Mr Lalu Arya's Home | First Floor

Client: Mr Lalu Arya
Location: Mataram, Indonesia
Interior Contractor: WK Interior

Before getting started, let me put it this way: In Indonesia, ground floor is perceived as first floor. So when I say first floor, it reffers to the lowest floor.

Now, let's get started.

This 3 floors house is belonged to a couple who runs restaurant business. Mr and Mrs Arya have been building their new house with sophisticated fixture including fish pond on second floor with side pool and jacuzzi on third floor. The first floor contains of: kitchen and master bedroom.

PROBLEM
My client started contacting me as soon as the walls were raw built but not finished yet. Rooms are already existed including cable installation and concrete ceiling. The problem is: they did not hire architects for planning their house. Therefore, there are few issues I am concerned about such as zoning and grouping connection, circulation, kitchen countertop which is existed but not at standard height, built-in wardrobe which is situated in inappropriate location, etc. Lesson: Are you going to build a house? Get architects to work with!

KITCHEN
Following is the layout of kitchen area on first floor. Click on the image to enlarge.

As you can see on picture above, the kitchen consists standing unit for refrigerator and water heater, sink and gas stove which is going to instaled on to the countertop. My client requested a electrical dishwasher. I put it nearby the sink for plumbing efficiency.

The idea is to apply wooden ellegant kitchen with White as the accent. Brighter wooden texture used to combine with the darker one to create classic-look effect.

MASTER BEDROOM
As I said before, the problem of this project is that there was architect involved in planning the building. My clients have provided a built-in wardrobe storage made of wall in the master bedroom on their behalf, completed with TV antenna cable installed in the wall.

The problem is: In my point of view, the wardrobe is supposed to be situated there, however, built in wardrobe is not necessary as wasting space. All I can do is creating the wardrobe storage along with TV panel as efficient as possible.

The White colour depicted on image above is the wall. The sliding doors are intended to make the doors possibly opened. The intereseting fixture is: Do you see a Gibson guitar character?

At "sleeping zone", classic and modern are collided intentionally. The headboard is made of 4 inches thickness sponge covered with fabric in squares pattern. That one is modern. Wooden wall panel and oriental wallpaper pattern are representating classic.

Small And Simple Bedroom For Kids

Client: Agus
Location: Bale Pelangi Lombok
Interior Contractor: WK Interior

 OBJECTIVE
I have two rooms to design. Both are about 6,50 metre square. My objective is to accommodate all kid's activity and to provide enough storage for kids to keep their stuff so their bedroom will always be tidy.

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As you can see on picture above, this bedroom accommodates all kid's activity such as sleeping, study, playing games, watching tv and wardrobe activity. Storage is provided well beneath the bed to avoid messy look.

COLOUR CONCEPT
The idea is to create connection between two rooms through colour. The picture above is the elder brother's room. His favourite colour is orange and the younger one is green. Initially, I apply their favourite colours onto the wall. The next step is to reduce the prominent colour with white and create colour accent with combination of dark grey and the favourite colours of his brother, which is: green.
Following picture is his young brother's bedroom.

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As you can see, the same colour concept has been applied. Orange which is applied as prominent colour in the elder brother's room is getting applied as colour accent in the younger one. This is what I am saying about: Connection.

Secret Wardrobe Area

 

 

Location: Mataram
Client: Michael

My client needs a secret room in his bedroom. 

The problem is: I have to design connecting door which is camouflage. 

As you can see the drawing plan above, the idea is to hide the wardrobe room using two sliding doors as entrance. So when you open the first door, you will find a small storage for suitcases and clothes.

Kid's Bedroom

I am telling you a secret: In front of a mirror after shower time, I often whisper to myself, "I'm Batman!"

What we used to do in childhood tends to be considerable as ridiculous when mature people do that. This consideration, for me, is such a "character murder", a sort of violence that is more evil than Hannibal or Joker...

When I have a bedroom to design, specially for a single mature person, during the first meeting  I sometimes tell clients that there is a chance to have bedroom that keeps them connected to their childhood fantasy; nobody would know it. 

The Pianist

My client has a daughter who was about to enter university. She played keyboard in a band at her school. This was the idea I came up with.

 

 

Girly Warhol

Girls love Andy Warhol, especially girls of 70's.

My client is a girl who is nearly going to high school. She knows nothing about Warhol and his legacy. But Warhol is Warhol. His art style always be loved by girls.

Blue

Blue is the most favorite colour in USA. If you are not too sure, google it!

Boys tend to love blue. When I started designing a bedroom for my client's son, I was asking what is his favorite colour. His parents were not sure, then I kept asking: What's his favorite football club? Chelsea was the answer.

Donald Duck's Nephews

Another clients have three kids. They sleep in one large bedroom.

Donald's nephews came up in my head although I was sure these kids know nothing about Walt Disney.

Mom, Im not a child anymore!

Some teenagers do not want to get look childish. These kind of teens tend to love style of elegance, mature and sober.

Previously, I have shown you 'Blue Bedroom'. That room belongs to a boy who has a elder brother who feels he is a serious man. So I designed a bedroom for him with elegant concept.

Master Bedroom of Dr Yusra's

Client: Dr Yusra Pintaningrum
Location: Mataram City, Lombok

Layout Plan
The size of this master bedroom is 20 metre squares. I split the room into two different areas: Rest area, including wardrobe and hair dressing, and storage area, additional wardrobe to keep shoes, bags and bed cover.

As depicted by layout plan above, I use a standing TV panel as room divider. This 2-side- panel can be used as wardrobe storage on opposite side.

Style
My client is a young couple who both are doctors. Initially, they, specially the wife, talked about modern minimalist which form follows function. However, I offered them to add a little bit classic atmosphere by applying small amount of oak wood texture.

The wood texture eventually changed with maple. As you can see images above, wood colour is different between what has been visualized on 3d visual and the reality photos. This circumstance occurs as I have often told you that a design we created on paper tends to develop during the progress. But, this change is not going out of the design concept.

As shown by two images above, material of wardrobe's has been changed from solid ivory to mirror. I changed it into mirror to make the room visually larger.

ROSE POWER IN BED ROOM

Client: Dennis' Family
Location: Mataram City, Lombok island
Interior Contractor: WK Interior

The idea is to put red as accent into the bed room. As this room is a master bedroom in which the user is a mature couple, I choose rose as a concept to put into the atmosphere of the room.

I divide the room into sleep area and wardrobe area which is separated by a TV panel.

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