Renovation plan · living, dining and open kitchen 3.35 × 5.4 m + 1.75 × 2.1 m
Terracotta & Teak Living
One warm room from the front door to the kitchen window. The blue end wall becomes terracotta limewash, a fluted teak TV wall faces the sofa in the front half, dining for four sits under a rattan pendant, and the old granite slab kitchen turns into a sage L with quartz and zellige. The main door opens into the middle of the room, with a clear path straight across to the bedroom and office.
- Floor area
- 21.8 m² · 235 sq ft
Palette and materials
Surface by surface
| Surface | Now | After |
|---|---|---|
| Ceiling | Bare slab, cross beams, two tube lights, two old fans | Gypsum band at 2.65 m over the living half with warm cove light; downlights over dining and the kitchen; rattan pendant over the table |
| Walls | Pale yellow | Putty, primer, two coats of warm-white matte emulsion |
| Window wall | Bright blue paint, steel rod, brown curtain | Terracotta limewash; sheer and linen drapes on a brass rod with rings |
| TV wall | Bare wall between the window corner and the bedroom door | Fluted teak panel with LED wash, floating teak console, 43-inch TV at eye height |
| Doors | Orange main door, printed laminates inside | Teak laminate on all four doors, brushed brass levers |
| Kitchen | Granite slab on legs, open shelves under, teapot tiles | Sage modular L with soft-close drawers, quartz top, cream wall units, zellige splashback, chimney over a three-burner hob, fridge at the end of the side run |
| Wash area | Wall basin between the kitchen and the bathroom | Teak vanity with a vessel basin on the side wall, terracotta zellige to 2.1 m, round brass-rim mirror |
| Floor | Swirled marble, dull | Diamond-polished; a jute rug defines the seating |
Furniture and built-ins
| Item | Size | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Three-seat sofa | 175 × 95 cm | Oatmeal bouclé, on the main-door wall facing the TV |
| Coffee table | 60 × 120 cm | Stone top, oak frame |
| TV console | 119 × 36 cm | Wall-hung teak, push-latch doors |
| Dining table | 120 × 84 cm | Teak, seats four, linen place mats; sized to keep a clear path to the bathroom |
| Dining chairs ×4 | Standard | Cognac leather, tufted back |
| Kitchen base units | L: 175 + 75 cm | Sage matte laminate, quartz top, brass pulls; deep drawers under the hob, sink under the window |
| Kitchen wall units | 50 + 25 + 75 cm | Cream matte, LED strip under |
| Wash vanity | 58 × 46 cm | Teak, quartz top, vessel basin, brass mixer, round mirror, hand towel |
| Rug, art, plants | 165 × 170 cm rug | Jute rug, framed print over the sofa, tall plant by the window |
| Fridge | 66 × 72 cm | Double-door, at the start of the side run so its door opens toward the hall |
| Ceiling fan and AC | 132 cm fan, 1.5 t split | BLDC fan in walnut and matte white over the seating; split AC high on the window-side wall |
Clearances: about 1.4 m between the sofa and the TV wall, 85 cm behind the dining chairs, a 65 cm path past the table to the wash area and bathroom, and a clear 1 m path from the main door straight across to the bedroom and office doors. The washbasin sits between the kitchen opening and the bathroom door, and the fridge stands just inside the kitchen.
Lighting
Electrical points
| Where | Height | What |
|---|---|---|
| Main door | 1.2 m | Board beside the main door: cove, downlights, pendant, fans, outside light |
| TV wall | 0.6 m | Behind the console: four 6 A sockets, TV point, LAN; conduit to the TV at 1.1 m |
| Sofa end | 0.3 m | One 6 A socket by the window end of the sofa for a lamp and chargers |
| Kitchen | 1.1 m | 16 A for the hob, 6 A for the chimney at 2.1 m, four 6 A over the counter, 16 A fridge point |
| Wash area | 1.0 m | One shaver-safe socket beside the mirror |
| AC | 2.3 m | 16 A point on the window wall for a 1.5-ton split |
Order of work
- Week 1Strip the old kitchen slab and tiles, remove tube lights and old boards. Chase wiring for the TV wall, kitchen and AC. Order the kitchen, sofa and dining set; factory pieces take 2–3 weeks.
- Week 2Frame the ceiling band, plaster where the slab came out, fix the zellige splashback and the wash-area tiles.
- Week 3Board the ceiling and form the cove. Putty and prime all walls.
- Week 4Paint, then limewash the window wall. Polish the marble. Fit the fluted panel and console.
- Week 5Install the kitchen carcasses, quartz top, sink, hob and chimney. Fit the wash vanity.
- Week 6Lights, switches, AC and fans. Laminate the doors, hang the blind, bring in the sofa and dining set and style the room.
Room sizes are estimates from your photos and video, with the ceiling at 10 ft (3.05 m) as given. Measure on site before ordering anything made to size, the kitchen above all.
The marble floor in the model is the flat's real floor, taken from the bedroom scan. Wood, linen, bouclé, hessian and plaster textures are CC0 scans from Poly Haven.
The photos are path-traced in Blender Cycles. The sofa, coffee table, dining chairs, print, plant, vases and bowl are CC0 models from Poly Haven, recoloured to the palette.
In the 3D model the light is baked from the same path tracer as the photos: sun patches, soft shadows, bounce light by day and lamp pools by evening.