Interior in blue and earth colors|PdD

A space built of light beiges, pastel browns and warm grays is the perfect backdrop for the large blue kitchen island, which has become the heart of this apartment.

The interior combines blues with natural colors

Photo by Natalia Mielczarek-Prym

Functional changes

The nearly 60 sqm apartment in Łódź belongs to a couple of young doctors. Usually, in the plans for apartments in new apartment buildings, not much needs to be changed and they move on to conceptual design quite quickly. Here, however, it was different, and architect Natalia Mielczarek-Prym of the Natalia M Projekty studio spent a lot of time working on the functional layout. Thus, instead of a three-room apartment, a two-room apartment with a spacious living area was created. The entrance area development flows smoothly into the kitchenette, which is an integral, cohesive part of the living room and dining room. By moving a wall and relocating the washer and dryer to the hallway, the bedroom and bathroom also got a bit of a breather.

The apartment is also inhabited by a cat

Photo by Natalia Mielczarek-Prym

Original kitchen island

Beiges, browns, walnut veneer, distinctive black elements and... blue. Keeping the space in subdued earth colors and reaching for noble materials, such as marble in the lamps above the countertop, veneer, wooden parquet or stone conglomerate, allowed bolder choices for the kitchen island. Here, it's not just its size and long-picked shade of blue that impress, but especially its form. The rounded fronts composed of dozens of half-slabs are the many hours of intricate work of a friendly team of carpenters. All these elements made it the first to catch the eye in the apartment. Intense indigo in a large painting by Grzegorz Jarzynowski interacts with its blue color in an interesting way.

The kitchen island has become the focal point of the apartment

Photo: Mikołaj Dąbrowski/ md.fotografiawnetrz

Conjoining overlaps

Subdued color scheme is not the only thing that connects all the zones together. Irregular ovals and geometric curves appear alternately throughout the interior and in almost every component of it - in the built-ins at the entrance, the kitchen island, the sofa, the table, and even in the detail of the combination of stoneware and parquet. An interesting connection, which is not visible at first glance, is the play of light and color on the kitchen tiles, with the shape and varying shade of the stains in the painting. There are more such subtle touches in this apartment. Some of them are, of course, deliberate, but a few came out completely intuitively and accidentally.

You can also find the rounded corners in the living room

Photo: Mikołaj Dąbrowski/ md.fotografiawnetrz

Wood and gold in the bathroom

In a small bathroom, designers wanted to maximize consistency with the rest of the interior, while giving it an individual character. And so this time the muted blue of the rectangular tiles plays the role of a background, and the accents become dark wood and brushed gold, thanks to which the mood of the bathroom is very warm and largely relates to the kitchen.

The bathroom is dominated by wood and gold

Photo: Mikołaj Dąbrowski/ md.fotografiawnetrz/ Photo: Natalia Mielczarek-Prym

Relaxing bedroom

In the bedroom, the designer limited herself only to playing with shades of beige and broken white. Thanks to this, the interior allows you to calm down. The calm aura succumbs only to contrasting accessories in a minimalist form.