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Luxury Apartment — Central Milan, Italy
Central Milan, Italy

Luxury Apartment

A period apartment on the piano nobile of a building in central Milan. The original mouldings and panelled doors stay; everything new is white, and the colour comes from a single turquoise thread running through the rooms.

The main bedroom from the door: crystal chandelier, panelled wall and a white dressing table
The main bedroom from the door: crystal chandelier, panelled wall and a white dressing table
The living room: white sofa, turquoise cushions and two paintings of swimmers
The living room: white sofa, turquoise cushions and two paintings of swimmers
From the door: the bookcase, the sitting area and the marble dining table
From the door: the bookcase, the sitting area and the marble dining table
The living room from the window: crystal chandelier and the painting of a swimmer
The living room from the window: crystal chandelier and the painting of a swimmer
Sofa and turquoise pouf, by the balcony door
Sofa and turquoise pouf, by the balcony door
Kitchen in white gloss with a dark worktop, along the French window
Kitchen in white gloss with a dark worktop, along the French window
Round marble table in the light of the window
Round marble table in the light of the window
The walk-in closet, lined with white wardrobes
The walk-in closet, lined with white wardrobes
Detail: crystal knobs on textured lacquered doors
Detail: crystal knobs on textured lacquered doors
Vessel washbasin against glass mosaic
Vessel washbasin against glass mosaic
Walk-in shower in glass mosaic
Walk-in shower in glass mosaic
Original double doors, panelled and painted white
Original double doors, panelled and painted white
A glazed double door between the rooms
A glazed double door between the rooms
Detail: an art deco handle in polished chrome
Detail: an art deco handle in polished chrome
The building: stone arches and balconies on the street front
The building: stone arches and balconies on the street front
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The building

A turn-of-the-century palazzo on a tree-lined avenue, with a stone ground floor and an inner courtyard paved in river stones. The apartment takes the piano nobile: the tallest ceilings and the deepest windows in the house.

Living room

The period features stay: ceiling mouldings, tall French windows, panelled doors. Against them, everything new is kept white — the sofa, the built-in bookcase around the television, the lacquered cabinets — so that the colour can come from one place only. Turquoise runs from the paintings of swimmers to the cushions and the pouf, and the blue backs of the open niches.

Kitchen

A single run of white gloss units under a dark grey worktop that rises to become the splashback. At the end, by the French window, a round marble table: the place where the day starts. Two pocket doors connect the kitchen to the corridor without taking up wall space.

Bedrooms

In the main bedroom the wall behind the bed is panelled from floor to ceiling, with crystal sconces set into the frames and an upholstered headboard in soft grey. A white dressing table and a round mirror sit beside the balcony door. The second bedroom keeps the same quiet palette and takes its warmth from a single coral painting.

Entrance and storage

The entrance floor is a mosaic laid like a rug. Along the corridor, mirrored sliding wardrobes double the light; behind panelled doors, a walk-in closet keeps the bedrooms free of furniture.

Study and bathrooms

A small study holds built-in shelves, a desk and a sofa bed, brightened by a yellow velvet chair. The bathrooms pair marble with glass mosaic: a whirlpool tub in the main one, a vessel washbasin and a heated towel rail in the second.

PlaceCentral Milan, Italy