Casa Mazzini Offers Scandinavian-Inspired Interior Design

Designed by Italian architect Matteo Magnabosco, Casa Mazzini is a tall, vaguely palatial residence in northern Italy recently updated with a new interior layout and decor.

An understated colour palette, paired back furnishings, and furniture informed by northern European design sensibilities feature throughout the Torino apartment, according to the designer.

Dotted with neutral tones, natural materials, and a collection of leafy house plants, the resulting interior intends to create a welcoming space for the resident, who is regularly away for work, to sink into when they return home.

“The project is characterised by a desire to create a sober environment, with a Nordic influence and relaxing tones,” said Magnobasco.

On the walls is a collection of colourful, organic fabric prints, interspersed with more graphic and geometric pieces of wall art, each hung off-centre and not quite aligned with one another.

This selection of vintage textile drawings, says Magnobasco, offsets the contemporary allure of the overall design to encourage a more lived-in feel for the paritian.

“I want it to feel like this place collects and tells many of the stories that have unfolded within it.”

From the entryway to the kitchen is a 34-foot-long passageway, a generous ante-chamber with room for a console lined with table lamps, and plenty of space to tuck luggage away out of sight.

On one side is a small laundry room, and on the other, immediately off the main entrance, is a guest bathroom with white stoneware flooring and pale green cabinets.

A suite of three rooms, including a 350-square-foot open kitchen and dining area, is tucked at the centre of home, all leading into another.

A gallery kitchen with sleek white and black cabinetry faces opposite a long dining table made from rich walnut wood.

At the far end of the room, large south facing windows flood the space with light, bouncing off a blocky floor-to-ceiling cabinet powering a television set, along with a collection of plants and artwork. Mocha marble stoneware tiles lining the floor, adds a subtle sheen throughout the room.

Made with Italian shelving designer Cognoscenti, the piece is partially flanked by a soft grey sectional curved around a coffee table in the corner windows. Adjacent to this inside space is a gravel floored terrace with outdoor seating and leafy vegetation.

The floor-to-ceiling shelving, designed as part of the well-lit lounge room (there’s one on the ground floor, in the downstairs office, too) in mind, and according to Magnobasco, “is a tribute to another of the owner’s great passions – literature.”

A master bedroom sits across from the lounge room, on the other side of the hall, with a corner floor lamp tucked between the bed and the south east corner windows.

The bed headboard is made with soft-splashed brown linen upholstery, ready to soak up any thin gleams of natural light, as the fabric diffuses the rays. Another, smaller walnut cabinet is tucked down the length of the wall, matching the cupboards in the dining area.

Similarly to the rest of the apartment, other elements of “the fabrics, colours, and choice of materials such as wood represent the idea of sobriety and elegance.”

The main bathroom is tucked right in the far southwest corner of the home next to the master bedroom, boasting a large tub, as well as decadent muted mosaics made from a verdant leaf green.