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For proof, look no further than this big- city condo, once home to dark, boxy rooms and seemingly endless swaths of brown. The new owner. Nick Prior, and his designer, interior architect ‘Amelie von Celsing, wanted an updated vibe for his place that also felt a little unexpected, “I like to throw a few punches." von Celsing says with a laugh. “I really like to push beyond the obvious.” She did just that with her redesign, guided by Nick’s aesthetic. “He wanted that clean, monochrome style that is so typical of my roots,” says von Celsing, a native of Sweden. “Even so, | knew there was a chance to be more daring. First, though, came some floor plan fixes. “I got rid of the walls dividing the kitchen and living room to open everything up." von Celsing says. “That let in the light. i's amazing how tearing down walls completely changes the feel of a place.” Then, after nine months of planning and renovations, von Celsing arrived at the fun part~ sitting down with Nick to NaTurauwooo Steps BRINGS AN AFTITUDE OF WIDE-OPEN SPACES TO MOLDINGS TO UNFURL A NEUTRAL LAUNCH Pap ron SPLASHES OF COLOR FROM 46) SMALL SPACE DECOR18) SMALL SPACE DECOR ‘work out the interiors mix. “He's young ‘and not adverse to taking risks,” she says. "So I really encouraged him to think beyond the safer design options.” ‘That permission opened the door to a design fusion that melds signature elements of contemporary, modern farmhouse, and Scandinavian styles. Von Celsing threw her initial punch in the kitchen. “Id seen similar kitchen units with a washed wood finish,” she says, ‘and | wanted to try my own version.” Getting this farmhouse favorite look, though, wasn't easy. “I went through about 15 samples before deciding on the right one," von Celsing says. *The finish is put together with layer after layer of different patinas, then rubbed down to create a textured appearance. “And because | don't like samey- samey, | paired these units with a completely different style that has amazing hammered-metal doors,” she says. “I was so excited when it was completed. It looked better than I'd imagined!" ‘The mix of wood species throughout the home finds a suitable canvas in a modern farmhouse design staple: white walls, ‘The wood grain infuses pattern Into a neutral palette—as does Native American-pattern textiles and swaths of luxurious, dark-veined white marble. “I go to the marble warehouse and buy incredible slabs of stone and marble Slaps oF THEand turn them into tables," she says. “They look amazing and cost half the price of some of the store versions.” Because smart budgeting was a priority with this apartment, so von Celsing had to decide where it was worth spending more ‘and where she needed to be creative, From the custom table in the dining nook to the ‘one-of-a-kind headboard in the primary bedroom, von Celsing’s success stories stand out. They help create an inviting home, “The wonderful thing about a custom piece is that it's yours and yours only. And these pieces are easier to create than you think-if you have an idea or a photo reference, there's, usually someone who can make it for you.” The custom and budget-fiendly selections all come together to create an Inviting place. "Nick wanted somewhere he could relax after a hard day's work,” von Celsing says. “But the apartment also needed a level of sophistication for entertaining. A tricky combination, but Ireally feel like we've pulled It oft” SS SSSSaaaeaa THE NATURAL LOOK OF ALL-WeATHER SMALL SPACE DECOR | 24FASHION FORWARD INTERIOR DESIGNER EMMA OLDHAM TAKES A VICTORIAN- ERA APARTMENT BACK TO ITS ROOTS—AND BRINGS IN FRESH ARTISTIC DETAILS TO TAKE IT TO NEW HEIGHTS. TEXT BY JUDITH WILSON PHOTOS BY DAVIDE LOVATT! STYLING BY MARY WEAVER 22| SMALL SPACE DECORLIVING ROOM BY THE FIREPLACE, CHUNKY VELVET AND GLASS COFFEE TABLE WITH A (OWen SHELF FoR STORAGE MAKE THE THE MANTELPIECE TO EXTEND THE FIREPLACE AND COMPLEMENT THE mma Oldham’s passion for elegant, understated style is evident from the ‘moment you step into her restored period home. From the hall, a sweep of chic pink stair carpet takes your eye upwards, while Straight ahead the living room is a celebration of unusual art, modern and mid-20th century furniture, and sophisticated color. "I always prefer tones not to perfectly match,” Emma says. "I think they're better a litle off-key. With its 13-foot-high living room ceiling and ‘oak parquet flooring, the apartment looks true to its Victorian roots. But when Emma bought it three years ago, it was an ugly, boxy '80s conversion, totally lacking features apart from @ Gothic-style staircase. Seeing its potential, Emma wasn't put off. She removed. the false ceiling and swapped the banister for a traditional one, then reinstated the original moldings, baseboards, and window shutters in the living room and! found the flooring. "I put back the pretty bones the property deserved,” Emma says, who studied fashion and later switched to interior design. Emma applied her personal and eclecti design ethos to her own place, and in nine months the apartment was gutted. reconfigured, and renovated. The lower-floor footprint, which included the living room, kitchen, and entry closet, was retained, but two sets of double doors leading off the hall SMALL SPACE DECORADD—OR KEEP— DECORATIVE ‘CEILING TOUCHES. ‘TO DRAW THE EYE UPWARD, WHICH MAKES AROOM. FEEL LARGER. <7KITCHEN were made taller to echo the height of the living room and visually enlarge the space. Upstairs, the wall between the primary bedroom and bathroom was demolished to create a large bedroom with bath en suite, plus a walk-through wardrobe/vanity area and shower room behind a stud wall The stylish new fixtures and furnishings pull the small space together, and highlight Emma's passions: playing up color, mixing in pattern, and incorporating unusual or unexpected sources. For example, in the kitchen, Emma didn't want a one-size- fits-all design. She opted for a bronze custom range hood made by London Metal Works. She selected the kitchen’s cabinet boxes from a German company that she fronted with smoked-oak cabinet fascias. "I spent ages considering how like to cook," Emma says. "A home must look beautiful but work effectively, too. Upstairs, Emma went for a textural approach. The bathroom flooring features 2 '60s geometric pattern and is set off with Vie Arkadia Italian tiles. She selected a silk ‘embroidered artwork for the stairs as an homage to one of her favorite ilustrators, John Rombola. Emma had one of his drawings ‘scaled to the size she needed and had an ‘embroidery designer create a frame around it. With a love for reinventing items, Emma ‘gave her sofa a new look, too. "it was fuchsia pink and looked brash here,” she says. "So I reupholstered it in teal velvet to match the backdrop of leafy plane trees outside.” Emma has awned the Saarinen SMALL SPACE DECOR | 27“| TEND TO FEEL HAPPIER IN LESS- CLUTTERED SPACES BUT | ALSO LIKE A SOULFUL RETREAT? EMMA OLOHAM ining table for years, but teamed it up with "40s chairs to suit the elegant space. "It's ‘my favorite spot for working or to dish up easy Italian food for friends,” Emma says, ‘As with any creative work, the effortiess- looking schemes were painstakingly planned. Although Emma insists she "goes with the flow" when designing, she believes in being meticulous on even the tiniest of details, She sifted through scores of sofa fabrics and more than 50 bedroom curtain samples because "The correct choices matter!" she says. ‘SEE EMMA'S INTERIOR DESIGNS AT (CARGOCOLLECTIVE.COM/SOLANGEDESIGN. LAP™A Room BEDROOM “LLOVE A BATH AFTER A TAXING. y re re Day 2 THe SMALL SPACE DECOR | 29WALL IDEAS ee eee ar WITH THOUGHTFUL PLACEMENT OF THE ri ec ee er ue eat) Pte we tie = GALLERY STATEMENT 20| SMALL SPACE DECOR= LEVERAGE UGHT 21 TACLOUSNESS. etas: Furnivune’ reise, Merattic Pieces Fon PLENTY OF TILE PIZZAZZ EATEHING AND A = cot SAwe covon Aa THe watt To eREaTs THE TAUSION OF A HicHER CEILING. SMALL SPACE DECOR | 33UNEXPECTED. CHARACTER A POINTS FRAME