They wanted to replace the flooring, which they found under the embossments changed the plans
A family bought an old house and planned to do a modest renovation in it - replace the brown and old-fashioned kitchen and re-tile the basement.
But when they picked up the tiles, a surprise awaited them that devoured all the cards.
How did it end?
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Home and design
17/07/2022
Sunday, 17 July 2022, 06:44 Updated: 06:51
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Merger between Scandinavian and Japanese.
A private house renovated and designed in the Jefendi style.
Interior design: Tamar Freudman (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
The project:
Renovation of a private house in the center of the country
Area:
190 sq.m.
Tenants:
couple + 3 children
Planning and design:
Tamar Freudman
A couple, they have three young children, bought a 30-year-old house with 6 rooms located in the heart of a pastoral neighborhood in one of the center's cities. Interior Tamar Freudman, a graduate of Barbara Berzin School who believes in the renovation, their original request was to renovate the brown and dark kitchen and replace the outdated flooring.
In addition, the couple asked the designer to add a bathroom in the basement next to the living room, and to actually turn the basement into an inviting and comfortable accommodation unit.
They wanted to turn the large space between the children's rooms into a luxurious family corner.
And the rooms intended for children were to undergo a real facelift in which they will receive fittings and customized furniture.
They wanted to replace the kitchen and flooring, received a complete renovation and styling for all the rooms (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
For years, the tree in front of the house sent long roots under the floor of the house, undisturbed (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
"The plans were ready, the renovation started, and then came the corona. It didn't stop us, even though every day someone else was in isolation: either the contractor, or one of the workers, or one of the professionals, or the customers or me," Freudman recalls.
"That's how we worked and progressed, even if slower than usual."
"Then we got to the basement, where the laundry room was supposed to turn into a bathroom with a shower in the new design. The dismantling of the original floor began and it took a few minutes until the contractor called me in a panic and said I should go to the site immediately," says the designer.
"Under the floor ceramics there was only sand, no concrete casting underneath, but more interesting than that were tree roots growing inside the sand. These are the tree roots that grew in front of the street. Quietly, over the years, they passed the front garden and reached as far as the basement. "To feel nature and green inside the house as well, to make a connection between the outside and the inside, to be connected to the environment, but that's definitely not how we intended to bring nature into the home," the designer jokes.
Mocha-colored Formica facades and chrome-finished appliances (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
"In every project we strive to feel nature and green inside the house as well, but not like that" (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
"We did a lot of thinking and decided to close the flooring with new tiles without pouring concrete all over the basement floor, which would have jumped the budget. In order not to give up on the bathroom idea altogether, we created a small shower inside the guest toilet on the entrance floor."
Originally the renovation was designed as a more spot and was supposed to include renovating the kitchen, replacing the flooring and guest services planning, but it soon expanded throughout the house: "Problems with plumbing, electrical and water systems required us to replace infrastructure and open walls and floors. "We also renovated the two bathrooms on the living floor and on the way I changed the design of the rooms so that they fit exactly to the needs of each member of the family. It was of course a great opportunity to do styling for the bedrooms."
On the way, the design of the rooms has changed to suit the needs of the tenants (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
The large space between the children's bedrooms has become a lovely family corner (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
A magical bunk bed designed and created custom by a talented carpenter (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
All bedrooms have received a new styling (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
From the beginning, one of the overarching goals of the renovation was to create a bright and experiential living space, designed in a European atmosphere and in a monochromatic and relaxed palette.
The use of natural materials with which Freudman chose to work and many motifs made of oak, intensified the relaxed feeling.
Prior to the renovation, she prepared an inspiration board with all the shades and materials, as well as a three-dimensional model, which allowed the couple to imagine and pinpoint their dreams.
The result is a fusion of European-modern-warm style with a hint of the Jaffa style - a fusion between the Scandinavian and Japanese style, which is expressed in simplicity, minimalism and the use of natural materials.
Large porcelain granite tiles (1.20 / 1.20 m) were glued onto the old flooring.
Goshen wood slices that meet parquet of the same color chosen for the living floor were glued to the concrete stairwells.
In the bathrooms, Freudman created power walls made of wood-like porcelain granite tiles, which echo the atmosphere in the house.
Calm colors and zero presence of screens.
The parents' bedroom (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
Two bathrooms were renovated (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
And the designer created power walls in them with the help of wood-like porcelain granite tiles (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
The master bedroom is decorated in calm colors, without a TV screen - minimum distractions and whims and maximum harmony that is reflected in the furniture and the various elements.
In the bedrooms of the older children, the designer designed a magical bunk bed with the help of an artist carpenter who brings a lot of character to the room.
The two's youngest son won a room in a younger design that is age - appropriate, but with an option to change it easily in the future, without much expense, and adapt it to the adolescent child.
Goshen pieces of wood were glued to the steps of the stairs (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
The landlady received a nice office with a transparent front (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
A more reasonable way to enjoy the trees that surround the house - the garden (Photo: Itzik Eliyahu)
"On the ground floor, I created an office with a transparent front for the mother of the family so that she can work from home and be on hand and in contact with the children - privacy and at the same time transparency," explains the designer.
The Rish sofa located in the living room has been designed CUSTOM MADE for the family members and allows an open view of the garden, so that it can also be enjoyed from the inside.
I designed the new kitchen in the shape of an animal with a counter for breakfast or light meals. "
"It was important for the couple to let in as much natural light as possible, and at the same time artificial light that will illuminate the space and in particular the work surfaces. .
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