JANKOVCOVA apartment interior
An apartment in a residential development, with the layout almost entirely fixed and a floor plan full of sharp angles. Definitely not a clean rectangle where everything simply falls into place. Rather than redrawing the whole apartment, we worked with what was already there and built its character through materials and bespoke furniture. Solid oak, concrete finish and black steel gradually run through the entire interior. And the sharp angles? Since they were there, we decided to use them.
Kitchen shaped by the floor plan
The kitchen occupies one of those floor plans you first have to come to terms with. No nice straight wall and no obvious place for a simple kitchen run. We therefore concentrated the tall units into a light grey block and kept the working section much lighter. Oak, concrete and black steel establish the combination that continues throughout the apartment. And because we didn't want everything to disappear into anonymous minimalism, we concealed an ordinary built-in extractor inside a distinctive black lacquered steel hood. The dining table follows the same logic – solid oak, steel and bespoke production.
The living room starts at the front door
Originally, the hallway was separated from the living area by doors. We removed them. Now you can see straight into the living room from the entrance, while the solid oak flooring laid in a Hungarian point pattern leads you directly inside. In the hallway, we exposed the concrete ceiling instead of trying to turn it into a perfectly smooth surface. The marks left by the formwork and the imperfections of the concrete remain visible, accompanied by exposed wiring and linear lights. And the sharp angle in the living room? We didn't try to correct it with furniture. We made the sofa to follow it exactly. The shelving system in black steel and expanded metal mesh was designed primarily to hold the client's collection of books – with enough room for more to come.
Wood doesn't stop at the floor
In the bedroom, we made one simple move. The oak flooring reaches the bed, turns upwards and continues onto the wall. No additional wallpaper, cladding or decoration was needed.
Against the timber sits a large bespoke upholstered bed with distinctive Lampe Gras wall lights. Behind the smoked glass is the en-suite bathroom. The glass brings daylight into the bathroom while keeping the two spaces visually connected. When privacy is needed, the curtain closes. Simple.
Bathrooms without the usual bathroom look
We didn't want the apartment to suddenly become a different interior the moment you entered the bathroom. So the concrete finish, oak and black elements continue inside, joined by stone and brass. Against the grey and black backdrop, the stone basins and brass taps are deliberately more prominent.
In the en-suite bathroom, the oak slatted structure beneath the basin continues into the partition. In the main bathroom, timber slatted doors conceal the washing machine and dryer. The technical equipment is all there. There is simply no reason to look at it.
From a developer apartment to your own interior
For us, a developer apartment is more of a starting point than a finished solution. Sometimes we change the layout; other times – as we did here – it makes more sense to work carefully with what is already there. Materials, lighting, bespoke furniture and details are ultimately what make an apartment stop looking like one of many.
See how we approach bespoke interior design, or explore our approach to designing a generous apartment interior.
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Martina - 11. 8. 2026