Greek designer Stamos Michael mixed his own creations with local artworks and modern furniture classics to form the striking interior of Esperinos, a guesthouse in Athens.
Esperinos is situated in the Greek capital's Filopappos Hill area, taking over a single-storey residence that dates back to the 1930s.
A number of Stamos Michaels' furniture designs decorate the house's living room
The house used to have a traditionally domestic layout, but when local designer Stamos Michael was brought on board, he decided to knock through all the existing internal walls to form an open, gallery-style space.
Dotted throughout is a mixture of contemporary and classic furnishings that are meant to give visitors a "new way of experiencing the cultural universe of Athens". A black staircase leads up to the mezzanine
A few of Michael's own pieces appear in the guesthouse's living room. This includes a pine and plywood storage cabinet that?s been handpainted to feature a black-and-white chequer pattern.
It sits beside one of the designer's lamps, which comprises two towering, rust-brown columns of powder-coated steel.
The home's kitchen is painted a plum-purple hue
There's also a sculptural chair by Michael that features a metal pole running through its backrest and a small stool he crafted from two blocks of stone found on a quarry in Tinos, a Greek island in the Aegean sea.
Guests can relax on a brown-leather edition of Konstantin Grcic's Traffic lounge chair, or on the sofa at the...