Home Studios adds soft seating to Italian restaurant Bar Enza
Brooklyn-based Home Studios has filled an Italian restaurant close to Harvard University with plush booths and banquettes to introduce colour and texture to the space.
Bar Enza is situated in a prime spot on Harvard Square next to the Ivy League college in Cambridge, Massachusetts ? just across the Charles River from Boston.
Home Studios revamped Bar Enza to include a variety of soft seating
The project involved the revamp of an existing restaurant on the ground floor of The Charles Hotel.
To complement chef Mark Ladner's menu, Home Studios pulled references from a range of regions and styles across Italy ? from Rome's trattorias to Milanese villas ? and combined them to create interiors that feel elevated yet cosy.
The restaurant's original floors and ceiling were kept intact Upon request of the client, the original ceilings and floors were retained. Meanwhile, brick walls were plastered and painted white to match the ceiling and to help brighten the space.
Freestanding tables and chairs were mostly swapped for soft seating, in the form of booths, banquettes and sofas covered in five different upholstery types to add variety.
Five different fabrics were used to upholster the booths and banquettes
The building's zig-zag glazed facade, which brings in plenty of light, creates niches that are filled with high-top tables surrounded by curved, pale pink booths.
Forming a row through the centre of the dining area, pairs of high-backed red sofas face each other across marble tabl...
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