OSB meets Klein Blue

Anyone who lives in Berlin knows how difficult it can be to find an apartment in the city.

So when I finally found a shared apartment that was perfectly located, clean, bright, and with a wonderful roommate… I didn’t hesitate one second!

The only downsides:

• The rooms were narrow. Although they were quite spacious, they were all “in length”.

• There was no living room so no space to relax nor to invite guests.

• It was not possible to set up a working space in any other room of the apartment.

Because I didn’t own any furniture, I quickly realized that it would be cheaper to design my own and build it out of the cheapest (but solid) material rather than buying everything from scratch.

These were my design constraints:

🛏️ Privacy is important in the bedroom area, i.e.: when one enters the room, they should not be able to see the bed area

🌙 Best sleep ever: I wanted to recreate the experience of sleeping on futons like in Japan… Can someone tell me why I sleep so well on the floor?

🛋️ Apart from the bedroom space, there needs to be a space to relax and invite guests, as well as a desk to work on my laptop and 3D printer

🧳 Storage, storage, storage,... There should be a lot of storage, but it shouldn’t be visually overwhelming (no bulky wardrobes)

🎨 Something interesting needs to break the dryness and monotony of OSB

💰 And finally: the total cost including labor must be less than the cost of buying equivalent furniture at Ikea. Additionally, it should not take over a week from start to finish = from planning to decorating and moving in with my clothes.

What better inspiration than the villa Majorelle color palette to decorate with accessories? The pillow covers are from Ikea, I was in luck that summer as they had the exact two colors I wanted ????