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Not everyone lives – or wants to live – in a house and millions of people are looking for examples of stylish apartment interior design. Across the globe, families make their homes in apartments that are polished, organized and beautiful. HomeDSGN brings you a collection of chic apartment interior design showcasing the possibilities. From contemporary neutrals and modern white designs to warm wood-filled interiors, inspiration for your apartment abounds.
Refurbishment of Sa da Bandeira, A Stunning Portuguese Apartment Building by PF Architecture Studio
By Courtney • Nov 13, 2018

The Sa da Bandeira building is a stunning apartment structure that blends old and new. Located in downtown Porto in Portugal, it was recently completed by PF Architecture Studio. It now contains six lovely 700 square metre apartments that feel bright and welcoming in every room.





Because it was previously a commercial service building, Sa da Bandeira has actually never been inhabited. It might look like the kind of typically beautiful 19th century residence that is so characteristic of downtown Porto from the outside, but the interior has a unique history. During its redesign, architects preserved several original decorative structure elements despite also adding new features. For example, the wood floors, oval skylights, and elaborately framed doorways were simply cleaned up and built around, incorporating them into the new apartments.























In addition to remodelling the existing interior, designers expanded one floor to create six newly renovated units. The building now features two apartments on each of its three floors. One of the most evidently unique features, noticeable immediately upon entering the building, is that the original entryway staircase was kept and redone. The apartments on the first floor harness the classic romanticism of 19th century architecture, while newly expanded floors higher up have a more simplified, modern feel.







Inside the units, the apartments were decorated with a pleasing visual aesthetic in mind. Designers aimed to maintain that original romantic atmosphere but also worked carefully to create a look that’s intended to be contemporary, eclectic, and strongly emotional. Some rooms bear patterned floors and graphic sections of wall paper or old fashioned looking alcoves. Others heavily feature pristine white surfaces, neutrally coloured furnishings, and accent pieces from the natural world. These balance the presence of wood in the floors, counters, and tabletops perfectly.








No matter which unit you visit, you’ll find wonderfully tall framed windows at the front of the building. These provide you with a lovely view of the street while also looking grand in their exterior from the outside.
Take a look at the floor plans for the various units:


Photographs by: Joao Morgado
Modern Apartment with a Marked Industrial Style Designed for a Young Businessman
By Magaly • Nov 8, 2018

This fabulous and modern apartment located in the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, has been designed by the architects Ivan Yunakov, Olga Korniienko, Natali Raga, and Yaroslav Katrich, all working for the firm 33bY Architecture. The client was a young entrepreneur, and the home has a distinct industrial style.

It has an area of 97 square meters and was carried out in 2018. In the interior, a palette of dark colors and a variety of materials were used, with different structures. Among those materials were brick, natural African black stone, onyx, leather, copper, and wood. Upon entering the apartment, the first thing we notice is the wall made of black stone on one side, and the black surface with golden decoration elements on the other side. The living room is combined with a kitchen, a dining room, and a work space.


The space was separated by using glass partitions, looking to align the boundaries between the facilities, but at the same time to achieve open and floating spaces. The glass structure is made by using the “smart glass” system technology; it can be converted to matt to achieve greater privacy within the room.
The panel that was used to balance the dark tones is white onyx with backlighting framed by copper edges. It works at night and creates a cozy atmosphere, and is the focal point of our interior, seen from all the main facilities of the apartment.












- Elegant entrance in black and gold
- Spacious and modern lounge
- Elegant lounge area
- Modern furniture in leather
- Stone wall
- kitchen area
- Modern kitchen with bronze details
- Details
- Sober dining room
- Modern room with brick wall
- Room connected with modern bathroom
- Modern and elegant bathroom
- Modern and elegant bathroom
Remodeling of an Old Apartment in one of the Best Areas of Barcelona, Spain
By Magaly • Oct 25, 2018

The architectural firm TEd’A Arquitectes was commissioned to carry out this project that consisted of the interior remodeling of an old apartment located in the Gracia neighborhood of Barcelona, Spain.

The project focuses its efforts on a single strategy, which consists of opening the floor longitudinally. The entire project is condensed into a single gesture that manages to visually connect the street and the interior courtyard, joining the opposite and, until now, distant façades. A single element is the heart of this strategy. A new wardrobe crosses the entire house from one end to the other. Those in charge of this project, architects Irene Pérez and Jaume Mayol, who in 2017 managed to create functional and welcoming spaces in this 65 square meter floor.


There was, previously, a pavement of clay tiles of 13×13 cm placed diagonally. Its condition was not very good: it had been partially modified, there were many patches and different types of tiles, the result of alterations and overlapping modifications. It was decided, thus, to replace the pavement with a new one. They chose a hydraulic pavement manufactured by Huguet.




















