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House · Natural simplicity
Design project for a house, 252 m²
House · 252 m² · Completed
About the project
A house in a country settlement well outside the city. The clients wanted an interior unlike an urban one: a sense of lightness, of naturalness and of the simplicity of nature.
The style settled into Japandi, Japanese restraint in a light Scandinavian shell, with a wabi-sabi aesthetic underneath: the beauty of natural imperfection matters more than a flawless finish.
Client request
The clients, a family with children, were building a house out of town and wanted an interior entirely free of urban habits: nothing glossy, nothing heavy. The brief was simple: lightness, naturalness and natural simplicity across 252 m², large windows and high ceilings, and the master bedroom as a single space without partitions.
Challenge
The clients were moving out of town for an interior unlike a city one: light, natural, with the simplicity of nature. The difficulty was to keep the eco character (microcement, rattan, natural textiles) warm and lived-in rather than decorative, and to carry it even into the utility rooms.
Concept
The architecture of the house preserved every tree on the plot, which is where the curved wall corners come from; they set the tone for the whole interior.
Japandi here is not a stylisation but a way of handling material: a calm palette, low furniture, emptiness as a full member of the composition. Wabi-sabi adds to that a tolerance for the mark of the hand: lacquered metal, clay plaster, linen fabrics, cut sections of timber.
Custom light fittings and decorative objects were made for this house: in this aesthetic, mass-produced items appear too uniform and stand out immediately.
Result
The house came out calm and natural, a long way from city gloss: natural materials, a soft earthy palette, rattan and microcement. Every zone has had attention, from the master bedroom without partitions and the children's room to the shower with sauna and the laundry, and all of them are resolved in the same natural character.
Trust metrics
252 m²
Floor area
7 months
Design period
Zones of the project “Design project for a house, 252 m²”
01 Zone
Kitchen-living-dining room
The open space of the ground floor brings the kitchen, the living room and the dining area together without partitions. Large paper cocoon lights hang against tall windows looking onto birch woods, linen curtains soften the light, and warm plaster and an open-face fireplace with a patinated panel keep the character natural and far from the city. A concrete kitchen island and dark units sit next to a timber dining table and terracotta leather chairs: an eco aesthetic with nothing lost in function.
02 Zone
Master bedroom
The master bedroom is resolved as a single space without partitions, the sleeping area running smoothly into its own bathroom. Dark vertical timber panels and graphite bed upholstery set up a contrast with the warm clay plaster of the walls, woven shades and a tree-stump table add natural texture, and a lit niche with bath and basin reads in the background. The whole room is held in one material language.
03 Zone
Bedroom
The second bedroom is in a light earthy palette, a contrast to the graphite master bedroom. Raw textured plaster, woven pendant lights, a mirror on a wooden stepladder and a hand-made terracotta throw create a warm, lived-in eco character with none of the city gloss.
04 Zone
Children's room
The children's room is built around play and independence. A chalkboard wall in the shape of a house invites drawing straight onto the surface, a timber platform bed and open storage with containers keep order at the child's height, and natural timber, soft animal cushions and a round woven rug hold the warm natural character of the whole house.
05 Zone
Shower and sauna
The spa area on the ground floor brings together an open shower and a sauna. The walls of the shower room, in warm clay plaster with a wave relief, lead to the glass door of the sauna, lined inside with timber and Himalayan salt tiles; a small spotlight on the stove brings out the texture of the stone. A pebble drainage area and black minimal sanitaryware complete the natural, spa character of the zone.
06 Zone
Bathroom
The bathroom continues the eco line of the house: warm microcement, an accent of large stone-effect porcelain and a relief wall with a wave texture. An organically shaped lit mirror, a timber vanity unit with a stone bowl basin and black sanitaryware add graphic notes, while a jute rug and terracotta towels give the feeling of a spa in the open air.
07 Zone
Laundry room
The laundry room is treated as a considered space rather than a back room: open black shelving with warm lighting, a stacked washing machine and dryer, baskets and a place for clothes. Everything is to hand and in view, function held in the same calm natural character as the rest of the house.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the project
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the project
Who was the 252 m² Japandi house designed for?
The 252 m² house was designed for a family with children. The clients wanted to leave city habits behind, so the interior is Japandi with a wabi-sabi aesthetic. Design took 7 months, and the house has been built.
Why does the house have curved walls?
The rounded wall corners come from the architecture: the house was sited so that every tree on the plot could be kept. That geometry set the tone for the whole interior.
Why were the lighting and decor made to order?
In a wabi-sabi interior a mass-produced piece looks too perfect and gives itself away at once, so the lighting and decor were specified as made-to-order pieces. The finishes follow the same principle: traces of handwork show on the lacquered metal, the clay plaster and the wood slices.
How is the main bedroom arranged?
At the clients' request, the main bedroom is one space with no partitions, and the sleeping area flows straight into the bathroom. Dark vertical wood panels and the graphite upholstery of the bed contrast with the clay plaster walls. A tree stump stands by the bed in place of a bedside table.
How was the spa area designed?
On the ground floor an open shower is combined with a sauna. The shower walls have clay plaster with a wave relief, and the sauna is lined inside with wood and Himalayan salt tiles. The drain area is laid with pebbles.