An apartment in a historic German building had been extensively over-renovated, with original details removed: wooden doors replaced by plastic, blue carpet glued over floors, and room layouts altered from the original plan. Laura Muthesius and Nora Eisermann transformed a former bank into apartments intended for holiday guests, workshops, pop-up dinners and cafes, and production use, prioritizing the recovery of authentic features over adding unnecessary new elements. The duo began collaborating as a couple, married, and later separated after thirteen years while remaining friends and creative partners. They launched @_designtales_ during a countryside renovation to separate interiors from their food-focused content.
So much has changed! And what a beautiful, intense, and crazy journey it was, We started working together as a couple, got married in between, and after 13 years of being together broke up this year. But we are still friends and love working with each other. We created @_designtales_ for fun, when we were renovating our first apartment in the countryside and didn't want to spam our food- and recipe-loving followers with interior and renovation content all the time.
All the original details had been replaced over the years, sadly. Wooden doors were replaced by plastic ones, a blue carpet was glued over all the floors, even the layout of the rooms was different to the original ground plan.
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