Renovation Apartment Ideas, Artistic Fusion of Original Italian and Wabi Sabi Style

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Wooden furniture and calming neutral color schemes

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Architect Serena Mignatti designs these Wabi-sabi interiors for the renovation of a historic apartment in Rome. The apartment uses a calming colour scheme and tactile materials to create an aesthetic that reflects the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. The interior design uses a variety of salvaged elements and textured finishes to complement the original architecture. Lushome presents this project demonstrating a quiet balance between the timeworn beauty of the past and the clarity of the present.

Salvaged materials and original architectural features carry a story, giving each space a harmonious, vibrant, and timeless feel. The Wabi-sabi apartment ideas reflect the residence’s history while filling the spaces with a unique, meaningful atmosphere. The modern interiors look personal, comfortable, and stylish. An approach that combined existing details, such as the wooden ceiling beams and parquet flooring, with contemporary interventions worked well.

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Salvaged wood architectural features

A color scheme of natural materials, including lime-based paints in warm tones, evokes the Italian architecture and provides a neutral backdrop for a range of reused and repurposed elements of the architectural designs. The interior design, furnishings, materials, and color schemes remain deeply in tune with the beautiful Rome.

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Soft, natural hues are not overpowering but quietly engage with the light, the natural textures, and the creative spirit of the place. Wooden accents within the wabi-sabi-style home increase the effect. Salvaged architectural features, such as doors, wooden tables, benches, stone sinks, the niches in the vaulted ceiling, and a spiral staircase leading to one of several private terraces, create a sense of comfort and a warm, welcoming feel. Contemporary underfloor heating and air conditioning, discreetly integrated into a Wabi-sabi-style apartment, create a more comfortable environment.

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Beautiful salvaged wood beams and neutral color scheme

The attractive apartment ideas include the artistic layering of antiques and salvaged objects and materials atop the existing surfaces. The spiral staircase makes a true home decoration, showing its beautiful design. Salvaged materials and architectural features bring unique energy into the apartment spaces. A creative blend of Italian and Japanese styles works well with Wabi-Sabi philosophy, which embraces imperfection and the quiet beauty of ageing things.

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  by Ena Russ   
   22.02.2026

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