- Open entrance and full of natural light
- Walls and closet divide the spaces
- Simple and cozy lounge area
- Small dining room with round wooden table
- Entrance to the side kitchen
- Narrow wooden kitchen
- Entrance to the room with wooden doors
A Remodeling Creates a New Modern and Functional Space
By Magaly • Oct 16, 2018

This remodeling of an old floor of 807 ft2, located in Gràcia, Barcelona, was carried out by the architect Raúl Sanchez and his team of professionals Pau Just and Cayetano de la Torre. The previous state of the apartment belonged to a way of life incompatible with the requirements of the new owner. Therefore, the new proposal starts from the total demolition of the pre-existing situation, maintaining only the structural system (for technical and economic reasons, structural interventions were ruled out).


The space is intended to flow freely inside, to maximize the feeling of space and abolish the boundaries between the rooms: for example, both the bedroom and the guest bathroom are closed with large, large pivoting doors, from floor to ceiling, without perimeter frames. This means that partitions are not only interrupted when they reach the gaps in the doors.






The bathroom is completely black, a mixture of ceramic, granite, microcemento and black varnish, and with taps, sinks and other accessories, all in black. On the other hand, the guest bathroom has the opposite treatment: here the granite, the microcement and the varnish are all white, although the sink and faucets are kept in black. The sliding and rotating iron and glass doors draw figures that blur the axes, but also mark areas of privacy and more visible areas.



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- Private lounge area
- Living room in modern style
- Modern kitchen in black
- Kitchen in black with marble top
- Room area with sliding door
- Room decorated in white
- Modern and sober bathroom in black
- Sober bathroom in black
- Bathroom
Fantastic Remodeling of a Flat in Barcelona, Spain, Dating From 1900
By Magaly • Oct 11, 2018

This comprehensive reform – of an apartment of 90 square meters in the city of Barcelona, Spain – to obtain a renewed and more luminous space was carried out by the architectural firm Alventosa Morell Arquitectes and was under the leadership of its professionals Marc Alventosa and Xavier Morell, in the year 2017.

The clients wanted this apartment – located in an old building in the Born district of Barcelona, built in the year 1900, with little natural light and with numerous health problems – to receive a comprehensive reform. With this, they intended to obtian a renovated and more luminous space that could better fit their desires.



The objective of the intervention was based on two criteria. On the one hand, to discover, recover, and highlight the original structural elements of high historical and constructive value. On the other hand, to generate a diaphanous space that would allow to improve the existing lighting and natural ventilation conditions.

In spite of its antiquity, the apartment to reform did not keep any element of its original construction since it had undergone several reforms.
Thus, with some simple measures of recovery of original building elements and the design of a wooden furniture longitudinally that helped to separate the night area from the day, it was possible to meet the two objectives that had been specified and obtain a spacious and comfortable space to enjoy its livability.








- Luminous lounge area
- Rectangular window with wooden frame
- Lounge area with small terrace
- Small and narrow kitchen area
- Blank room with brick wall
- Closet in wood
- Bath in white and green

This fantastic remodeling of two narrow houses that were in very poor condition, as they had been used by their former owner as a rental for students who needed cheap accommodation, was carried out in 2016 by the architectural firm K2A. The interior was designed by the firm Permis de Construire and Denis Dujardin was in charge of the gardens.

The property covers a total area of 500 square meters and is located in Brussels, Belgium. It is located in a prestigious and vibrant area of the city, in a basement with little insulation, with little air and little natural light inside. The project consisted in uniting the two houses while respecting the typology of the existing buildings and making the most of their new width to offer generous and luminous spaces to the new residents.


The front façade, a beautiful 19th century brick façade belonging to a row of similar houses, was restored and remained essentially intact. However, the large rear façade opened generously to encompass the south-facing garden.
There, wide glass doors open onto the wonderful garden where a dining room and an outdoor living area have been installed to spend time with friends and family while enjoying the good weather.




















- Exterior view of the back garden
- View of the garden from the inside
- Modern and sober lounge
- Sober living room in dark tones
- Kitchen area
- Dining room with glass walls
- Studio area
- Rustic stairs
- Modern room in black and white
- Bathroom with glass doors
- Rustic style bathroom
- Walk in closet
- Study
Wonderful Integration of two Levels Designed for Specific Purposes
By Magaly • Sep 12, 2018

This triplex, redesigned by the firm Casa14 Arquitetura, had never been inhabited. Seeing it today, few people would say that its spaces were dark and fragmented. Architecture professionals Mariana Andersen and Mariana Guradani, together with Max Heringer and Gabriele Azevedo, were in charge of carrying out the wonderful transformation of this space that has an area of 900 square meters. Located in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, the project was undertaken by the firm in the year 2015.

