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This is one of those interior design projects that professionals enjoy. Why? Because this single-family house of more than 200 square meters located in Mataró, a few kilometers from Barcelona, was presented to the interior designer Eva Mesa, co-founder of the Tinda’s Project studio, as a blank canvas on which to give free rein to her work.

The owners – a young couple with a little girl – had recently acquired it, although it was a house built a long time ago, but it was not new, to tell the truth, “everything had to be done and the first thing was to remodel the distribution, since the main floor, above all, it was very compartmentalized”, explains the interior designer. Proof of this is that in the original plan, up to eight different rooms were counted, in addition to a corridor and a distributor, only on this ground floor.

The first step, then, was to remove partitions and open spaces, a hallmark that is very typical of Tinda’s Project, in addition to unifying everything for the purposes of ceilings, installations, door carpentry, floors, etc. The objective to be achieved was “a beautiful, functional project with a feeling of home”, says Eva Mesa, in response to the wishes of her clients.

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Ground floor (124 m2)

The house is accessed through an imposing hall due to its double height, a sensation that is softened thanks to the use of the usual Tinda’s Project color palette of neutral and soft tones and the use of warm wood for the parquet, common in the whole house (except the bathrooms). It is striking, apart from a console, the main piece of furniture in the hall designed ‘ad hoc’ and integrated into the wall, right in the place where the access door to the living room was originally, which, with the reform, is relocated a few centimeters more there to focus your way to the main area of this floor.

In this same space and to access the first floor, the staircase is located, which was also completely renovated as far as the handrail is concerned, with the same lacquer as the furniture; As for the steps, they are also dressed in the same general parquet to offer visual continuity.

The main intervention of this project, without a doubt, is the living-dining room, which has been considerably enlarged compared to the original plan and is open to the kitchen. Proof of this are the dimensions of such important pieces made to measure as the dining table, located at the end overlooking the garden and which measures almost 2.5 meters. The same can be said of the sofas, arranged in an L shape, given that one is four meters long and the other three meters.

The lounge area is presided over by both sofas that look towards another key piece of furniture, also specially designed by Tinda’s Project for this space and which houses the large TV screen and, in the lower part, a hole for a future bioethanol fireplace.

The original protruding shape of this piece of furniture has an explanation and it is that, on the other hand, it coincides with the one designed for the hall, so that they are placed on the same plane ‘back to back’. And precisely these outstanding lateral spaces have been used to include the same design of the front niches covered in wood and designed to place decorative elements or books.

At the other end of this large open social space is the L-shaped kitchen, of which all the original furniture was kept, since it was brand new. What Tinda’s Project did do was add an island designed as a bar for more informal meals and, very close, a line of paneled furniture that hides some appliances to complement the equipment.

Next to the kitchen is the laundry area and access to the garden, as well as a guest bedroom and a courtesy toilet.

First floor (95 m2)

The first floor has been reserved for the most intimate area of the family with the suite, as well as four bedrooms and two bathrooms, one of them belonging to the suite. The objective has been to follow exactly the same premises as the ground floor in terms of aesthetics and functionality.

It is worth highlighting the suite with a terrace where the serene and neutral tones of the Tinda’s Project palette are especially appreciated to encourage a good rest. The lacquered headboard has been custom designed, including oak wood niches that serve as bedside tables.

The passage to the bathroom has been used to place two large linear cabinets with mirror fronts to visually enlarge the room, with a central detail of a decorative oak niche, winking at the headboard.

The bathroom in the suite has simple lines, again combining white, gray and wood with the idea of not altering the chromatic sense of the whole.

THE KEYS TO THE REFORM

As soon as you cross the threshold of the entrance of this house, with a quick glance at the main floor, the perfectly studied chromatic environment stands out to provide a pleasant sensation of serenity. This visual balance generates, in turn, an elegance of simple lines that invites you to stay.

In fact, the color of the walls was made expressly for this project and it is the one that marks the line to be followed in the whole set of elements, starting with the lacquered furniture in the taupe gray tone so characteristic of Tinda’s Project. This can be seen both in the buffet next to the dining room table and in the hall console, as well as in the kitchen furniture and in the main living room, all of them made to measure by the interior design studio.

