Midweek Projects: Welcome!

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Sometimes a restaurant must have an entrance counter for keeping the menu books, placing the cash register, and also an introduction for the newcomers about the restaurant.

Welcoming desk must portray the whole restaurant in a compact way. The ambiance in the entrance reflects the food they served. The colors represents the ambiance you want to make inside your restaurant.

Bistro basically a small restaurant that is adopted from French small restaurant which served home-style cooking and slow-cooked foods. Although it's a small place to eat and drink, the serve the foods in modest setting in a moderately price for simple meals.

That's all for today. We'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: Opening Soon Part 3

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I am so thankful that I've got this far for the project in Azra Hospital in Bogor. Although it's tiring and preoccupy my brain that much, but I am glad I can make it this far.

This week is finalizing all the works for couple weeks ahead. The polycarbonates roof is set and this time, we have the chance to do the surface finishing like concrete coating and set the hexagon mosaic tiles. Still have to fix here and there but most of the works are already done. I am so excited to see the result. As all designers would have known, making a 3D picture into real is very delightful. And I hope my clients are happy with the result.

That's all for today. We'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: Office for Two

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I found myself drowning in inspiration of making a new design for House of Smichi's office. It all began when I was watching Mr. Kate's channel here. 

And then I was inspired to design a new office style for two, me and my partner.

Actually I run House of Smichi with my partner. But since he's the one with arranging the company from somewhere doesn't near the office, so I run House of Smichi alone. But it doesn't close the opportunity he will join here anytime soon.

And here is the design of the new House of Smichi's office. Separated with a glassboard divider, I made two areas. One for working area, one for meeting area with clients and brainstorming with our team.

In the working area, there are two desks that's separated by a big materials shelf in the middle. I made the design as comfort and cozy as I can so we can enjoy our most of the times here doing some interior projects.

And in the meeting area, we use a glassboard as a whiteboard to write something or draw something when are having meetings, either with the clients or brainstorming between the team. It attached in a ex-wooden pallet divider to separate the working area and meeting area.

I use the communal table when handle a meeting to add more spaces if we have meeting with the team. And we love to use a metal chair to add modern touch in the design.

That's all for today. We'll see you all again soon.

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Midweek Projects: Clean & Cozy For Hangout

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It's been Wednesday already and we have a request to design a clean and cozy place for hangout. So here's the design.

It's a Scandinavian style inspired cafe basically. Dominantly colored in white with grey and wooden texture accent in some part of the room. Most of the room is filled with wooden table top on brushed iron frame. The area is not big enough so we have to maximize the use of the room but still look light and not too crowded.

We still keep the bar area to make more seating area. This place is for everyone, although you want to hangout with some friends or just want to spend your time alone. This place is designed for you to be cozy and feel lighter.

If it's rainy day, there's a spot for you to put your umbrella and let it dry until you are ready to out of the cafe. And there's a newspaper and magazines stack that we put on a piece of iron everytime you need an update information about the world at the entrance.

We separate the customers' area and the employees' area with a door. We put a different color to make people notice about the changing room that not anyone can enter the area.

That's all for today. We'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: My Bedroom, My Style Part 2

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Last Midweek Projects we have seen our latest bedroom project in one perspective. This time, we are sharing with you the area behind the bed.

Right behind the bed is the dresser for doing make up (for the lady, of course) and some additional storage to keep little things in stainless drawers. We designed the mirror behind the peacock painting to give a little quirky feelings yet make the space more functional. And we combined the white color with industrial style desk. It's not that wide enough desk, but it's enough to get some free space while the lady do her thing.

The area behind the bed is basically a walk in closet area. We don't put any divider between the bed and the walk in closet unless a curtain in both side, right and left to make the area get more privacy. This is the unique thing of our design.

Since the room is not spacious enough to build a big walk in closet, the area is still divided into two area for the man and the lady. The difference is, the lady has an area to hang long dresses she has, while the man has enough drawers to keep his things and also shared with the lady (since men are simpler that the ladies).

