Apartment Renovation LETNÁ
Two apartments from the 1930s, an entire floor, and the opportunity to rethink the layout almost from scratch. For this apartment renovation in Letná, we joined the two original units into one generous family home and clearly separated the shared and private areas. The main living spaces face the street, while the bedrooms and children’s rooms are set apart from the everyday traffic of the apartment. We based the interior on bleached and smoked wood, dark grey plaster finishes and black details – materials that do not need to be reinvented every few years.
Three living rooms in one
By connecting two of the original rooms, we created a living space of almost seventy square metres. We did not want it to become one oversized room filled with furniture, so we divided it into three zones with different uses: the dining area, a TV lounge and, most importantly, a central games area.
This became the real centre of the apartment. The sofas face each other around a large coffee table with plenty of storage for board games. This time, the television is not automatically the focal point of the living room. The place where people can actually sit facing one another matters more.
A table for everyone
The dining area forms part of the main living space, but has a clearly defined place of its own. The large dining table seats ten to twelve people, so it works not only for everyday family dinners but also for larger gatherings. We added a separate full-wall sideboard, keeping everything needed for dining close at hand rather than storing it all in the kitchen.
Connecting the original rooms also exposed the building’s structural columns. Instead of hiding them, we left them visible and emphasised them with a plaster finish. The entire living area is separated from the surrounding rooms by glazed partitions in dark timber frames. Daylight can therefore continue through the apartment while the individual rooms remain properly separated.
The kitchen at the centre of the plan
Unlike many contemporary interiors, we deliberately kept the kitchen separate from the living room. It sits independently in the very centre of the layout, with easy access from the dining area as well as from the entrance and private parts of the apartment.
The large island provides an additional place for quick meals and allows several people to cook together. White surfaces, dark timber and black stone repeat the material palette used throughout the apartment, without requiring the kitchen to become part of the main living space.
A study that can disappear
We separated the home office from the main living area with another glazed partition in a dark timber frame. During the day it remains visually connected to the rest of the apartment, but when someone needs to work – or stay overnight – the room can simply be closed off.
Unlike the bright living room, the study was intentionally designed in dark tones. Smoked timber, dark walls and built-in furniture give it a distinct atmosphere of its own, while allowing it to double as an occasional guest room.
A bedroom with a hotel feel
The private part of the apartment operates very differently from the large communal space. In the main bedroom we could therefore reduce the amount of furniture and focus instead on materials, lighting and textiles. An upholstered bed, wallpaper across the full wall and indirect lighting hidden behind the curtains bring some of the comfort of a hotel room, without the hotel anonymity.
The bedroom connects directly to its own bathroom, allowing the parents’ suite to function almost independently from the rest of the apartment.
A bathroom without tiles
We kept the main bathroom dark and used continuous plaster finishes instead of conventional wall tiles. Two separate washbasins, a large shower and dark timber continue the material combination found throughout the apartment.
The toilet and bidet are concealed behind a partial wall and kept out of the main sightline. The bathroom can therefore remain open towards the bedroom without revealing absolutely everything from the bed.
Renovations that change the way you live
What interests us most about renovation is discovering what an existing layout can offer next. Sometimes a few precise changes are enough; elsewhere – as in this apartment – joining two units completely changes the way the space can be used. Explore more of our renovations and interior design projects.
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Radka - 12. 8. 2026