City Chic Man Cave - Before and After Remodel

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I recently worked on a remodel of a condominium located in Speer neighborhood in Denver, CO. The property was built in 1969 and was in it's original condition. 

The space is very limited in this one bedroom condo, so we turned a spare closet  into dining nook area.  Local furniture designer/ builder The [ Object ] Shop built this seating area with closed storage inside the bench, display storage above the bench, and a seat-back that flips up for use as a bar or buffet. We also placed can lights on the soffit for additional lighting

I love open spaces, but sometimes creating  a visual barrier in an existing room can also help create an illusion of more room in the house. I used a modular shelvingsystem, the BrickBox, between dining and living area. BrickBox shelving is made up of patented modular library modules (boxes). Perfect for different storage needs:deep enough for vinyl records, cable boxes, books and just about anything that you need.

BrickBox is designed by Kazam Design; a furniture and objects design companycreated in Barcelona in 2010 by Antxon Salvador and  Roger Zanni, and it is sold here locally by ModMobili.

ModMobili offers mod furniture otherwise unavailable to the Denver and Rocky Mountain Community; designers, architects and design enthusiasts. ModMobili offers highly effective modern and contemporary solutions for the home, commercial space and contract environment.

I also designed a brand new, modern and more functional kitchen for the client.  

We tore down a wall between kitchen and living space as well as a low soffit to really open up the space and let in natural light from the only window in the condo. 

The really odd corner island with unpractical desk height counter with no storage  was replaced with floating island with a trash compartment for trash and recyclables as well as additional drawers. Client also got new cabinets and appliances. I replaced the small existing light fixture with pendants above the island and track lighting centered in the space. This fixtures is low voltage halogen fixture and the heads can be pointed in any direction.

We also framed out the outdated brick fireplace and gave the wall new splash of paint and white mantel.

...then finishing the look with some fun quotes in frames as well as floating shelves with fun accessories.