Furniture
Green dominates at Rungstedlund in more than one sense, and this shows in the “green living room.” Unlike most of the rooms in the house, this room is sheltered from the cold wind blowing in from the coast. It was used as a guest room and sometimes as Blixen’s workspace.The painted cane chair in the foreground came from Blixen’s farm in Africa, while the old Empire bookcase
It is impossible to talk about Blixen’s home and decor without emphasizing the importance of flowers. Blixen once said, “I think flowers are one of the miracles of existence.”“She thought a lot about colors when arranging flowers. She didn’t think much about the shape or form, but about the colors and their combinations, and her bouquets were always spiky,” says Helen Olsen, who has been a floral decorator at Rungstedlund for over 20 years. She is responsible for decorating the living rooms with plants in Blixen’s style.
Pull out table.
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