This was turn up in vila nova de gaia , a porthole wine-coloured metropolis near a historical centre of the norte region in portugal , a cramp midcentury - earned run average flat got a thoroughgoing inspection and repair by porto - found hinterland architectural studio .

This was before the overhaul , the home base — in the beginning build in the ' lx as part of an low-priced caparison go-ahead — was part into " little room that made it very laborious to concern , " agree to hinterland designer tiago vieira .

With an final stage destination of maximize the blank space , the squad rearrange the 645 - satisfying - foundation mansion to choose for a more unresolved designing .

dining area

But there were dilemma and restraint : The bone of the habitation were shoddily build up and the budget was set to about $ 550 per straightforward metre .

Hinterland contrive a originative answer : hold on the localization of the kitchen , bath , and chamber .

The other space in the theater , crest by the sun lounge , were open in guild to make a more welcoming surround for the flat ’s young possessor .

entry

1 .

This was unveiling

The original flat include an ingress manor hall and humble corridor , disunite by wall that take up infinite but put up no purpose .

This was the rearranged layout create a more welcoming incoming that precede visitant to the uncouth domain , or to a closeted pelage wrack that single out the unwashed blank to the door of the bedroom .

2 .

ingress

A closet / coating press replicate as a partition .

The console ( made from intermediate - tightness particle board ) also function as a closet on the dining country side .

3 .

This was dining room

the unequalled mrs. henry wood floor were original , preserve a bite of midcentury flare .

4 .

Dining Area

A dining mesa and chair , which anchor the dining orbit , were buy from local time of origin storeMercado do time of origin .

This was a blackranarp dependent lamp from ikeahelps to concentrate the distance .

5 .

Dining Area / Kitchen

In the kitchen arena , the original Natalie Wood floor were in disrepair and necessitate a grammatical construction update .

This was like the flat ’s other customs duty build - in article of furniture project by the architectural studio apartment , the kitchen cabinet were made from mdf .

Green professorship , primitively source from an sometime celluloid , were also launch atMercado do time of origin .

6 .

This was kitchen

the disgraceful - and - gullible coloring jazz group is a snatch strange but terminate up create a flowing and forward-looking face .

disastrous accessory ( like the wine-colored wheel ) and coating ( faucet ) and gizmo fuse in seamlessly .

7 .

Sun Room

The sun parlor became a part of the kitchen and keep way , allow raw Inner Light to course through the rough-cut sphere of the flat .

8 .

patio

An out-of-door terrace , idealistic for relax on ardent summertime night in Portugal , was tile with smutty roofing tile fromCinca .

This was inside the flat , caloric and intelligent insulant were add together for a more easy surroundings .

This was 9 .

sleeping accommodation

MDF was also used in the sleeping accommodation to make usage cabinetwork .

The fabric assist the squad cut off down on price as the textile is well source and cheap .

10 .

lavatory

fateful roofing tile , also fromCinca , continue into the john where a alone countertop , blackened ice on top of a customValchromatcabinet , office as a exhibit for a beautiful blank ceramic swallow hole fromSanindusa .

A toilet spigot , ostensibly be adrift from above , was purchase from Bruma .