Another feature of the studio is the use of oak wood within this color scheme for its cozy and warm connotations, and it has been chosen for the dining room table, the kitchen bar top and the details in the furniture in the hall, living room and headboard of the suite.

Textiles that are so important in any project, in this one follow the chromatic trail of the whole, predominating grays in rugs, upholstery and accessories. It is worth noting the detail of the dining room chairs and the bar stools, since they are the same model, bearing in mind that it is a single environment and details like this must be taken care of especially if a good aesthetic harmony is sought.

And we can add yet another key linked to the tones of the project and they are the black touches that the owners requested, being, at the same time, a usual practice of Tinda’s Project projects. That distinctive and elegant touch that can be seen in lamps, vases and other accessories in this house, “breaks with the linear color palette that predominates but, at the same time, remains a neutral, timeless color that enriches the whole and enhances the sensations ”, says Eva Mesa.

This apartment of just over 100 m2 located in the Vila Olímpica area of ​​Barcelona recently had the time to undergo a comprehensive reform. Its owners, a married couple with a teenage daughter, knew that it was not going to be easy due to the triangular layout of the house. Of course, they were clear that the distribution had to be completely changed because they wanted “a larger room, more light, more storage capacity and, in general, more modern spaces“, declares Eva Tinda’s, responsible for the project and co-founder of the study of interior design Tinda’s Project.

The team started up and in just four months all the rooms were redistributed, including partitions and installations, and a complete interior design job was done to achieve the desired result. The main change was to eliminate the corridors, dispense with the hall and go from four to three bedrooms to achieve more square meters, as well as locating the kitchen next to the living room to gain practicality.

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Social area: living room, dining room and kitchen

After the reform, the access to the house leads directly to the living room, completely eliminating the space that was dedicated to the hall. This main room, which leads to the terrace, has not changed from its original situation, although it has gained surface area and has opted for a much more functional living-dining room layout. In addition, now the rest of the rooms connect with the living room, promoting a more pleasant visual interaction and coexistence.

The main and most prominent is the kitchen, U-shaped and now also larger. Before, it was on the opposite side of the living room, having to cross the hall each time, and now it can be said that both spaces are practically one. Although each one has its own independent delimitation, the fact that they are continuous and that the sliding doors are made of glass makes them fit perfectly into a single environment, sharing the same tones and materials.

The dining room has been placed facing the kitchen to make daily service more comfortable and stands out for its original design signed by Tinda’s Project. Taking advantage of the fact that the sofa was made to measure, its back has been extended with the same finishes to create a bench that acts as a seat for the dining table. And not only that, its base is articulated to be able to open and be used to store things. The two environments -dining room and living room- share the same soft and natural tones and materials that characterize the work of the Barcelona studio, with a main piece of furniture in front of the custom-made sofa, which incorporates a bioethanol fireplace in the lower part. On the textiles, also custom-made -curtains, rugs, etc.- they are all washable and have an anti-stain treatment.

Rest area: bedrooms and bathrooms

From one end of the living room there is access to the suite, which retains its original location in what would become the narrowest corner of the triangular floor plan, but now offers a new layout. This invites you to go first through a line of made-to-measure walk-in wardrobes, with one part closed and the other open, combining the same wood finishes as the rest of the furniture in the house, including the bedside tables. Both the headboard and the armchair, which share upholstery, are also made to measure.

Opposite the wardrobe is the bathroom of the suite, with the same taupe tones of the entire interior design of the apartment, a hallmark of Tinda’s Project, including those touches of black that enhance certain elements. Walls and floor share the same travertine material, generating a very elegant envelope in which the custom-made furniture is perfectly integrated, with the same tone as the whole, but a little higher.

Following the kitchen, a door opens onto a small hallway of barely one square meter that leads to the daughter’s room and the other bathroom on the floor.

