Industrial Loft Design

One of my readers approached me a couple of months ago to design her new old apartment! New because it'll be her new abode and old because it's a really old apartment! We are both equally excited about it.........we are hoping it'll be another drastic transformation (ala the AMK Horror House done by me a while back......which, by the way, is the one project that brought my services to her attention! Another big THANK YOU to Freshome is in order!!)

We are going fashion this apartment after one of my favourite styles......the New York industrial loft! Man, just saying it sends a nice tingle down my toes!

We'll be knocking down ALL the walls leaving it an empty shell...........when we are done, it's gonna have bare polished concrete flooring throughout the apartment, pristine white walls, unconventional light sources, minimal furniture and hopefully, some nice pop art pieces on the walls to bring it all alive! But we are bearing in mind that the client's a lady and we are gonna have to be really careful that the completed work is not too masculine and harsh.........It's a very small apartment but after we are done with it, it's gonna be able to hold plenty of wild parties!

Let's see some pictures for inspirations..............

This is the look we hope to achieve - nothing too sophisticated, industrial yet still comfortable & homely.......

scanned from Modern Interiors Designsource

Love the spartan feel but with occasional pops of colour......

scanned from Interiors By Color

An example of how industrial lofts can be feminine as well........

scanned from LOFTS Living & Working

this could be the feel for the sleeping quarters (love the curtain & the pendant light) ........

scanned from Metropolitan Home June 2009

Again, love the pops of colour here (the hanging light bulbs are interesting too) .......

picture from Desire To Inspire

I personally adore the Fortuny floor lamp by Mariano Fortuny and I think it would absolutely work in this apartment.........only thing is, how do I convince the client to invest in one?!!

picture from Desire To Inspire

An idea of how we could give the apartment an art gallery feel........

picture from Desire To Inspire

Now this apartment by Yun-Yi Interior Design Studio from Taiwan (read it here) really captured what I think the apartment can look like............

Watch this space for future updates!