Many people feel that Chinese style is expensive and too boring, and not comfortable enough to live in. However, in the good living, we also see a lot of young residents, is using their own home strength to refute this stereotype. In the traditional cultural heritage on the eclectic, to make it more adaptable to the needs of modern people living, such a "new Chinese style" perhaps you can also consider.

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Here would like to recommend a good live in the homeowner @ Yin Yi, she and Mr. two people are traditional culture enthusiasts, but also professional architects. After graduation, they bought a small house with a courtyard in an old neighborhood in Nanjing and ****together they created a peaceful garden in the city. The garden is complete with rockeries, flower pools, teepees and bamboo forests.

In addition to the desirable courtyard, the space planning of their home is also very carefully done. Mini study, single corridor, raised floor tatami storage ...... They have maximized the use of the originally small house area, completely unable to see that the use of the house itself is only 58 square meters!

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Location of the house ?

Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China Room type ?

2 rooms and 2 halls Usable area ? 58 square meters

Floor plan

▲Before remodeling the floor plan: the house is located in the first floor, the type of house is the old house pattern of the last century, there is no decent living room, but there are three bedrooms, two large in the south, the small north. In addition to a yard there is an open-air utility room that looks like a yard.

▲The remodeled floor plan: the south-facing master bedroom has been converted into a living room, and the two bedrooms, dining room, kitchen and bathroom have been relegated to the inner room. The closet in the original master bedroom has been converted into a study. The open space in the side yard, which was originally used for stacking sundries, has been converted into a teepee for friends' gatherings.

LIVING ROOM

▲The octagonal door is one of the most important views at the entrance of the house, and it is also the boundary between the public*** and private, and between the inner and outer rooms of the house. Behind the octagonal door is the more private bedroom and kitchen. The upper corners of the octagonal door with three brick layers out of the pick, and then cement plastered into a beveled surface, of course, you can also use carpenter's board outside the cover gypsum board package out of the lower corners of the two corners of the brick must be used to avoid stepping on the air. In addition the lower part of the bottom and beveled surface to use oil-based paint, easy to wipe daily. Other parts can be painted with normal latex paint.

▲ Living room storage display cabinets living room double wall where there was originally a pilaster protruding, so simply use gypsum board along the thickness of the pilasters wrapped out of a narrow display cabinets, the middle of the hollow, double-walled window is facing the side yard in the bamboo.

▲ The big green pillow is our favorite, is carried back from Thailand with the big wood ... ... Every external door and window in the house are made foldable security net, folding ratio can reach 11:1, is the thinnest thickness on the market at present. This is the thinnest thickness available on the market. So that people at home can be opened, the security net closed to one side, with curtains to do cover, does not affect the line of sight.

▲ The living room is the center of the whole house, connected to the yard to the south, connected to the inner room to the north, the original small door connected to the yard, replaced with four through the height of the glass, you can open a single one, or all four open.

Bedroom

▲The window view of the master bedroom is facing the waxberry in the yard. Shade in summer and smell in winter. The overhanging table in front of the master bedroom window is 3.3m long, fixed to the wall with wooden squares, and prevented from deformation by a row of large drawers with thickness, made of New Zealand pine finger-joined boards, with a white IKEA liftable leg in the center.

▲ The double office area in front of the master bedroom window is basically occupied by me alone ......

Dining room

▲ Because the kitchen space is not enough, so the dining room also takes part of the kitchen supplies storage. This is a divider that was just added a while ago, and the shelving system now looks like this. Ritualistic Door of Crossed Lights - A tribute to the architect Barragán! Between the kitchen and the dining room, behind the doors are two large overhead cabinets that double as sideboards to store appliances and food, with a huge capacity - thank you for saving my little mini kitchen.

Study room

▲One person can sit in the miniature study room - the use of the living room's original storage cabinets in the recess, facing the side yard window view. 1.8m * 1.5m * 2.4m of the very small scale, but has its own power to make people feel stable. I feel that my body is wrapped in a small space, and I feel very secure. Bamboo shadows outside the window, light a small lamp, this is the best place to relax. The desk and the bookcase can be separated, the solid wood desktop board is stuck on the bookshelf, and the desktop can be removed.