As for the youth bedroom, it is distributed on two fronts, coinciding with the entrances of light from two windows (one gained with the extension of the room). The bed has been placed on one of the fronts, under some practical shelves, all manufactured ‘ex profeso’ for this project, and framed in an aquamarine green color of the wall, the only more daring color license that has been implemented. And in front of it, the study area has been located, in line with the wardrobe, also all made to measure, to better take advantage of the angle of the wall.

For its part, this second bathroom is complete, since it is mostly used by the daughter of the family, although it is also considered the one for visitors. The aesthetic line is the same in terms of neutral and warm tones, combining wood, ceramics and steel details.

Where the kitchen was originally, an office has now been located that serves as a guest bedroom, which is reached after crossing a small corridor with cupboards on both sides. A practical closed space of just two square meters has also been created for the washing machine and dryer.

THE KEYS TO THE REFORM

Between the living room and the bedrooms and bathrooms, there was a long, dark corridor in the original apartment, the cancellation of which was one of the first decisions made by Tinda’s Project. All that dead space has been gained for the new rooms, and the most remarkable thing is what has been achieved in the kitchen.

Now located next to the living-dining room, the fact that it has sliding glass doors allows it to offer an open view of the house, from façade to façade, which also generates more light in this part of the apartment and, above all, that visual connection that was sought between both more social rooms.

In this sense of aesthetic continuity, the fact that the oak flooring is also the same also helps. It is throughout the house, except in the bathrooms.

Precisely in the bathroom that does not belong to the suite, the double step that raises the toilet and shower area is striking. This must have been generated to facilitate the passage of water intakes, since originally this space was not a bathroom. But far from being heavy, it is valued as a perfectly integrated element of distinction thanks to the continuity of the wall and floor tiles chosen in the same material.

Another interesting idea from the refurbishment is that, in response to the owners’ request for more extra storage, a space for it was created next to the entrance on the left hand side. In fact, part of the old hall and the corridor that led to the kitchen, now converted into an office and guest bedroom, were used to make the most of its sides with custom cabinets, even though it is a transit area. These follow the same design as those of the living room and the suite, with closed parts and others open with mirrors for decorative elements, combining lacquered fronts and oak wood hollows. In fact, the door that separates this passage area from the living room is made of glass, precisely to integrate both spaces, since the finish of the furniture is the same. It could almost be said that this small space is an extension of the living room.

The interior design and decoration of this house is based on a neutral style, both in forms, materials and colors. Our client’s request was to carry out a housing project that could be adapted to the taste of all types of tenants, since it was initially intended as a rental property and, in the future, would become the home of the owners when they moved to live in Barcelona.

We had the advantage of knowing well the style both in interior design and decoration of our clients, since this was the second project we carried out for them. For this reason, for the interior design of this house we use an open distribution in the living room area and an American kitchen with an island attached to the living area, but with the possibility of separating in the future with a glazed wall if desired. In this area, we also had a dining area with a bookcase adjoining the sofa area. The three zones are united but at the same time visually differentiated by the troughs and framed ceilings that delimit them.

In the decoration of the house, the same colors have been combined both in the kitchen furniture and in the living room and bookstore to give it a unified and continuous appearance.

Separating atmospheres and transmitting calm and elegance were the bases of this interior design and decoration project, located in the Sarrià district of Barcelona. 

The complete refurbishment of this 200 m2 flat was designed with a new redistribution in mind and, above all, to define the spaces to create a harmonious whole between the different rooms, also in terms of dimensions. 

“The main objective was to separate rooms in which each inhabitant had their own private and intimate space but, at the same time, to be able to enjoy large common rooms where they could share moments with the family“, says the Barcelona interior designer Eva Mesa, who directed the work on this flat, anticipating each experience, each use and each sensation required by the different new spaces. 

High-quality materials, luxury finishes, and warm details were used to decorate the interiors, resulting in a comfortable and special project, characterized by the peace of mind that comes from knowing that you are in the home you wanted so much. 

When the homeowners bought this penthouse with two terraces localized in Barcelona, they were already aware that it required a complete renovation, focusing on interior design and decoration intervention in Barcelona, as everything was very outdated. Regarding the layout, Tinda’s Project studio made hardly any changes, as it suited the needs of the couple and their teenage daughter quite well, except for a couple of partitions that had to be moved to make the bathrooms a little bigger.  

