{"id":184429,"date":"2025-08-29T11:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184429\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:26:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:26:14","slug":"mid-century-warsaw-apartment-renovated-to-complement-its-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/184429\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-century Warsaw apartment renovated to complement its context"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richly patterned Alpi veneer and honey-coloured oak parquet characterise this Warsaw<\/a> apartment interior by emerging Polish designer Dawid Konieczny<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Located in Warsaw’s Praga district, the apartment is housed within a 1950s estate originally designed by Polish architects Jerzy Gieysztor and Jerzy Kumelowski.<\/p>\n

\"DawidDawid Konieczny has renovated a mid-century apartment in Warsaw<\/p>\n

Konieczny<\/a> sought to honour the building’s post-war character when creating the interior, layering it with “warmer tones” and eclectic materials to add a contemporary touch.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to draw on the architectural context itself, so that the references to mid-century modern and modernism would be historically grounded in the building’s fabric,” he told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

\"Floor-to-ceilingThe living space is defined by a bespoke floor-to-ceiling shelving unit<\/p>\n

Spread across 55 square metres, the apartment’s layout was completely reconfigured. Konieczny transformed the former living room into a west-facing bedroom, while an open-plan living area was created from the original kitchen and small bedroom.<\/p>\n

The living space is defined by a bespoke floor-to-ceiling shelving unit crafted from swirly California Burr veneer, a material originally designed by Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass<\/a> for veneer manufacturer Alpi<\/a> in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

“I chose the wood as the defining texture that sets the tone for the interior,” explained Konieczny, who crafted the shelving himself.<\/p>\n

\"TimberAngular dining chairs were custom-made for the project<\/p>\n

The designer restored the space’s oak parquet<\/a> flooring by sanding it and colouring the wood with a new stain to “bring renewed vibrancy” to the interior.<\/p>\n

Konieczny balanced these contemporary updates with mid-century furniture pieces as an ode to the building, including Brazilian architect Sergio Rodrigues’s slouchy 1959 Sheriff chair.<\/p>\n

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Angular timber dining chairs were custom-made for the project, informed by the work of modernist French furniture designer Pierre Chapo.<\/p>\n

A petite, galley-style kitchen was tucked into the corner of the living space, enlivened by marble olive-hued tiles decorated with an abstract pattern.<\/p>\n

\"Neutral-huedThe bedroom offers a gentle backdrop<\/p>\n

The bedroom has a gentle backdrop of sandy hues and features a low-slung Konieczny-designed bed frame and delicate gauzy curtains.<\/p>\n

A selection of gridded tiles clad the bathroom, including a blocky crimson-red sink and black and white flooring and walls.<\/p>\n

“The tiles complete the design and create a cohesive and balanced narrative throughout,” said Konieczny.<\/p>\n

\"DawidKonieczny chose a selection of gridded tiles for the bathroom<\/p>\n

Konieczny founded his eponymous interior design firm in 2021. Last year, the designer furnished another Warsaw apartment<\/a> to echo the compact size and sophistication of a hotel room.<\/p>\n

The Polish capital includes a slew of other homes by up-and-coming creatives, including a colourful apartment recently designed by Mistovia<\/a> for food blogger Rozkoszyny. Mistovia was crowned emerging interior designer of the year<\/a> at the 2024 Dezeen Awards.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Oni Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richly patterned Alpi veneer and honey-coloured oak parquet characterise this Warsaw apartment interior by emerging Polish designer Dawid…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":184430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[11096,648,1032,103673,1033,171,103672,123,92915,94466,67,132,68,74770],"class_list":{"0":"post-184429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-apartments","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-dawid-konieczny","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-mid-century-renovations","15":"tag-poland","16":"tag-sectionall","17":"tag-sectioninteriors","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-warsaw"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115111813832920160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}