Vista

Vista — the project name set across the photograph; below, the living room with vertical oak slat wall, grey sofa, plant, ornate rug, view through to the dining area and balcony beyond

God gave the view.
Everything else, Maja built.

Blue-and-white tiles from floor to ceiling. A kitchen untouched since the 1980s. But up on the top floor — a pitched ceiling, a balcony, and a view of the Atlantic. A view like that, you design around.

Instead of fighting the tight footprint, the renovation warmed it. A vertical oak slat wall now threads the living room to the bedroom, giving the eye a single unbroken line to follow. A dusty rose kitchen anchors the centre. Small rooms working hard — warmth doing what extra square metres can’t.

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— Before · 80 m² of Azulejo and Potential

Vista before — original kitchen with blue azulejo on the back wall, brown wood upper cabinets, cream laminate base, pink tile on the side walls — Kitchen

Vista before — cream-tiled bathroom with white toilet, wall-mounted sink, glass shower screen, and a towel-rail radiator — Bathroom

Vista before — original bedroom with a heavy dark-wood carved headboard, single mattress, parquet floor — Bedroom

Vista before — original balcony with terra-cotta tile, plain black metal railing, view across white rooftops — Balcony

— The Design

Vista kitchen design rendering — 2D drawing of the lavender cabinetry, pink tile backsplash, brass fixtures, oak floor, view to dining beyond — *The kitchen, drawn before construction started.*

Vista material selection — honey oak floor, oak slat samples, dusty pink ceramic tile, cream ceramic tile, lavender lacquer paint sample — *Material selection.*

— During

Vista mid-renovation — framing the new kitchen ceiling — *Framing the new kitchen ceiling.*

Vista mid-renovation — new red brick partition going up through the original blue azulejo — *New brick partition through the original azulejo.*

“I rarely build white rooms.”

A kitchen in an 80-square-metre home can’t hide. The lavender cabinetry and pink tile ask for attention, but the brass fixtures and oak floors quiet them down. You balance loud colour with heavy materials.
— Maja Milič

— After