Joanna was my mentor in the Business in Women’s Hands program and it was she who contributed to my decision to start my own business. So I was very pleased when, less than a year later, she asked me to design and coordinate the renovation of an investment apartment for her and her husband. Joanna and Peter wanted a comfortable second home in Warsaw, to which they would be happy to come back for a few weeks after spending months abroad.

Investors wished for a cozy bedroom and high-quality materials in the kitchen and bathroom. They wanted to integrate their works of art and design classics into the project, among others PH5 lamps, WISHBONE chairs and the so-called “Spanish armchair”.

The whole apartment is very consistent in terms of color and material. The delicate marble pattern of quartz sinter used on the countertop and inter-cabinet panel in the kitchen is repeated as a window sill in the bedroom, the gray of the lower kitchen cabinets continues on the living room wall and further on the bathroom door; the tiles used in the bathroom continue to the entrance area. The dominant colors are “salt and pepper” and natural, bleached wood, with accents of a leather sofa and navy blue curtains.