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Apartment · 60 m² · Łódź, Widzew · 2023

60 m² flat in Widzew — a navy kitchen with an island and a bathroom with a triangular mirror

Kitchen with navy units up to the ceiling, a lit wooden niche and a wooden island.
Photo of the finished interior, retouched with AI
01Result

How the interior looks

Some photos of the finished interior are retouched with AI.

  • Dining table by the island, with a brick wall and TV behind.
  • Lit display cabinet with wooden shelves and glasses.
  • Bedroom with upholstered panels, a desk under the window and wooden blinds.
  • Freestanding bath by a wall with a diagonal black line.
  • Wall-hung toilet in a lit niche with a dark slab, a door beside it.
  • Glass pendant lamp against wood and a dark slab.
Completed
Łódź, Widzew

The client came with four versions of the design he had made himself and a clear vision of a light grey kitchen. Something still didn't click, so I proposed a bolder direction: dark matt units, an island open to the living room and more seats for guests. The flat's angular geometry I sometimes hid and sometimes turned into an asset.

60 m²

floor area

New-build, developer's standard

120–180

thousand PLN · estimated renovation cost

Estimate based on Łódź market rates (2026) for fitting out a new-build flat with made-to-measure furniture. Not the client's bill.

8

weeks

From the first call to the finished design.

02Starting point

What the clients came with

New-build, developer's standard · 60 m² · Łódź, Widzew. The main needs and problems the project started from.

  1. 01

    A new-build flat the family wanted to fit out fully to their needs.

  2. 02

    The client had his own versions of the design and a vision of an elegant light grey kitchen — but something didn't fit.

  3. 03

    Very angular geometry: many angles, corners and an unusual room layout.

03Before and after

How it was and how it is

The same rooms before the renovation, in the design and after it.

Kitchen visualisation: black matt units with a wooden niche and an island with a table.Visualization
Kitchen as built in the evening: navy units with a lit wooden niche, an island and a sofa.Finished
Kitchen — visualisation and result. Layout as designed; instead of black the clients chose an almost-black navy.
Bathroom visualisation: a worktop with a basin over the washing machine, a triangular mirror and a dark stone-pattern slab.Visualization
Bathroom as built: wooden worktop with a basin, washing machine built in, lit triangular mirror.Finished
Bathroom — visualisation and result (photo retouched with AI)
Visualisation of a freestanding bath by a wall with a black line and a toilet in a niche.Visualization
Bath as built, a wall with a diagonal black line and a lit niche above the toilet.Finished
Bath — visualisation and result (photo retouched with AI)
Bedroom visualisation with navy upholstered panels behind the bed.Visualization
Bedroom as built: navy upholstered panels, a grey bed and pendant lamps.Finished
Bedroom — visualisation and result (photo retouched with AI)
04Process

From survey to finished interior

The stages of the design and renovation, as they actually went.

  1. 01
    Visualisation of the first version: a light grey high-gloss kitchen and a table with green chairs.

    The clients' version

    A light grey high-gloss kitchen — just as the clients imagined it.

  2. 02
    Visualisation of the second version: black matt kitchen, wooden island and a living room with a brick wall.

    My proposal

    Dark matt, an island open to the living room and more seats at the table.

  3. 03
    Bathroom visualisation with a freestanding bath and dark units.

    Bathroom and bedroom

    After the kitchen, the clients asked me to do the bathroom, bedroom, hall and child's room.

  4. 04
    Living and dining area in the evening: track lighting, table, island and a brick wall with a TV.

    Result

    The living area as built — in the evening, with the lighting on.

05Decisions

Key design decisions

What I designed, and why that way.

01

Problem The clients weren't sure about the layout of the living room with the kitchen and dining area.

An island that joins kitchen and living room

I added an island with seats: you can cook, eat, have a coffee and watch TV with the rest of the household at the same time. The table took more chairs, as the clients love having guests.

Wooden island with bar stools facing the living room with a sofa and TV.
001 — An island that joins kitchen and living room
02

Dark matt units

The space is open and the clients bold, so instead of light grey gloss I proposed dark matt with wood — with a loft feel. In the end we chose a navy so dark it's almost black: it links the kitchen with the navy panels in the bedroom and accents in other rooms.

Navy matt kitchen units with a lit wooden niche.
002 — Dark matt units
03

Problem The flat was very angular — full of corners and odd angles.

Brick, curtains and light

Some angles I masked with brick and curtains, and where the layout was an asset, I brought it out with LED light.

Brick wall with a TV, curtains on both sides and LED lighting under the ceiling.
003 — Brick, curtains and light
04

A triangular mirror in the bathroom

Instead of fighting the bathroom's geometry, I drew attention away from it: a lit triangular mirror catches the eye from the doorway.

Lit triangular mirror above a wooden worktop with a basin.
004 — A triangular mirror in the bathroom
05

Problem The clients wanted a large bath, and the washer and dryer had to fit too.

Washing machine under the worktop

I planned plasterboard boxing and furniture so everything lines up: the washing machine sits under the basin worktop, with tall dark cabinets beside it.

Washing machine under a wooden worktop with a basin, dark units and a bath beside it.
005 — Washing machine under the worktop
06

Upholstered panels in the bedroom

Navy upholstered panels with copper strips and LED lighting — something special, in the colour the clients love.

Navy upholstered panels behind the bed, divided by copper strips, lit from the side.
006 — Upholstered panels in the bedroom
07

A desk by the window

The owner works remotely, so he needed a large desk for calls. I designed the top so it folds away for cleaning the windows.

Wooden desk top under a window with a blind, wooden slats with LED beside it.
007 — A desk by the window
08

Problem A separate walk-in wardrobe didn't fit ergonomically — the doors clashed with everything else.

A large wardrobe instead of a walk-in

We went for a built-in wardrobe with plenty of storage.

Dark built-in wardrobe with two mirrored fronts reflecting the bed.
008 — A large wardrobe instead of a walk-in
06Materials

Materials and workmanship

What I chose, where it came from and what we kept.

  • Red brick wall with a TV and a wooden TV unit.

    Brick

    A brick wall behind the TV — it masks the angles and gives the living area a loft feel.

  • Dark stone-pattern slab with blue veins, beside a wooden worktop.

    Dark stone-pattern slab

    In the bathroom, behind the triangular mirror and in the niche above the toilet.

  • Wooden slats on the wall beside navy units and a white door.

    Wooden slats

    By the entrance and next to the kitchen — a warm contrast to the navy and green walls.

Where it came from
Carpenter-made furniture, chain-store and online purchases, wallpapers and plasters to order.

The clients bought the flat in Łódź Widzew as a new-build shell and wanted every room to reflect their style and needs. The owner came to me with four versions of the design he had made himself in free software — with a colour scheme and even visualisations. I really liked his vision, but in the living area something still didn’t click.

I asked them to trust me. I swapped light grey gloss for dark matt with wood, changed the layout of the sofa and table, and extended the kitchen with an island where you can cook, eat and talk without losing touch with the living room. The clients were delighted and asked me to do the next rooms: bathroom, bedroom, hall and child’s room.

The geometry was the biggest challenge — plenty of angles and corners. Some I hid with brick, curtains and built-ins, and some I brought out with light. Have a new-build flat with an unusual layout? Let’s talk.

In the client's words

„That was a pleasure to work with Anhelina on really not easy project interior design of not standard geometry flat. What need to be highlight — very good contact with customer. She's listen you, so feel free to be open with your needs and requirements — for sure Anhelina will propose your dream, perfect design.”

— Krzysztof M. · Upwork review

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