Take a look inside this slick attic apartment
This property near Milan is a second floor conversion with two bedrooms
This property near Milan is a second floor conversion with two bedrooms
1/10 Exterior | Slick attic apartment house tour
2/10 Living room | Slick attic apartment house tour
The striking mural in the living room echos the trees outside. The pattern took three weeks to carve onto the polystyrene. It was then painted by hand with resin.
The Flos Aoy table lamps are available at Nest.
3/10 Living room window | Slick attic apartment house tour
Find similar black bookcases at Habitat and indoor/outdoor tiles at Mandarin Stone. Find linen curtain and blind fabric at The Natural Curtain Company.
4/10 Hallway | Slick attic apartment house tour
For oversized cushions, visit fatboy.com, then play with scale and texture by mixing in smaller neutral cushions from Dunelm Mill. Add your own luxe edge with fringing.
5/10 Storage | Slick attic apartment house tour
Bookcases and hanging candle holders, situated on both sides of the open doorway, add interest to the room.
6/10 Kitchen dining area | Slick attic apartment house tour
The stainless steel units give an industrial feel, while the wooden dining table and office chairs soften the effect.
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For a similar table try the Toledo dining table at Asda Direct. The units are from Ikea.
7/10 Kitchen | Slick attic apartment house tour
Mirrored tiles, wooden worktops and a slate floor add the industrial feel to this kitchen-diner.
Find mirrored tiles at Walls & Floors.
8/10 Bedroom | Slick attic apartment house tour
This mural is also hand-carved, but foliage-inspired wall stickers would achieve the look in an instant.
Start with an oversized design, such as the Large Oak Wall Sticker from Rockett St George, then build up your scene with smaller motifs.
Homebase stocks a black suede headboard.
9/10 Bedroom storage | Slick attic apartment house tour
The antique panel, which features a list of cows names, their weight and ailments, is from a local market near Milan.
10/10 Bathroom | Slick attic apartment house tour
In the main bathroom, usual and inexpensive materials are blended to stunning effect. The basin was salvaged from a kindergarten, but Holloways of Ludlow sells a range of Belfast sinks that can be deck-mounted to achieve a similar look.
For more beautiful reader's homes take a look through our other room-by-room house tours - from a restored Victorian villa to an eclectic mansion flat.
Heather Young has been Ideal Home’s Editor since late 2020, and Editor-In-Chief since 2023. She is an interiors journalist and editor who’s been working for some of the UK’s leading interiors magazines for over 20 years, both in-house and as a freelancer.
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