{"id":3407,"date":"2025-10-21T17:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/2025\/10\/21\/reader-rehab-an-art-nouveau-apartment-in-antwerp\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:09:42","slug":"reader-rehab-an-art-nouveau-apartment-in-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/reader-rehab-an-art-nouveau-apartment-in-antwerp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e1f\u0e37\u0e49\u0e19\u0e1f\u0e39\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19: \u0e2d\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e15\u0e40\u0e21\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e2a\u0e44\u0e15\u0e25\u0e4c\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e15\u0e19\u0e39\u0e42\u0e27\u0e43\u0e19\u0e41\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e27\u0e34\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e1b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When graphic designer (and Remodelista reader) Davy Dooms purchased an 850-square-foot apartment located in an Art Nouveau house in Antwerp, his goal was to create a blank canvas. \u201cIn all my work projects, I start by defining a working color palette,\u201d\u009d he says. \u201cI did the same thing in the decorating and furnishing of my own apartment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dooms took his color cues from a favorite exhibition poster; using a palette of \u201cwhite, black, brown, gray, and orange; this is the color combination that makes it all seem whole,\u201d\u009d he says. The rooms have a spacious feel, due to the high ceilings; Dooms\u2019 main intervention was to update the bedroom suite: He replaced the bathtub with a walk-in shower, installed a new sink, and painted the walls white to match the rest of the apartment. With his new blank canvas, he began layering in the only way he knows how.<\/p>\n<p>Photography by Niko Caignie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/42834516736255752.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: Dooms\u2019 styling inspiration is a mix of Scandinavian and American midcentury. The low shelving to the right is integral to the kitchen island.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4327502315019610257.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: A poster from Danish midcentury designer Poul Kjaerholm\u2019s retrospective in 2006 was the starting point for Dooms\u2019 color palette for the apartment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5432346324333151139.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: The kitchen cabinets and island, designed by architect Sofie De Clercq, were a minimalist insertion into the Art Nouveau shell and were installed by the previous owner. (For another look at a minimalist kitchen insertion into a 19th century building, see Minimalist Moves in a Chelsea Townhouse.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5257070816953705289.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: The wood in the midcentury tableware brings color into the otherwise black and white dining room.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/8535313299555905855.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>Above: Dooms\u2019 color palette\u2013white, black, brown, gray, and orange\u2013comes together in the living room.<\/p>\n<p>Above: In the dining room, Dooms\u2019 interventions were minimal. He rebuffed the existing floor and changed the window treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Above: In the bedroom suite, Dooms installed a wood floor to match the existing ones in the dining room and living room.<\/p>\n<p>Above: An Eames chair anchors a corner in the bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>Above: A view from the bedroom to the living room.<\/p>\n<p>Above: Dooms replaced the original sink and installed a new sink mirror and black countertop.<\/p>\n<p>Above: The new walk-in shower replaced a bathtub; Dooms built a cabinet around the boiler.<\/p>\n<p>Above L: The bedroom unit was originally painted green. Above R: A view into the bathroom reveals a corner of the bathtub which Dooms removed.<\/p>\n<p>Above L: The original sink. Above R. The location of the bathtub, which Dooms replaced with a walk-in shower.<\/p>\n<p>Above: The sole reminder of the apartment\u2019s green past: a cactus.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy of midcentury design remains stronger than ever. See 725 images of Midcentury Furniture in our Gallery of rooms and spaces.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d Davy Dooms \u0e19\u0e31\u0e01\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e01\u0e23\u0e32\u0e1f\u0e34\u0e01 (\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e1c\u0e39\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e48\u0e32\u0e19 Remodelista) \u0e0b\u0e37\u0e49\u0e2d\u0e2d\u0e1e\u0e32\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e15\u0e40\u0e21\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e02\u0e19\u0e32\u0e14 850 \u0e15\u0e32\u0e23\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1f\u0e38\u0e15\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e15\u0e31\u0e49\u0e07\u0e2d\u0e22\u0e39\u0e48\u0e43\u0e19\u0e1a\u0e49\u0e32\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e44\u0e15\u0e25\u0e4c\u0e2d\u0e32\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e15\u0e19\u0e39\u0e42\u0e27\u0e43\u0e19\u0e40\u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e41\u0e2d\u0e19\u0e15\u0e4c\u0e40\u0e27\u0e34\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e1b \u0e40\u0e1b\u0e49\u0e32\u0e2b\u0e21\u0e32\u0e22\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e04\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e1c\u0e37\u0e19\u0e1c\u0e49\u0e32\u0e43\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e1b\u0e25\u0e48\u0e32 \u201c\u0e43\u0e19\u0e17\u0e38\u0e01\u0e42\u0e04\u0e23\u0e07\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e09\u0e31\u0e19 \u0e09\u0e31\u0e19\u0e40\u0e23\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e15\u0e49\u0e19\u0e14\u0e49\u0e27\u0e22\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e01\u0e33\u0e2b\u0e19\u0e14\u0e0a\u0e38\u0e14\u0e2a\u0e35\u0e17\u0e35\u0e48\u0e43\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e43\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e17\u0e33\u0e07\u0e32\u0e19\u201d \u0e40\u0e02\u0e32\u0e01\u0e25\u0e48\u0e32\u0e27 \u201c\u0e09\u0e31\u0e19\u0e17\u0e33\u0e41\u0e1a\u0e1a\u0e40\u0e14\u0e35\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e19\u0e19\u0e35\u0e49\u0e43\u0e19\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e15\u0e01\u0e41\u0e15\u0e48\u0e07\u0e41\u0e25\u0e30\u0e08\u0e31\u0e14\u0e40\u0e1f\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e19\u0e34\u0e40\u0e08\u0e2d\u0e23\u0e4c\u0e02\u0e2d\u0e07 [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interior-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeofmaterials.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}