Industrial motifs in the design of a London apartment

Your apartment does not have to be in the past an industrial building, warehouse or workshop in order to have industrial motives in the design in the present. You can create a loft-style design in a new building with spacious rooms, high ceilings and good natural light. That is exactly what designers did in one London apartment, turning an ordinary home into a modern design project with an incredible mix of industrial notes and comfortable coziness. Only at first glance it may seem that the brick walls do not combine with the colorful pattern of textiles, and the ceiling beams and metal columns do not harmonize with the velor upholstery of upholstered furniture. In the skillful hands of designers, completely opposite sides in style shone in one diamond - the unique interior of English apartments.

Loft style advocates for large spaces, open and bright rooms with high ceilings and large windows. In order to achieve the effect of space, in ordinary apartments you have to demolish partitions and change windows to much larger sizes. With industrial premises, in this regard, it was easier - they had to be scaled down rather, creating structures from ceilings under the ceiling and sometimes fencing personal space - bedrooms. In a London apartment, the main and most spacious room has become the basis for the living room, dining room and kitchen. The open plan helped create a furniture arrangement in such a way as to visually highlight each zone without creating any obstacles to traffic and without losing the feeling of freedom.

All areas of the spacious room have a single finish - snow-white suspended ceilings, light, pastel walls, parquet and accent surface with brickwork throughout the room. Imitation of a brick wall plays such an important role in the design of an apartment that even in the kitchen sector they did not interrupt it with apron or tiles, glass or plastic and abandoned the upper tier of cabinets in favor of open shelves that do not hide the texture of the surface.

Industrial motifs were manifested in the design of the apartment not only in the use of brickwork as a finishing accent, but also in the use of metal supports supporting large wooden beams. The original confrontation of warmth and coolness, wood and metal, smoothness and texture in these simple designs brought originality to the modern interior. No less industrial is also blowing from pendant lights with simple metal shades, which could well be equipped with industrial premises, warehouses or workshops. And in a London apartment, such lamps serve as a source of artificial lighting for the countertop of the kitchen island.

Due to the large area of ​​the kitchen area, all the necessary storage systems, work surfaces and household appliances were able to be placed in the lower tier of cabinets and a large island. Gray facades with steel fittings are organically combined with snow-white countertops. The same colors with an admixture of blue tones are present in the ornament of ceramic tiles, which are lined with the kitchen sector.

Near the kitchen segment there is a dining room, zoned quite conditionally - only a furniture dining group. Many homeowners do not dare to combine the kitchen with other functional areas of the home, preferring to allocate a separate space for cooking and preferably outside the door. But combining zones in one large space not only saves square meters, but also creates ease of use. In addition, modern powerful hoods cope with the elimination of the smells of cooking.

A large dining table with a beautiful natural wood pattern and comfortable snow-white chairs by renowned designers made up a harmonious and practical dining group that could successfully integrate into almost any room design. No less original is the issue with storage systems in the dining room and living room. A cabinet with a light facade located in the center is traditionally solved, but storage systems with dark doors on either side of it are made in the form of suspended structures, which, of course, facilitates the process of cleaning the room.

From the spacious living room, we freely penetrate into the relaxation area or boudoir preceding the bedroom. A cozy resting place is decorated in the spirit of “comfortable industrialism”, like the whole apartment - snow-white finish, brickwork as an accent, colorful furniture and a minimum of decor. Against the background of a brick wall, the dark, deep color of the sofa upholstery looks especially impressive.

In the premises of the apartment, decorated with elements of the loft style, the windows are intentionally not decorated with textiles. The maximum amount of sunlight enters the space through large windows, reflected from white walls, from the glass surface of a coffee table and even a light floor covering. For cases when sunlight needs to be excluded, dark and dense rolled blinds are provided.

Behind the snow-white sliding doors is a bedroom in which brickwork has also become a central theme in the design concept. The berth is located in a small niche, decorated on the principle of a window or doorway made of brick. It was possible to achieve an original effect in the design of the bedroom by combining the industrial aesthetics of brickwork with the homeliness of colorful textiles, which fit the frame of the bed. A bold decision is the path to uniqueness.

Of no small importance in shaping the image of a sleeping room are auxiliary furnishings, such as bedside tables, stands and original lighting fixtures. The original floor lamp, design reminiscent of a desk office lamp, has become not only a functional link in the room, but also a spectacular decorative addition to the design of the room for sleeping and relaxing.

Even in the bathroom you can feel the industrial scale and the spirit of industrialism. The spacious room with light finishes organically took the accent in the form of brickwork on one of the walls and a wooden beam on the ceiling. The interior of the bathroom is given originality by the use of contrasting combinations - light finish, plumbing and dark window trim, shower, storage systems and the base of the bathtub. Such contrasts bring dynamism and even drama to the design of the utilitarian premises.

There is enough space in the spacious bathroom to go beyond just one sink and set up a pair to save time for morning gatherings and evening sleep preparations. Smooth dark facades of the storage system with several sections effectively complemented the image of the sinks with a modern design, not to mention the practical side of the issue.

The arched niches in the design of the brickwork look luxurious. It seems that modern plumbing was placed in a building built at the beginning of the last century. Such design techniques bring a lot of uniqueness to the interior of the room, even if it comes to the bathroom.