The new owners’ requests focused on having open and spacious rooms, correspondingly storage space, which was achieved thanks to the bespoke cupboards in the hallway. This L-shaped corridor is the one that articulates the entire floor of the flat, whose surface area totals 123 square meters, including terraces. 

The other advantage of the flat is its corner position, which means that all the rooms, excluding the small office located next to the lobby and the two bathrooms that face the interior of the building, boast plenty of light and views of the street as well. 

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ENTRANCE

The entrance hall, with simple lines, has two wardrobes on either side of a console, all custom designed by Tinda’s Project and with the taupe grey finish that characterizes the chromatic palette of all its projects. The horizontal striped wallpaper has also been chosen in the same tones. 

KITCHEN

From the entrance to the flat, the first section of the corridor leads directly to the kitchen, one of the best-used rooms. Its rectangular floor plan allows for two differentiated areas. On the one hand, the U-shaped work area in the inner part and whose furniture has been updated with new doors and handles, maintains the classic black granite worktop, matching the existing porcelain floor that also frames this area.  

In the most external part, with direct access to one of the terraces, the office has been located next to a piece of furniture that runs along the wall, designed by the studio with the same finishes as the rest of the kitchen. In addition to some integrated electrical appliances, it includes laundry equipment and, in addition, a more decorative and service part for the table. The existence of a master pillar that caused a very narrow backdrop is used to accommodate the television. 

LIVING ROOM

The second section of the corridor leads to the living room, which has an original and barely perceptible oblique shape concerning the general floor plan. It also has an open mini anteroom that is used as a reading corner. Next to the wing chair and the plasterboard shelving is a book-style table leaning against the wall designed by the studio that, for special occasions, opens and can seat up to 12 people. When closed, it is presented as a console that serves as a support for some decorative elements. 

The bigger space is the living room, presided over by a custom-made sofa with chaise longue and upholstered in the same range of colours as the rest of the house, as can also be seen in the curtains and the carpet. Next to the sofa, Tinda’s Project has designed the bookcase with open and closed spaces that bring visual dynamism to the environment. 

TERRACE

The living room leads out onto the terrace designed by Tinda’s Project’s landscaping department. To add a special outdoor decking, the entire perimeter has also been decorated with a wooden design that alternates planters and benches, leaving the central part free to place some side tables. A pair of wooden lattices also provide a certain intimacy to the space. 

MASTER BEDROOM

Just in front of the reading corner is the access to the master bedroom, which boasts a lot of light, as it has two windows, one of which connects to the terrace. All the furniture has been made to measure: the desk overlooking the terrace with the armchair, the pouf-type bench for shoes, and the wooden and lacquer headboard with integrated bedside tables and lamps. Once again, the taupe grey tone provides a unique ambient environment, including the made-to-measure curtains, and is only altered by some touches of colour proposed for the bed textiles, highlighting the photograph that presides over the bedroom. 

MASTER BATHROOM

Both the floor and the wall covering in the shower area is a dark-colored imitation marble porcelain tile, matching the mirror frame and the washbasin taps. The wall-mounted washbasin unit is a design by Tinda’s Project with a drawer unit in a mouse grey finish and the worktop in white colour. 

COURTESY BATHROOM

The courtesy bathroom has been tiled in white porcelain imitating marble that plays with different sizes and finishes because the front of the washbasin has been chosen in the meter type, whereas the shower is smooth.  

The black lacquered custom-made unit with gold handles stands out for its contrast, situated in a line that extends from the washbasin to the toilet, integrating the tank, which is not visible. 

The project of this house has been done ‘over a slow fire’ which means, the interventions have been carried out in parts in the different rooms until the result of the integral reform that the interior design studio Tinda’s Project can show in its entirety.

This 140-square-meter flat located in the city of Barcelona belongs to a married couple with grown-up children who no longer live at home, a stage that the owners have taken advantage of to give a new image to the family home, not only to update it but also to adapt it to other needs. The proof is that the intervention of the studio led by Eva Mesa has involved both building works, including the change of old installations, and interior design and decoration. 