MIX-UP. Decorative Lea MaRKeT Finos tice Give a KITCHEN PERSONALITY AND DON'T BE COLOR SHY WALL PAINT COLOR Yaar (ers tHese Toon rocerHeR: 24| SMALL SPACE DECORSMALL SPACE DECOR | 36MARVEL A TINY HOME IN BORDEAUX LIVES LARGE WITH TODAY'S. FRENCH STYLE. Paewa| | LE "MA TEXT BY AMANDINE BERTHON PHOTOS BY JULIEN FERNANDEZ enovating a super-small home with a tiny, unkempt garden out back was a perfect case study for Emma Lougrat, who happened to be studying Interior design at the time she found her home in Bordeaux, France. While the city is relatively inexpensive compared with other areas of France, the average home price stil hovers around $700,000. So when Emma found a tiny oasis that needed more than a little help, she jumped at the chance to renovate. “It was an exciting challenge,” she says, Coming up with the perfect plan for the Id place took both time and imagination, “Ihad initially thought of having @ real bedroom at the back of the house with 2 bathroom in the middle and the living room in the front. But that made the living SMALL SPACE DECOR 137EMMA LoUGRAT AND HER STEPFATHER, InvEniom besiontn aun Wnich rearunes Mant st is Tike Thatevains That BouBLe ae “THE AIM WAS TO OPTIMIZE THE HIGH CEILING AND TO FREE UP AS MUCH LIVING SPACE AS POSSIBLE” 38) SMALL SPACE DECORarea really, really small,” Emma says. The Idea of building a box with a sleeping ‘area on the mezzanine above came to her with a little parental help: “I designed { the structure with my stepfather, Laurent Chateau, the interior designer and creator of the Bordeaux boutique Cabanes & : » Chateaux." she says. “The aim was to ‘ : optimize the high ceiling and to free up ‘as much living space as possible.” While it lives large, make no mistake— this apartment is small by any measure. In fact, the bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom only take up 118 square feet. “It helps that natural light pours in through the back window and brightens up the whole house throughout the day,” Emma says. Creating usable storage was another challenge, but Emma was determined to keep the interlor as clutter-free as possible. Facing the box structure, 8 wall of cupboards ‘extends all the way to the ceiling. The A SINK, SMALL RANGE, AND CABINETS, u INTO A LIOHT-AND-BRIGHT. Ww SMALL SPACE DECOR 13940) other steps leading to the mezzanine do double duty as a dresser and continue along the length of the wall to an office ‘area outfitted with shelves and a desk. Behind it, the exposed stone wall, originally In poor condition, was beautifully renovated. It brings cachet to the small space, as does the white paneling on the other walls. “It gives a cabin-style to the house, which, having grown. up by the sea, | really lovel” Emma says ‘The furnishings, imagined by Laurent, keep the limited floor space feeling SMALL SPACE DECOR airy and open: wood, wicker, jute, and linen all come together perfectly. “When I'm at home, sitting in my living room, I forget that I'm surrounded by buildings.” Emma says. “This exotic interior with the two French doors leading out onto the garden makes me feel as if 'm living in a ‘charming little house away from everything.” ‘The long garden located just outside certainly helps when It comes to adding a lovely view—and it provides more living space. After cleaning it up and decking It out“THIS EXOTIC INTERIOR WITH THE TWO FRENCH DOORS LEADING QUT ONTO THE GARDEN MAKES ME FEEL AS IF I'M LIVING INA CHARMING LITTLE HOUSE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING? OVE, FEEL For NiGHTSTANDS. SMALL SPACE DECOR | 44parties. A builtin bench mak for enjoying wine and c: spend a appreciate this p! live in All my fr and th PACE DECORCOOL, CALM & COL Eee rN ct BAND-WIFE TEAM UPDATE Rae Sala OT eer. corer y LL Pteatel Nao Sacre Sree Perce aa brn reree want itl" That was Raina Kattelson and Robert Butscher's gut response when they caught wind that an 1880s Federel-style home just down the road from them in Red Hook, New York, might finally be hitting the market. The husband and RAINA IS