MNG Milan Loft-Like Apartment: Mezzanine Retreat For Creative Living
MNG is a tailored apartment renovation in Milan, Italy, shaped by Archventil for a client with a vivid creative life and a need for everyday practicality. The project reworks a tall interior into an open, light-toned home with a mezzanine studio, aligning measured planning with a calm, refined atmosphere. Soft finishes, layered curtains, and a clear layout turn compact rooms into places that support both quiet work and easy entertaining.
Daylight slips in from a large window and runs across pale surfaces, catching edges of the kitchen counter and the dining table below the mezzanine. Above, a compact upper level overlooks the main floor, giving the tall interior a second horizon without crowding it.
This apartment renovation in Milan, Italy, reworks a high-ceilinged home into a contemporary open-plan setting for one owner’s daily routines and creative pursuits. Archventil concentrates on an interior palette that balances light tones, visual softness, and a few crisp lines, letting layout and furnishings respond to how the client cooks, paints, works, and hosts. Color, texture, and fabric do as much organizing as walls, so rooms feel structured yet relaxed.
At the heart of the commission sits an everyday brief: make an apartment that feels bright and welcoming, comfortable for unwinding after work but ready to receive friends and guests. The team draws out the existing height with a mezzanine for painting and hobbies, while the main level stays open and fluid. Across the home, calm hues, double curtains, and simple detailing echo the owner’s “open and sunny” personality, turning practical choices into a cohesive interior character.
Softened Open Plan
On the main level, rooms run together in a single open-plan arrangement that still reads as distinct zones. A modern, functional kitchen anchors one side, its lines clean enough to recede when cooking is done so the living area feels uncluttered. The dining area sits by the large window, where generous daylight supports both shared meals and everyday laptop work. Light colors and minimal visual noise keep the open plan from feeling busy, even when different activities overlap.
Mezzanine For Making
Archventil uses the apartment’s notable height to insert a mezzanine level dedicated to painting and creative hobbies. This upper volume frees the main floor from bulky work surfaces or storage, so the living room below can remain focused on relaxation and conversation. Being slightly removed yet still connected, the mezzanine reads as a small studio where the client can concentrate while staying aware of the life unfolding underneath. The move turns vertical volume into usable square footage without heavy structural gestures.
Bedroom With Layers
In the bedroom, a clean, refined composition is shaped as much by textiles as by walls and furniture. Wide double curtains answer the lack of exterior shutters, giving the room a soft interior lining that controls light from day to night. Sheer layers can stay drawn for privacy while still passing a gentle glow, and heavier fabric brings total darkness when rest takes priority. Calm surfaces, orderly lines, and this simple control over daylight turn the bedroom into a quietly tuned retreat.
Light For Daily Life
Throughout the apartment, the palette leans toward luminous neutrals that catch and spread natural light rather than absorb it. The living room and dining corner stay bright deep into the day, making the window-side table a natural smart-working spot as well as a place for guests. Subtle details—soft textures, tidy junctions, restrained hardware—keep attention on how the home feels to occupy rather than on any single object. The client’s review, praising clear communication, kept promises, and a result “exactly” in line with her wishes, hints at how strongly the finished rooms align with everyday needs.
As evening falls, curtains draw in, artificial light replaces sun, and the open-plan layout shifts from work mode to leisure without effort. The mezzanine still holds its quiet glow above the living room, ready for a late painting session or simply staying unused, waiting. MNG stands as a compact Milan apartment where brightness, softness, and a measured plan work together to support work, rest, and hospitality in equal measure.
Photography courtesy of Archventil
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