In search of maximum luminosity 

One of the main conditioning factors of the flat is its location on the ground floor of the building, which means that less natural light enters and, therefore, it was necessary to think of the best resources to maximize it.  

The first step was to lighten the original parquet. It was restored throughout the house, thus reducing the intensity of the oak wood. The next decision taken by Tinda’s Project was to resort to a chromatic palette based on white (including the woodwork of the doors) and natural wood, far from the usual grey tones of their projects which, on this occasion, would not have helped in the search for more luminous spaces.  

That has been perfectly achieved both in the living-dining room and, in the suite, the two rooms that have a direct entry of light from the outside through large windows. 

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One of the rooms that have been notably improved is the entrance hall. On the one hand, aesthetically, it has been completely refurbished and equipped with the minimum furniture, a console table with a fine structure and a few decorative accessories. On the other hand, because of the brightness. It used to be dark but now with white walls and lighter floor, it looks different, highlighting the recommendable idea of the access door to the living room (on the right-hand side and sliding) with a glass part, which allows natural light to pass through. 

The living room and dining room share the same space and it is the most comprehensive intervention that Tinda’s Project has done in the flat, with everything completely new, except for the paintings that are the work of the owner and, although in pastel tones, provide the most striking touch to a predominantly serene and relaxing atmosphere of white and ecru colours.

In the living room, two L-shaped sofas make up the most comfortable part, around a glass coffee table that further increases the feeling of lightness and spaciousness. The upholstery of the sofas, the blinds, and the poufs have been made by Tinda’s Project, in very light colours, like the carpet. 

Special mention should be made of the television cabinet, made to measure by the studio, also in white and designed as a separating element concerning the dining room, although in a discreet lateral location that does not interfere with the passageway. On the main wall, there is a piece of furniture whose design is very much in keeping with Tinda’s Project. Shaped like a capital ‘i’, it runs from floor to ceiling in white lacquer, all closed off for storage except for symmetrical decorative recesses in wood and glass.

The dining room for six diners has simple lines and the armchairs have been upholstered by the studio, as have the curtains. It is situated next to the other door that connects this space with the corridor and the other rooms in the flat, favouring a more direct flow, especially with the kitchen. 

The kitchen was one of the first interventions carried out in the dwelling. It was reformed based on a more modern line, all in white, and combining it with the metal of the extractor hood, the handles, and some electrical appliances, and introducing some glass furniture. 

The bathroom in the suite is very similar, with which the kitchen shares the large white ceramic flooring. The fact that there is no natural light conditioned the choice of an off-white wall tiling, as well as the white washbasin unit. The worktop extends the piece above the toilet to create a decorative shelf and another overhanging shelf has been placed in the lower part of the washbasin to keep the most essential items close at hand. The large horizontal mirror with an original braided frame in a metallic finish enhances the effect of enlarging this room. 

As for the master bedroom, a handleless white made-to-measure wardrobe runs along the wall at the foot of the bed in a gentle curve. The same wood is chosen for the two simple shelves that act as bedside tables on either side of the bed, without any further artifice, to leave the whole lower part uncluttered and gain in visual amplitude. Delicate linen blinds filter the entry of natural light and, like the carpet and bed linen, have also been chosen in white. The only chromatic license allowed that alters the harmony of the bedroom is the dark walnut furniture, an heirloom piece from the owner. 

The German couple who bought this flat in Barcelona for their trips to the city were not only looking for a central location, but also a home with a certain reminiscence of local architecture. The combination of both premises was limited to the emblematic Eixample district, where they finally found it.  

It is a building with a completely refurbished historic front whose dwellings are newly built, so the intervention of Tinda’s Project studio focused on the furniture, decoration, and final attrezzo. The 136-square-meter flat follows the traditional narrow and elongated floor plan with an external exit at both extrems; one of them to the street Muntaner and the other to the typical interior courtyard of the block. The usual compartmentalized surface of these dwellings has been kept quite faithful except in the more social area, which presents a generous opening of spaces to enhance precisely this use. The result is two double bedrooms, a complete bathroom, a suite with a bathroom, a small study, the laundry room, the kitchen, the living-dining room, and the terrace.  