A MASTER wife went so far as to leave a note in the RANMA tS 8M mailbox letting the current owners know they'd love to make It theirs before any other Interested buyers could beat them to it. Their strategy worked, but why all the rush? In a word: location, Situated a mere 10 minutes from their old house, this one offered up a wooded, biessedly flat It that the other one did not “The previous owners had been there 30 years and were big-time gardeners. There were beautiful trees and really good bones to work with,” Raina, a stylist SMALL SPACE DECOR | 47and potter, recalls of the grounds. But inside the house, well, those bones were another story. The downstairs consisted of six small dark rooms that weren't conducive to the indoor-outdoor living the couple envisioned now that they had that Glorious yard at their disposal. "You felt no sense of the grounds from inside the house,” Raina says. “It was cut off from the day-to-day living and there was a lack of doors or even windows, for that matter. A host of practical issues also needed addressing: outdated plumbing, past-its prime wiring, and a mudroom that was quite literally falling into the ground. “If you hung Up your clothes to dry in the winter, they would freeze to the wall!” she recalls. Robert, an architect, had a plan for how that could all be remedied. His design left no surface untouched—save the house's, original stalrcase—and involved moving walls, adding bathrooms, and more, While the spaces took on a new, airier feel, he and Raina were careful to use materials that felt in keeping with the age of the home The handsome five-paneled doors found throughout the house, for example, were all rescued from one of Robert's projects of a similar era. A self-taught handyman, he took AND WALNUT CABINETS, RIGHT. SIMPLE DRAWER PULLS AND OUARTZITE COUNTERS AB | SMALL space DECORRATE CLOSETS: Hs. PLYWOOD Gives THE ROOM A UTILITARIAN FINISH. Beads 52| SMALL SPACE DECORon the Herculean task of updating the home's aforementioned plumbing and wiring. “I told him | vas willing to rough it for a few months,” says Raina, "But the one thing | had to have was a working bathroom, So, there he was the day the movers arrived installing tollets.” No surface was left untouched in the ‘overhaul, but the kitchen proved to be the area that received the most attention. Raina, who loves to cook and entertain, hhad felt isolated in the kitchen at her prior house, “I wanted it to be a space where everybody could hang out. The kids could do their homework, the party could happen, and | could be a part of it ll,” she says. Bringing the-more-the-merrier pes SMALL SPACE DECOR | 3HE NEW MUDROOM AMY WINDOW. For 54 | SMALL SPACE DECOR“1 LIKE THINGS TO BE ALITTLE ‘WABI- SABI? NOTHING TOO POLISHED OR PRISTINE” RAINA KATTELSON y NATURE BLUE. concept to life is a sunny cooking space centered around a two-tone Island that highlights both blue and walnut finishes and ‘comes with bar-chair seating. “I's perfect for potlucks and studying,” she says. As for that crumbling mudroom, Robert replaced it with a new addition that creates a sleek side-entry and cuts a dramatic juxtaposition to the historic federalist facade. Inside, the room is less a utility space, and more of a dreamy escape with a picturesque window seat that looks out onto the lush backyard. The addition shares a roofline with an open-air living space. “As soon as the weather warms up, that’s where you'll find us,” Raina says. “We practically live ‘out there, | always knew we would” SMALL SPACE DECOR | 55HOUSEPLANTS CL akg Cy Chee A STARRING ROLE IN YOUR HOME'S DECOR. THEY CAN MTT CC UME CS aa CCTs UT Te IDEAL MATCH EVEN IN Low-LIGHT V'SNAKE Blants THAT HeLpine puRIEY THE TATR. FEATURE Yomane a CoonpinaTED. 