Before and after a complete renovation

A photographer and a fashion designer wanted to start a new stage in their life with a radical change: that of their home, a 60s apartment in Madrid whose poor layout gave it a labyrinthine, dark interior. And when we say labyrinthine, we do not exaggerate since, to enter the kitchen, you had to cross a bedroom (you can see the plan before and after in the image gallery that precedes these lines).

The architect Iker López Consuegra was in charge of wiping the slate clean. “They wanted a multidisciplinary, creative, comfortable, aesthetic and harmonious space with which to identify and in which to combine their private life with certain aspects of their professional life,” he says. The first step was to determine two areas, one public with the living room, dining room and kitchen, and another private, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an office. Separating both of them we find a big wooden sheet that can be completely hidden in the wall. Once the functional distribution was achieved, the next objective was to make the most of the light coming in through the south-facing windows. The interior designer devised mobile forging and glass partitions that create a border between the living room and the kitchenwhile letting the sun’s rays through. The access door to this common space is also made of glass, flooding the access corridor with light.

This minimalist canvas with airs factory was perfect for deploying on him a style halfway between the Nordic and the industrial. Icons of design, such as the chairs Tolix or the Wishbone by Wegner have been mixed with pieces of simple lines and neutral colors and with prints and textiles that give depth, textures and character to the whole.

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