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Kitchen · 20 m² · Łódź · 2021

Attic kitchen in a house in Łódź — from a dark kitchen to bright units under the eaves

Corner kitchen after the project: white high-gloss fronts, blush wall cabinets with lighting, a dark worktop and marble-pattern slabs.
Photo of the finished interior
01Result

How the interior looks

  • Dining area under the slope: blush sideboard, TV and tall white units.
  • Units around the door: appliance tower and cabinets up to the ceiling.
  • Corner kitchen with two rows of cabinets and a lit worktop.
Completed
Łódź

The dark, wooden attic kitchen didn't match the rest of the house and wasn't practical. The sloping ceilings were the biggest challenge — they decided where every cabinet could go. I designed bright made-to-measure units with two rows of wall cabinets, LED lighting and colours matched to the whole house.

20 m²

floor area

House

55–80

thousand PLN · estimated renovation cost

Estimate based on Łódź market rates (2026) for a kitchen with carpenter-made units, LED lighting and tiles. Not the client's bill.

1

week

From the first call to the finished design.

02Starting point

What the clients came with

House · 20 m² · Łódź. The main needs and problems the project started from.

  1. 01

    The old kitchen was dark, impractical and not cosy.

  2. 02

    It had to look like the rest of the house — bright, with a touch of glamour.

  3. 03

    The sloping ceilings limited the units, yet everything had to fit.

03Before and after

How it was and how it is

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

Kitchen before: wooden cabinets with moulded fronts, pink tiles and an orange floor.Before
Kitchen corner after: two rows of wall cabinets, LED lighting, dark worktop and a gas hob.After
Kitchen — before and after
Window before: wood-panelled walls, a wooden sill and a counter under the window.Before
The same window after: bright walls, a dining table with chairs and three pendant lamps.After
The spot by the window — now the dining area
Visualisation of the attic kitchen and dining area: white units under the slope, table by the window.Visualization
The kitchen as built, seen from the dining area: tall units, blush cabinets and a sideboard under the slope.Finished
Visualisation and result. Units laid out as designed; the chairs and front shade differ from the visualisation.
04Process

From survey to finished interior

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

  1. 01
    Attic room before: walls and slope in dark panelling, a wooden cabinet.

    Starting point

    An attic in wooden panelling with old kitchen furniture.

  2. 02
    Daylight visualisation: white kitchen under the slopes and a dining table by the window.

    3D visualisations

    Units drawn for every slope — so all the cabinets and appliances fit.

  3. 03
    Evening kitchen visualisation with LED strips under the cabinets and along the floor.

    Light

    An evening visualisation with cabinet and plinth lighting — checking how the room looks after dark.

  4. 04
    Finished corner kitchen with two rows of cabinets and a lit worktop.

    Result

    Units made to measure by a carpenter, lit as designed.

05Decisions

Key design decisions

What I designed, and why that way.

01

Problem The sloping ceilings took away cabinet space and made the layout hard.

Units shaped to the slopes

I put the tall units where the height allows and kept a low worktop under the slope. All the cabinets and appliances fit, and the slope doesn't feel oppressive.

Tall white unit beside the slope, with a low worktop and small appliances under it.
001 — Units shaped to the slopes
02

Two rows of lit wall cabinets

At the clients' request I designed two rows of cabinets: more storage, and the lower blush row, lit with an LED strip, lights the worktop.

Kitchen corner with a white upper row of cabinets and a blush lower row with LED.
002 — Two rows of lit wall cabinets
03

A lit plinth

An LED strip in the plinth makes the heavy tall units look lighter — as if floating above the floor.

White kitchen units with a band of LED light along the floor.
003 — A lit plinth
04

Colours from NCS and RAL

I chose the front colours from NCS and RAL swatches so the kitchen matches the rest of the house. The blush shade returns in the wall cabinets and the sideboard under the slope.

Blush sideboard under the slope with a TV and gold accents.
004 — Colours from NCS and RAL
06Materials

Materials and workmanship

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

  • Dark worktop with a gas hob under blush lit cabinets.

    Worktop and appliances

    Dark worktop, gas hob and sink. Some items bought in DIY and chain stores.

Made-to-measure units
All the units were made by a carpenter to the design: white high-gloss fronts and blush cabinets.
Lappato tiles
Marble-pattern slabs with a lappato finish — easy to clean and beautiful in the light.

The attic kitchen in a family house in Łódź was dark, wooden and didn’t match the other rooms at all. The clients — a family who came to me by recommendation — wanted every detail right: bright, practical and with a touch of glamour, like the rest of the house.

The sloping ceilings were the hardest part. They limited the height of the units and the room for appliances, so I drew each cabinet for a specific part of the roof. The design took about a week, and a carpenter made the furniture to measure.

Planning a kitchen in an attic or a room with sloping ceilings? Let’s start with a survey and a conversation.

In the client's words

„Angelina is an incredibly talented designer, known for her exceptional skills and creative vision. Her work stands out for its elegance, attention to detail, and thoughtful use of space.”

— Adrian B. · Upwork review

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