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Harmonious contrasts

For the kitchen furnishing, the two non-colors par excellence were paired, the black of metal-effect gres and the white of the matte lacquer. After comparing the island solution with the peninsula one, evaluating the pros and cons of both, the first solution was chosen. The element at the center of the scene is the island, composed of a counter completely covered in very large gres slabs, from the top to the sides, but which also forms the cantilevered top, a minimal support that allows to have a snack area where breakfasts and quick lunches can be consumed.

Island monolith: protagonist of the space

The design peculiarity of this monolith is given by the choice to leave it free from any appliance, a decision that allows to have the greatest possible working space usable for chopping vegetables, placing hot pots, kneading and slicing. The surface of the top hosts only an electrical tower for sockets, very practical to connect small electronic aids to the preparation and transformation of food.

The working area: functionality and aesthetics

The storage bases were arranged in an L shape along the walls: in the windowed part an integrated sink entirely made of grès joined at 45 degrees was prepared, equipped with a mixer tap with pull-out spray, while on the short side we installed an induction hob with integrated hood, a choice that allowed us to use the overhead space for a comfortable shelf completely covered in gres with integrated LED to illuminate the working area.

Details that balance and harmonize

We also designed two wooden shelves, with burnished aluminum support, which catch the eye by warming this kitchen environment and which, in addition to the practical function, also have a decorative function if equipped with plants and objects. The columns rise in the final part of the kitchen composition where they house the ventilated oven, the 75 cm fridge and the freezer with three large drawers, all finished with the same white matte lacquer as the bases.

A custom-made gres shelf

A small clarification about the gres shelf: we handcrafted, thanks to our internal laboratory, the large gres slabs by cladding a support element in very high-density eps. The large slabs allow us to cover objects of all kinds and we took advantage of this possibility to create this custom-made shelf that we installed above the cladding in the cooking area.

Consistency of materials -> harmony

This large shelf completely dressed in black oxide-effect porcelain gres, the same material that composes the kitchen furnishing tops and the sides of the island, is further enhanced by an underlying led that has the double function of defining the structure and of illuminating the cooktop.

Thanks to the machinery that cuts, drills, smooths and works in various ways the edges of the large gres slabs, we can create many of these custom-made furnishings when we take care of the interior design project.

Watch here the video of explanation and demonstration of our machinery: The porcelain gres laboratory.

The importance of the table

The dining room table is one of the most important furnishing elements of the house. To furnish the dining area we thought of a table that would recall the shelves installed in the kitchen: it is a piece of furniture with a top in warm and natural oak wood and a structure in burnished aluminum with legs of important presence.

Comfortable chairs in the right color

The model of the table chosen by the clients has a very simple, minimal base, which wants to give continuity to the style taken up throughout the entire house. I advised to match very comfortable chairs, real ergonomic armchairs in a warm mud grey color.

The lighting of the dining room

The chandelier that illuminates this area dedicated to convivial moments stands out, a design element composed of matte black pendants suspended by wires at different heights.
Another light point that I point out to you is placed on the wall behind the table and is composed of a matte white wall applique with bidirectional light beam, minimal and practical we will find it again in other rooms of the house.

If you want other ideas for lighting: How to light the dining table?

Surfaces that continue in different environments

In the bathroom of the living area we used the same variegated metal-effect porcelain gres used for the kitchen top. As in other occasions, also in this case we tried to respect the moodboard initially created with the client, applying, with consistency, colors, materials and surfaces that connect the environments.

Black and White also in the bathroom

Furthermore, also in the bathroom, we played with the contrast of black and white: the bathroom cabinet is a freestanding solution with large drawers in a three-dimensional grooved ebony finish and a white corian sink enhanced by matte black taps.

Thermostatic in the shower

In the shower we worked with a wall-mounted shower head and a hand shower with thermostatic controls in the same dark and elegant finish, breaking the wall with a lit niche for soaps and shampoos. The floor is the same as the living area, therefore the resin effect once again meets the metal effect.

Our clients asked us to design also a living furnishing, a solution that had to be simple and essential.
We thought of a large oak wood shelf as a support for the TV, matched with the finish of the shelves and the dining table, and a suspended lacquered chest of drawers with the same RAL as the kitchen.

The area was enhanced by a color block paint that encloses this relaxation corner, a cobalt blue color embellished by a matte white wall lamp, the same used also on the wall behind the table.

The staircase that leads us to the most intimate part of the house, enclosed between two walls, was made in gres for reasons of practicality and to facilitate cleaning.

The floor of the living area climbs the steps, cladding them in large slabs, a gres format that is joined at 45 degrees between riser and tread without the use of unaesthetic profiles for a monolithic effect.
This jolly cutting process is also carried out internally in our laboratory, which I mentioned to you a few paragraphs earlier.

To illuminate the ascent and descent of the gres staircase, once again we see the matte white linear lamp that becomes one of the distinctive furnishing elements of the interiors of this house.

Going up the staircase, welcoming us we find a warm wood floor with honey-colored tones.

It is an oak, essence, a resistant and durable wood, with a very flamed texture that presents well-visible knots, particularities of the wood that release all the naturalness of this flooring chosen in the varnished version to enjoy the beauty of this material without having to give up practicality.

In the design phase we chose to extend the parquet throughout the entire sleeping area and to let it enter fully also into the laundry room, while in order not to exclude it from the master bathroom a corridor was created under the suspended cabinet which allowed us to place the wooden planks next to the large stone-effect gres slabs.

Wood flooring also in the bathroom? Sure? Read here: Parquet in the bathroom.

Going up the staircase we arrive in the sleeping area where we installed a natural oak wood floor with greyish shades, which we also brought into the master bathroom.

The combination with the gres slabs was deliberately sought in the grey tones present in the wood, which is why the choice of very variegated concrete-effect slabs that cover the shower and the sanitary area, a wall where they rise up to the ceiling and then follow the roof slope with a cut made on site to measure.

In front we instead find a suspended cabinet in oak wood finish, matched with the floor, with a double integrated sink in resin-effect gres also used for the backsplash. The composition was finished with a rectangular mirror of the same length as the cabinet, and a top lighting perfect for illuminating the face during the moment dedicated to makeup for her and to beard trimming for him.

For the laundry bathroom we designed a custom-made furnishing composed of a large wooden cabinet that supports and accommodates the washing machine and dryer, equipped with comfortable underlying drawers lacquered white that act as laundry baskets.

Next to this structure, a small white cabinet was installed with a support shelf to place in view, or hide inside the door, the products for cleaning and washing dirty clothes.

Click here to learn more: How to design a modern laundry room

Did you enjoy reading the story of this home?
Thank you for reading it this far, I hope I involved and inspired you.
A thank you also to our clients, a young, nice and very helpful couple who relied on us.

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