Split-level living room with cream sofas, black steel columns and beams, and a mezzanine with a glass balustrade.Kitchen with a pale stone worktop, brass tap and dark oak cabinet wall, opening onto the dining area beyond.Kitchen with dark timber fronts, a travertine splashback, a pale stone worktop and a brushed brass tap.
Kitchen with a pale stone worktop, brass tap and dark oak cabinet wall, opening onto the dining area beyond.Kitchen with dark timber fronts, a travertine splashback, a pale stone worktop and a brushed brass tap.

Split-level bungalow renovation · Groningen

Villa Ter Apel

More light, more calm and more spatial coherence, on a singular spot at the edge of the wood.

With an entirely new layout, a redesigned lighting plan and a considered choice of materials, we turned the existing interior into a light, calm and contemporary place to live.

The bungalow's original layout had potential but lacked coherence. By making proper use of the split-level character, we designed a new route through the house in which the sightlines and the usable space work with one another.

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Living room with a cream corner sofa and round coffee tables under black beams, facing glazed walls onto woodland.View over a glass balustrade down to the sunken sitting room, with a cream sofa, a large plant and glazing to the garden.Dining room with a dark bespoke cabinet, a lit niche in textured panelling and glass pendants over the table.Cloakroom with a travertine wall, a round backlit mirror, a dark timber vanity and a brown marble basin.
Dining room with a dark bespoke cabinet, a lit niche in textured panelling and glass pendants over the table.Cloakroom with a travertine wall, a round backlit mirror, a dark timber vanity and a brown marble basin.

Light and materials

From dark to open

The original black floor took a great deal of light out of the house. We chose a ceramic floor of 120 by 120 centimetres in a pale tone instead.

Together with the completely renewed lighting plan, this gives the rooms more layering and more depth.

A split-level house asks for direction. Designing the route, the sightlines and the lighting as one gives an interior that feels logical and in balance.

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Split-level living space with black steel columns, a glass balustrade, wide stone steps and a large artwork.Small seating corner with two round bouclé stools on oak bases, a large plant and an abstract canvas in ochre.Alcove with a grainy mica wallcovering, slim black floating shelves and black uprights lit by a hidden strip of light.Walk-in shower behind glass with a bronze rain head, taupe tiled walls and a boldly speckled stone panel.Hallway with a copper-toned textured wall, black floating shelves, dark timber fins and a deep green vase.
Small seating corner with two round bouclé stools on oak bases, a large plant and an abstract canvas in ochre.Alcove with a grainy mica wallcovering, slim black floating shelves and black uprights lit by a hidden strip of light.Walk-in shower behind glass with a bronze rain head, taupe tiled walls and a boldly speckled stone panel.Hallway with a copper-toned textured wall, black floating shelves, dark timber fins and a deep green vase.
Living room with full-height glazing and linen curtains, two sand-coloured sofas and a second seating area one step up.Landing with a pale oak floor, black-painted beams, a glass balustrade and a brass plinth holding leafy plants.Cream corner sofa by two round dark oak tables with bronze glass tealight holders on a deep-pile rug.Dark oak cabinetry with lit shelves, a bronze-toned textured stone back wall and pale travertine objects.Corner with floating black shelves against a dark grainy wall, round bouclé stools and a tall plant.
Landing with a pale oak floor, black-painted beams, a glass balustrade and a brass plinth holding leafy plants.Cream corner sofa by two round dark oak tables with bronze glass tealight holders on a deep-pile rug.Dark oak cabinetry with lit shelves, a bronze-toned textured stone back wall and pale travertine objects.Corner with floating black shelves against a dark grainy wall, round bouclé stools and a tall plant.
Living room with floor-to-ceiling glazing onto woodland, a beige sofa and two round tables on a deep-pile rug.Hallway with a glazed wine wall, black panelling with a curved handrail and wide stone steps past a rounded travertine wall.Split-level with a glass balustrade and bronze rail, pale oak panelling and a white ribbed bowl holding a fine branch.Black split-level staircase with a glass balustrade, looking down on the dining table and pale bouclé chairs below.Black floating shelves on a coarse-textured wall, a raised natural stone plinth and full-height glazing to the garden.
Hallway with a glazed wine wall, black panelling with a curved handrail and wide stone steps past a rounded travertine wall.Split-level with a glass balustrade and bronze rail, pale oak panelling and a white ribbed bowl holding a fine branch.Black split-level staircase with a glass balustrade, looking down on the dining table and pale bouclé chairs below.Black floating shelves on a coarse-textured wall, a raised natural stone plinth and full-height glazing to the garden.
Spacious living room with a void and glass globe pendants, linen seating and a gas fire set into a timber wall.

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