When renovating this tiny apartment in Sydney, Australian interior designer Dominic Kuneman adopted a minimal style to make the most of the small space (+ slideshow).
The 35-metre-square apartment is set inside a 1950s block in the Bellevue Hill area of Sydney. Before Kuneman's renovation, it was rundown and badly laid out.

It featured an L-shaped kitchen bench that divided the living area in half, and a narrow doorway to the bedroom that obstructed light coming through to the main living space.

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"The one-bedroom apartment had been given a terrible early 90s renovation and little to no repairs had been made since then," Kuneman told Dezeen.
"Add that to 20 years worth of tenants making their own improvised repairs ? it didn't look good."
With the aim of opening up the space, Kuneman swapped the L-shaped kitchen bench with a kitchen tucked into an alcove.

A custom-made sliding door was added to the doorway of the bedroom to better-connect it to the rest of the apartment.
When it came to choosing colour and material palettes, Kunman looked to minimalist boutique hotels in Los Angeles.

The entire apartment and most of the joinery was painted in a soft grey colour. Oak was used for the flooring, shelving and custom joinery details to bring warmth to the space.
Venetian blinds in the kitchen and bathroom were added for privacy, while sheer soft grey curtains line th...