Polish studio Mistovia has paired plywood, walnut and graphite accents with a mishmash of classic furnishings in Plener Istebna – a pair of gabled cottages within the Silesian Beskids mountains.
The 2-storey vacation properties sit side-by-side in Istebna village, with slatted picket facades and shingled roofs that nod to the area’s vernacular buildings.
Created by architect Justyna Boduch to accommodate as much as 9 folks every, the 70-square-metre cottages function similar layouts however subtly totally different inside designs by Katowice-based Mistovia.
The primary residence, Terracotta, owes its identify to the sandy-hued ceramic flooring and burnt orange upholstery present in its open-plan dwelling house.
A round walnut desk defines the kitchen and eating space, which incorporates regionally sourced stools with conventional decorations and a function wall clad with Ukrainian range tiles.
“The center of every cottage is undoubtedly the dwelling house,” stated Mistovia founder Marcin Czopek.
Stone, the second cottage, is accented by veiny graphite flooring within the kitchen and dwelling space, chosen to imitate the speckled look of marble.
“This supplies a strong background for the furnishings,” Czopek instructed Dezeen. “Heat is created by way of plentiful wooden.”
Mistovia selected a choice of classic items to furnish Stone, together with an oval timber eating desk and a low-slung Nineteen Seventies Danish armchair that when shaped a part of a modular couch.
“The furnishings comes from numerous a long time and sources,” defined Czopek. “Becoming for the Polish-Czech-Slovak borderland, many items have Czechoslovakian roots.”
Each vacation properties function chunky plywood staircases that join their floor flooring with non-public areas upstairs. Within the Stone cottage, plywood was additionally used to clad the ceiling of the dwelling house.
“The wooden pleasantly contrasts with uncooked concrete and clay plaster partitions with added straw chaff,” stated Czopek.
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The dwelling areas throughout the 2 cottages are additionally united by smooth chrome steel kitchen cabinetry, cone-shaped pendant lights and floor-to-ceiling glazing that connects every inside to a terrace with views of the encompassing Silesian Beskids mountains.
Upstairs, the non-public rooms have been designed to echo their respective dwelling areas with tiled, glass and picket particulars and vibrant gentle furnishings.
Mistovia specialises in residential interiors and has shortly cemented a status for bringing collectively uncommon supplies, as seen in an eclectic Warsaw condominium that Czopek and his crew renovated for an artwork director and her pet dachshund.
Final November, the studio took residence the title of rising inside designer of the 12 months on the 2024 Dezeen Awards.
The images is by Oni Studio.