The project aimed to integrate the floors and highlight the character of the materials.
The generous openings in the walls offer a visual connection between different environments in each of the three levels of the apartment. The project also emphasized the relationship between the environment, gardens and circulation. The staircase, a bent steel plate lined with wood at the bottom and white stone at the top, appears as though it were a sculptural element that joins the three decks. The vertical structure stands out.







Each floor was designed for a specific use. In this order: live, work and rest. On the first level are the rooms, the kitchen, and the service area. The second was designed to receive a library of 5,000 titles integrated in a garden where the resident works, reads, and writes. The last level brings with it the leisure area, with a music studio, whirlpool, sauna, and a barbecue, impregnated with a vertical garden in all its extension.














- Spacious living room with contrasting colors
- Lounge chairs in brown leather
- Spacious and modern living room with high ceilings
- Large kitchen area
- Vertical garden
- Modern dining room in striking tones
- Stairs made of wood and glass
- View of the living room from the upper level
- Modern room in wood
- Modern and simple room
- Large bathroom in white and wood
- Wide area of study
- Sauna
- Music room
- View of the garden at night
House Designed to Facilitate the Day to Day of a Person with Visual Disability
By Magaly • Sep 5, 2018

So & So Studio designed this intelligent, elegant and intuitive home in Vicenza, Italy for a blind woman in Thiene, also in Italy, in which the designers chose to implement a natural process of adjustment and search of the vision for women with visual disabilities to navigate their new space.

It has an area of 232 square meters of construction and was carried out at the beginning of the year 2018.

For a blind homeowner, the learning process of a new environment is vital not only for the function of the space, but also for the daily life within that home. As such, from the first day on, the general theme of the project emerged from a simple glyphic language. Made through complete selections of stone and porcelain materials in which they sought to find the perfect balance of textures to guide the end user of the home between the elements of the program using an integrated map system.



The first step in the design was to orient the spaces around a column of the singular corridor, minimizing any possible labyrinth effect and ensuring an efficient movement throughout the house. In the three main points of the central road are the entrances, which give access from the garage, the entrance door, and the backyard.








- Exterior view of the construction
- Main entrance
- Interior of the dining area
- Small and functional kitchen
- Kitchen and dining area
- Wooden floors
- Main room entrance
Apartment of Only 44 meters has been Strategically Designed to Provide Comfort and Ease of Living
By Magaly • Aug 29, 2018

This small holiday apartment covering an area of only 44 square meters has been designed in a mixture of white, black, and gray, and is intended for a couple and their small dog. It is located in a beautifully preserved building with high ceilings in the center of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and was strategically designed by the firm XS Studio for compact design.

Despite the small surface of the apartment, the high ceiling gives it a feeling of spaciousness. As if the challenge of an apartment of 44 square meters for two tenants was not enough, around 12 square meters are non-mobile shelter room walls. Therefore, it is important for the rest of the space to be as open as possible.



A built-in ladder in the kitchen cabinet allows easy access to the large storage space in the kitchen, as well as the cabinet on both sides.
In such a small apartment, every square meter counts. The tenants do not usually enjoy cooking while they are at home, but said that whenever they stay in this apartment, they intended to cook and spend time together while talking and enjoying each other’s company. Therefore, the moving wooden plate on the work surface of the kitchen allows more space to sit and more work space at the same time.










- Exterior view of the old building
- Interior of the living room with balcony
- Small kitchen
- TV area
- Small movable closet
- Small movable closet
- Connected lounge and kitchen area
- Small room in black and white
- Bath on white

In this small New York apartment, convertible modular furniture has been the salvation to your space problems. It has only 33 square meters and its expandable furniture convert the living room of this apartment in New York, USA, into a master bedroom or into a dining room for 10, according to the needs of the owner. The residence has two equipped rooms that can be reorganized for different functions, including dining, resting, sleeping and working.

In the first space, the white modular blocks form seats that can be placed in an L shape so that they look towards the television or move to form benches for a table. This small wooden side table also expands to lengthen and reveal the legs, so it can accommodate up to 10 guests as a dining table.
The room can also be transformed into a master bedroom. The bed folds from a set of white storage cabinets that run along one of the walls, while the doors of the cabinets on either side open to form bedside tables lined with darker wood.
A long desk swings down from the wall to make an office.A simple palette was chosen for the apartment, including white painted walls, herring oak floors, walnut cabinetry and brass lighting.

















