“As a younger person I thought, I don’t want white walls, that’s boring,” she said. “But then the more I kept thinking about it, I thought, white can be a very beautiful color.” The white walls extend into the bathroom, which also is partially tiled in white as well, a very German design, she said. The bathroom also houses the washer and dryer, which also operates as Niklas’ changing table. On the opposite end of the apartment is Martin and Katie’s bedroom, which is just large enough for a small roll top desk, a bed and a computer. “Ok, we can have a small bedroom, but let’s have a big closet,” Katie remembers telling Martin when they were designed the apartment. Their bedroom closest is carefully organized with folded clothes fitting neatly into drawers. As Niklas grows up, the Martin and Katie realize they’ll have to expand the home. The existing mezzanine area outside their apartment door allows for that. The space is currently used for storage but will allow for the addition of another room when the time comes. For the couple, the airport is the perfect place to grow their family and business and carve out a small but comfortable place to go home to. “I think we wanted to make Montana be our home and Martin wanted to make aviation accessible and a place to grow our business,” Katie said. “This kind of gave us all of those things in one spot.” @ Erin Schattauer can be reached at 582-2628 or eschattauer@dailychronicle.com. She’s on Twitter at @erinschattauer.
The bathroom is partially tiled in white, which Katie said is a very German design.
Zen and feng shui principles informed all of Klasson’s decisions.
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