Creamy brick walls, terracotta tiles and tropical plants feature in this São Paulo apartment by Brazilian designer Melina Romano, which is intended to feel "modern and bucolic".
The project's name, Hygge Studio, refers to the Scandinavian word used to describe a sense of cosiness and contentment.

The apartment contains a living room, kitchen and a bedroom suite. The interior design was overseen by Melina Romano, who runs an eponymous studio in São Paulo.
Romano and her team said they blended colours, textures and materials to reach "the exact point between hot and cold, between modern and bucolic". Throughout the 68-square-metre unit, finishes are meant to be easy to clean and maintain.

Terracotta flooring and tan brick walls lend a "rustic charm" to the space, the team added. Ceilings are sheathed with a textured wallpaper by the visual artists Adriana Pedrosa and Carlota Gasparian. Rooms are dressed with comfy furniture in earthy tones, including vanilla, beige and sage green.

In the living room, the team placed a cream sofa, a sculptural wooden chair and a woven rug. Suspended from the ceiling is a black fireplace, which contrasts with the room's soft colour scheme.
A focal point of the public area is a screen made of decorative blocks, called a cobogó. The screen was "strategically placed in the middle of the living room as a work of art that plays with light and shadow in space," the team said.

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