Small apartment with popout kitchen celebrates light & flow
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- To add light and space to a cramped 60 square meter flat (645 square feet), Laura Bonell knocked down most of the walls to leave everything open except bathroom and bedrooms and used a furniture wall to divide the remaining space.
To keep the remodel affordable, she used MDF (medium-density fiberboard) to build a pop-out kitchen, including a refrigerator, pantry, and coffee/smoothie bar. The backside of this furniture houses the couple’s clothes closets and partitions space for an entry room.
To add height to the Barcelona apartment, Bonell and her partner Daniel López-Dòriga removed the false ceiling to expose Catalan vaults (brickwork arches). They painted the brickwork white to add a reflective layer and lighten the home.
At the far end of the flat, they added eight tall and narrow windows in two-toned wood which can be opened and closed separately and frame the courtyard - and neighbors - in a style reminiscent of Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”. To carve out a “room” near the view, they added a bench and shelving, creating a reading - or viewing - nook.
The MDF furniture continues throughout the home beginning with a key shelf by the front door and curving to frame the bathroom, add a table to the kitchen, and supply couches to the living room. At one end of the space, the MDF is used to create a music room with a desk and shelving from the material. The owners are both musicians who work from home, and often teach students, so having designated “rooms” is imperative.
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The apartment is very cute and feels big, i don't understand the negative comments at all. Guys this not a design competition, it's a personal project and looks very much unpretentious.
It wasn't a personal project. That woman doing the walk-through was a professional designer.
@@LM-zn6wb A professional designer working for clients, who live in the apartment. It was designed to best fit the people living there.
Your videos bring me so much joy as an architect. I get to enjoy peoples work all over the world. Thank you again!
You're welcome
She has a great mind. I really enjoyed listening to their thought process and problem solving in doing that project. It reminds me of when I was studying Architectural Drafting and Design. Her attention to detail is a valuable asset. This was a very good piece Kirsten. And they did an outstanding job in design with the a limited budget.
Your videos are so beautiful, I just want to leave a word of thanks for all the worlds you help us to visit.
Watching your videos are so therapeutic !
And how you tell stories instead of just taking videos of houses is beautiful .
People saying it's a bad use of space, for you maybe but the clients wanted a big kitchen so it makes sense for them
It needs to blend in better though, somehow.
I agree with u. Everything isn’t for everyone but it’s a beautiful creative space.
It is still a bad use of space, there is a better way of organizing the space and still achieve a big kitchen
yeah totally, plus the kitchen is itself part of a larger living space, so i dont find it a problem at all. i like the linear quality of it, and the hidden refrigerator.
@@andreyusak6270 maybe you should apply as an interior designer, that way you can do what you want
Laura is very thoughtful and it seems every inch of her apartment has been planned - truly remarkable
Costom made furniture is the way to go when designing a small place. Clever layout!
Impressed with all of this place, but in particular, with how they integrated the new and old tiles... the colours could have been tricky, and could have very easily looked junky or busy...instead it came off surprisingly graceful, calm, and interesting - Good Job!
Kirsten, another fabulous showing. Thank you! Brava to the designers!
A very interesting apartment with some very clever storage solutions. I love the green storage pods. Great solution to create a room within a room and clearly defines the spaces. The use of curves everywhere creates a softness instead of having sharp angles and corners everywhere. Very individual space with character unlike a lot of modern soul-less spaces. Love it.
Wow, what a thoughtfully designed home. My style is the before but must admit the new design is amazing. Finding that ceiling was gold. Thanks for sharing.
Such an inventive use of space. It feels so much bigger than it is!
Gorgeous, inviting, and unpretentious. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I love how the architect expanded the floor using the old and the new floors . I will save the video on that alone. Very delicate. She achieved much better lighting than before. So much so people feel she wasted space. Give me a break. She created space.!!!Exactly what the clients wanted. So check on that. I would of never even bought the dingy apartment in the first place. 😂That takes visión on the part of the owners and a great many solutions on the part of the professional hired. I loved the huge rear window. I like the idea of how she separated the private space from the living space and the colors. The use of affordable materials is fantastic. It is very useful when architectural solutions are applied and materials are made to look better than what they are. Not everyone can afford to tear down and rebuild everything, plus buy new bathroom fixtures and expensive European kitchens. I would of rounded the corners of the green closet in the entrance to feel it guide but not interrupt me. Although that may have been a budgetary constraint. The closet outside of the tiny bedroom is a must . I also noticed how she gave each person a very distant and separate working space. I am sure working from home couples appreciate that. Thanks for showing all the solutions. They can actually be like 20 meters apart during a pandemic period.
