Not long ago, I stumbled upon Hverdagen, a newish restaurant in Copenhagen’s industrial-cool Kødbyen neighborhood with warm, clean-lined interiors, paper lanterns, and terra cotta-colored details. It’s now on my some-day itinerary.
A little more sleuthing revealed that the restaurant interiors are by Danish studio Vermland, founded by cabinet maker Joakim Tolf Vulpius and young architect Anton Bak—the very same Anton Bak behind a scrappy two-week, $1000 renovation in Brooklyn we featured a couple of years ago, when he was a spacial designer at the Royal Danish Academy and his partner, Kristina Line, was interning at Søren Rose Studio in New York. The design world is small.
Back to the restaurant: It’s full of lovely, subtle design details to take note of—and is currently taking dinner reservations should you find yourself in Copenhagen.
Photography by Jannick Boerlum, courtesy of Vermland.
1. Hang the table.
![the dining room is designed around a long communal table, which also serves to 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-interior-full-733x489.jpg)
2. Keep to a tight color palette.
![the serene, clean lined interiors feel warm and fresh thanks to a two tone colo 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-front-window-733x978.jpg)
3. Disguise the W.C.
![behind a statement making pink curtain (from kvadrat)? the door to the washroom. 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-shelves-733x977.jpg)
4. And keep materials of a piece.
5. Add texture with dried branches.
![our latest favorite example of dried branches as decor: cloud like bunches hung 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-tables-733x977.jpg)
6. Employ the subtlest of checks.
![hverdagen restaurant vermland tables detail](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-tables-detail-733x977.jpg)
7. Hang lanterns.
![hverdagen restaurant vermland table](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-table-733x1100.jpg)
8. Use food as decor.
![and, in custom shelves behind the bar, bundles of chilis, heads of garlic, and 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/hverdagen-restaurant-vermland-shelves-2-733x977.jpg)
More Copenhagen restaurants and restaurants on my someday-itinerary:
- The Audo: A New Creative Hub with Hotel Rooms Under the Rafters
- Kafeteria and Kunst: A New Copenhagen Cafe by Frederik Bille Brahe and Danh Vo
- Behind the Curtain: A Former Ballet Dancer’s Romantic Hotel in Copenhagen
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