¿70 -year style? Who thinks about that when decorating?, And especially what do Belgians have to surprise us and how they relate to the 70 -year style? Without a doubt, they risk. Unexpected materials in unpredictable places, unusual mixtures, forms that break with what 'should be' … in the Bruxellois neighborhood of Forest, this department is precisely as a breath of fresh air between the usual proposals of urban interior design. An ode to 70 -year -style Superujo Aesthetics of Françoix Catroux and the best of the 60s and 70s that – we see – are back.
But let's start at the beginning. Setter Arnout is a Belgian architect accustomed to working with creative professionals, from owners of art galleries to fashion designers, with a cultural background and baggage and Aesthetic references high “They usually have a clear idea of the direction they want to take. I take care of translating this concept into a design that further reinforces the idea, ”he says.
Piet-Albert Goethals.
When Sutter first entered this property, in the attic of a Modernist building Built in the 50s by R. Dejeneffe and J. Thomas, he found an atypically triangular space. The building is located at the end of a street, on the corner. However, this had not been taken into account in the distribution, so there had been rooms of impracticable dimensions, too large or too small, and a lot of useful space had been lost. To this were united the new ways of living, which have nothing to do with those of that time. For all this, it was decided to eliminate all the partitions and create a new distribution From scratch, according to the new owner.
A new distribution
Used to travel constantly, the stylist and fashion designer Laura Praet looked for a space to rest with her dog Uncle and receive her friends. I wanted a home from open spaces And fluids «so that, during dinners, guests can start with a snack around the island of the kitchen, then go to the dining room and finish the conversation on the couch that designed the client itself,» explains Sutter. To do this, the main bedroom became the New kitchen And in the old kitchen there was a guest bedroom in which the original CUBEX cabinets retained, «which now form the headboard of the bed, like a beautiful wink to the past,» he adds, very much to 70 -year style.