I feel like the architect was a little nervous showing the apartment and in a second language. It would of been much easier for her to show in Spanish and let the non-bilinguals try to figure it out. Many professional women are eroded from their confidence throughout their professional and personal lives because of gratuitous criticism even when they went an extra mile.
So congratulations to her. She will only get better at everything.
And women of the world, would you show other women trying to make it a little kindness, would you? Because you kind of suck at sorority.
I noticed the filmmakers are women too. I am subscribing on that alone. I want to see the world 🌎 with different eyes !
Thanks so much ! 💪💕
Well done! These old appartments are difficult to design. Very well defined individual functions of parts of the home while keeping a flow throughout (eliminating the corridors and with all the nice smaller details) and allowing natural light to access everywhere. I am most impressed.
Kirsten, I’ve followed your channel for quite a while and especially appreciated your work this year. It’s been such an escape and also somehow very grounding to watch your videos. Thank you. Feeling transported is such a luxury right now as 2020 is coming to a close.
i like the idea but i'm not feeling how it blocks the flow.
Totally agree.
Yeah, the diagonal closet and diagonal table give a very wired feel. It looks like the space was big enough for that closet to be straight and still feel like a big space with the high sealing.
EXACT same comment.
yeah, the design is all over the place, those semicircles don't bring much harmony, they just werid me out.
@@ThisIsTaco1 Right !! I was like what the heck is going on, it just seems disjointed.
This young designer is extremely gifted and should try to ignore the negative comments. This is a beautiful, brilliant and nuanced use of the available space. Grouping all the storage at the entrance in the low cabinets within the darkest area is smart. The angle adds greatly to the experience of the spaces where one spends all of ones waking time. I don't particularly like mirrors at eye level but her entry cleverly doubles as a dressing room where mirrors are useful.
Great use of space, I especially love the multipurpose approach that gives you have many spaces to work, read, and relax. Clever use of storage between kitchen and bedroom, maybe rounding off corners would have created a sense of flow. Great project!
I love her perspective on the apartment! Fresh
the apartment is pretty big tho. not small at all.
63 sq m for a 3 room apartment is actually considered rather small.
I agree
So interesting to see people reinvent spaces. Many clever ideas. The view, the ceiling, the terrace!
The kitchen alone looks larger than my last apartment...
"Cramped" she says, with her 10 foot ceilings and a kitchen that could sleep 5.
I feel like that parallelepiped was a very lazy solution. She speaks like she had to adapt the furniture to a tiny space but it's actually a reasonably big apartment.
I think its more the shape of the apt. Its not necessarily small but trying to fit everything together without blocking natural light or having it like a maze (in the old version) had to have been a challenge. Personally i dont like the wardrobe being outside the bedroom but i do like the solution
It's the bedroom that was too small for a closet. Also limited natural light due to being long and narrow.
...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT !!!..it would be such a fantasy come true for me to live out the rest of my life there, gorgeous cool apartment in such an Amazing city & lifestyle !
I love love love the green cabinets! The apartment itself is very pleasing to live in. Beautiful and barcelony.
I love it! So many details... the tile combination, the window in the bathroom, the reading/siesta spot... Exquisite
Great tour. I’m sure it’s exactly what the client wanted. It has everything one or 2 people might need... the on,y thing I would change it the colour of the green cabinets to a much lighter colour... better visually I think. But I do love the way they thought out the cabinets, back to back like that. My favourite space would be that living area. That L shape and the window seat were perfect! Thanks Kirsten!
That is an extraordinary space, it does not cost cheap, I’m sure, everything is doable according to affordability.
This one just gives me a weird, disconnected feeling.
Like a giant trunk left in the hallway that you need to get around.
I think the colors and the style of cabinets/closets are what messes with the flow and comfort of the apt. Just feels odd.
I find irregular trapezoidal spaces always do that. They’re disorienting.
Me too
I didn't like the distance between the bathroom and the closet and bedrooms. You have to go in your towels to the entrance of house in front of all your neighboors
It's the perfect place for the owners. Gives exactly room for what they do and still feels like a house. It's a kind of sweet, with a typical southern vibe.
such a funky apartment! the shape must have been a challenge but she did a wonderful job. the small details really stood out to me, once she started talking about the half circles i was pretty much in love. and i adore that they kept the original tile. i do think it's dated & too yellow for me personally, but i wouldn't have ripped it up either.
