This work is about the restyling of a small apartment located at the second floor of a building built during the 50s. The building faces the main square of the small village of Caprino Veronese, not far from Garda Lake.
The apartment haven’t been changed since his construction period so we had to face materials annd finish of that age. Our goal was to amphasize this atmosphere by using colour as an architectural element and giving new life to the fifties original finish, nowadays much appreciated by customers. The colours we used were red, yellow, green and light blue: those elements follows one another inside the space following a common path.
The entrance is made up of a long hallway that leads in all the rooms each one paved with old grit tiles that we decided to preserve and update. Over the opposite wall we find the coat hanger designed by Olaf Von Bohr for Kartell that interpretates perfectly the overall style. The end-wall of the corridor was painted by the artist Eugenio Filippi, called MENT, with a geometrical mural that catch the sight using all of CASA BEATRICE’s theme colours.
The kitchen has been designed with a 50s flair with a lemon-yellow finish that contrast with the worktop created with ceramic tiles by Ceramica Vogue which colour is a sort og light green. Same concept has been used for the kitchen table also designrd by our office and realized onsite with the same ceramic tiles. Flower Pot VP2 Lamp by &Tradition and Milano 2015 chair by Colico complete the overall concept.
The living room had a dark floor so we decidet to design all the furniture with a light finish and we opted for chilean pine: closet and bookcase was realized with this wood onsite by our carpenter with trapezoidal elements that hold up all the shelves giving all the space an idea of lightness and brightness. The sofa is Tufty Time by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia.
One of the bedroom walls was painted with a light blue colour which make a
nice contrast with the bed designed by Enzo Mari for FLOU called Tappeto Volante. The furniture was also realized with chilean pine wood in order to create a dialogue with the living room. Enzo Mari’s way of thinking is put on set by the massive use of colour underlined by his works of art Uno la Mela and Due la Pera by Danese Milano. Lastly in the bathroom what we tried to achieve was a sort of game by painting the walls with a plain red colour from which starts a red grout line that make a strong contrast with the white tiles.
CASA BEATRICE is an experiment in which strong contrasts are put on set but none exaggerated, a sort of scenic design in which coexist a modern way of living and a traditional allure given by the 50s finish and the design masterpiece furniture.