▲Our secret bookshelf is a collection of treasures from our travels.

Kitchen

▲ The kitchen at home is very small, only 4 square meters ...... so the side walls, ceiling, floor, and even appliances are chosen abstract white, greatly expanding the visual sense of space. The cabinets are pure white lacquered models of Euromonitor, northward light is not very sufficient, lacquered panels through the reflection makes the kitchen look very open. With grease and smoke, a rag wipe, immediately bright.

Bathroom

▲Because small, so white. Only 2 square meters more than the bathroom, the layout makes too much headache. In the end, it was determined by discussion with the construction manager on site. Shower area canceled the usual high and low drop practice, through the slope of the same can ensure smooth drainage. The heater doubles as an electric towel rack.

The second bedroom

▲The second bedroom is very small, all made into tatami, storage capacity is unbeatable.

▲This angle of the second bedroom can look through the octagonal door to the living room and the yard.

Corridor

▲The hallway that connects all the places. After crossing the octagonal door, looking from the dining room to the living room, the solid wood ceiling of the overflow room is deliberately lowered to contrast with the living room. From the sunny living room, the kitchen and bathrooms and the remaining two bedrooms are brightened up in turn.

▲ From the bathroom out of the angle directly opposite the design of the design of a good idea of what you will see every day after the toilet ...... near view hanging a gourd, far view of the dining room wall of Mr. Chen Qikuan painting behind the hidden power distribution box.

▲ The octagonal door is the boundary between the living room and the inner room. After stepping through the octagonal door, it is like going to another garden.

Yard

▲ To make a garden is to make your own life and run your own world. The canopy, the fish tank, the pomegranate tree, the Mr. fat dog, the fat girl.

▲ Front yard: pile of stones to view and enjoy the flowers Ziwei tree, waxberry, cherry blossom and rockery are left behind by the former owner of the house, when the flowers bloomed can be strung together in spring, summer, fall and winter. A 2-meter-high bamboo wall was created by tying a circle of bamboo into the fence to block the view.

▲There is a brick platform in front of the folding door of the small yard, a place for drying clothes, and the platform is built to a sitting height, so that the family can sit around here and chat. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that.

▲The path that leads to the side yard. It's deep enough, like another place in the forest.

▲ Hanging hemp rope is the space separating the teepee from nature, and the hemp curtain on the ceiling forms a gentle wrapping of the space, forming folding waves according to the direction of the steel structure, blocking the sandwich insulation of blue flowers. A 2m4 long old elm table occupies the center of the teepee.

Finally summarize the key points to create a chic and fresh Chinese decoration:

1./ Say goodbye to heavy with light wood color: The first step to a new Chinese style without dullness is to use a light wood color, replacing those mahogany furniture and flooring. Ash wood is a good choice, very effective in brightening the overall space.

2./ Grille door, partition: grille is a very classic Chinese elements, can be used in the entrance, balcony as a boundary separating the space, but does not block the light and air circulation; can also be used as a sliding door, vertical stripes of the grille, will be more traditional Chinese flavor.

3./ Chinese garden framing skills: want to play a good new Chinese style, really want to learn more from the Chinese garden, which framing techniques used in home furnishings is very suitable. Octagonal door, plum blossom window, move step by step, it should be a wonderful experience.

4./ Bamboo grass curtains: Insufficient light is one of the reasons why many Chinese homes look heavy. Bamboo grass curtains are best suited for balconies and living rooms because of their light-permeable nature. The use of rattan elements can also make the space look lighter and have a sense of flowing "air".

5./ Unconventional decorations: Large landscape drawings are really hard to match the beauty at home. The good thing is that there are a lot more new and interesting original paintings and drawings these days. One tip for matching decorative paintings is to choose thin frames and more white space. Some handmade texture of the teapot, ceramic pots are also very suitable for display.