Green, Grey Living Room Design Photos with a Built-in Media Wall

Acogedor salón nórdico que combina la madera y el blanco con los tonos verdes.

Storage sculpture Spaces and shapes designed around client's art collection

Muted dark bold colours creating a warm snug ambience in this plush Victorian Living Room. Furnishings and succulent plants are paired with striking yellow accent furniture with soft rugs and throws to make a stylish yet inviting living space for the whole family, including the dog.

To dwell and establish connections with a place is a basic human necessity often combined, amongst other things, with light and is performed in association with the elements that generate it, be they natural or artificial. And in the renovation of this purpose-built first floor flat in a quiet residential street in Kennington, the use of light in its varied forms is adopted to modulate the space and create a brand new dwelling, adapted to modern living standards. From the intentionally darkened entrance lobby at the lower ground floor – as seen in Mackintosh’s Hill House – one is led to a brighter upper level where the insertion of wide pivot doors creates a flexible open plan centred around an unfinished plaster box-like pod. Kitchen and living room are connected and use a stair balustrade that doubles as a bench seat; this allows the landing to become an extension of the kitchen/dining area - rather than being merely circulation space – with a new external view towards the landscaped terrace at the rear. The attic space is converted: a modernist black box, clad in natural slate tiles and with a wide sliding window, is inserted in the rear roof slope to accommodate a bedroom and a bathroom. A new relationship can eventually be established with all new and existing exterior openings, now visible from the former landing space: traditional timber sash windows are re-introduced to replace unsightly UPVC frames, and skylights are put in to direct one’s view outwards and upwards. photo: Gianluca Maver

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Dylan Lark

CD House, realizzato da Michele Casanova titolare dello studio GMC, è un progetto di ristrutturazione di un appartamento di 60 mq costruito nella metà degli anni ’60 nel centro di Cagliari. Lo scopo principale dell’intervento è stato quello di ottimizzare il più possibile la piccola metratura per creare un ambiente confortevole per il suo proprietario. Per raggiungere l'obiettivo tutte le mura interne sono state demolite e ricostruite secondo il nuovo schema planimetrico che prevede un unico ambiente soggiorno-pranzo, una cucina collegata ad esso con una grande apertura, una camera da letto dotata di cabina armadio, un disimpegno che conduce al bagno. Particolarità della casa è il letto ad una piazza e mezzo ricavato nel soppalco sopra il disimpegno cui si accede con una scala incassata nelle pannellature in legno e che conferisce a tutto l’ambiente un mood giovane e divertente. Le dimensioni ridotte degli spazi sono state occasione di una forte collaborazione tra architetto e falegnameria: un progetto dallo spirito sartoriale interamente su misura nel quale la parete attrezzata del soggiorno funge anche da parete divisoria con la zona notte e la parete in cui si innesta la scala che porta al letto soppalcato ingloba l’ingresso al disimpegno e al bagno. Infine, l’appoggio del tavolo sul mobile contenitore fa sì che esso possa essere spostato a seconda della esigenze. La luce naturale proveniente dalle aperture sul quartiere di San Benedetto viene amplificata dalla scelta dei materiali e dei colori. Le pareti di un grigio tenue lievemente scaldato da componenti terra donano profondità agli arredi bianchi e il pavimento in parquet di bambù riscalda l’insieme. Nel bagno, la luce naturale si riflette sui rivestimenti in mosaico bianchi e neri.

This living room was a blank canvas to start with. I designed custom cabinetry to incorporate the TV, Media, Storage, Display, a bio ethanol fireplace and even the dining banquette. The colour palette grew from the existing oak timber floors and we added blacks and charcoal grey for some punch with a sprinkling of blue in the accessories and artwork. Its now a homely, relaxing space with a great mix of textures that add the layers of comfort. Designed by Jodie Carter Design, cabinetry built by InVogue Kitchens and photography by Daniella Stein of Daniella Photography.

Notting Hill is one of the most charming and stylish districts in London. This apartment is situated at Hereford Road, on a 19th century building, where Guglielmo Marconi (the pioneer of wireless communication) lived for a year; now the home of my clients, a french couple. The owners desire was to celebrate the building's past while also reflecting their own french aesthetic, so we recreated victorian moldings, cornices and rosettes. We also found an iron fireplace, inspired by the 19th century era, which we placed in the living room, to bring that cozy feeling without loosing the minimalistic vibe. We installed customized cement tiles in the bathroom and the Burlington London sanitaires, combining both french and british aesthetic. We decided to mix the traditional style with modern white bespoke furniture. All the apartment is in bright colors, with the exception of a few details, such as the fireplace and the kitchen splash back: bold accents to compose together with the neutral colors of the space. We have found the best layout for this small space by creating light transition between the pieces. First axis runs from the entrance door to the kitchen window, while the second leads from the window in the living area to the window in the bedroom. Thanks to this alignment, the spatial arrangement is much brighter and vaster, while natural light comes to every room in the apartment at any time of the day. Ola Jachymiak Studio

Simon Maxwell

The living room at Highgate House. An internal Crittall door and panel frames a view into the room from the hallway. Painted in a deep, moody green-blue with stone coloured ceiling and contrasting dark green joinery, the room is a grown-up cosy space.

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Bespoke fitted media unit for TV room on lower ground floor.

Floating media unit with floating shelves above. Painted in Little Greene Bone China Blue with black handles by Furnipart.