Good solution for the small space. And it's all the space you need.
small space? really?
@@pixellite3413 Obviously it's small compared to most homes.
@@bosse641 not really
The designers did a fantastic job with that space!
That place is huge just built weird.
I've visited a friend in one of these pokey bcn apartments and they were strange you wanted to only be in the longue as ever other space was like a being in a wardrobe
It's alittle smaller than my house, like 20 square feet, but a while lot better laid out
Doesn't feel small. But very nice.
The more I watched, the more I liked. Sure, that diagonal closet in the way feels kind of random when you enter the apartment, but I fell in love with the living room area, the terrace and the reading nook.
It's an interesting renovation project, not particularly small. I'm not so sure about the idea of closet/fridge/cupboard and the way the closet tapers in makes me feel a bit claustrophobic, but I guess it works out.
I think the idea of not having everything 'linear' is quirky and fun. Although I think it only worked out because the apartment is pretty spacious: if they have something smaller than this, the 'non-linear' design might work against the functionality of the space.
But overall a warm and inviting space. Thank you Kirsten for making this video :)
Can’t understand the negative comments. It’s clearly not everyone’s taste. I love it!
i love the way you filmed this. it's therapeutic and still, very simple
I feel like if you're the "perfectionist" type of person, you wouldn't like the placement and proportion of that big cabinet.
It just looks weird to me, and the table on an angle bothered me too
perfectionism doesn’t just mean straight lines and right angles. I’m a perfectionist but i enjoy that kind of intentional “incorrectness”
A3 For me, it’s definitely bothering my perfectionistic self. Wouldn’t be my choice, but I’m glad that the owners enjoy it!
@@BhappyD Yes, that is the main thing, the owners like it! To each his own
The designers did well with making a disjointed space work fluidly & attractively. The rounded woods are an asset & a balance to tile & cool paint colors. Tks!🙌
This apartment has no feng shui. It's jumbled and confusing.
Exactly! To come into the apartment and immediately have your way blocked by that huge ugly cupboard is not auspicious or practical.
Oh ma dog! Dogma, dogma, dogma...
The different spaces seem to work great. The aesthetics of the integration is wonderful.
yup not crazy about thr diagonals and the sharp angles created from it.
Honestly you did a great job lady ❤️
I'm not a fan of the diagonal divisions. It gives off a very chaotic vibe imo. On top of that, the huge diagonal green closet makes the entrance seem claustrophobic because it's the first thing you see.
great aesthetic, kind of bauhaus, and i like how they kept elements the old flat
Bauhaus causes alcoholism.
Bauhaus?!?!?! Bauhaus is all square!
@@rosamariagoncalves8360 All square? What about Kandinski? Don't tell he is a painter, they were a multidisciplinary school were they influence each other a lot. Yes, Gropius a Mies are more squared but there were a lot of people there
This apartment is absolutely amazing!
The living and study area, i like a lot. The color scheme and layout, not so much.
Well it wasnt made for you anyway.
@@eneltee1829 And grass is green. The sky, blue.
Beautiful ! I especially love the day bed in the window. The couch looks cozy and large enough for stretching out. 👍👍👍
I adore that apartment! Its human scale, quirky and perfect for a couple of creatives! I can imagine my girldfriend/wife padding through barefoot with a cup of tea and sheet music in the afternoon, while I'm in the back writing a jingle for a radio commercial. And that night, meeting friends downstairs for shrimp in garlic and good bread.
Wow, what a beautifully designed and crafted apartment!
I would love to live there.
Bravo
Beautiful, loved all the small continuous solutions.
I had to watch again to appreciate. Since it’s used as a school I think I get it
Amazing how small features can accentuate or bonify a space. I love the narrow shelf along the wall and going up the bathroom door. It's not obstructive and is very functional.
Lovely apartment
I would have moved the kitchen cabinets closer to the bathroom... Enlarging the bedroom/closet and reducing the wasted space in the kitchen, but that's just me.
Definitely a difficult area to work with.
A bedroom is just a place to sleep. The client apparently wanted more room to have music classes, and probably friends, over.
Having a big kitchen is not a wasted space
@@odettechoufani Depends on how big they go with a kitchen. I do believe the client wanted people space here, though. I find the apartment cute and liveable.
@@showerdancer Exactly - a kitchen is people space.
