Located in one of the most pleasant streets in the center of Bologna, Casa A+P is the result of detailed and passionate interior work in which each element has been designed in a sartorial way.

Choosing a new home means facing a major life change and for an architect, designing the space, even before starting to design it, means collecting, condensing and rationalizing the new needs of the client but also, and above all, giving shape to the dreams that this change brings with it.

So Casa A+P had to respond to a request that almost sounded like a bet: managing to contain twenty years of life spent in a larger home in a new, more intimate space without, however, giving up formal and compositional pleasantness.

To fulfill this function, the walls were designed with large wardrobes that, as in the case of the living area, even developed around the architectural perforation of the window, giving three-dimensional plasticity to the surfaces.

Color played a dominant role. The color project was developed through selected samples, corrected and modified several times by the expert hands of the decorator who painted the house. The lime paint spread on a slightly textured base gave the walls a silky appearance.

In the living area and in the master bedroom, two walls were decorated with glazes of color and, in the bedroom, with the addition of a further vine leaf pattern made with a stencil based on a design by Mariano Fortuny.

The lacquering of the fixed furnishings, all rigorously designed ad hoc, reinforces the chromatic project. The colors of the walls have been declined in the furnishings and in the textile parts of the upholstery and curtains. Each area has its own predominant color, each room has its own color.

The living area, from the kitchen to the living room, to the corridor that leads to the bedrooms, are characterized by a light ecru color with solid oak inserts such as the frame that frames the living room window which, unfolding, becomes a support surface and seat in the dining area. The bedrooms, the study and the master bathroom instead play with more decisive colors, from powder pink to a terracotta color in the master bedroom, from a dusty dark blue in the guest bedroom, to a teal color for the study area.

The custom-designed furnishings, characterized by clean and essential lines, mix with some design classics and contemporary pieces, enhancing their shapes. The living area hosts some design icons, from the Jano chairs by Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina to the Doge table by Carlo Scarpa, to the Les Grand Trans-Parents mirror designed by Man Ray for Cassina, to the trolley by Alvar Aalto for Artek in the study.

Contemporary furnishings of great charm stand out from the walls painted with colors studied to harmonize with them, as in the case of the Jupiter armchair by Arketipo in teal leather in harmony with the colors of the room, or the large leather sofa with My Place peninsula by Flou framed by the hand-painted boiserie behind it with the Pab bookcase by B&B that completes the living room.