A light base, a sharp blue panel, and rounded edges set the tone from the first step inside. What was once a very dated apartment is now arranged as a modern apartment with blue accent, shaped for rental use with a clearer route through the dining area, kitchen, and bathroom. The strongest move is restraint: pale walls and calm surfaces let the colour and the curves do the talking.

Blue as the line that pulls the rooms together

The blue element appears where the eye needs a pause: behind the dining table, near the artwork, and again in the bedroom zone. It gives the interior a visible spine without filling every surface with colour. Around it, the palette stays light, so the sculptural pendant lighting can stand out instead of disappearing into the background. Even the custom lamp above the kitchen island reads as a drawn line in space, more object than fixture.

That approach works especially well in the dining area. The table sits under a pendant with an almost graphic profile, while the blue panel behind it gives the setup depth. The surrounding walls remain plain, which keeps the room from feeling crowded. In a modern apartment with blue accent, this kind of contrast matters: one clear colour, one clear shape, and enough negative space for both to register properly.

Curves where the plan never gives a right angle

There are no hard corners to lean on here. The interior moves through rounded forms instead, and the kitchen becomes the clearest example of that decision. The island is built as a focal point rather than a block, with soft edges that echo the rest of the apartment. It is one of the reasons the modern apartment curved interior design feels so legible; the forms repeat, but never in a mechanical way.

Steel doors add a different kind of line. Clear glass at the top and bottom is interrupted by Cotswold figured glass in the middle, so the doors filter views instead of cutting the rooms off. That middle band softens the transition between zones and adds texture without introducing another colour. It is a small intervention, but it helps the plan read as a sequence of linked spaces rather than separate rooms.

Lighting that behaves like furniture

The pendants are not background pieces. Their shapes are visible from several angles and bring a sculptural quality to both the dining area and the kitchen island. The handmade lamps above the table draw the eye upward, while the custom design above the island keeps the worktop from feeling flat. In photos, the light sources read almost like floating objects, suspended against the pale walls and the blue details.

That choice changes the atmosphere of the room without adding more decoration. One lamp has a softer, organic presence; another is more architectural and slim. Together they create a clear rhythm between eating and cooking. In a compact apartment, this matters because the ceiling becomes part of the composition. The lighting does not just illuminate the space; it gives each zone a fixed point.

Materials that run from room to room

The flooring holds the apartment together. Marmoleum runs through the interior as a 100% natural and circular material, and its muted surface supports the rest of the scheme instead of competing with it. The finish is calm enough for the blue accent and detailed lighting, yet it still has enough presence to anchor the open areas. It also suits the project’s practical role as a rental apartment, where a durable visual base is useful.

That material logic continues in the textures. A ribbed tile appears in the bathroom, the toilet, and several spots in the kitchen, including above the coffee area and the cooktop. Repeating the same tile in different rooms creates a measured kind of continuity. The effect is not decorative noise. It is a thread that ties wet areas and cooking zones together, so the apartment reads as one edited interior instead of a collection of isolated finishes.

A ribbed tile bathroom with quiet fixtures

The bathroom uses the ribbed tile in a way that is easy to read at once. The surface catches light differently from the smoother walls around it, which gives the room more depth without changing the colour range. A round mirror sits above the vanity and softens the rectangular tile field. White taps, white door handles, and white ceiling spots keep the details light, so the texture of the wall remains the main event.

Elsewhere in the same bathroom, the visual language stays restrained. A walk-in shower is visible in the image set, while a freestanding bath sits near the window in another view, framed by blinds and pale wall tiles. The room avoids excess. Instead, it relies on proportion, reflected light, and a few clear forms. The round mirror vanity is what the eye lands on first, followed by the repeat of ribbed surfaces along the wall.

Kitchen details that keep the room open

The kitchen island with stone-look finish gives the room weight, but the curved outline stops it from feeling heavy. Around it, the cabinetry uses a wood grain look that brings warmth through texture rather than colour. The work zones sit cleanly within the plan, and the island remains the central object visible from the dining area. Because the edges are softened, the kitchen can hold both preparation space and visual focus without feeling crowded.

Small decisions keep the composition readable. The stone-look surfaces, the repeated ribbed tile, and the pale ceiling fixtures all sit in a tight palette. Even the cabinetry niches and built-in storage follow that same rule: clear lines, few colours, and just enough contrast to define each function. The result is a modern apartment with blue accent that is easy to navigate, but still rich in surface detail when you look closer.

From dated layout to a clear sequence of spaces

What changed most is not one room, but the way the apartment is read. The old shell has been replaced by a lighter sequence of spaces where the eye moves from the blue dining backdrop to the rounded kitchen, then on to the quieter bathroom surfaces. Each part keeps a distinct role, yet the materials and forms connect them. That is what gives the project its strength: a small number of moves, repeated with discipline.

The apartment now feels designed around use as much as appearance. The dining area has a distinct setting, the kitchen island keeps its own presence, and the bathroom relies on texture rather than ornament. With curved forms, sculptural pendant lighting, circulair marmoleum flooring, and the ribbed tile bathroom detail repeated across several rooms, the project keeps its identity clear from one view to the next.

Photography – Denise Zwijnen

Contributors:
Bathroom – Eerste Kamer badkamers
Jaap Interieur
Keratine
Rhetap
Thuis in Staal