With some well-chosen furniture, a clever layout and a lick of paint, these savvy tenants have turned a tired white box into a decadent apartment
isit this apartment in the daytime and, with its calming neutrals and lush greenery, you’d swear it was designed for tranquil days. But call at cocktail hour and the same space feels deeply decadent, its 1970s bar and vast, butter-coloured sofa perfect for fun evenings. It is also a great advert for how to make a plain, rented flat feel like a home, without major renovations.
A first viewing left interior designers Tatjana von Stein and Gayle Noonan distinctly underwhelmed. “It was a tired, unloved white box when we found it,” Von Stein says of the flat, which occupies the top two floors of a five-storey early 20th-century block in north London. Two bedrooms, a bathroom and the kitchen are on the lower level, while the spacious open-plan living-dining room is above.
The couple fell for the place because of the greenery on the doorstep: a balcony facing Hampstead Heath and, on the other side, wall-to-wall windows on to the tree canopy of neighbouring gardens. “I grew up in the mountains in Austria so, although I love the buzz and culture of London, I’m very happy up here in this urban treehouse,” Von Stein says.Tatjana von Stein
As renters, the couple renovated with a light touch, relying on paint and furniture. “Renting is much more common in Europe, so it doesn’t feel strange to me, but it does mean Gayle can put the brakes on me going crazy on a redesign,” Von Stein says. To transform a rental with furniture, she suggests beginning with the mood.
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