The architects of YSG Studio have enlivened the brick walls and dark wood of the former interiors with bright details and rich colors

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Prue Rusco

The house was designed in the 1960s by the architectural firm Payne & Hunt and has been well preserved since then. The interiors with exposed brickwork and the wooden details of the structure, tinted in brown, have reached our time. The new owners wanted to add another bedroom with a bathroom to the layout and enliven the interiors with color — to bring, according to them, more joy. They invited architects from YSG Studio to implement this idea.

View from the living room towards the kitchen. The architects placed the corner sofa on the built-in podium, painting the bricks with white paint.

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Prue Rusco

The seams of the stone floor were covered with light paint by the authors of the project to create a terrazzo effect and play on the graphic contrast with the finish of the kitchen apron. Warm terracotta was chosen for the kitchen walls, adding a mustard-colored shelf to it. The upper cabinets were abandoned — the ceiling is not too high here, and the architects did not want to clutter up the space. In addition, the kitchen line is long and accommodates enough storage space.

View from the kitchen towards the courtyard. An open shelving serving as a mini-bar was built into the back of the sofa base.

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Prue Rusco

Living room with fireplace.

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Color plays a major role in the redesigned interiors. The architects chose warm shades of white, pink, yellow and terracotta, complementing them with dark blue and black for contrast. The culmination of the work with bright colors was an abstract panel in the living room, inspired by aerial photographs of the local coast. It was painted right on the brick wall by the fireplace.

Kitchen.

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Prue Rusco

Previously, the kitchen was on the second floor, and the owners had to endlessly overcome the flights of stairs to bring snacks to the living room and back. After the redevelopment, an additional bedroom with a bathroom and a small office took the place of the kitchen, and the kitchen moved to the first floor, into a common space with a living room.

View of the house from the street. The brick facades and dark window frames of the 1960s were left unchanged

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Prue Rusco

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