For an illustration of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling fable, it’s hard to go past this elegant apartment in leafy Østerbro, Copenhagen, a mere suburb away from where the master storyteller once lived.
It stood empty and unloved for a year until Christian Klinge, owner of creative branding agency Entry Global, and his partner Sarah Fitzgerald, a midwife, sensed its potential and transformed it into a graceful swan. Its luminescent, French-inspired interiors, a celebration of lighting in all its forms, came about through their grand vision and sheer hard work, with the couple doing much of the renovating themselves.
When the pair discovered this third-floor apartment, “it was drab and in poor condition with no charm”, Klinge says. “And the floor plan wasn’t ideal for families, with a small…
