Modern Blues

This project is a renovated old house that not merely updates and enhances its exteriors but thoughtfully designs its layout and details such as lighting and storage. The old dwelling is thus better suited to fulfill modern designing ideas. Meanwhile, flexibility is reserved for future needs of the couple and their soon-to-arrive baby. A simple house is constructed as a result of designing aesthetics involving colors and materials.

The layout of this long house, with only natural light from two sides, is rearranged. The different sections, including the master bedroom, the dining room, the dining room and the kitchen, as well as the study, are reshuffled, so that there is an open public area that serves as a flow connecting the living room, the dining room and the kitchen, making the entire space well-ordered and adding a visual sense of vastness. The eye-catching blue TV wall in the living room separates the master bedroom and the living room, and the door to the master bedroom and the guest bathroom are concealed on either side of the TV wall with sliding doors. In the way, the completeness of the TV wall is retained, while the large area of blue makes the wall look composed and easy on the eyes, setting the key tone for the entire space as well.

Parallel to the main wall, the black cast iron on the ceiling goes across the living room and the dining room, and then extends vertically to the dining room and the bar counter, in striking contrast with the white ceiling. Its end corresponds with its beginning, like the main them played on the cello, and is the host’s favorite. Both to the right and to the left, the track lights of the same black in place of incandescent and fluorescent ones, are more than enough to meet the lighting needs of the house, bringing sleek lines to the otherwise monotonous space. Leather and hard wood go perfectly well for the furniture, presenting a simple style that partakes of equilibrium and distinction.