Between the lady and man area, there's a door that connects to the bathroom. And each area has its own personal full body size mirror and a colorful chair. And also each side has a big window to enjoy the outdoor area too.

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Midweek Projects: My Bedroom, My Style

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Well, sometimes the style of your bedroom at least tells a story about your personality. Either you are feminist, romantic, or quirky like the bedroom owner who request us to design a bedroom in a little bit out of the usual layout of a bedroom.

The owner wants an open walk in closet, have a big mirror, and separated side for her and him. So we made this special design based on the owner's personality.

It's a little bit quirky but still well-organized bedroom. Dominantly in white with a little touch of charcoal, turquoise, and yellow for the color accent. Since it's too much boring to play in one tone color, we decided to add more colorful from the outfits the owners' have and the painting as the main view of this room.

We put the bed as the center of the room and as a divider between sleeping area and the outfit  storage area. To add a little privacy, they can turn down the curtain to make the process of changing clothes more comfortable. Each side has a full body mirror.

Not only stopped here, we also add the touch of the blue and white in Moroccan style tiles as the border of the bed area. The color also match the main colors in this room. And we also made the bed board from concrete as the unity with the flooring material.

That's all for today. We'll see you all again soon with what's behind the bed exactly!

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Midweek Projects: Cozy Living Room

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Inspired by the fireplace, since here in Indonesia we don't need fireplace to get away from cold winter, we've decided to make something different of someone's living room today.

Sometimes you need a refreshment into your living area. It's OK sometimes to look different from the others because different is pretty too.

Fireplace has been in our thought to be designed since a long time ago. But we have no chance to use the idea up until now.

We've designed a fireplace / book shelf in living room. In an informal ambient, we tried to pull the coziness inside and a perfect place to do homework, gathering as a family, and even working at home.

With no sofa, we replaced it with short wooden chair and two pouffe. The pouffe here can be used as coffee table too, and also as foot rest while reading favorite books from the collections.

That's all for today. We'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: New York Style Bedroom

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We are enjoying designing a bedroom in New York style. The room is so spacious but we create more space and minimize the furniture so the room still looks spacious enough. The unique thing about this design is a big window that shows the outside view of the house. So we can play with it like a giant live painting.

We put a bench between the mattress and the window, so the owner can work or read a book, or just enjoying the view. This bench also works as a headboard for the mattress. For the side tables, we add book shelves to keep some beautiful books. 

For the floor we choose grey tile as dominant flooring here, and we also put some Moroccan tiles to decorate the area surround the mattress. It makes the room not too plain and give a vocal point to the bed area.

And we are not forgetting to put greenery to make the room feel fresher.

That's all from us today. We'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: Cook In Style In Your Kitchen Update

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This is the update from the last post of a stylish kitchen we have posted few weeks ago. Here are some captures of real kitchen when it's built inside a house of a friend in Bogor. Enjoy!

Well, the basic concept is based by the client's want. She want a home in tree concept house. So the basic colors must be wooden brown and green leaf. But since the space is not too spacious enough, we decided to combine the wooden texture with bronze mirror. The mirrors will give the space more spacious but still connect with the main concept. And they can make the room free from boredom.

As the accessories inside the cabinets, we only use the dish rack above the sink, forks and spoons storage in the drawer, and a waste bin below the sink. One thing interesting about the waste bin is you don't have to bow down if you want to throw the trash. Just open the lower cabinet's door and the waste bin will turn automatically to the side of the door. A simple tech can make life easier.

That's all for today, we'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: Mural, Mural on the Wall

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Welcome back into today's Midweek Projects!

This time, we are going to share with you about painting your wall like this latest work from House of Smichi. It's not just paint the wall like usual with one color, but it's about make your wall feel alive. This art project named mural.

mural

/ˈmyo͝orəl/

noun

a painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall

Painting the wall or mural can be one of the alternative besides using wallpaper in your interior space. Mural can bring a personal taste that describes the interior space's owner, and also gives you a very interesting point of view. You don't have to make murals in every sides of the wall, but take one point that you really love the most to make it the center of the interior space.

