On Żelazna Street in Warsaw's Wola district, a 150-square-metre apartment in a 1990s residential building has interiors designed by Loft Kolasiński. Every room required a complete renovation. The commission included the interiors, some of the furniture and accessories, and the restoration of rare furniture from the second half of the 20th century. The resulting home combines bespoke pieces with carefully selected objects of unusual provenance. Photography is by Joel Hauck.
Bespoke furniture and concrete lighting
Loft Kolasiński designed furniture and accessories for the apartment, including bookcases, chests of drawers, beds, dressing-room fittings, and kitchen and bathroom units. WoodMaker and Wood Effect made all of the joinery. These handcrafted wooden pieces were tailored to the rooms, making full use of the 150-square-metre interior. A series of modular concrete lights was produced in collaboration with SAME PLUSY by KREFTWORK. Used to provide technical lighting in different zones, the fixtures add a raw but carefully considered element to the scheme.
Armchairs from Slovak television's headquarters
For the living room and bedroom, the studio sourced rare, collectable armchairs manufactured in 1970. For many years, they had furnished the headquarters of Slovak television in Bratislava. Restoring them and incorporating them into a contemporary interior reflects the studio's longstanding practice of sourcing and renovating unusual furniture, lighting and accessories.
Loft Kolasiński
Founded by Jacek Kolasiński, Loft Kolasiński has been operating for 15 years. The studio works in Poland and elsewhere in Europe, with a portfolio that includes homes, restaurants, cafes and hotel apartments. Its projects also include the conversion of an old forge dating from 1915 and four apartments in a Renaissance palace near Berlin.
Products used in the project
- Bespoke wooden furniture and joinery: designed by Loft Kolasiński and made by WoodMaker and Wood Effect
- Modular concrete lights: produced in collaboration with SAME PLUSY by KREFTWORK
- Vintage armchairs: 1970 pieces formerly used in the Slovak television headquarters in Bratislava
Explore more projects by Loft Kolasiński on the studio's PLNDesign profile and get in touch by email, phone, through its website or via social media, whichever suits you best.
See also:
- A blue and beige Wrocław flat for a couple and their young child
- A Warsaw apartment makes room for its owner’s piano and three design styles
