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.

Kitchen in a Trapezoid Room

Client: Desta
Location: Mataram, Lombok
Interior Contractor: WK Interior

The advantage of custom furniture is that custom products can be put into space where mass products can not fit into. This project is such a good example.

Summary: Drawing plan & photos

PROBLEM
The shape of the room is isosceles trapezoid. I managed to set the cabinet towards the tilted wall.

3D Drawing plan. Click to enlarge.

The core key is the kitchen's corner as the joint of two cabinets. I designed the corner table 20 cm higher than the counter top. The idea is I would like to manipulate the visual, let's say I attempted to create a visual effect to reduce the sense of  room shape which is irregular.

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.

Geoff Fowler's Kitchen

Client: Geoff Fowler
Location: Green Valley, Senggigi, Lombok

My client needs a kitchen within an open space home. Thus, in order to separate the kitchen from dinning area, I put an island table as mini bar.

Design Concept
I created a symmetry kitchen with stove and cooker hood as the central point. There is enough storage for books and accessories and water heater as well. I played around with bright and dark wooden texture to create elegant and dynamic look.

Kitchen and Laundry in One area

Client: Steward
Location: Batulayar, Senggigi, Lombok

My client is an Australian who just finished building up a house nearby Senggigi beach.
He has provided a room for cooking, dinning and laundry.
I combined the dark oak texture and black granite stone applied onto top table. The result is elegant. My client is happy with it.

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.

Home Office

Client: Heru Sutrisna
Location: Mataram City, Lombok Island

DATA & LAYOUT
My client needs an office in his home which is capable of accommodating work-activity. This office is located in the front area of his house. This office will provide equipment such as:
- CCTV
- Modem
- Telephone
- Battery Charger
- Computer
- Printer
- Archive storage
- Key storage

Layout plan. Click the image to enlarge

As you can see on the layout plan above, my plan is to design a computer-desk and a big storage with power outlet on both furniture.

PROBLEM
To accommodate the equipment/ gadget, the furniture must provide power outlet. Therefore, cable installation is the main problem. Cable must be installed inside the furniture otherwise the room will get messy.

CCTV cable. Click to enlarge

The picture above is CCTV and internet cable. All will be hidden and installed on the storage.

PROBLEM SOLVING | COMPUTER DESK
This computer desk is facilitated with power outlet and a box to save printer cable. You can see the detail below:

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As you can see, the computer desk is connected to the cabinet so the printer can be placed in the storage instead of on the desk. Following are the detail images of how this desk works:

THE CABINET
The function of this cabinet is to save archives, books, keys and also to save laptop or hand phone while charging.

DESIGN PROCESS
Following picture is the Computer-Generated 3D visual and the drawing plan.

 Visual 3D

Drawing Plan. Facing the Cabinet

Drawing Plan. Facing the computer desk

Under Construction

Final Result

Small But Roomy Dining Area

Client: Ridwan Maulana
Location: Lingkar Harmony | Lombok | Indonesia

The dining area consists of kitchen and dining table. Black granite stone is used as countertops for the kitchen. For dining table, I use wood material. To split these two different countertops, I create split level: the kitchen is 85 cm which is height-standard for kitchen, as for dining table is 75 cm height.
As you can see on the drawing plan, there is additional "drawer" between the wall and refrigerator. Technically, it's a vertical drawer with wheels instead of railway.
The top cabinet is up to ceiling, so there is enough space to save equipment, or let say: mini warehouse in the kitchen. Instead of common material such as mozaic, I use mirror to make this dining area looks light and roomy.

An Idea to Put Water Dispenser in the Kitchen

Client: Mrs. Suendar
Location: Lingkar Pratama, Mataram, Lombok Island

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In this project, my objection is to create a simple kitchen in small dinning area. The problem is: the space is so small that somewhat difficult to manage the location of fridge and especially water dispenser.
The idea is to put the water dispenser right beneath the mini bar. As you can see in the picture above, I suggest my client to use an emerging product of water dispenser with the water-gallon underneath.

About Pantry and Kitchen

Sometimes we get confused of the difference between kitchen and pantry. According to Wikipedia, kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation. Pantry is a room where food provisions, dishes, or linens are stored and served in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen. In my words, kitchen is for cooking raw food; pantry is place for food to place before getting served onto the dinning table.

Following image is a sample of my pantry design. Simply click on it to enlarge.

In the past time, within Asia home style, kitchen was mostly located at rear because cooking activity was categorized as a private activity. Nowadays, especially in urban style, cooking is not a private activity anymore. People tend to show what they cook. It is like how BreadTalk, in which people can directly see the bread making process. The company would like to convince their consumers that the bread is being cooked properly in a clean kitchen.

However, many people still tend to divide cooking area into kitchen and pantry.

Following image is a sample of my kitchen design. Click on it to enlarge.

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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SMALL BUT SWEET HOME LIVING

Client: Mrs. Lia
Location: Graha Majapahit, Mataram, NTB
Designer: Panglima Erlangga
Contractor: WK Interior

 The idea is to create small budget home interior decoration within a small house. I decided to create furniture which is inexpensive to create. Thus I applied wood-working looks alike furniture using plywood layered by High Laminated Pressure (HPL). I chose two prominent HPL with Walnut textures.

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Problem
The Indonesian style of home-living interior, conventionally, is that there are two living rooms available. First one is as a lounge for hosting guests. The second one  is as common room for family. Thus actually if you say Living Room, that refers to a lounge for Guests. 
According to the culture I've elaborated early, It was no chance to create two living rooms. Thus I design a common room suitable for guests and family. That is why the title of this project named: Small And Sweet Home Living.