56 | SMALL SPACE DECOR58 | SMALL SPACE DECORcs BOTANICAL THEME Times GREEN aN Eontainens To. GNIFY THEIR LOOK. CHILL, CENTERPIECE REQUIREA MISTING EVeny'rew Dave. SMALL SPACE DECOR | 88LOVERS' KNOT JAZZ UP A CONTAINER WitHour TAKING warrrom Your 60| SMALL SPACE DECORPETITE re TOUCHES, CORNER TABLEAU.Tele COLORS BRITISH INTERIOR DESIGNER SUZY HOODLESS’ IMAGINATIVE USE OF COLOR HAS TRANSFORMED HER TERRACE HOME FROM BLEAK TO CHIC. EXT BY FIONA MCCARTHY PHOTOS BY JAMES MERR: STYLING BY MARY WEAVER 62) SMALL SPACE DECORlluring hues is what London-based Interior designer Suzy Hoodiess dreamed of for her ‘own home. "Even on a bright, sunny day, the rooms can be quite dark, so it really needed color? Suzy says about the renovation she and her husband Erskine Berry and their three children, Misty, Myla, and Arki undertook for their west London home, Colors like cobalt blue and dramatic red chime with ‘dusky pink and pale gray to punctuate the interior of their Victorian-era terrace house. Maybe It's because of the kids, or maybe it's just that 'm attracted to bright colors," Suzy says, but bold color choices are a part of her signature style that she describes as unique, confident, and full of character. Suzy has applied her look to her collaborations with the likes of Osborne & Little and The Rug Company, along with a variety of other clients. ‘When it came time to tackle her own ‘tall, thin home," as she describes it, Suzy made it her laboratory. *All the biggest mistakes I've made have been for myself Suzy says. "For a client, have come up with the most precise plan and installed everything in days. Here, it's taken seven years." After buying the four-story home, Suzy was Immediately drawn to its spaces: The ground floor with its double-aspect living room that features windows on three sides and a shared kitchen-dining space. A study, utility room, primary bedroom, and bathroom fil out the first floor. Two bedrooms and a bathroom take up the second floor, with a bedroom on the third. "I just wanted to create a sociable home that would work for a family, but could also be shut down at night, and not filed with billions of plastic toys everywhere.” ‘Suzy started by tearing out all of the MDF, a legacy of a previous owner's DIY over- ‘enthusiasm. "My mother was horrified as 1 ripped out every cupboerd,” Suzy says. "She said, "You're going to need lots of storage’ | said, 'Not this kind of storage.” Suzy redid the second-floor bathroom, installing a bath ‘and tiling the room in a glossy turquoise. Itis now an ideal bathroom for the kids. ‘Then the couple decided to completely transform the ground floor. They opened up the space by removing some walls and lots of doors, and divided the double-aspect ground: floor room to create a cozy but proper living room at the front and a sitting room/playroom in the middle. They also knocked out a lean-to at the back of the house to gain more space. By lowering the kitchen level below the living and sitting room, they created one open kitchen and dining space. "It has made all the difference to the way we live,” Suzy says. ‘This redesign also gave Suzy the space to accommodate a table big enough to seat her vintage Hans Wegner Wishbone chairs, bought years ago in Sweden. “They've been the bane of my life, because 10 of them is quite a lot, but they're really wide, deep, and comfortable,” she says. ‘Suzy believes color can have impact whether its bright or muted. She selected ‘a powerful shock of incandescent yellow for the architrave, the molded frame that “COLOR IS AN EASY WAY TO. CREATE A DRAMATIC EFFECT” suzy HoopLess: SEE SUZV's INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECTS AND PRODUCTS AT SUZ YHOODLESS. COM, SMALL SPACE DECOR | 65KITCHENSMALL SPACE DECOR | 67PRIMARY BEDROOM THE WALLS AND waRDROBE DooRS ARE PAINTED THE SAME SHADE OF PORCELAIN PINK. Cato. CLEAN, AND SOOTHING CoLOm” SUZY 68) SMALL SPACE DECOR connects the front living room to the middle sitting room. That choice saves the two ‘spaces from becoming "too polite," Suzy ‘says. She painted the kitchen cabinets a saturated blue to bring an otherwise pared- back space to Ife. In the primary bedroom, she selected a soothing combination of pink and gray with a shot of deep rouge to create ‘a cacooning space, "Color is an easy way to create a dramatic