Get the look of this tranquil and thoughtfully designed writer’s studio: Designed by Marta Chrapka of Colombe Studio for a couple renovating a prewar apartment along the Vistula River in Poland, it also doubles as a guest room. Here’s a look at the key elements and sources.
Above: A pared-down writer’s desk with stacks of books and no opportunity for clutter. Photograph by Kasia Gatkowska, courtesy of Colombe Studio from Creative Flow: A Novelist’s Elegant Pied-a-Terre by Colombe Studio.
Above: A vintage daybed doubles as a guest bed. Photograph by Kasia Gatkowska, courtesy of Colombe Studio from Creative Flow: A Novelist’s Elegant Pied-a-Terre by Colombe Studio.
Materials
Above: The wall paint is Farrow & Ball Mouse’s Back No. 40.
Above: The wallpaper is William Morris Morris & Co. Golden Lily Floral Wallpaper Roll; $338 per roll at Perigold.
Above: For similar flooring, see the HAV Woods Herringbone Wood Flooring.
Above: For similar drapery, see the Pierre Frey Beaucaire Sable Linen Fabric.
Furniture
Above: The daybed is a vintage Knoll daybed. For something similar, the George Nelson Daybed in Walnut is $3,845 at Design Within Reach.
Above: The Gubi Beetle Side Chair in Fern Velvet is $1,104.15 at Design Within Reach.
Above: The Jean Prouvé Vitra Compas Direction Desk is $3,553 at Lumens.
Lighting
Above: For a similar vintage lamp, source a Maison Charles Bronze Lamp Vintage by auction at Drouot or on 1st Dibs.
Above: A similar ceiling lamp is the Atelier Areti Cone and Plate light fixture.
Above: The Christina Lundsteen Basic Large Cream Velvet Throw Pillow is €101.
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