Have grandiose plans for your interior, but not the room to house them? Never fear – interior inspiration for your small space is here. These two apartment designs, both under 60sqm, bring style to what could be boxy and boring. Using design motifs – such as hexagonal tiles, stencils and bold colouring – across multiple spaces, the rooms flow seamlessly, while keeping their own character. Open plans house kitchens, living and dining rooms, separating off spaces with jellyfish lamps, Japanese bookcases and opaque glass sliding doors. See the potential for your home or rental – in pictures and floor plans – with our house tours below.
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Our first small apartment is brought to life with bold accent colouring. Using colour cues in teal and terracotta, rooms speak in their own language, while more muted creams and beiges keep the background noise down. In the lounge, a chrome-polished and stone-upholstered
Carrying on the teal theme, the kitchen marks the spot for eating with complementary wooden
Hexagonal tiling provides a distinctive feature that doesn’t soak up space. Winding through the kitchen and down the hallway, its mottled shapes play with a modern bookcase, which opens and shuts down the sides of the walls. Opening up near the entrance to offer a coat rack, the corridor’s design affords enough room for a sitting cork stool. A simple panel mirror makes the space seem wider, as stray shoes tuck under the shelving.
Another closet beckons in our master bedroom. Faced by a smaller mirror, cream cabinetry and lightly-patterned candle holders, its stone walls and wooden floors are kept secret by reflective glass doors, maintaining privacy. Black and wooden boxes on five rows of shelving offer a great place to hide unsightly storage.
The bedroom reveals another feature colour – terracotta red. Staking out a full wall, its two canvases provide the room with colour, referenced by a small portrait on the bedside ledge. Lit by two small
Reminiscent of the kitchen’s 70’s feel, the ensuite makes the hippy modern. A rounded rectangular mirror, boxed wooden stand and hexagonal tiles create an design typical of the era. Mixed with more modern features in black-boxed
Opening again to textured walls, the shared laundry and toilet tie in more interior themes. Using the teal from the lounge and tiles from the kitchen, its economical benches store a bathroom sink, washer and dryer, and LED-lit mirror. A bold black tap from the ensuite and chrome shower head make it easy to clean.
Take a look at our floor plan for the bigger picture.
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Sitting at an even smaller 55sqm, our second apartment in Kiev, Ukraine is inspired by being unique. Lifting off from a helicopter pad floor decal, the interior first presents us with a room-dividing plinth. Choosing the open-plan dining, lounge and chill area from the two, thick black stencil lines in the dining room chairs, ottoman and
Lit by the most unique of
The kitchen breathes in similar tones to the dining room, using light wood and thick black motifs. Bordered by a white and grey bookcase and Japanese stencil windows, it retains a light and airy feel separate from adjoining spaces. Fringed
Headed by lacquered wood and a geometric stencil, the bed appears bold amidst its grey and white surroundings. Aided by a couple of black
The bathroom is the perfect synergy of all the spaces. Carrying the bedroom’s stencilling and dining room’s dark framing, its black-edged tiles look effortlessly stylish and unique. Light-wooden tones form thick panels around a bathtub, kitchen sink and mirror. A few idea bulbs dangle from the ceiling, a reminder of the apartment’s clever space-saving ideas.
Take a look at the floor plan, for a bird’s eye view.
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