This one and a half bedroom apartment used aesthetics that focus on simplicity, natural elements, and comfort, and to combine the two looks together we call it "Japandi" (aka Japanese and Scandi). This fusion creates the perfect blend of function and form, focusing on clean lines, bright spaces, and light colors.
Living room:
One may expect to find a plethora of natural materials, muted colors, clean lines, and minimal, yet well-curated, furnishings. Japandi design isn't sparse—it's intentional. We stuck to natural materials and finishes like the concrete sand wall, natural wooden rafters in the ceiling and beechwood chairs and chaise.
Japandi styles feature beautiful craftsmanship with a focus on quality and handmade pieces over throwaway, cheap structures, so everything here is customised.
You'll also see a lot of neutral colors and paint choices to complement Japandi furniture and accessories. Calming, tranquil, and peaceful palettes are typically chosen, and when brighter colors are incorporated, they are done so meaningfully and subtly. But we wanted to have an attractive entrance so we used the humble terracotta shade of paint to show off a wooden-cane console table.
Kitchen:
Reducing clutter is also key to achieving the Japandi style. This design aesthetic focuses on clean lines and open spaces. So we did not hesitate to break open the kitchen and make it one with the living room. Using natural containers such as boxes and baskets, built-ins or folding screens to hide excess stuff and keeping the space feeling clutter free one doesn’t sense the smallness of the kitchen. The dado tiles are a subtle green and add life to this japandi kitchen.
Kids room:
Maintaining the use of natural wood and light colours the kids room stands out with the light sky blue on the wall to make an arch and continued the design forming arches on the wardrobe too. The single bed has a pull out bed below it to allow one more person to comfortably sleep.
Bathroom:
A white terrazzo tile with specs of natural brown, grey and black compliments the wood finish tile and bold fluted black washbasin. A simple wooden frame for the mirror and a few shelves in the corner to use for utilities makes it complete.
Master bedroom:
The master bed with rose coloured headboard and leafy wallpaper that brings a sense of glamour with calmness is sandwiched between two separate wardrobes for his and hers that is finished with tinted mirror shutters. Bringing in bits of nature like the houseplant, or fresh flowers is a way to inject some life into the neutral japandi colour palette of this bedroom.
