How we reworked the plan of a Chelsea apartment to reflect our client’s lifestyle.
Houses often have little in common with their occupants. At Studio 29, we design solutions to our clients’ individual needs. We solve the daily struggle of living in unsuitable spaces.
Understanding our clients’ needs takes time. But it is time well invested and the first step in all our projects.
Understanding how our client lives shaped every decision in this flat's transformation.
Our client bought her Sloane Square apartment for its size and light. She loved the tall windows and original plasterwork. Yet, the apartment’s big kitchen and extra guest bedroom did not suit her. She does not cook and rarely has guests. The place lacked a proper dressing room, and the bathroom had no window. It was not ideal for a fashion lover.
We remodelled the lower floor. We added a new dressing room with tall, cedar-lined wardrobes. A niche with glass doors and shelves now holds her shoes. The dressing room also connects the master bedroom and the bathroom, acting as a lobby.
From a cedar-lined dressing room to Fornasetti tiles, our interior architecture brings timeless beauty to everyday rituals.
Upstairs, the hall is at the centre of the floor plan. The walls are marmorino plaster. The floor is oak in a basket-weave pattern. They provide a timeless, elegant background for the new modern classic furniture.
We also chose a few vintage pieces for the apartment. These include a chest of drawers, a screen, and some accessories by Fornasetti, a favourite designer of hers. The tiles for the cloakroom walls are by Fornasetti too.
The reduced kitchen received a similarly glamorous treatment. It now features a 1960s pendant light, parquet floors, and plaster cornices to match the drawing room’s.
A striking purple unit sits under the tall windows and doubles as a cocktail cabinet.
Welcome to the perfect house to get dressed in in the morning!
