Herringbone wood floor sets the pace from one room to the next, then stops under a wall of marble-look surfaces and dark joinery. In this luxury apartment interior, the floor pattern, the built-ins and the soft curtain layers do most of the visual work. The apartment was fully designed and furnished, with the interior design for apartments carried through into the kitchen, furniture, lighting and sanitaryware rather than left to separate rooms.

Herringbone flooring as the base layer

The herringbone wood floor appears across several spaces, giving the rooms a steady line before the eye meets stone-look fronts or upholstered furniture. Its direction helps connect the living area, dining zone and kitchen without relying on heavy transitions. Beige, white and brown tones sit against black details, while daylight from the large windows softens the contrast. The result is calm, but never flat; the floor keeps the rooms visually moving.

At the hearth wall, a relief surface breaks up the larger planes with a geometric pattern that catches light differently through the day. The marble-look surround sits in front of that texture, so the eye moves between rougher relief and smooth veining. Long curtains run from ceiling to floor beside the windows, adding vertical weight to the room and framing the seating area. A round table nearby brings a softer shape into the sequence of straight lines and narrow joints.

Custom cabinetry and wall built-ins

Much of the apartment is defined by custom built-in cabinetry rather than loose storage. Wall units sit flush, with fitted edges and a restrained profile that lets the materials stand out. In the bedroom, a built-in wardrobe bedroom wall is visible in a darker wood tone, set against deep curtains that cover the windows. The cabinetry does not try to disappear; instead, it gives the rooms a clear perimeter and keeps the larger surfaces orderly.

In the living area, the built-ins are paired with a marble-look fireplace frontage and repeated wall detailing around the hearth zone. Several images show the same relationship from different angles: relief pattern, stone-look panel, then curtain and glass. That layering matters. It keeps the apartment from reading as a single open room and instead gives each part of the plan its own edge, even when the finishes stay consistent from one space to another.

The kitchen as a measured focal point

The kitchen carries the same material language, but in a tighter composition. Tall cabinets in a wood tone form the main wall, while the work surfaces and backsplash introduce marble-look accents. The kitchen island marble-look surface adds another horizontal plane, lighter in tone than the cabinetry around it. Beige fronts on the island soften the contrast, and the whole zone reads as a sequence of blocks, seams and reflections rather than a showpiece built for effect.

A close view of the work area shows the marble-look countertop meeting a printed stone-look backsplash, with the joinery kept sharp and linear. Glass elements appear in the tall cabinetry, breaking the wood surface without adding noise. This is where the apartment’s interior design for apartments becomes most legible: each storage line, each finish and each opening is placed to support the room’s structure. The kitchen does not float apart from the rest of the home; it sits firmly inside the same material rhythm.

Stone-look surfaces and wood tones in the same frame

The kitchen island marble-look detail is repeated in the broader apartment through other stone-look fronts and panels. That repetition is subtle, not decorative. It ties the kitchen to the living room fireplace and the bathroom counters, where the same veined effect appears on a different scale. The wood tones keep the interior grounded, while the lighter surfaces reflect more of the daylight coming through the curtains and glazing. Between those two registers, the apartment stays measured and legible.

Bathroom details built around shape and reflection

The bathroom shifts the pace with round and oval forms. A round bathtub sits apart from the sharper lines of the vanity and cabinet fronts, giving the room a clear centre. The double vanity extends that horizontal line, with marble-look surfaces above and dark front panels below. Mirrors and integrated lighting sit around the basin area, spreading light across the wall and picking up the sheen of the stone-look tops. The room reads as compact, but the composition is open enough to let each element register.

Here, the double vanity does more than add storage. It sets up a long reflective plane that catches the light from the mirror composition and the surrounding fixtures. The bathroom round bathtub breaks that line and introduces a softer edge beside the rectangular counters. Wood, black, beige and pale stone tones repeat the palette used elsewhere in the apartment, so the room feels related to the living areas without relying on the same forms. The sanitaryware is part of the architecture of the room, not an afterthought.

Light, curtains and furniture in a layered interior

Lighting is handled in layers: ceiling fixtures, hanging lamps, wall spots and mirror lights all appear in different rooms. A large pendant above the dining table marks the centre of the eating area, while wall spots by the windows stretch the light line along the room edge. The curtains are equally important. Light fabric near the living and dining spaces, darker panels in the bedroom, and floor-length drops in front of the glazing create depth before any furniture is added. The apartment depends on these layers to hold its shape.

Furniture is kept quiet so the finishes can do the talking. A rounded dining table, upholstered chairs, a compact sofa and a low round side table sit against the herringbone wood floor and marble-look planes. The shapes are curving where the architecture is straight, which keeps the rooms from hardening into one repeated grid. Even in the softer seating areas, the custom built-in cabinetry remains visible in the background, linking the furniture to the wall structure and the apartment’s overall plan.

The bedroom closes the sequence with darker wood, a built-in wardrobe wall and heavy curtains that fall in front of the glazing. A single ceiling light sits above the bed zone, leaving the rest of the room to the grain of the cabinet fronts and the folds in the fabric. It is a quieter scene than the living room, but it continues the same logic: natural wood, stone-look accents, fitted storage and a controlled palette. That consistency is what gives the luxury apartment interior its clarity from room to room.

Photography by Peter Baas documents the project with enough distance to show the full interior and enough detail to register the joinery, relief wall and bathroom surfaces. For readers browsing more completed homes, the other projects offer a broader view of Ecker Interieur & Keukens’ work, including more examples of custom interior design, kitchen projects, bathroom projects and built-in cabinetry.