Reform of a floor of the early twentieth century

A special commission in a single housing. So is this reform bill floor of 150 m2, located in a building of the early twentieth century overlooking the Retiro. The unique customer requirements: that his worktable and the bedroom were facing those views and that the kitchen had a teppanyaki plate.

The project

The house had undergone several renovations jasa renovasi rumah throughout its history, some of which were not very successful, losing part of the elements of the time of its construction.

The intention of Ondo Interior, the architectural firm in charge of the reform was to give a contemporary and elegant air to housing; granting them highlight small treasures from the past that still had the property, as its cast iron radiators, wooden shutters, and a nearly 3.5m ceilings with moldings.

They cleaned sandblasted old iron radiators, which had several layers of white paint, and the bolts (closures) of windows and shutters, leaving them in the original color of the material.

Reform

The only demolition was done was that of two closets and a small bedroom adjacent to the kitchen, creating a light and airy space that also was a point of family reunion in the house.

The kitchen was designed to make it a functional, spacious, comfortable and contemporary space. He did not want to put any module suspended storage and, instead, the original brick wall, which was painted with paint Silicate, leaving the irregular texture in contrast to the smooth surface of marble, which was of the bottom rescued the wall and became counter. A fact highlighted by LED strip hidden behind the back of marble, illuminated from below the brick wall.

As a showcase office was already in the house, whose interior is also illuminated with light led relocated.

The space adjacent to the current kitchen took advantage as laundry area. A place 100% functional, with floor to ceiling cabinets for storage, iron, broom, washing machine and laundry basket. All simple and clean furniture.

The laundry was reached by an adapted fro, rescued from the demolished room door. Having glass, it was perfect to see who's on the other side and allowing the passage of natural light from one room to another.

The choice of materials

On the floor of the areas where it was not the original wooden parquet, microcemento was applied, a continuous coating without joints, the minimum thickness and maximum hardness make it suitable for coating many surfaces, creating a first contrast between classic and contemporary in soils.

In the adjacent to the master bedroom dressing this finish was also applied in the soil, introducing into the bathroom and shower work, promoting continuity between spaces.

In addition, this area could rescue several pieces of original hydraulic tile floor, which were inserted in the microcemento, as a testimony of what was there one day.

In the bathrooms were placed as top paths pieces of solid wood with coastal, walnut and oak the main guest in, they went looking specifically at a lumberyard on the outskirts of Madrid.