The exterior of the humble cottage with its shed roof is a plain white. Step inside, however, and colors dance in the light. Walls glow in light blue and yellow, while the kitchen cabinets are pink, the worktop is eggplant, and the bathroom tiles a deep red. The Winkelmanns combined it all with a solid, and fearless, instinct for colors, evoking an atmosphere of endless summer—no small feat given Brandenburg’s notoriously unpredictable, and often gray, weather. Thanks to a clever reorganizing of the floor plan and the room layouts, the 300-square-foot cottage feels spacious. The entrance leads directly into the living room with a kitchenette, before you continue on to the bedroom with a sleeping alcove and bathroom. The couple used a few tricks to achieve the maximum use of the space they had to work with, including extending a counter under the living room windowsill so that they wouldn’t need a separate dining table. An extra-wide window was added in the wall above the kitchen installation, allowing light to flood in as it makes the room appear larger than it actually is.
The couple used a few tricks to achieve the maximum use of the space they had to work with, including extending a counter under the living room windowsill so that they wouldn’t need a separate dining table. An extra-wide window was added in the wall above the kitchen installation, allowing light to flood in as it makes the room appear larger than it actually is.