This could only be Barcelona. The apartments situation is painful: Small, old, dark and expensive as hell 😩
Clearly you have not been to Eixample of Barcelona. And speaking of price, you have never lived in Auckland, Hong Kong, New York, Sydney... The list carries on.
@@jimmy5353 surely you have never lived in Barcelona Jim. This apartment was expensive and for what they did with it, it wasn't cheap to do. Yes, those other areas you mentioned are far more expensive but we're talking only about Barcelona. It's costly. Most dont renovate because they don't have money.
@@Jasahaful My initial reply was to the person claiming all apartments in Barcelona are small. I have lived in Barcelona before in Exiample. So I know how big, bright and comparatively cheaper they are. You are putting my words out of context.
@@jimmy5353 LONDON
@@chrisphillips6229 of course. Sorry forgot to mention lol.
Excellent use of space in this conversion. I'm not a fan of the color palette used on the MDF, but that's just a personal preference. I like how they seem to have left remnants from different era's in the apartment's life.
This is a great little space, very well designed!
Fascinating design. Thanks for sharing.
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It's very nice and I like how they made it so there is plenty of light...because I know if proper planning is not done in such places, you'll end up living in a dungeon.
Stunning😍 love everytihng about this apartment 👌👌
I am not sure if it is the filming, or the constant talking, or the choppiness of the apartment, but this video is just making me dizzy. As others have said, no real flow, not relaxing or peaceful at all. Confusion.
That’s exactly how I felt everytime I watched that lady filming 🤦🏻♀️
idk maybe it's the talking, she should breathe between pauses... not relaxing at all! so dizzy for me too
She says: "when you come in you see the big mirror", but I didn't... I saw that huge green monster being the side of the large closet, my first idea was to put a mirror on it, but then I saw the other big mirror deeper down the two closets and I changed my idea: some beautiful full size poster would be nice, or someone could paint smth on it, that would break that big green monster and make it lighter.
That was the one game breaker to me, and I wouldn't have FIXED the dining table, the rest of the appartment is quite good.
Wow amazing results... I love it ,🌹
This is one of the most beautiful places you've shown, imo. I love the design, and especially the view they have in the back. I would be in heaven laying down and reading there.
it's looking like one of those love or hate it extreme kinda places. I instantly loved it, but then I read the comments and realized for some it provoked instant hate...
I bet the feeling of the diagonals in person feels expansive rather than the confinement perpendicular lines would give. It's a long rectilinear space and I think those diagonals really help. The end of the closet that confront you at the entry is a bit unappealing to me. Perhaps placing art on it covering it with a fun wall paper would help. There's a nice separation of the areas. I think the built ins and curves are amazing. Exceptional design that works so well with that amazing ceiling. That bump out lounge is so clever and affords a real sense of it being a separate space when using it.
It's cute. Definitely ok for single or couple.
The storage wall is practical, but visually it makes the space look smaller and cramped. I'm not even sure the colours work. Floor is also too busy
it was a good call to relocate the kitchen and bathroom. maximising the light and opening up that access to the terrace turned those weird nooks into valuable space. i would have done the same, even if the repiping was expensive.
Ceiling could have been lime washed. That keeps some of the colour of the bricks and reflects light. Line washing also reacts with the texture of brick making some whiter than others. The eye immediately sees this as a true and accurate representation of the brick texture. In this way harmony is maintained. Long live lime wash! Much more could have been made of the terrace and its relationship to the apartment. Much more. Interesting use of diagonals though and good use of light all round.
I love the window into the bathroom!
I lived in Barcelona for almost one year. The studio that was rented had the original floor plan all empty, so the landlord made it modular. As you enter in the studio it had the ‘bedroom’ which was made out of plywood, living only with my girlfriend was okay, but when someone came to visit we didn’t have much privacy as it had this hollow rectangular shape made higher in the wall. The rest of the space was this opened kitchen / living area. The neighbors had a couch right in front of the door, next to the couch this bar/kitchen area and right ‘glued’ to it the bedroom which had 3 walls and a curtain for entrance. The bathroom was in front of the bathroom. The cool thing about it was that it has this continuous space from the entrance to the small balcony. We didn’t have any balcony and the way the bedroom was built made it feel less ‘airy’.
i love this space. really want to experience the livingroom
Some really great ideas..my eye twitched at some of the diagonals but I understand what the architects wanted to achieve and appreciate it's my symmetry showing lol
I found it very funny that the curtain slats are placed outside the house beyond the glass windows!!