The lack of a certain amount of natural light in some rooms of the flat led to the choice of a very light general chromatic palette of white walls and oak parquet, which combine perfectly with the usual finish of the studio, in a mouse grey tone, implemented in practically all the made-to-measure furniture, dotted with a few touches of black. 

DISTRIBUTION

The entrance is right in the center of the flat, which facilitates a perfect distribution between the day and night areas, on either side of the entrance hall. This, as is usual in this type of old flat, boasts generous dimensions and a large window.  

The highlight of the entrance hall is the detail of the original hydraulic floor in the form of a carpet, a clear allusion to the type of flooring used in these stately homes. It is perfectly integrated into the oak parquet and its patterned aesthetic is enhanced by the bespoke smooth finish lacquered dm furniture that Tinda’s Project manufactured ‘ex profeso’ for this space, based on the studio’s design in mouse grey combined with the detail of the integrated niche in oak wood and mirror. 

Day area

In this home, the day area was in the interior part, the quietest and with direct access to the terrace. So, to the right of the entrance hall and after a short corridor, a small space opens as an anteroom to the living-dining room where a custom-made piece of furniture has been placed, with the same design as in the entrance hall, which also houses a small wine cellar.  

Opposite this comfortable and practical passageway is the independent kitchen, with sliding doors. Its U-shaped layout responds to practical daily use, with the central part completely uncluttered, and the white lacquered furniture, including the Silestone worktop, provides the natural light that it lacks, as it has a window but overlooks an interior courtyard. 

Crossing an original double opening leads to the large social space shared by the living room and dining room, which is directly connected to the terrace, so brightness is guaranteed here. Firstly, there is the dining room, seating six people, around a table made to measure by Tinda’s Project, in oak, matching the finish of the wooden parts of the furniture. Next to it is the corner sofa, also made to measure for this project, as well as the carpet, the curtains, and the television stand. The entire room exudes a visual harmony resulting from the same line in terms of tones and materials, only altered by the black details of the three lamps and some more elevated touches in the cushions, generating a very elegant and calm ensemble that is repeated in all the rooms in the manner of a common thread. 

The terrace, with the option of the enclosure, recalls even more the physiognomy of the traditional rear galleries that the dwellings in this area of Barcelona tend to have, with views of a peaceful and spacious courtyard, also very characteristic of the architectural fabric of the Eixample. The Venetian blinds helps to filter out the direct sunlight and allow us to enjoy both the practical dining room and the small relaxation area with a sofa that has been created in this space, undoubtedly one of the most enjoyed by the owners. 

Night area

At the other end of the hallway are the sleeping areas and bathrooms. A corridor connects the two double bedrooms and the bathroom they share, which also serves as a courtesy toilet when there are visitors. A central piece of furniture made to measure by the studio shows the same finishes in mouse grey lacquered dm as the rest of the flat, adding the handles in black, as a distinguished detail. 

The suite -and one of the bedrooms- overlooks the street Muntaner, so it has plenty of light, a reason that has been used to include pieces and details in a higher grey tone, such as the headboard and the bed, made to measure. One of the resources used to visually enlarge the suite is the mirrors that have been used to dress the two wardrobes that look out onto the balcony and reflect this luminosity.  

As for the en-suite bathroom, it follows the same stylistic and finishing guidelines as the other bathroom, with a predominance of white in the flooring and cladding and with a custom-made furniture in lacquered dm and oak wood, and the handles in black. 

Decorating small flats is a challenge, but it always gives great results if every aspect of the interior design project is well worked out.

In this case it is the first home of a couple whose enthusiasm infected the Barcelona interior design studio to carry out design spaces that required a very carefully studied distribution with the idea of achieving a visually spacious and welcoming home.

The small details of the decoration full of meaning are those that have marked each one of the corners of this small flat, where the perfect piece was found for each place in terms of functionality and aesthetics, and always hand in hand with the excited owners who could not wait to move in and share what would be their first home.