- Entrance with wooden floors
- Small living room with white walls
- Small bar area
- Kitchen in white
- Convertible work area
- Convertible sofa in bed
- Small room
- Living room converted into a room
- Details
- Bathroom with sliding door
- Bathroom
A Remodeling that Shows Part of his Past
By Magaly • Aug 27, 2018

Located in the populous city of Shanghai in China, this 517 square-foot apartment has been remodeled in a very original and creative way by TOWOdesign, fully following the long list of requirements made by the client.


The entrance of the apartment and the adjacent storage space are covered with a mirror finish so that the brightly-lit house seems more spacious. To prevent these volumes from blocking lines of vision and to create a more spacious feel, the designers have deftly rotated the structures 10 degrees, a move that inspired the name of the project: 10 Degree House. Angled volumes also have rounded edges to reduce their visual weight.

A large window at the end of the living room lets in plenty of natural light. The storage is hidden throughout the department and the lighting is embedded in several areas to avoid visual clutter. Bright glows of color and cured textual elements add interest to the minimalist design.


Some of the original concrete pillars and walls have been deliberately exposed to draw attention to the building’s past. The existing pillars also serve as a reference point for the 10-degree rotation of the volumes.












- Yellow and gray lounge area
- TV area in wood
- Modern living room in light colors
- Wall of mirrors in the living room
- Details
- Small and modern kitchen
- Metallic entrance door
- Kitchen in yellow with rounded tips
- Kitchen in yellow with rounded tips
- Cubicle of room
- Small room
- Small room covered with wood
- Room covered with wood
Residential Complex Designed to Offer the Opportunity to Choose
By Magaly • Jul 31, 2018

This new and modern design is a residential complex designed as a kind of puzzle with four buildings of different architectural plans and materials. Located in the district of Perdizes, west of São Paulo, Brazil, it offers people interested in living there the opportunity to choose not only their favorite apartment, but also their favorite facade.

The project was carried out by the architectural firm FGMF Arquitetos, with headquarters in São Paulo, in collaboration with the firm idea! Zarvos. The design presents a sequence of roofs with terraces and gardens in the four modules, which act as substitutes for the backyards of the ground floor. One of the modules, made of synthetic wood, stands out as a suspended sculpture, and connects the building with its surroundings at the same time.



The entrance hall presents a garden full of vegetation and a large panel by artist João Nitsche, made of hydraulic tile. A total of 22 apartments, measuring from 136 to 253 square meters, occupy the other levels, and offer those who are interested a series of spaces full of elegance and good taste.



- Aerial view of the residential complex
- View of the complex from the side street
- View of the modern complex
- Pool area
- Internal area with gardens
- Modern and illuminated elevator area
- Modern and illuminated elevator area
Marvelous Transformation of a Twentieth Century Building in Valencia, Spain
By Magaly • Jul 27, 2018

Located in an apartment unit in a building dating back to the early twentieth century in the heart of the beautiful city of Valencia in Spain, this apartment presented a challenge during its renovation. Heading the project was the architectural firm Roberto Di Donato Architecture, which focused on the idea of creating modern living spaces that left the existing structure almost intact.

After many years in a state of neglect, the apartment was an empty shell when it was bought by the client, creating numerous opportunities but also challenges for the design team.

Space flows constantly from one area to another, with the separation between night and day areas provided by two tall wooden elements. These custom-designed items also contain the bedroom cabinets and three sets of doors that allow varying degrees of privacy.




The height of the roof was also considered a particularly valuable element in the renovation. The structure of the roof was restored and maintained completely exposed; no element of the new design comes into contact with it, which underlines the respect for the past and also allows us to perceive the full feeling of space and volume of the apartment.
By adding only new essential features, the “wounds” and layers of transformations over the years were carefully preserved and displayed to improve the sense of continuity with the history of the building.










- View of the small but comfortable lounge
- Kitchen with aged brick walls
- Kitchen area connected to the living room
- Kitchen with ceilings with wooden beams
- Room with brick walls
- Room connected to the lounge
- Room in night hours
- Modern bathroom with old details
- View of the kitchen at night hours
- View of the apartment at night hours
- View of the apartment at night hours
Small Spaces that Give us Comfort
By Magaly • Jul 25, 2018

In this small apartment of only 30 square meters located in Budapest, Hungary, a system of translucent curtains has been installed. These help to define different areas in this small space without losing its style and elegance. The symbolic separation of functions using textiles in movement combines practicality and aesthetics, resulting in a light and open space that shines beyond its restricted size.



