A Garage Transformation Maison & Decoration

A Garage Transformation
Maison & Decoration

This "unique garage transformation" in Athens, Greece was originally published in Maison & Decoration; it (especially the kitchen) has us swooning! Owner Andreas Manolioudakis worked with architect Kiriakos Katsaros to re-create approximately 1700 sq ft of light-filled industrial cool.

The mainly gray, steel and neutral space comes to life with vivid artwork, colorful accessories, and playful patterns peeking out at certain moments.

Click over to Yatzer to find more close-up and full room shots of the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and living areas.

Via Yatzer; images by Pavlos Tsokounoglou for Maison & Decoration.

Comments (17)

Stunning! I'm drooling!

posted by AprilAries on April 15th 2009 at 1:36pm
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Stunning! I'm speechless...

posted by JenO on April 15th 2009 at 1:47pm
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wow, concrete chic! haha also love the table!

posted by xDaniel on April 15th 2009 at 1:48pm
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i love the dyed concrete. my brother did the same to his entire basement and bar area. it's beautiful.

the same thing is seen at MGM Grand (Las Vegas) flooring outside and in.

posted by s2k on April 15th 2009 at 1:53pm
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god this is great. the photography is blowing me away, too. i need to attain such focus...

posted by kdkaboom on April 15th 2009 at 1:54pm
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Kitchen chairs! Must. Have. Kitchen chairs!

Does anyone know where those came from? Probably custom. Aww, what do I know. I only just learned what Eames chairs are within the past couple of months so those things might be on every street corner for all I know.

posted by ThatGrrl on April 15th 2009 at 2:14pm
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The chairs are Kartell Mademoiselle .. they are available in several patterns and no they are not cheap. Then again nice and cheap don't happen often.

posted by Northern Dad on April 15th 2009 at 2:18pm
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Wow! This was a garage? Amazing!

posted by RedMaiko on April 15th 2009 at 2:23pm
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If you like those chairs, here's an entire restaurant of them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/art_chel/3329379319/in/set-72157614751886477/

The look of transparent acrylic and glossy concrete is really quite fierce. I'm really fascinated with the idea of pouring a concrete countertop and cabinet base in what appears to be one piece.

posted by art on April 15th 2009 at 2:24pm
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Not fair! This is so stunning, love everything but the bathroom that is a miss a bit too sterile institutional looking

I don't typically like those chairs but they work amazingly well with this grey back drop.

posted by LoriSF on April 15th 2009 at 2:38pm
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Wow, fenomenal apartment!!

posted by kocka on April 15th 2009 at 3:27pm
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this is my dream house... minor changes to suit my personal like....

posted by Anusha73 on April 15th 2009 at 3:35pm
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The chairs are not custom -- they're Kartell Mademoiselle arm chairs: http://www.allmodern.com/Kartell-489X-KTL1023.html. I've been coveting them for years.

posted by maaikeh on April 15th 2009 at 3:52pm
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(Sorry Northern Dad -- I see you covered this.)

posted by maaikeh on April 15th 2009 at 3:53pm
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Thanks so much for the info on the kitchen chairs guys! At least now I know what I'm lusting after.

posted by ThatGrrl on April 15th 2009 at 4:20pm
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The restaurant in the Blackstone (the Hotel) has those chairs too, they look very nice, but might be a bit small for non-tiny people.

I hope that room, which is gorgeous, faces away from the sun in Greece - it would be awful in summer (though cozy in Winter...).

posted by dn on April 15th 2009 at 4:37pm
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This one is definitely a jaw dropper. Simply stunning!

posted by eddie p on April 15th 2009 at 5:16pm
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