By Kelly Bai
Photos by ROSKO Family Design
Inside the “Savage Ground House,” designers have combine contemporary arts and traditional interiors to make this 1,100 square meter, 2 story home look sumptuous and artistic. Each detail has its representative meaning: marble columns signify strength and power; crystal represents purity and subtlety, and yellow metal is an inexhaustible symbol of energy and heat. The designers from Rosko Design adopt the symmetrical design in the traditional classic style, complementing it with modern and philosophical works of art. The soft lighting highlights the main accents in the rooms, and shades of dark and light tones help create a harmonious interior. Upon entry is a spacious and open hall with warm lighting softly and elegantly placed on the glossy marble floor. The gilded crystal chandelier brings an unique atmosphere and luxury to the interior.
A corridor with gray marble columns on both sides separates the living and dining area from the common space and ends at a spiral staircase. The base of each marble column has glowing blocks installed, giving off warm light and making the columns look as though they are floating above the ground. More uniquely, an aquarium is built into the floor, where colorful fish can be seen swimming. This unusual design adds interest and life to the space, allowing the owner to enjoy it, while surprising the guests. The two-story high ceiling and the brass and crystal chandelier from the Portuguese brand LUXXU sumptuously decorates the living room. The large, floor-to-ceiling windows not only brings the beautiful view indoor, but allows for plenty of sunlight, which takes away the gloominess of the cool gray tones and brings out a different texture in the marbles.
Marble columns ingeniously separates the dining area from the common space.
The base of each marble column has glowing blocks installed, giving off warm light and making the columns look as though they are floating above the ground.
An aquarium in the floor where colourful fish can be seen swimming. This unusual design adds interest and life to the space, allowing the owner to enjoy it, while surprising the guests.
In contrast to the hardness marbles bring to the living area, the master bedroom is decorated with a feeling of softness.
A high vanity mirror with lights around its perimeter. In front of the mirror is a hanging chandelier looking like a moonlight bird hovering in the air, quite poetic and interesting.
The fireplace, framed by elegant gray structures and two pendant hanging lamps, gives a warm and cozy feel to this slightly cold living room. A decorative panel with a complex foliage pattern stretches from the top of the fireplace to the ceiling. Furniture by German Walter Knoll are used for its simplicity and elegance. An abstract painting by Catherine Severac is hung on a central wall, making it the main piece of art in the room. In contrast to the hardness marbles bring to the living area, the master bedroom is decorated with a feeling of softness. A wide bed is placed against velvet wall upholstery and on gray-coffee tinted carpet. Opposite the bed is the TV-zone, where a TV is installed on the wall and a simple cabinet is placed beneath it. Surrounding it is a decorative panel with emerging images of trees and birds. On one side is a small dressing table coupled with a high vanity mirror with lights around its perimeter. In front of the mirror is a hanging chandelier looking like a moonlight bird hovering in the air, quite poetic and interesting. Sculptures placed around the room also add an artistic touch. Modern and classic, hard and soft, and highly contrasting elements intertwine harmoniously in this house, creating a noble and elegant living space. n
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