Third and last floor of a late nineteenth-century building. From here you can see the Taranto sea, you dominate the roofs of the buildings in this part of the city. A high gaze, supported by eight small balconies that go around the 180 m2 private residence owned by a couple of doctors, which the Francesco Marrone studio redesigns in its entirety, from the living room to the sleeping area.
The restyling turns out like a surprise story: the entrance is boxed in midnight blue boiserie which lights up the teak of the herringbone floor and lets natural light radiate beyond the access doors to the various rooms. The artisanal cut is also in the 'broken' frames that characterize the walls and 'ignore' the position of the openings. From here you enter the Play Room, 22 m2 disconnected from the rest of the apartment, designed to entertain and isolate a recreational moment also from an acoustic point of view. The room features playful wallpaper by LONDON ART, an ideal backdrop for Saarinen's KNOLL poker table and four iconic KARTELL chairs.
Next to it, the PlayStation station with a Jupiter armchair by Arketipo. The BAR area is the envy of a more modern establishment: oak wood shelves contain nectars of all types, while the counter is equipped with a fridge, slicer and everything needed for an excellent aperitif. Two Kartell stools complete the environment and precede the door onto the veranda balcony which serves as a laundry area.
On the hallway, a Wunderkammer that hides containers such as wardrobes and shoe racks, also overlooks a service bathroom, just 6 m2 lined with glass and resin, rigorous and linear.
The space is exploited to the maximum: the living room is an eye-catcher, both internally - with the space stretching over 60 m2 to also include the dining room and the kitchen - and externally, with the French window which directs the look towards the Great Sea. To enjoy the view, architect Marrone rotates the POLTRONA FRAU sofas by 45°, compensating for the empty spaces that are created with an equipped platform on which to sit, walk and rest. A custom-made element with a sofa-shaped recess that invites you to sit and chat. Also opposite are two poufs in sienna-coloured leather by BAXTER.
The passing bioethanol fireplace by ANTONIO LUPI is a black column in the heart of the living room, the complement that furnishes and introduces the EROS transparent glass table by GALLOTTI&RADICE combined with leather seats by AGAPE CASA and the DISCOVERY VERTICAL by ARTEMIDE.
The white of the walls finds a symmetrical correspondence in the dark palette, a chromatic balance played between the black of the bookcase and the two metal consoles created based on the Studio's design and the mélange blue of the wallpaper, also by LONDON ART.
The exclusive covering is also the element that marks the continuity of the environment with the contemporary and refined kitchen, behind the large window equipped for indoor greenery. In the centre, the Calacatta Viola (or Breccia Capraia) marble island arrives in Puglia from the Apuan Alps to embellish the space and dictate the taste for a particular design. The furniture, strictly artisan-made, has finishes that recall the purple veins of the marble on which the MESH chandelier by LUCEPLAN hangs.
A door in the kitchen leads into the corridor towards the sleeping area. The rooms are revealed little by little, like the walk-in closet featuring a modular system of black lacquered shelving. The son's room also looks onto the corridor, organized vertically with the loft bed above another sofa bed. Fabrics, walls and floors use colors like a Rubik's cube, mixing them and making the environment fun and dynamic.
A smoked glass door represents the limit of the path and at the same time the access to the main bathroom, all visible, where Marrone also creates a small but stylish SPA: the Reflex bathtub by Antonio Lupi becomes the protagonist under the luminous and flexible eye of THE ARTEMIDE LINE. In the concatenation of the rooms, the bathroom leads to the master bedroom which finds the minimal style and a tailor-made profile. The original wooden canopy closes the bed with a design reminiscent of a stylized U, strictly black.
