Family home in Pedralbes

Cozy, familiar, balanced and loaded with details. A meticulous design articulated from a leading element as a link: the sliding doors. We break down the plan of an apartment at the top of Diagonal, in Barcelona, where Coblonal has carried out the comprehensive renovation and redesign of this 149 m2 surface, with 2 bathrooms, a suite, 2 bedrooms, a kitchen and a terrace with views . The result: a space with character, bright, functional and full of synchronicities between the spaces that make it up.

Bird's eye view through the house

We put on the table the key points to know about the reform that we have carried out. The sliding doors have been the axis on which this project has been based. And we have opted for this element to connect and establish a dialogue between the spaces that make up the apartment.

Thus, we have managed to break the traditional communication scheme between the spaces that make up the apartment, tearing down the walls that divided the rooms, to create balanced communication between the different units.

Roughly speaking, the apartment has a hall with a large storage area and views of the dining room, a bright kitchen with an integrated area for doing laundry, a dining room with a table to accommodate 8 people, a living room with a shaped sofa. L, a small reading corner, a terrace with views, three double bedrooms, two bathrooms and a multipurpose area.

In short: an equation that results in a harmonious dialogue between rooms established from sliding doors and custom-made furniture that adapt to the client’s particular needs and constitute a large space that embraces and takes advantage of natural light. We have dressed this entire set with a neutral color palette – with white, sand, beige, brown and gray tones – that blend with the warm and comfortable color of the natural oak wood that governs the chromatic design of the floor.

Welcome home! Come and see

As soon as we enter, in the hall we find the distinctive element present in all our projects: the Coblonal box, a signature design that, in this case, not only acts to zone the space, but also plays an essential storage role.

This volume, made of natural oak wood, communicates with the dining room, living room and terrace through a fixed glass and a custom-designed upholstered bench at the bottom. Furthermore, if we look at this volume with a magnifying glass, we see that, in reference to its height, it subtly caresses the ceiling, but does not touch it. In this way, we manage to give dynamism to the whole and achieve a visual effect that provides air and spaciousness to the design.

We are meticulous, and we like detail. So, following our stylistic line, for this occasion, the Coblonal box also has a small wooden niche and a lamp to leave the keys. All aimed at covering the daily needs of our clients and, thus, ensuring convenience, order and comfort in their daily lives.

A kitchen with character

The kitchen stands as an open space that is directly connected to the hall through a large sliding door with black and transparent glass finishes. In this way, we draw a border between both spaces that the client can shape at their convenience. To articulate this space, we have opted for a color combination that combines brown tones, polka dots, mink, gray and dark stained oak wood.

The core: a dining room and main room with chromatic contrasts

Adjacent to the kitchen, we enter the core of this project, divided into two main areas: the living room and the dining room. We have chosen to dress the space with a large wooden table made of natural oak wood that is surrounded by 8 upholstered chairs in stone gray tones. The scene is bathed in the light of two lamps suspended from the ceiling that give this unit elegance.

Sharing the stage, an L-shaped sofa is another of the great protagonists that captures attention. This piece of furniture, from the Casadesús brand, appears accompanied by an armchair upholstered in cognac-colored leather. Both elements open the way to an intimate and collected reading area that invites you to pause.

As in all our designs, a crucial card that Coblonal always plays is authenticity. For this occasion, we wanted to find a distinctive, unique and particular element that would give this unit uniqueness. So, we found the needle in the haystack, and one of the volumes of the dining room appears dressed in its best finery: a silk textile wallpaper in blue tones.

This small relaxation area plays a crucial role in the general equation: it acts as a link to link the interior space with the terrace.

In the fresh air: a terrace with spectacular views
Sand-colored natural linen curtains are responsible for giving way to the next scene: a terrace with views of the city of Barcelona. Following the Coblonal style line, taking maximum care of every detail and developing meticulous design projects, we have opted to pave the terrace floor with the same material as the kitchen floor, respecting the stylistic line that characterizes this design.

This unity is divided by a duality of spaces. Thus, we have zoned the terrace into two different scenes: one part acts as a dining room, with a table and 4 chairs, and the other we have converted into a space to relax with a good read, surrounded by plants that frame privileged views.

Rest zone. Girl territory.

Our clients are a family made up of a married couple and two daughters in their twenties. For this reason, we have sought to materialize two spaces that were in line with its youth and vitality.

In this case, we put two options on the table, adapting to the tastes and personalities of each of our young clients: firstly, we proposed a room with greenish chromaticism that plays with elements, such as the closet or the headboard of the bed, Made with black wood and iron.

In parallel, we proposed a second room with more neutral tones, and incorporated elements such as an antique pink pouf to add drops of color to the space. Following the tone of the first room, we have also incorporated wooden elements, such as the desk table or the wardrobe, made to measure.

The result is obtaining two scenarios that exude joviality, freshness and warmth.

Rest area 2. We get serious.

We leave the adventure behind to enter a space that exudes tranquility and relaxation. This is the master suite, equipped with exquisite custom-designed elements – including a dressing room finished in white – that create a warm and comfortable setting.

To dress the room with our own style, we chose to play a select deck of cards, and we have combined some natural fiber linen curtains that go well with the warm and earthy wood of the headboard of the bed and the nightstands. Everything as a whole, illuminated by a lamp that hangs from the ceiling and two small lamps that rest on both tables, from the Artemide house.

And as icing on the cake, we have incorporated another custom-designed piece of furniture into the set that acts as a drawer and shoe rack.

Bathrooms: Pause capsule

This home has two bathrooms: the girls’ bathroom and the main one of the suite. For the first of them, we have combined sand tones with porcelain material that rest on a base of hexagonal-shaped glazed tiles.

For the main bathroom, we wanted to maintain the same tone, but increase the risk in terms of stylistic issues: therefore, our objective was to create a daring bathroom, with character, but that at the same time induced relaxation and became the setting ideal for freezing time and taking a parenthesis. For this reason, we proposed a design that combined grayish tones with black-finished faucets and custom-made wooden furniture.

A bet that exudes personality and its own seal, as well as elegance, comfort and well-being.

Multipurpose room with multiple functionalities

Another piece of the framework of this project is the multipurpose room, designed to act as a small desk area and which we have equipped with a table and a screen. Even so, this unit has multiple functionalities, because at the same time, we can also convert it into a guest bedroom. At this point, sliding doors play a crucial role, since they can provide privacy and intimacy to the guest who is temporarily staying in this room.

The final result is the creation of a project in which, by establishing a dialogue between the Coblonal box and the sliding doors with the different rooms, we have created an original, comfortable and unique space to the client’s taste.