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Apartment with a graphite kitchen open to the living room, a breakfast bar and a terracotta sofa
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HPY Apartament

Oradea · 78 mp · 2023 · Complete interior design

The challenge

An apartment where every square metre had to work twice over: an open kitchen, a place to eat, concealed storage and a balcony turned into a room.

Overview
Location
Oradea
Area
78 mp
Year
2023
Service
Complete interior design
Type of space
Apartment
Scope
Concept, 3D visualisation, technical documentation and bespoke joinery
The story of the project

The apartment is built on a controlled contrast: the heavy joinery is matt graphite, while the surfaces that need to breathe are pale timber. Nothing is glossy, nothing reflects — which is why the space reads larger than its actual area.

The kitchen opens onto the living room through a stone counter that works at once as a worktop, a breakfast bar and the boundary between the two functions. There is no dividing wall, but there is a clear edge.

In the living room, the television wall is clad in vertical oak panelling with a continuous wall-hung unit at its base. The terracotta sofa is the only stronger colour in the flat and acts as the visual anchor for the rest of the palette.

Storage was treated as a design problem rather than an afterthought: a sliding-door wardrobe in the bedroom, a utility zone hidden behind a sliding front, and the washing machine integrated into the vanity unit. The balcony was enclosed and turned into a reading corner, with a storage bench and timber panelling.

Materials and details
  • Matt graphite handleless fronts
  • Compact stone worktop in the kitchen
  • Pale oak panelling on the living-room wall
  • Terrazzo on the bathroom floor and walls
  • Beige velvet and terracotta textile upholstery
Detail of beige velvet bar stools beside the stone counter
Black metal ring light fitting above the graphite kitchen counter
Compact terrazzo bathroom with a level-access shower and integrated washing machine
Utility zone concealed behind a sliding front, with shelving and a washing machine
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