Soft colours and contrasts. The recovery of a loft in Milan
Double heights, original materials and bespoke furnishings dialogue with a refined palette, giving life to a dynamic, balanced space.
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Recovering a loft is a matter of furniture, colours and details. Casa Richard was born from the recovery of a loft from a former Milanese factory, which became the home of a young, dynamic couple. The double heights, the large windows and the original materials — the concrete of the ceiling, the iron of the mezzanines, the wooden boards of the floors — frame, by contrast, contemporary furnishings and accessories. The palette is one of soft tones: air-force blue, grey and black. The creative stroke is the ‘pa-rete’: a wall-parapet in painted metal mesh that separates the study corner from the staircase.
Recovery of a loft. We recovered a loft from a former Milanese factory, which became the home of a young, dynamic couple. The double heights, the large windows and the original materials — such as the concrete of the ceiling, the iron of the mezzanines and the wooden boards of the floors — frame, by contrast, the contemporary furnishings and accessories.
The colours. The project’s colours are in tones of air-force blue, grey and black.
The kitchen. It is the centre of the living area, bespoke, with an island with a snack area.
The wallpapers. In the living area the wallpaper is used to cover a ‘utility’ cube housing the laundry and the bathroom. For this the door is flush, so it disappears and the decorative effect is continuous. In the main bathroom of the bedroom, instead, it is used as decoration for the wall housing the bath. This way the bathroom has a decidedly different and much more eclectic feel.
The pa-rete. The study corner is created beside the staircase that rises from the living area. The parapet is a real ‘pa-rete’ (wall-parapet), a bespoke modular structure conceived in painted metal mesh, housing various elements — storage, decorative and functional. This way the light filters through but the desk has a real fitted wall.
The sleeping area. The bed zone is divided from the study zone by an iron-and-glass door, an aesthetic division that isolates noise but lets light filter through. The room’s bathroom is instead divided from the bed zone by a bespoke fitted wardrobe, which hides a direct access in its doors. The wardrobe has doors of different colours that set the rhythm of the whole sleeping area, and which continue under the staircase.
The stairs. They are in iron and the parapets are made of rope, a practical, economical solution in direct continuity with the whole language of the home.
