Seven different floor types had built up inside Vedbæk House by the time Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, founding partner of Norm Architects, began renovating it as a home for his family. The house sits on the coast in Vedbæk, Denmark, and was completed in 1911 by architects H. Wright and E.V. Marston as a summer villa named Rosenhøj, on the grounds of a wooden seaside hotel that burned down in 1898.

Every existing floor was pulled up, the base leveled, and a single magnesite surface poured continuously through the house. Magnesite cures jointless and faintly mottled, and its polished finish has a marble-like depth close to Italian stucco lustro. Laid beneath walls and ceilings that keep their original ornament, the plain floor removes the competing patterns underfoot and leaves the plasterwork as the only decoration in each room.

That ornament is uneven in period. The original client, Fritz Johannsen, traveled often in Italy and France, and the interior details move between neoclassicism and early Art Deco. The exterior follows a Tyrolean model drawn from Southern Germany and Northern Italy, with a steep roof and wooden balconies facing the water. A conservatory added in 1913 now forms part of the bedroom and bathroom wing, while a later rear addition had felt disconnected from the original structure when experienced from inside. The renovation stripped nearly everything back and kept only the strongest original details.

Where rooms ran dark, niches were cut into selected walls so daylight passes through the thickness of the structure into adjoining spaces. The light crosses plaster and floor along its route, raking over the surfaces and showing their texture.

The lower floor takes a heavier palette of solid stone, dark timber, and muted tones. A round stone table with a patinated surface anchors the main gathering space. Framed openings and graduated transitions keep this level tied to the floors above, alternating compressed passages with more open rooms.

Furniture includes the MG305 credenza, a leather-clad desk Norm originally designed for the Dulong Jewelry Store and produced by Malte Gormsen. A bronzed brass top sits over soft leather sides that conceal extensive storage.