Photography: Oded Smadar
A couple has decided to start a new, at a 10-year-old house in a luxury Tel-Aviv neighborhood. Designer Dorrit Sela executed this project gracefully, and renovated the house with aesthetics to match the new owners
A ten year old house, in Zahala, one of Tel-Aviv oldest and fine neighborhoods, was re-designed for a solid, decadent couple. The outer shell of the house remained almost without chande, but merely aesthetically renovated, to match the inner space – and to the owner's taste.
Dorrit Sela, who owns an architects, design and a planning office – chose to expose some of the beautiful elements of the house: the wall from around the staircase was demolished, and the constructive steel columns were exposed, and kept inside glass walls – for a touch of industrial chic. In its new form – exposed in sort of non-apologetic way – they've become a new kind of sculptural focal point. They were even enhanced, with the help of a powerful iron unit, planned and designed especially for this project.
This spectacular iron casted wall mounted library positioned at the entrance and continues all the way to the living room, through the staircase. At its last "stop" it serves as a multimedia system, designed cleverly with some open and some closed cubicles, in an a-symmetrical composition, planned to match the couple's needs. This enormous masterpiece of a unit also links between the love of the wife for books, and her man love for arts and aesthetic pieces. painted under hit, this unit has a matching shade as the neutral palette chosen for the entire house.
The dark wooden oak flooring was sanded and whitened, thus the iron frames and Belgian profiles were kept, as a contrast. The renovated floor was also the perfect contrast to the iron and stone shades in the kitchen and the ravishing iron library. The old lighting were replaced by geometric shaped ones – to emphasize the height of the space. The alternative living room Outside continues in a straight line from the ceiling, by a straw made pergola, who serves as a frame to the sitting area. This elegant continuation from inside the house to the outside is considered a magical dialogue between the house and its surroundings, thus the lovely view is almost considered as a mural in the living room.
Sela used almost the same tactic to enhance the reflections from the vast vitrines windows: by doubling the sitting and the entertaining areas. She created a symmetry between the outer dining area and the living room and matched them to the indoor dining area and living room – so they seem a mere reflection from the inside, positioned, again, as a continuation to the house.
The stone and iron shades used around the house are also starring in the kitchen, planned as a minimalist, clean and highly functional area. The entrance was framed with iron profile, kept from the previous house.
The tall cupboards seems molten iron, but were casted from a different material. The doors were painted dramatic yet elegant dark grey, with a centered island in stone.
Round glass dining table fit for casual family gathering, in front of the garden and barbeque featuring in the kitchen.
The living room was planned as a comfortable chilled area, for everyone to enjoy. The sitting area represents an ultimate conversation circle. A beautiful piece chosen for the area is a spectacular collector's item rug and other precious arts elements, collected by the couple.
While the lower level has the kid's rooms, the upper floor dedicated to the couple alone. Sela planned a work room and an enormous master bedroom for them, starring a free standing bath tub In the center. A large balcony connects between those areas. A smokey shade glass door serves as the entrance leading to the walking wardrobe.