Shortly after purchasing this old
93 m² apartment in Flamengo (RJ), the couple commissioned a general renovation and decoration project from architect
Manoela Fleck . Overall, the new owners requested spacious spaces, with
integrated living, dining and kitchen areas , as well as comfortable spaces decorated with personality.
Among the main changes to the property's layout, the architect says that she eliminated the toilet that was in the entrance to increase the kitchen area, which, in turn, was integrated into the living room.
The project adopted a
color palette in soft tones to make the apartment bright and well-lit. The kitchen, for example, has
a farmhouse-style sink (which is reminiscent of a farm),
hexagonal-shaped hydraulic tile flooring (which blends in with the wood-effect porcelain flooring in the social sector) , white ceramic walls with a retro touch, and cabinets with wood-effect and gray/fendi doors, combined with fluted glass doors.
Vertical rotating louvers (with a wood-effect melamine finish)
were installed between the living room and the kitchen , not only to provide privacy and control natural light when necessary, but also to create an elegant visual connection between the spaces. In the living room, the carpentry wall panels, sometimes in white wainscoting, sometimes in wood-effect melamine, some wooden furniture and caramel-colored natural leather details, also stand out.
In the decor, which follows a
contemporary style with hints of
boho , some pieces of sentimental value were already part of the clients' collection and were used in the new home, such as the old wooden stool (featured in the corner of the kitchen), the glass vase displayed on the bar cart, the paintings in the living room above the sofa (indigenous headdresses drawn with colored pencils) and the sculpture Nuvem com Balanço, by designer
Nara Ota (fixed to the wall of the living room shelf).
“The bookcase supports the dining table, while also functioning as a sideboard or buffet. Furthermore, its openwork structure made of white metalwork and the carpentry modules closed with fluted glass doors do not visually weigh down the space,” explains the architect.
In the couple's
bedroom , the green paint applied to the main walls is a simple and low-cost solution that made all the difference in the final result. The combination of light brick on the TV wall with the white woodwork and white linen curtains helped to soften the color palette of the space, while also adding different textures. Other highlights of this room are the elongated rotating mirror next to the front door, fixed to the floor and ceiling, and the vertical garden on the balcony.
