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The project

Retro Chic

1960s rounded forms, held in a light contemporary house.

A ground-floor renovation opens the house into one generous living, kitchen and dining space. Rounded, retro silhouettes typical of the 1960s sit inside a clearly contemporary interior, white walls, warm timber and a calm, neutral field.

Two parallel tufted sofas give the sitting area its weight. White and warm shades take some of that mass away, so the room stays light and the curved furniture can carry the accent.

Type
House
Designer
Irena Rumen
Living room with two parallel tufted sofas, a round table and a view toward the kitchen island.
Walnut kitchen island and a tufted sofa toward the windows.
A round timber table, spindle-back chairs and a glass-globe chandelier.

Living

Two sofas, set in parallel.

The tufted pair faces across a low marble table and holds the sitting zone. White walls, pale curtains and a timber floor take the weight out of their bulk, so the room reads as light.

Tufted sofas toward a windowed corner, a television and a black cabinet.
Kitchen island with white bar stools and walnut cabinets under three windows.

Kitchen

Warm timber in an open plan.

A walnut kitchen with a white worktop and a central island continues the same light register. Globe pendants and a long run of windows keep the working end of the room as open as the sitting area.

The island with three globe pendants and gold-framed stools.
A U-shaped kitchen with island, built-in oven and a view to the trees.

Views

The house, zone by zone.

The opening is edited. The rest is here, living, kitchen, dining and the floor plans before and after the structural change.

Living

The two parallel sofas toward the television and the windows.
The living room toward a planted corner and black-and-white frames.
The island and the sofa in one axis.

Kitchen

Kitchen with island, refrigerator and three windows.
The island at closer range, with three pendants.
The U-shaped kitchen toward the windows.

Dining

Dining room with a round table, an abstract painting and diamond-pattern curtains.

Floor plans

The first plan is the ground floor as we received the house. The second is the same floor after we rearranged and renovated it.

Before, the ground floor as we received the house: separate kitchen, dining, living, laundry and study.
Before, the floor as we received the house.
After, the same floor, rearranged and renovated: an open plan with kitchen island, a two-sofa living area, dining, laundry and study.
After, rearranged and renovated.