A home in which minimalism blends with ethnic elements with a strong visual connotation, all on bi-optical planes, in the name of black and white.
Suffering from “mal d’Afrique” is often fatal: if you have been there more than once, those landscapes remain etched in your memory! Marzena and Albert also brought back sculptures and tribal masks that blend with the black and white accents of their home.
Minimalism is the underlying theme of the furnishings, carefully chosen and sometimes designed by the owners: she is an interior designer, he is an architect. Inside the building surrounded by the greenery of Silesia, Poland, concrete has been combined with exotic wood, glass and metal, in a mix of great refinement and spartan simplicity.
In the bedroom, bricks reclaimed from an ancient building were placed on the walls. Identical bricks, this time painted in white, stand out on the kitchen wall. The couple confirmed that in their home they only used natural fabrics, such as linen and muslin, from curtains to bedspreads.
The housing structure is spread over two levels. Floors, walls and furniture alternate in black and white, with very few chromatic variations given by furnishing elements.
Some concessions to romanticism can be seen in the beautiful tufted bench with white-painted feet in the master bathroom, and in the comfortable padded armchair with a powder-pink shade, placed next to the desk.
In the living/dining room, the colours are balanced by the table – found in Kraków –, but also by the enveloping leather chairs and the very comfortable black sofa.
The study is very cool: the desk, the filing cabinet, the floor lamp, the large old map of Africa, the mask, and the black and white leather on the floor summarize the mood of all the rooms.
On the ceilings, some beams were left exposed and whitewashed like the walls, in order to highlight the architectural lines.
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