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Apartment · Contemporary art deco

Design project for an apartment, 250 m²

Apartment · 250 m² · Completed

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About the project

Design project for a 250 m² apartment for a family with three children: two adjoining apartments brought together into one contemporary home, with a worked-out scenario for every area. The central idea rests on a panel of natural onyx and on a single colour and material scheme, in which timber, stone, metal and good fabrics hold the whole together and keep the scale in balance, supported by a home automation system and multi-scene lighting.

Client request

A family with three children bought two adjoining apartments in a new building with high ceilings and large windows. The task was to bring them together into one home of 250 m², working out in detail how every member of the family would use each area.

Challenge

Bring two apartments together into a single 250 m² space for a family with three children without losing coherence or scale. Every scenario of daily life had to be worked out area by area, from receiving 15 guests in the kitchen and living room to the children’s own rooms, and tied together by a restrained palette of costly natural textures.

Concept

The colour of the whole interior started from a panel of natural onyx in the combined kitchen, living and dining room. The shades of the stone set the key for every area: the neutral, enveloping tones of the master bedroom, the peach and beige romance of the elder daughter’s room, the restrained accents of the boys’ rooms. The apartment runs on a home automation system with multi-scene lighting.

Result

The result is a space held together by colour, in which timber, stone, metal and good fabrics belong to one palette. It started from the panel of natural onyx in the kitchen and living room, and each room then took a character of its own: art deco in the master bedroom, restrained accents in the boys’ rooms, a romantic peach and beige range in the daughter’s room. A home automation system and multi-scene lighting from European makers complete the interior.

Trust metrics

250 m²

Floor area

7 months

Design period

01 Zone

Entrance hall

The entrance hall sets the tone for the whole apartment: restrained finishes, a round lit mirror above the console and a soft bench. Considered lighting scenarios meet guests and lead them gently further into the home.

02 Zone

Kitchen and living room

The combined kitchen, living and dining room holds up to 15 people at once. At the centre of the composition is a panel of natural onyx, and it is from there that the colour of the whole interior started. Good contemporary design means a great many lighting scenarios under automated control, and we worked these through in detail. The apartment has a home automation system, and every space carries accent light from the European makers we prefer.

Open-plan kitchen-living room with a bar counter and an island, an onyx panel lit by chandeliers

Combined kitchen-living room: a natural onyx panel and a white island with bar stools, warm light and a contemporary interior

Combined kitchen-living room with a natural onyx panel at the centre, soft accent lighting, a contemporary interior in neutral tones — Stone reflections in glossy surfaces make the space feel grand.

Open-plan kitchen and living room, view of a grey sofa and a coffee table, illuminated onyx panel and soft warm light

03 Zone

Boy's room 1: the playhouse bed

One of the boys’ rooms is built around a playhouse bed set in a niche with a pitched roof, a warm private shelter for sleeping. A work place by the window, a round rug and a graphic panel with green accents on the wall give the room character and lightness.

Boy's room with a house-shaped bed in a niche, a desk by the window and a round rug, warm daylight and graphic panels — A work place by the window and the bed house at the back of the room.

Boy's room with a house-frame bed in a niche, a desk by the window, a round rug and soft light — Graphic panel with green accents sets the room’s colour scheme.

Children's room with a house-frame bed in a niche with a sloped roof, a round rug, soft light and graphic wall finishes — The playhouse bed in a niche lined with timber slats.

04 Zone

Boy's room 2: sports corner

The second boy’s room is held in a restrained grey-blue: a work place by the window, generous storage with blue slatted fronts and an abstract panel over the bed. A separate area with wall bars and a soft bean bag is given over to sport and play.

Boy's room with grey-blue wardrobes and a wall panel, a view of the workspace by the window, a light-coloured floor and soft curtains — Work area by the window and bed with blue textile accent.

Children's area with grey-and-blue wall bars, a bean bag and a soft rug against the wall, a panel in the background, daylight — Storage with blue slatted fronts and an abstract panel.

Light-filled children's area with wall bars on the left and a grey bean bag against the wall, soft diffused light — Sports corner with wall bars and a bean-bag chair.

05 Zone

Master bedroom

The parents’ bedroom is filled with neutral, enveloping tones. It has a soft quilted headboard with art deco prints, framed by bronze mirrors, and a carpeted floor. Two doors lead out of it, to the walk-in wardrobe and to the bathroom.

06 Zone

Master bathroom

The master bathroom is treated as a casket of natural Calacatta marble with brass accents. A free-standing bath by the window, a separate area with WC and bidet and a generous lit washing area give it the feel of a private spa.

Master bathroom with marble walls, a wide vanity unit with brass inlays, washbasins and a bathtub by the window with soft lighting — Separate zone with toilet and bidet, console with sink and mirror with accent lighting.

Marble master bathroom by the window: a freestanding bathtub, brass lighting and curtains, soft daylight — Freestanding bathtub by the window, with robes and towels on brass hooks nearby.

07 Zone

Walk-in wardrobe

The walk-in wardrobe off the master bedroom is held in warm timber tones: open shelves, hanging rails and closed drawers sort things by category, and a soft pouffe in the middle of the room completes the scenario of getting ready in the morning.

08 Zone

Elder daughter's bedroom

The room for the 18-year-old daughter was to be romantic and light, in a range of peach and beige. Soft textures, rounded forms and diffused light make a comfortable space of her own.

Elder daughter's room: a bed with an upholstered headboard, light-coloured textiles, peach-beige walls, panoramic light from the windows and a chandelier

Light-toned room with a bed against the wall, a panoramic door and rounded niches, soft diffused light, a beige-peach palette

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about the project

What does an interior design project for an apartment include?

The 250 m² project covered eight areas, among them two boys’ rooms with different purposes, one with a playhouse bed and one with a sports corner, plus the elder daughter’s room and the walk-in wardrobe off the master bedroom. Contemporary art deco here was built on geometric ornament and contrasting colour.

How much does the design of a 250 m² apartment in art deco cost?

Art deco calls for more precise drawing of the decorative elements, the panelling, the brass inlays, the geometry of the floor, so the cost estimate runs higher than for a neutral interior of the same area. For this apartment the figure was worked out across all eight areas, the walk-in wardrobe and the master bathroom included.

How long does it take to design a 250 m² apartment with several children’s rooms?

For this floor area and three children’s areas we allow about seven months. A room with a bed house and a sports corner for a boy are effectively two separate design solutions inside one apartment, and that is what lengthens the work compared with an ordinary layout.

How do you fit a playhouse bed into a child’s room in an apartment?

The playhouse bed is a built-in structure drawn individually: ceiling height, light inside and out, materials chosen for hard use. In this apartment it was designed as part of the boy’s room as a whole, not as a separate piece of furniture.

Can a sports corner go straight into a child’s room?

Yes, given enough floor area and the right flooring. The wall bars and mats go into the project from the start rather than being bought later. In this 250 m² apartment the sports corner went into the second boy’s room as an area of its own.

How does ARTEVRIKA balance three children’s areas in one apartment project?

Each area, the boy’s room with the bed house, the sports corner and the elder daughter’s room, gets its own function and its own materials, but all of them are tied to the colour frame that art deco sets. Here that kept the interior from feeling like three different apartments under one roof.