effect," Suzy says. Against this backdrop, classic designer pleces collected over many years lend an ‘eclectic, personal touch. “I's perhaps lots of things that shouldn't really go together, but somehow they do.” Suzy says. "I just follow my instinct and do my own thing, To me, it feels like a natural, normal way to live.”2 i Peeters att)SMART ROUNDINGS A YOUNG COUPLE FOUND PLENTY OF ROOM TO LIVE, WORK, AND DREAM IN 344 SQUARE FEET. TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHY BY GAP INTERIORS/ALESSANDRO GUIMARAES. Wanteo To SH SEeanarin fom THE LI es BY paint Renway en HUE AnD BUILDING IN STORAGE SHELVES. SMALL SPACE DECOR | 74To SEPARATE THE BEDROOM FROM THE LIVING ROOM. azove, Victometti CRAFTED A MULTIFUNCTIONAL PIECE THAT'S AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, STORAGE RECEPTACLE, AND SLEEK than beautiful, and it didn't seem like it could meet their live-work needs as it was. So they called in the architecture firm of Neo Arq to ‘add personality and loads of storage. ‘The couple is connected to the worlds of art and fashion, To satisty their needs, we had to create @ bedroom that had plenty of storage for clothes and accessories. In addition to a living room, they also wanted a home office and a kitchen with a dining table,” architect Adriana Victorelli says. They also wanted to be Involved right from the start in selecting the surfaces, which became the launching point for the project's palette, ‘Our creative side was unleashed because of the freedom our clients gave to the team to use fun colors, texture, and decoration, Victorelli says. Bold textiles like the bedding and rugs add depth to the space, while rich colors contrast with the wood elements and bring on the fun, Track lighting mixes with pendants to make reading possible without taking up valuable room on tabletops or an the floor, SMALL SPACE DECOR 172Tareureimess wuapteany sgaznce COZIER NESTLED INTO THE WALL'S BUILT-IN yal SMALL SPACE Beet “THE COUPLE IS CONNECTED TO THE WORLDS OF ART AND. FASHIO WE HAD TO REATE A BEDROOM THAT HAD PLENTY OF STORAGE FOR CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES”? Creating visual separations between the rooms” was key to making the small space feel bigger. “One of our main goals was also to take full advantage of the space by creating sectors that are integrated and, at the same time, distinct in their uses,” Victorelll says. To that end, Victorelli envisioned a porticolike feature to help separate the entry from the kitchen and living room. She painted an archway a contrasting green and built a bookcase into the “portico” to add storage and create a spot to showcase prized finds. Victoralli also created a multifunctional piece of furniture that works hard as a wardrobe and 360-degree television support, while also acting as a much-needed privacy partition between the bedroom and living room. And those essential closets? The architect installed white wardrobes all around the couple's bed, which not only provide plenty of room for clothes, they also create a stylish cocoon for their bed Spa home office had to be created by integrating the balcony space into the living room, Now the cozy alcove offers complete privacy and enough room for a small desk and a modern, comfy chair ‘The couple kept their art choices throughout the apartment intentional by selecting meaningful pieces along with rightsize furnishings that reflected their tastes without overpowering their spaces. Victorelli says the highlight of the living area is the mural handmade by a duo of artists called Land, which gives the space prominence and personality, while bringing the entire home to life. In just 344 square feet the couple now have an apartment that feels cozy, stylish, and larger than life.OUTDOOR DECOR Me eC) TVR ers Pe SO aa ee AND LUSH PLANTINGS. tt ed = SSE PRETTY Hee FReLtises FoR Vines, ano POWER OF PAINT Sbace with Soto ano Lire. Desicnare areas. Nene, WHITE 76\ SMALL SPACE DECOR78\ SMALL SPACE DECORS COZY TIME ENTICE FRIENDS AND CREPE PAPER