New home: surfaces, custom-made furnishings and bathrooms

The dream

The clients dreamed of a kitchen that would integrate with the large open space where we would place it, that would recall the natural materials chosen, so as not to become an element in itself. The fact that we were able to follow them both for the furnishings and for the surfaces was, therefore, fundamental for them.
Unfortunately, working with different specialized interlocutors, who think in “watertight compartments”, hardly leads to satisfactory final results. While designing an environment in its totality, integrating furniture and surfaces, allows to create harmonious spaces where the finishes correctly dialogue with each other.

The proposed kitchen

I proposed to combine a clay-effect gres top with a light lacquered furnishing in elderberry color and to have details made in glass to give lightness and in cream oak to give continuity to the flooring. It is a handcrafted custom-made furnishing that develops along the back with lacquered columns inside which the appliances have been placed, fridge and oven, but also a practical pull-out trolley, all hidden by lacquered doors with external steel handles, as required by the style of this home.

The work island

Centrally, instead, we positioned the large kitchen island which allows to have a spacious worktop, with a very particular integrated sink in gres that I will tell you about later, but also to install the dishwasher as close as possible to the sink and to have an additional pantry space in the front area.

Quick zoom on 4 details of this furnishing to explain them to you at best!

1. The snack area, very comfortable for breakfasts and quick lunches, has been painted to match the flooring and has been designed flush with the island to give the idea of a single volume, a concept reinforced by the glass leg that supports it and that almost disappears in this composition.

2. The gres sink, which I mentioned before, is larger than standard because I was asked to include a side drainer, useful for example to place freshly washed food and which expands the work area.

3. The in-line burners were a stylistic proposal of mine that was very appreciated, so I prepared in the design a satin steel hob that appears as a decorative element within the kitchen composition.

4. The idea of the trolley with pull-out shelves was immediately welcomed with enthusiasm to optimize the space, thus facilitating storage and movement in a storage element that is deeper than it is wide.

The needs

For the day bathroom the young couple wanted a practical porcelain stoneware floor and the possibility to include a bathtub.

The project

I therefore thought of a warm and welcoming area that would enclose the bathtub, inserting a masonry counter wall that allowed me to embed a lit niche and that we decided to cover with decorated slabs with a nature effect in pastel pink tones. The wooden beams on the ceiling and the concrete-effect gres are highlighted by the longitudinal wall in powder tones, a paint that emphasizes the main color of this bathroom.

The furnishing

The corian bathtub, the sanitary ware, the suspended columns and the integrated sink in gres were chosen in light tones to highlight the bathroom furnishing in this mix of soft colors.

Characteristics of the night bathroom

In the night area bathroom the ceiling is very wide and the wooden roof beams are sloped, so I thought of scenographically cutting this very high wall to create a niche running along the entire length of the bathroom. This horizontal element gives more balance to the geometries of the space. Attic bathrooms, with a sloped roof, are more complex to design but, if well executed, can become enveloping and interesting.

The surfaces

Being the master bathroom, a more marked and intense color has been introduced that develops on the walls and on the floor area in correspondence with the sanitary ware, maintaining the total look of natural tones: it is a gres in large slabs with oxidized copper effect, a sage base tone that contrasts with the rust-colored burn marks that decorate it. The metal-effect gres helps me to compensate and cool down the warm tones of the wood.

The furnishing elements

The shower tray and the integrated sink were chosen in corian, an absolute white resin material that plays in contrast. The main bathroom cabinet and the suspended wall unit recall the wood finish while the adjacent cabinet brings back the colors of the main surface.

A refuge for music in the basement

During our meetings they told me that he is a very good musician and that he had the dream of creating his own artistic space in the basement, where he could feel free to play with his band.

The basement staircase

For the gres staircase that leads to this private area we opted for a concrete-effect gres cladding, cutting and working the risers and treads at 45° in our internal workshop. The result is beautiful monolithic steps. The entire basement is paved with this shaded gres, with the exception of the music room where, for “sound” requirements, we find the wooden flooring of the living area.

Allow me to thank

I would like to thank the young couple who not only told me about hobbies and dreams, but entrusted me with customizing every environment of their home. But, above all, because they collaborated with me. To collaborate means “to work together” and, as we often say, it is only thanks to collaborative clients that it is possible to achieve the results that you glimpse from the photos.

Do you want to go deeper?

Do you want to know something more about the materials used and the projects carried out? You can write to me in the box dedicated to comments, you can find it at the bottom of the page.
If instead you have just purchased your new home and want to furnish it by customizing it to make it your home, and you are located in the provinces of Vicenza, Verona and Padua, you can come to visit us and get to know me and our team to design it with us: you can book your appointment in the form below!

We are a family, not a multinational

We want to inform you that we are a small family business, composed of a team of interior designers and site technicians who collaborate with designers, craftsmen and construction companies for home finishes. We furnish homes throughout Veneto but we are not able to work outside our region because we want to be able to provide the right assistance to clients.

Quality also means costs

We always work custom-made, we do not use "fast supplies", on the contrary: we prefer to work with high-quality and Made In Italy products. For this reason we want to clarify, even if it may seem obvious to you, that our solutions are not the cheapest and our bathrooms are not the lowest cost on the market. But it must also be said that our services - consultancy, design, site inspections, assistance during the sale and post-sale - are included in the price of your future quote and have a significant value.

Strengths and weaknesses to “marry” consciously

If, then, you also want to know our other strengths and weaknesses, we have listed them, with ehm... the help of our clients and their reviews, some really very harsh, on this page: “who we are and how we work according to our clients”. We believe that knowing our weaknesses is just as important as knowing our strengths to give you the possibility to “choose us” consciously, for this reason we have collected them with maximum transparency.

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