Polish studio Mistovia has paired plywood, walnut and graphite accents with a mishmash of classic furnishings in Plener Istebna – a pair of gabled cottages within the Silesian Beskids mountains.
The 2-storey vacation houses sit side-by-side in Istebna village, with slatted wood facades and shingled roofs that nod to the area’s vernacular buildings.
Created by architect Justyna Boduch to accommodate as much as 9 folks every, the 70-square-metre cottages function an identical layouts however subtly completely different inside designs by Katowice-based Mistovia.
The primary dwelling, Terracotta, owes its title to the sandy-hued ceramic flooring and burnt orange upholstery present in its open-plan dwelling house.
A round walnut desk defines the kitchen and eating space, which incorporates regionally sourced stools with time-honored decorations and a function wall clad with Ukrainian range tiles.
“The center of every cottage is undoubtedly the dwelling house,” stated Mistovia founder Marcin Czopek.
Stone, the second cottage, is accented by veiny graphite flooring within the kitchen and dwelling space, chosen to imitate the speckled look of marble.
“This supplies a strong background for the furnishings,” Czopek advised Dezeen. “Heat is created by means of copious wooden.”
Mistovia selected a collection of classic items to furnish Stone, together with an oval timber eating desk and a low-slung Seventies Danish armchair that after shaped a part of a modular couch.
“The furnishings comes from varied a long time and sources,” defined Czopek. “Becoming for the Polish-Czech-Slovak borderland, many items have Czechoslovakian roots.”
Each vacation houses function chunky plywood staircases that join their floor flooring with personal areas upstairs. Within the Stone cottage, plywood was additionally used to clad the ceiling of the dwelling house.
“The wooden pleasantly contrasts with uncooked concrete and clay plaster partitions with added straw chaff,” stated Czopek.
The dwelling areas throughout the 2 cottages are additionally united by modern stainless-steel kitchen cabinetry, cone-shaped pendant lights and floor-to-ceiling glazing that connects every inside to a terrace with views of the encircling Silesian Beskids mountains.
Upstairs, the personal rooms have been designed to echo their respective dwelling areas with tiled, glass and wood particulars and vibrant pliable furnishings.
Mistovia specialises in residential interiors and has rapidly cemented a popularity for bringing collectively uncommon supplies, as seen in an eclectic Warsaw house that Czopek and his staff renovated for an artwork director and her pet dachshund.
Final November, the studio took dwelling the title of rising inside designer of the 12 months on the 2024 Dezeen Awards.
