This Mom of Two Moved Into Her Grandparents’ Comfy Old Home (and Painted the Kitchen Bright Blue)

Hannah Haehn, the co-founder of location goods store The Post Supply, lives with her 2 children successful her precocious grandparents’ location successful Los Angeles. “My begetter precocious did immoderate renovations, but earlier that, it had bumpy tweed wallpaper and brownish carpet,” she laughs. “It was beauteous — but decidedly a vibe of that time!” Here’s a look inside…

LIVING ROOM

Sofa: Ikea. Coffee table: Wayfair. Candle: The Post Supply. Rattan armchair: Ikea. Rug: vintage. Kids’ piano: household hand-me-down. Print: from “Living connected The Earth” by Alicia Bay Laurel.

On relaxing: The cardinal to a cozy home, I feel, is not to person thing excessively precious. I got a sofa with covers that tin beryllium thrown successful the lavation due to the fact that I privation everyone to bundle nether blankets and devour snacks, without stressing astir spills oregon crumbs. The much items get utilized and worn, the much inviting and homey they feel.

On a instrumentality for glowy lighting: I judge successful the 3 tiers of airy rule. First, you person 1 tier of airy astatine a higher level, similar a gangly level lamp. Then you person a airy that’s face-level, similar a sconce. Finally, the 3rd airy is beneath you, similar a array lamp oregon candle. There’s thing astir those 3 tiers that marque the country consciousness enveloping and warm.

On a caller benignant of downtime: This year, I decided to discontinue each my TV subscriptions due to the fact that flipping betwixt shows didn’t marque maine consciousness good. Now if I privation to ticker something, I request to wage to rent the bid oregon movie, which makes maine ticker lone things I truly like.

Bookshelves: Ikea.

On hobbies: I’ve played the guitar since I was 16, and I similar playing astatine location for my kids. Lately I’ve been into aged Carter Family songs and Johnny Cash. I similar thing successful the bittersweet aged state euphony scene. If it makes you cry, I’m into it!

KITCHEN

On remembering loved ones: I consciousness the beingness of my grandparents the astir successful our kitchen. Growing up, I would beryllium astatine their array and devour seeded German breadstuff and precise aggravated cheese, portion watching my grandma navigator Dampfnudel (steamed buns) oregon Kartoffelsuppe (potato soup). Every clip I lavation dishes, lasting close wherever she stood, I consciousness her with me.

Paint: Admiral Blue from Behr. Mug: Ginny Sims.

On bluish cabinets: My dada painted these cabinets agleam French blue. It adds to the premix of aesthetics successful this location — determination are a lot! My grandparents’ keepsakes person an aged satellite European feel, and my ain furnishings is much modern. But that’s good — beingness is simply a generational postulation of moments successful time.

On go-to recipes: I’ve been cooking from Health Nut by Jess Damuck, and she makes a truly bully tahini banana bread. I besides marque tons of soup. One year, my lad gave maine a tin of crockery for my day due to the fact that helium said it was my favourite thing.

DINING ROOM

Dining table: thrifted. Dining chairs: Wayfair. Credenza: vintage Henry Link. Pendant lamp: Ravenhill Studio.

On learning German: My gramps was calved successful Luxembourg, and my dad’s archetypal connection was German. I ever wanted to talk to my grandparents successful their ain language, truthful I took German classes successful college, and thankfully, I was capable to person a speech successful German with them earlier they passed.

On an unfastened door: We tin compression 10 radical astir our eating array and often invitation friends implicit for veggie pasta. Most times, my friends volition fto themselves successful earlier we get home, truthful by the clip we amusement up, families are already playing and eating popsicles outside. And it feels truthful good. My grandparents ever hosted, truthful it feels similar they are blessing the relationships forming successful this house.

On keepsakes: This is my grandma’s hutch, and it holds each of my great-grandma’s china. It means truthful overmuch to me.

BEDROOM

Bed: vintage. Bedding: Matteo. Lamps: passed down from Hannah’s mother.

On beardown women: I emotion this people supra my furniture from Danny Lyon — it features pictures of his woman with their baby, and it’s called ‘Super Woman’ due to the fact that there’s a Super Woman poster successful it, but besides due to the fact that she is simply a mother. I emotion this house, and I pat into the vigor of beardown pistillate figures whenever I locomotion in.

Thank you truthful much, Hannah!

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(Photos by Leela Cyd for Cup of Jo.)