Hacienda Apartment set out to answer a simple brief: a 150 m² home that felt contemporary without feeling cold. The result leans on matte wood, soft channel-tufted upholstery, and one sculptural gesture — a backlit wave carved into the living room wall — that sets the tone for the rest of the apartment.
The Brief
The clients wanted a space that read as modern and considered, but still felt lived-in — somewhere for quiet mornings as much as for hosting. That meant avoiding hard, glossy contemporary tropes in favor of warmer materials: fluted oak paneling, rounded furniture silhouettes, and lighting that softens rather than exposes every corner.
A Softer Take on Contemporary
The living and dining spaces share one continuous language. Fluted oak paneling wraps the walls, broken only by the wave — a sculptural, backlit form carved directly into the plasterwork that becomes the room's focal point after dark. Two channel-tufted sofas face each other across a dining table chosen for its clean, understated lines, keeping the eye on the architecture rather than the furniture.
Carrying the Language Into the Bedroom
The same restraint continues upstairs. A ribbed headboard wall echoes the fluted paneling below, flanked by rounded pill-shaped nightstands that soften the room's geometry. A wide curtain wall lets light wash across the space during the day, while the vanity and wardrobe walls were finished to feel like furniture rather than fixed joinery — a detail that took several rounds of on-site adjustment to get right.
A space should feel considered from every angle — not just the ones you photograph.
Hacienda Apartment is a small home built around one big idea, carried consistently from the entrance to the bedroom. Nothing shouts; the wave wall, the fluting, and the rounded furniture all point back to the same quiet, contemporary language.