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diverge from understatement, but does amplify it. At the top of
the stairs, which sits above the open kitchen and living area,
the upper mezzanine level further elevates the space, serving
as a semi-private study/reading room and an entryway to the
private master bedroom.
Chosen to leverage the lovely natural light, the space's
neutral palette highlights the hardware, finishes and furnish-
ings throughout, including Baltic Birch cabinets, a travertine
table, vintage Marcel Breuer chairs, an Eames lounge chair
and ottoman, and Isamu Noguchi pendants. Some pieces were
repurposed for new use. "In the kitchen, for example, we wanted
to save the stainless steel cabinets from the previous owner by
using them to create an island," notes Gunawan. "We made
custom cabinets for where the stainless steel cabinets used to
be, moved those to the island and covered it in the same grey
stone quartz and Baltic Birch wood aesthetic." Elsewhere is
artwork by Fong Min Liao, stoneware ceramics, a small library
of fine magazines and more. Because nothing is made to stand
out, all makes a statement.
As an elaborate exercise in deliberateness, Biscuit Loft
reflects OWIU's less-is-more ethos. "A house should ultimately
accommodate to the lifestyle of the inhabitants in it," Gunawan
notes. "It should always be well-balanced but not fully complete
in order to cultivate a growth and evolution process together
with its owner. The common user," she notes plainly and very
much in the spirit of the apartment, "uses their home to simply
live." Simply, and beautifully. owiu-design.com
NATURAL LIGHT
AND A NEUTRAL
PALETTE
HIGHLIGHT
FINISHES AND
FURNITURE
THROUGHOUT.
