As a designer in Finland, you don’t hear very often during the first briefing, that the customer wants a lot of color in her décor. This young lady had just bought this little 80s rowhouse apartment that needed a real facelift. The apartment was completely renovated except for the bathroom. Due to a tight budget, only new doors, counter tops and tiling were replaced for the existing Ikea kitchen. However, the useless display case was removed between the kitchen and the living room. The hallway widened as an unnecessary dividing wall was removed. New, wonderful frames were commissioned for the owner’s beloved dog painting. In the bedroom, the former, heavy cabinets seemed to take up half of the room. The new cabinet was moved to another wall, leaving enough space for the bed. Mirror doors and light sheer curtains further expand the space. The existing Japanese-style bed provided inspiration for the bedside tables. The cherry-tree themed painting gave color theme to the sheets, bedspread, decorative pillows and rugs.
The interior of the living room started off with an orange sofa that the customer had fallen in love with and ordered almost before she had bought the apartment. I had to think for a while the color against which orange looks good. I rejected gray and beige and thought something else it must be. I started looking for a wallpaper with orange details, but a freshly toned background color. A patterned wallpaper would bring life to the large intact wall surfaces of the living room. My client and I fell in love with Inkiosto Bianco's magnificent mural, which looks like it was hand-painted on the wall directly. Other furniture and lighting as well as textiles were chosen to fit the whole. I found a perfect orange vintage rug for the dining area, connecting the dining & living room areas with matching colors. The dining table was made by the customer's own father. The customer's sweet little dogs also enjoy the new home. The herringbone patterned vinyl plank floor is a carefree solution with dogs.