During the renovation, the architecture firm Batlab, who carried out the project through its professionals gergő batizi-pócsi and péter batizi-pócsi demolished all the interior walls, leaving the outline of the apartment intact. An independent block, which includes the kitchen and bathroom, functions as the main space separator, splitting the entrance, the living / dining room, and the sleeping cabin into different areas.
The small space has been intelligently decorated in white, which has visually helped to give a feeling of spaciousness. Its scarce furniture creates comfortable, and at the same time, practical spaces.





- View of modern kitchen on white
- Modern dining area
- Details of the modern white dining room
- Modern white room
- Details of the curtain system
When your Love for your Pet Defines your Priorities
By Magaly • Jul 25, 2018

This recently completed project, which has an area of 400 square meters, is located in Beijing, the capital of China. Carried out by architecture firm Atelier About Architecture under the leadership of its professionals Ni Wang, Dawei Zhang and Daguang Shou, the project analyzes interior design from a completely new angle: studio work in a house in Beijing It is concentrated around the needs of the client’s dog. The health condition of the pet and its limited visual abilities have shaped the use of color and materials by architects and have required spaces developed especially for the host’s best friend.




In the house there are two sets of colors: calm colors, including lake blue, dark gray, navy blue and light gray, play with vibrant colors, such as pink, goose yellow and sky blue. These tones contrast and complement each other to narrate the depth, distance, and movements of the spaces.
The work of the study is concentrated around the needs of the client’s dog. The pet’s medical condition and its limited visual abilities have shaped the use of color and materials by architects and have required spaces developed especially for the host’s best friend





- Studio area painted in pastel blue
- Studio area painted in pastel blue
- Passage areas in blue and pastel pink
- Pet resting area in pastel colors
- Pet resting area
- Modern and spacious lounge
- Bedroom in sober colors
- Bath area
After its Remodeling this Floor Shows Modern Environments and Full of Natural Light
By Magaly • Jul 19, 2018

This 110-square-meter apartment, designed by architects Ashot Snkhchyan, Armine Snkhchyan and Hayk Zalibekyan, working for the firm snkh studio, in 2018, is located in the lively neighborhood of Yerevan – Cascade, Armenia. It is a firmly neoclassical building from a decidedly Stalinist era.

The first floor is strangely small since it occupies only half of the original apartment that was divided into two parts. There is only the entrance area, the bathroom and the bedroom, which creates a kind of inverted functional scheme, where the active part of the apartment is on the top floor, under the sloping roof. A small balcony of the room is the only point that overlooks the Cascade, where during the warm days there are many open-air concerts. The client wanted a room that could be easily prepared in order to accommodate friends and enjoy the concerts.

The second floor consists of three parts: the main “public space”, the terrace and a room that has a mood completely different from the rest of the apartment. It houses an art collection, TV, and a poker table, as well as many antique rugs on the floor and the room also serves as a guest bedroom. One of the main ideas of the project was to make it possible to merge the terrace, the public space and the room into a space, to create many use scenarios.
The cement floor, the plywood and the bright colors are the main accents of this project.











- View of the social areas of the apartment
- Dining room sharing space
- Dining room with terrace
- Wooden stairs connect the levels
- Room with convertible furniture
- Room with convertible furniture
- Room with balcony
- Room in intense colors
- Independent study area
- Independent study area

This delicate apartment has been recently remodeled for a client, who, having lived for many years in Copenhagen, felt comfortable in the minimalist interiors.


So, being back in Moscow, Russia, he decided that this was the style he wanted for his new home, so the architecture firm buro5, led by his architect Boris Denisyuk, got down to work and created this interior with Scandinavian style. Among other things, they decided to paint the interior walls in blue and pastel pink with touches of mustard and fill the spaces with furniture as well as Scandinavian accessories.
The apartment, covering an area of 55 square meters, is located in a Stalinist house built in 1957. The architect did not have the opportunity of a radical remodeling: the load wall and the beam pass through the apartment, so he combined only the kitchen and the living room, and left the bedroom isolated.






The apartment has a very spacious kitchen, and also two closets at the request of the client. One can access one from the hallway and store one’s outer clothing and all household items. The second is adjacent to the bedroom.
Decorating the living room was extremely simple: a sofa, a television and a shelf underneath. There is also a bar counter, which is a continuation of the kitchen.











- Exterior view of the buildings area
- Entry into a minimalist design
- Small lounge in soft tones
- Living room with wooden floors
- Kitchen with small dining room
- Kitchen in pastel shades pink and blue
- Kitchen details
- Kitchen with cabinets area in blue and pastel pink
- Small and functional kitchen
- Kitchen
- Details
- Small dining room with round table
- Room in blue and mustard shades
- Room in blue and mustard shades
- Room with desk area
- Bathroom in white with black details