"During our first meeting with the clients, we discussed their travels and the range of emotional experiences they gathered in different countries," the project's designer explains. "The clients were especially fond of African countries and Norway, which we aimed to recreate in the apartment." Their main requests were maximum functionality and a cozy atmosphere.
The task was to transform a two-room apartment with a long, central load-bearing wall into a three-room space with separate bedrooms, a living room, and a kitchen. The apartment's corner layout allowed us to divide one narrow, long area with two windows into two smaller bedrooms.
The primary concept of the project was to turn a series of small rooms into a cohesive, open-feeling space. An arched window was built between the kitchen and living room, and hallways were minimized. From the front door, the apartment feels much larger than its actual size. The layout includes a kitchen with a compact dining area, a living room with a TV and storage system, a hall entryway with a spacious wardrobe, a master bedroom, a children's room, a bathroom, and a guest restroom.
Engineered wood flooring was used throughout the apartment, while the kitchen features wood-patterned porcelain tiles. Oak and ash veneer were applied to window reveals, and tile inherited from the clients' previous home renovation was installed in the hallway and on the bathroom wall.
