Apartment on Fabryczna Street in Kraków by One Desk
Apartment on Fabryczna Street in Kraków is a family apartment in Poland, shaped by One Desk around books, art, and a gentle palette. The project turns a northwest-corner unit in a new residential building into a calm, flexible home that feels intentionally unfinished, leaving room for furniture to move, collections to grow, and routines to shift over time.
Soft daylight moves in from the northwest, catching the grain of honey-colored oak and the deep indigo of a door left slightly ajar. Nothing feels over-staged; the rooms hold just enough order for a young family and just enough looseness for future shifts in daily rhythm.
This apartment in a recently built residential block is home to a couple and their child, and One Desk treats it as an ongoing, open-ended interior. Rather than lock every surface into built-ins, the architects lean on color, freestanding furniture, and art to shape character, so the rooms stay adaptable. The work orbits around palette and furnishing—how wood tones, painted planes, and movable pieces carry the life of the home.
Keeping The Plan Loose
The original developer layout remains legible, yet One Desk adjusts it just enough to support how the family actually lives. The living room grows in size, taking on more of the apartment’s daily load as the place for reading, playing, and conversation. Near the kitchen, a new pantry slips into what had been unassigned area, adding storage without pressing in on the main rooms. Small shifts in partition walls conceal the refrigerator and carve out a decorative niche, so utility and display sit side by side.
Warm Wood As Ground
Underfoot, honey-colored oak parquet ties the rooms together and sets a consistent, warm ground for every piece of furniture. The pattern holds quiet, which lets the natural variation in the boards register without visual noise. In the kitchen, walnut veneer deepens the mood, bringing a darker wood tone that still feels related to the floor. The combination creates a low, steady warmth, so books, textiles, and artworks can carry bolder accents without overwhelming the apartment.
Indigo Lines And Color Blocks
A rich, deep indigo runs through the interior, most notably on all the doors and within the kitchen composition. Each door reads as a strong vertical panel, a kind of moving wall that catches light differently as the day turns. In the kitchen, indigo meets walnut and the adjacent green sofa, setting up a calm trio of hues. That depth of color anchors the rooms, so the looser arrangement of furniture and art still feels intentional.
Freestanding Pieces, Books And Art
Rather than line every wall with custom millwork, the apartment leans on freestanding furniture that can shift as the family’s needs change. Sofas, tables, and storage units stand clear of each other, leaving the perimeter open for new finds or rearranged artwork. The clients’ large collection of books and several artworks take over the living room walls, turning them into an evolving backdrop for everyday life. Loose compositions of frames and stacked volumes reinforce the sense that the home is still in motion, not locked into a single moment.
In the evening, light slides across oak parquet, indigo doors, and the green sofa, catching on book spines and the edge of a painted canvas. The apartment on Fabryczna Street reads as a warm, adaptable interior where color and furniture carry as much weight as walls. It stays ready for the family’s next chapter, whatever they choose to bring through that indigo door.
Photography courtesy of One Desk
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