2019s been a game changer to allow clients and collectors to see a painting this way as opposed to in a white-walled gallery space.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cabinet and magazine rack: vintage.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m quite a romantic person, and I love curtains that pool on the floor. The curtains<\/a> in this apartment were a post-divorce gift to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI loved sitting in this chair to read when Ava was watching noisy sitcoms in the living room.\u201d<\/p>\n

KITCHEN<\/p>\n

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Plate on wall: vintage from Notre N\u00f3m<\/a>. Kettle: Hario<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Table: flea market find. Candlestick: flea market find.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis original watercolor is by Danish artist Jens Uffe Rasmussen<\/a>. My favorite Copenhagen art museum is Ordrupgaard<\/a>,\u00a0which includes the house of legendary furniture designer Finn Juhl, and I love being in his home just as he left it. Louisiana<\/a> is always worth a trip outside the city, and the street Bredgade<\/a> in the center of Copenhagen has a lot of great galleries.\u201d<\/p>\n

BEDROOM<\/p>\n

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Bed: Zara Home<\/a>. Bedding: Zara Home<\/a>. Paintings: Simone Polk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOnce, when she was younger, Ava was jumping up and down on the bed and kicked her foot through a canvas hanging above it. I was devastated, and she was, too. Then I remembered a technique I\u2019d used before I was an artist, when I was just making pieces for my home, where I\u2019d layer pieces of paper onto a canvas. That jumping-on-the-bed accident became the start of Patches<\/a>, my most popular series.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marble table: flea market find.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI love the French writer\u00a0Val\u00e9rie Perrin<\/a>. Fresh Water for Flowers<\/a> was the most beautiful novel I\u2019ve ever read. I\u2019m jealous of anyone who hasn\u2019t yet read her work yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Curtains: &Drape<\/a>. Stool: family heirloom.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the fifth child. My older brother inherited a designer chair from my dad that\u2019s worth a lot of money, and I ended up with that little foldable hunting stool. My dad offered it to me when I moved out of the family home, and I\u2019ve had it ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe didn\u2019t end up staying here long. I found a place where I could have my studio in my home, and that made more sense. But I felt so lucky to get to live here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanks so much for sharing your home with us, Simone<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

P.S. Many more home tours<\/a>, and this reader\u2019s husband built her an introvert nook<\/a>. <\/p>\n

(Photos by Nana Hagel<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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