A tasteful apartment with a lot of character and feeling. In total there are two good bedrooms, an incredible amount of storage and lovely social areas. Large living room with a beautiful cast iron stove and lovely ceiling height. Further into the apartment we find the kitchen, which runs in tasteful tones and with full mechanical equipment. In the master bedroom, we meet Gothic notes: massive wooden doors, a tiny window, smeared walls. An extraordinary apartment, and even in a festive decoration! See also :https://house-diaries.com/a-tasteful-apartment-with-a-lot-of-character/

Christmas starts earlier with Danish stylist and ‘Nybyggerne’ judge Mette Helena Rasmussen than with most others. A lot actually. And it also lasts longer. This applies both when she styles Christmas pictures for companies and magazines, and at home in the apartment, where she and the children, Villa and Johs, decorate everywhere. Mette Helena has lived in the apartment since 2014. When she took over, it was an estate, and therefore the 156 square meters have been continuously renovated. The result is a cozy mix of colors, fun objects, designs, homemade solutions and not least impressive picture walls in different shapes, color schemes and sizes that are constantly changing. Mette Helena is originally a trained visual artist, has been collecting art for almost 20 years, and new works are constantly being added. Few of Mette Helena’s works of art and furniture have cost anything special, because just like when it comes to Christmas decorations, she…

The starting point was a dignified Victorian home which had been left fragmented and incomplete by a series of renovations. The task for AM Architecture was two fold, firstly to consolidate and reinstate the existing heritage parts and secondly to create a new architectural  language that would transform the rear and become the soul of the new indoor and outdoor living areas.   Internally a generous kitchen larder disappears behind sliding timber wall and the remaining kitchen merges together with the dining and living areas to create a gesture of communal living.  A truss across the rear balcony becomes a decorative structural element, repeating in a grape vine covered pergola that cantilevers over a deep swimming pool and BBQ area to provide dappled light to the table and the waters edge below (Published with Bowerbird). Photography : Dianna Snape See also :https://house-diaries.com/jazz-up-residence-refurbished-victorian-cottage-in-melbourne-australia/

Located in Tel Aviv, Israel, the Garden on the Roof  Apartment was designed by XS Studio for young clients that wanted to enjoy family time, entertain friends, and let their children play. The two-story residence had a layout that wasn’t working so the studio flipped it, bringing the private spaces downstairs and the living area upstairs in order to utilize the roof deck. Upstairs houses the open kitchen and living room which extends out to the outdoor terrace, expanding the square footage. Lots of windows surround the public space to create a light-filled interior that appears larger than it is (Published with Bowerbird). Photography : Gidon Levin See also :https://house-diaries.com/the-pianists-home-creating-an-organizing-cube/

NAME studio’s brief was to create a new home for a family with two young children, who wanted to stay in central Paris but who also wanted the kind of fluid, open, light-filled spaces not often possible in apartment living. Two adjoining apartments have been combined to create a single family sized flat along with a well-designed studio for rental. Layouts have been reconfigured to harness the light available from two elevations, with the living room located along the southern façade to maximise sunlight, and a kitchen/dining space located along the northern façade. Bedrooms and office space are located towards the periphery with bespoke joinery employed to create division but blur the distinction between walls and storage to maximise space. Some Parisian cachet has been lent to a fairly standard space by exposing the original wooden structure.  Finishes are minimal, with Dinesen pine flooring and a palette of whites -…

Minimalist black kitchen, or a large rectangular black island in which every element that makes the kitchen, is really captivating. Contemporary, robust, striking. This example is also great as an inspiration to all those who do not have the opportunity to make an open floor plan of the living room in their apartment. The large white double doors of the apartment that are the link between the kitchen and the living room are also a kind of decoration that blends in with the white walls and makes the space passable and bright. High ceiling buildings really have their charm. Going back to Christmas decorating, I don’t know if you have noticed any branches of various conifers in the interior. I like that simplicity, we associate conifers with the coming holidays, but placed like this without additional decorations they are not too intrusive and look wonderful. Be sure to sketch out…

Located in Port Melbourne, the Stokes Street Residence by Adele Bates Studio, encompasses elegantly layered spaces over two light-filled levels.Home to a young family of four, the interior design combines dark textural timber floors and joinery with statement touches of colour to reflect the client’s personality. Bespoke and unique detailing add scale and finesse to the interior spaces, while marble and polished plaster offset the dark tones to create a sense of balance.Within the bathrooms, tactile marble and tiles complement the elegantly simple joinery forms. Custom-made fittings in a brushed rose gold finish provide an unexpected accent to a lush palette of textures (Published with Bowerbird). Photography : Chris Warnes See also :https://house-diaries.com/brookville-road-residences-classic-forms-with-modern-luxury/

Located in a 190 year old Grade 1-listed building, this Brighton based property underwent a more recently refurbishment by the interior designer Cat Dal to create a light-filled, contemporary home. Building on the solid architectural bones, their brief was to reimagine the space, to create a beautiful, informal and inspiring home for the client’s family. Taking cues from the landscape and playful energy of the seaside town, the studio set out to create a highly eclectic space filled with layers of texture, pattern & colour balanced with clean lines and a modern sensibility. Their efforts focused on highlighting and reinstating architectural details throughout, mixing their client’s heirloom pieces with vintage & modern classics, and incorporating new bespoke joinery wherever possible to provide ample storage. Photography : The modern house See also :https://house-diaries.com/roupell-street-house-a-wonderfully-idiosyncratic-approach-to-the-transformation-of-interior-spaces/