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Red Vico Magistretti dining chairs and a sculptural lighting piece delineate the dining room. The layout was altered so that the entranceway now opens onto the living area

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Red Vico Magistretti餐椅和雕塑燈具屹立飯廳。家居佈局曾獲改造，門廊現可通往客廳

Frederik visited 40 flats before falling in love with the light and the enticing position of his future house. The day was February 11, his birthday, which he believes brought him luck. The layout was given a new lease of life with some key changes – the entranceway now opens up to the living room, compromising some space in the once-larger kitchen, while the bathroom was transformed to a more private area with an en-suite configuration. The owner had little choice other than replacing the old flooring with cement resin, but this proved to be important in enhancing the feeling of space. "I started off with grey but I gradually felt the need for something lighter and eventually it became white," Frederik recalls. An exploration of colour led him to opt for earth tones with a light touch of pink in the kitchen, while the same colour choice provides a slightly cooler feel in the bedroom.

Greco區就是Frederik購下能捕捉米蘭神髓家園的所在地；更能作為流逝傳統的驗證，即使如此種種仍在街上可見。Greco曾是個擠於Viale Monza繁忙高速公路和鐵路間的鄉郊村落。一個廣場、一間教堂和一個市場便成了Greco當地人的生活定義——現在已混雜了新到來年輕人和土生土長老年人的地方，城中更可見多文化交融的痕跡。

被未來家園的光線與位置為之醉倒前，Frederik到訪過40個單位。那天是2月11日，也是他的生日，深信能為自己帶來好運。空間格局經部分重點改動後煥然一新——門廊現通往客廳，讓出部分曾為大廚房的空位，而浴室則採套房間隔設計，改造成更私密的範圍。屋主在選擇不多的情況下為舊地板換上混凝土樹脂，此舉卻能成改善空間氣氛的重要因素。Frederik回想道：「一開始選用灰色，但慢慢覺得想要點更淺淡的顏色，最後變成白。」色彩探索之旅促使他為廚房尋找混有一點淺粉色的大地調子，同樣的色彩配搭在睡房更顯型格。