How a fashion designer shed new light on the country home of a renowned architect
Fashion designer Eva Maria Bogaert never thought she’d swap the city for a village. But, after living in Brussels, Berlin, Antwerp and then Ghent, she left for the countryside with her husband, Pieter Van Hoestenberghe, and their two young children, when the couple’s dream home came up.
The house in question was designed and built in the 1970s by the renowned Belgian architect Hendrik Scherpereel. Eva Maria and Pieter bought the house from Scherpereel, a friend of Pieter’s parents, and it was still in its original state.
