Interior designer Susie Hoffmann, owner of
Bozeman-based
Envi
Design, converted a 1930s flour mill near downtown Bozeman, Montana into a
spectacular loft that she calls home. The area surrounding the industrial
building has a Brooklyn feel and just like the residences in Brooklyn, the
home’s footprint is small. The former office space, which occupies
the building’s top floor, is only 1,000 square feet. The open plan
home incorporates a kitchen, dining and living room, office, guest nook
and ample storage to keep the clutter at bay. The designer wanted to preserve
the industrial feel, with plans to possibly turn the home into her design office someday.
With concrete walls throughout, the designer add
mostly topical treatments such as paint, flooring, finishes and furnishings.
Since the space was not so big, she had to plan how to maximize the floor
plan and the storage without adding additional walls or
partitions. The design solution was a mix of concealed and open storage
options. Solutions included using open shelving to display dishes in the
kitchen, birch walls were erected in the bedroom to create closets and a lofted
guest nook in one corner offers ample hidden storage space beneath.
The home’s color palette was inspired by the loft’s views of mountains and
Montana’s big blue sky. When it came to furnishings, the designer selected
pieces of similar scale to ease the transitions between the different spaces.
Via
http://www.1kindesign.com
