Before and after: the apartment is unrecognisable!

Will Sayner Will Sayner
REMODELAÇÃO APARTAMENTO, ÁGUAS LIVRES, Happy Ideas At Home - Arquitetura e Remodelação de Interiores Happy Ideas At Home - Arquitetura e Remodelação de Interiores Modern corridor, hallway & stairs
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 Restoring a property is a process that focuses not on the past, as we often believe, but on the future. The aim is to prepare old buildings for the future; adapting them to a contemporary lifestyle while respecting their history.

 The professionals at ‘Happy Ideas At Home’ seek to add value to real estate using this premise.

 The project we’re taking a look at today is the complete remodeling of the interior spaces of a two bedroom apartment. The work was multi-faceted, with a new semi-equipped kitchen being installed, as well as the original wooden floor being recovered and the window frames of the house being replaced.

The entrance

 We begin our journey, as you may expect, at the entrance. What used to be a dark and gloomy space has become a very pleasant, luminous corridor. The result was achieved in part by painting the walls with a much lighter shade that reflects natural light to create a pleasing ambiance.

Brilliantly bright rooms

 Moving through the hallway and turning to face the other side of the space brings two rooms into view. To the right we can see a patio door that leads to an outside balcony and floods the space with natural light.

Before: dark and dilapidated. After: lovely and light

 To the right we have the apartment prior to the renovation, and as you can see it was a dark and gloomy space. The darker walls prevented the propagation of the natural light, and the floor was in a complete state of disrepair, but as we can see from the photo to the left the beautiful finish on the parquet floor in conjunction with lighter tones on the walls has completely changed the look of the space.

The fantastic finished apartment

 After the rehabilitation work the room is truly unrecognisable! Instead of a dark space we now have an entirely new room with an exquisite floor that reflects the light. The walls were painted in a shade somewhere between white and cream, and the windows and window frames have been replaced.

In the kitchen: an incredible transformation!

 The kitchen is perhaps the area in which the transformation was most evident and impressive.

 Prior to the transformation the kitchen was in a very sorry state, as such it was necessary to completely replace the furniture and flooring.

Looks like new

 The completed work looks as if it were an entirely new apartment! The result is a dynamic space with some great details that really make it unique. The traditional tile floor with a contemporary twist stands out as a particularly charming addition the room’s décor.

Breathing new life into the bathroom

 As with the kitchen, the bathroom required extensive work. The walls were modernised and the ceramic pieces altered their spatial arrangement. Where once there were two small windows occupying a gap, there is now a single window reinforcing the sense of continuity and visual minimalism.

The finishing touches

 The smaller decorative details create a large visual impact, for example the mirror has its own lighting that gives life to the space.

 If you’ve enjoyed watching this stunning transformation then you’ll love this light, spacious dwelling.

 Translated from an article by Catarina Rodrigues.

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