Woop, SalL PANELS. Svemican PROVIDE CHILDLIKE ESCAPE eur 4 Sort searing. SMALL SPACE DECOR | 79DEFINED SPACE CLASSIC CORNER CARVE OUT A POCKET OF RESPITE IN YOUR AND ADORN It WITH FLE = ON THE RIGHT PATH intRropuce a. VISUAL ELEMENT mosai ‘oR 80| SMALL SPACE DECOROT eer RELOCATING TO A TINY APARTMENT FORCED THIS INTERIOR DESIGNER TO COME UP WITH BIG, HANDS-ON SOLUTIONS. TEXT BY LISA MOSES 1 PHOTOS BY KATIE JANG WATSON PAINE BAcksrtnen, AND ADDING BLACK STRIPES TO VISUALLY EXTEND #21 SMALL SPACE DECORATINGAPAINT REFRESH ISAGREAT WAY TO ‘TAKE A CREATIVE RISK WITHOUT ALARGE CASH OUTLAY. A SINGLE GALLON OF PAINT WILL COVER AS MUCH AS 400 ‘SQUARE FEET. SMALL SPReEgecor | 93hen interior designer Hannah Drakeford decided to make the move to London, she knew she'd be moving to smaller digs. "To put it into perspective, even using all the proceeds from the sale of my two-bedroom house, which had a loft and garden, that couldn't get me sole ownership of a decent one-bedroom flat in London,” she says. After looking around, she found a '539-square-foot apartment that she liked. Even so, moving in was going to be a bit of a compromise, as it came with no outside space. “But it’s on the top floor, so it has lots of natural ight streaming through, and the layout works well, so | decided to go for i.” Hannah says. WITH THE HELP OF A FEW YouruBE HANNAN PAINTED THE BLACK STR THE WALLS. LEFT, AND INSTALLED SHELVES To renrgercy FOLLOW THEIR HEIGHT. SHE CLEANER, MORE STREAMLINED LOOK. SMALL SPACE DECOR 185Moving from a two-bedroom house to a ‘much smaller flat also meant that personal possessions had to be streamlined, “I was so sad to part with same things, but since that initial purge, I've operated a strict one-in-one~ ut policy with my furniture and accessories, she says. Although Hannah didn’t enter the home with an explicit plan on how to make it fee! like her own, Hannah knew she was {going to tap into her interior design skills to create a bold statement that was a true expression of her personal style. “With it being such a small space, I had to be extra clever with my design choices,” she notes. Hannah initially replaced the carpet with herringbone engineered oak. From there it was a gradual process of injecting fun flourishes into the space. The first big change was adding the stripes to the open-plan kitchen-living space, “It was a bold move, but I've always loved a monochrome palette and graphic patterns, 0 it felt fairy intuitive." she says. Keeping the open-plan living space light ‘and bright was important, but in the bedroom, Hannan wanted to create a different aesthetic. “The ceilings are high, and it's south facing, so I knew the room could take ‘a dark color.” she says. “I wanted it to feel cozy—like it was a little nest." Hannah initially painted the walls a soft, almost-black shade but was then inspired to try color blocking uring the Covid pandemic. “It was most unlike me. It usually takes me a long time to make decisions, and | like to visualize my ideas on digital mood boards," she says. 86 | SMALL SPACE DECOR FIT IN a TIGHT CORNER, ABOVE. SHE ALSO UPCYCLED & Han, ECOND- GRAY IKEA CABINET WITH NEW DOORS AND A SNAPPY RED“But one day, | simply decided to add some bold geometric shapes.” The orange circle ‘on the ceiling came first, closely followed by the rectangle behind the bed, and the yellow semicircle on the opposite wall. “I was initially ‘worried that it would look a bit bonkers, but as soon as | started painting | knew the striking contrast of the colors worked,” Hannah says, ‘The small bathroom was the last room to get the daring paint treatment. "I'd already covered the tiles with special white tile paint, but the pink design came after a trip to Marrakesh, Morocco, where | was inspired by some amazing citcle-patterned tiles in the place we were staying in,” she says Hannab likes how it all came together. “As I ried to do everything in a cost-effective way, sometimes tasks have been harder and taken longer. 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