One of our favorite mural artist is Koralie who's often collaborate with Supakitch.

You can bring nature into the space or you can play with typography with your favorite quote. Just make sure your space won't be too crowded with all things inside. Keep make it simple and beautiful.

Well, that's all from us today. We'll see you all again soon!

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Midweek Projects: Modern Style Studio Apartment

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Here we are with our latest interior design projects. This time we finished a modern style studio apartment in Jakarta about two weeks ago.

Studio apartment needs more spaces for storage. But since the space is not spacious enough, we have to treat the room carefully. One of the way is using mirror to get the lighter look.

Daylight view

Night view

Play with only light colors like light brown, light grey, or white. Darker color can be used only for accent, not as a dominant color. Because darker color can make the room smaller than it used to be.

You can set mirror at the bottom of the furniture to make it looks lighter and "flying". This can treat the small room even bigger. 

That's all for this week's Midweek Projects. We'll see you all again soon!
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Midweek Projects: Modern Sleek Bedroom

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Midweek Projects on House of Smichi is back with another fun adventure!

This is the final photographs for our latest residential project. It's all about modern, simple, and clean design for our dearest client bedroom.

The world map above the TV area is a place to place her memorizing travels around the world. And it's magnetic! So she can put a new pictures easily without damaging the board.

And for her favorite spot on the room. :)

The walk in closet to give storage to clothes, a shelf to display her bags and shoes and everything she loves. The shelf is right in front of her bedroom door, so whenever she come in, the first time she sees is the good mood from everything she loves on the shelf.

The wardrobe divided into two door-less area.

We are so glad that our client loves her bedroom so much. :)

We are looking for a new design adventure. Maybe with you?
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Midweek Projects: Modern Office Reception Area

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House of Smichi is back again with our latest interior project.

This week we have our design review from RB's Office Reception Area. It's a fashion industry office so we add a little quirky touch into the design. Well, enjoy the view!

Since they put the red granite floors already, so we have to match the red with two neutral colors and two accent colors to balance the red-ness. We put a handmade crystal lamp at the back of the reception counter as a represent of sophisticated style of fashion industry that won't end by time.

And for the guest area, we put a low pouf with a spot light centralized at the coffee table. It decorated with a big and round black & white rug.

To see more of our projects, just stay tuned! We will review our design again soon.
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Midweek Projects: Scandinavian Style Dining/Living Room

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Welcome back into this week's Midweek Projects by House of Smichi!

We are still continuing our last project of Scandinavian style kitchen for a special client. And today we move into the dining/living room.

We choose to make an open and combined the dining and living area. It's a not-too-big house so we must combine two rooms into one. We choose the dining room and living room.

Our client really likes reading and has so many books inside her home. So we make a small library inside the dining room. She loves to spend her reading time in a cozy place, but not in the bedroom. And she also loves eating while watching the TV. So we make a comfy bench with fluffy pillows and a big table with extra storage at the bottom of the bench.

Well, that's all for this week! Don't miss this Weekend Projects because we will reveal inside the bedroom in Scandinavian style.
So we hope you enjoy and thank you for reading!

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Midweek Projects: Soyokaze Japanese Restaurant Outdoor Dining

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Welcome back into our Midweek Projects by House of Smichi. This week's project is continuing from last Weekend Projects, Soyokaze Japanese Restaurant which has Japanese fusion style. While the last post we reveal the indoor dining, now, we reveal the outdoor dining. Enjoy!

Because the weather of the location that is really hot and dry, we design the outdoor is as cool as it can be. We put some plants to make the sunny day cooler.

We separate the area into two dining area: the conventional area and the Japanese dining area. We put the artificial grass around the area despite the real plants. The aim is for low maintenance of the operational.

We still use bamboo partition to separate each table to make privacy and we also still use the lantern with mason jar lamps as lighting accent.
At the Japanese dining area, we use Japanese low chair to add the Japanese ambiance. And we make a hole around the table so the customers can put their feet like usual people sit.

Well, that's is for this week's Midweek Projects. We'll see you again next week!
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