The first thing I thought was : why is the bedroom not in the back room/living room and vice-versa ? First, you can sleep with no street noise, second, you have the bathroom next to you, and third, plenty space for closets, and as she said that the couple are musicians, they could teach right at the entrance of their flat to the rooms facing the streets. This arrangement would provide more privacy for the private area : the bedroom, with the walls as the bathroom wall, so as to have light thru and next to it an office area. Of course that would be my choice. And obviously the people who live there are entitled to their preferences. I like the kitchen, and the customization of the long shelf along the wall.
Muy bonita!! Me encanta la cocina, y cono termina curvamdónde, ya buscaré el estudio de arquitectura o diseño de interiores.
I think it is a very creative use of space and I like how they used the old tiles with new ones.
Buen video !!!
The good: Keeping original floor, mixing tile. Felt authentic. Plastering the vaulted ceiling white, good for reflecting the limited natural light. Ditto moving the bathroom. Kitchen cupboard holds quite a bit and doesn't look cluttered. It lets light over the top, which is good. Dining table placement is good. Most of the lighting fixtures are good. Livability is high, many details have been considered for the convenience and lifestyle of the occupants.
The bad: The entry. The color of the plywood. A lighter baltic birch ply would have been better. The various plywood pieces here and there lacks the polish and quality of more robust built in/joinery. The wall between the kitchen and the study/music space could have used a cutout to let more of that scarce natural light in. The kitchen could have a backsplash or mirrors to carry natural light further in.
Overall, us commenters are unaware of the budget and the priorities of the client. More money could have been used to solve some of the problems that we identify that perhaps the client could care less about. I'd change a few minor things but overall it's a charming place and she did a good job.
This apartment is chaotic, but in a good way
Really beautiful.
I wish the cabinet wall/closet was painted white instead of that dark green
Yes! It would have made the place look like it had even more light. The green colour really draws the eyes to it every time. The placement and size of that whole thing plus the weird angle it had was such an eye sore. The layout of the whole kitchen/closet could have been done better.
Ingenious and well-appointed but no idea how livable it is. Might be better than I think. A tad complicated for me. Maybe living in that city or area is the prize and this the compromise..
Good use of space!
I love it. Its different which is great
This apartment is 90% Kitchen. I like it though it looks very cool.
I love this space
BEAUTIFUL SPACE
All of you must be new to this channel. All the comments have to do with small space design. This channel is about alternative living. Choices that make life more minimal sometimes, but ultimately about how spaces feel to live in and what architecture and design can do to enhance our lives. When we intentionally choose our surroundings to meet our personal needs and lifestyle choices.
Now I want to go watch 'Rear Window'
Fascinating design ideas.
The apartment is a good size and they put that mint HUGE closets as soon as you come in...it's literally on the way...it feels so uncomfortable =/ that closet needs to gooooo
I wouldn't fancy getting dressed in the hallway. Imagine rummaging through the closet for something to wear and the front door opens and you're in the all together.
It drives me crazy😡
The weather in Barcelona looks like southern california, sunny, low humidity and low precipitation.
That is why the interiors stays in good condition with no fungus and mold problems.
@Arisa Ari thanks for the info,
I based my info on wiki Barcelona , which described the climate as dry mediterranean with hot dry summers, and mild cool winters.
I stand corrected if u actually live in Barcelona.
When I was in Perth , Australia many years ago , which is also defined as Mediterranean hot dry summers and mild , cool winters, humidity in summer ranges from teens to 30 % , and I find many buildings in Perth smell fresh and not musty, even if the building is close to 90 years old.
Many of the buildings in Perth are stuck in the 1970s decor but they smelled neutral and not musty.
So I thought Barcelona was like Perth, dry meditterranean
Thank u, for in depth, intro, will still want to visit Barcelona , when covid 19 is over,
The floor is awesomely
I don't like the mirror facing the entrance. But the idea of the closet and pantry is a good one.
WOW(!) KIRSTEN! FANTASTIC RENOVATION(!) WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO SHED SOME LIGHT WITH REGARD TO THE PRICE OF AN APT LIKE THAT IN BARCELONA? I SHALL BE MOST GRATEFUL! THANK YOU FOR SUCH GREAT VIDEOS!
The clumsy closet suffocated me at the first sight..however, when I watched for the second time, I really fell in love with the design.
1. The working areas of the owners are separated clearly and distantly, which is a good thing for two musicians
2. The owners love cooking and wanted a bigger kitchen. This is nicely done