Clients and Objectives
The owners of this apartment — a family with a preschool-aged son — approached the designer with specific requests for functionality: the number of rooms, closets, and bathrooms. However, they had no clear request regarding aesthetics. They wanted to make it light, cozy, not ultra-modern, but also not heavy classic. The designer was able to feel the needs of the owners, which were not specifically articulated, resulting in a timeless interior leaning towards American classic styling.
Redesign
The BTI plan marked two bathrooms, a kitchen, a balcony, and empty space. In reality, the apartment had no partitions and no designated balcony.
“The apartment is in a building built in a semi-circle, it has the shape of a sector, meaning there were almost no 90-degree corners. I wanted to bring it to order, straighten the rooms if possible, and make at least three corners at 90 degrees,” the designer shares her challenges.
The designer outlined a spacious kitchen-living room, two separate rooms, two wardrobes, a pantry located in the common hall, and two bathrooms (one full, with a bath, the other — a guest bathroom, which also has a laundry area).
There were several points in the redesign planned to be approved with the help of the developer, getting a new BTI plan. Firstly, the kitchen was eventually expanded at the expense of the adjacent living room. Secondly, part of the kitchen encroached on the bathroom. Thirdly, the absence of a balcony. (Typically, these actions are prohibited — note by the editor)
Finishing
For wall finishing, they chose light paint, complemented by moldings in the living room area and behind the headboard in the bedroom.
For the floors in the living areas and in the kitchen, they laid large oak parquet planks in a classic herringbone pattern.
In the hallway — light marble-look ceramic granite on the floor. They also chose it for finishing the bathroom. For the kitchen backsplash — ceramic granite again. The materials are natural or, as with ceramic granite, mimic natural textures. They serve as an excellent background, even when replacing large furniture and decor, they can remain as a base.
Furniture and Storage Systems
During the planning stage, they allocated two wardrobes in the corridor (male and female) and a utility room for household items, so there are only two wardrobes in the apartment: in the hallway and in the children’s room.
The children’s wardrobe is not built-in; they made this choice with an eye to possible changes in the room as the child grows.
The furniture is a combination of classic and modern. For example, the wardrobe fronts are made with panels, referring more to a classic style, while the soft furniture is of modern forms, as are the dining table and chairs. They made the case furniture to order, while the free-standing pieces were chosen from ready-made options at furniture hypermarkets (sofa and bed, furniture for the children’s room, where they changed the handles).
Lighting
Lighting scenarios are traditionally designed: general and additional (decorative). In terms of style, the lighting fixtures continue the set concept. Here there are both more classic models, such as the bedroom chandelier with “candles” and wall sconces on either side of the mirror in the bathroom, as well as modern — built-in and surface-mounted spotlights, chandeliers above the dining table and in the living area, minimalist pendants in the hallway.
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