Single without children, the owner had just acquired this 90 m² property. Like the rest of the apartment, the living room seemed frozen in time and it doesn’t look like that at all today. See what has become of her.
So made up of two bedrooms and a large living room of 34 m² bringing together a living room and dining room, she didn’t really like the apartment as it was and we understand that. She wanted to keep the two bedrooms, one for herself, the other to accommodate her loved ones, her family living far away, but also to move the kitchen into the living room in order to transform this location into an office. At least that was the initial plan. “During the construction, the client told me that she was pregnant. What was initially supposed to be an office had to be transformed into a baby’s room”says Maïa Descombes. The room only measures 7.43 m², so space had to be found. The solution imagined by the architect consisted of condemning the garbage chute, which was very bulky, after obtaining the agreement of the co-ownership.
With this change of program, the interior designer and founder of Poësis Studio has completely redesigned the circulation of the apartment. The bathroom, adjoining the master bedroom, previously had two accesses, one from each bedroom. It is now only accessible from the master suite. However, a glass roof allows you to take advantage of the passing light. The old kitchen, now a baby’s room, now faces the guest bedroom. By removing a door opening onto a little-used hallway, the architect was also able to create a laundry room. Each square meter has been optimized to integrate more storage space. The decoration has also been revised with the addition of colorful touches in each room, notably green, the owner’s favorite color. Used in touches, it brings contrast without weighing down the whole. Thanks to these transformations, the apartment is brighter, warmer and perfectly suited to the arrival of the baby as well as to welcoming guests.
Let’s go back a little to the living room side. Unsurprisingly, this room displayed decoration that was dated to say the least. The green of the walls did not enhance the space at all and did not go well with the dark tones of the carpet and furniture. Despite this, the room offered real potential just waiting to be exploited.
The library was custom-made to accommodate and showcase the owner’s book collection. Its background uses the same material as the kitchen splashback, located just opposite, thus creating a visual reminder between the two spaces. The piece of furniture does not occupy the entire width of the wall: the architect wanted to preserve a supply of light behind the sofa. Sockets have also been hidden under the bookcase to allow, for example, the installation of a television.
“I thought about resale. If the new owner decided to turn the sofa the other way, facing the current bookcase.” The green sofa, the client’s favorite color, is combined with a graphic rug which accentuates the warm atmosphere while structuring this well-designed living room space.
