Haifa Apartment Renovated to Showcase Owner’s Vintage Collection with Functional Family Layout

In Haifa's Ahuzat neighborhood, a 115-square-meter apartment on the top floor of a 1960s building underwent a comprehensive renovation to better suit the needs of a family with two teenagers. Originally designed as a four-room apartment, it had been reduced to three rooms about 30 years ago to create a large central space. Architect and interior designer Yahav Marom, who advised the homeowner from the property search stage, restored the fourth bedroom to provide each family member with a private room and added a separate work area outside the bedrooms. The renovation involved demolishing much of the interior, redistributing space, and upgrading electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, and communication systems to create a balanced, functional, and aesthetically pleasing home.

A distinctive feature of the redesign was integrating the homeowner’s extensive vintage furniture and design collection, which had previously been stored in a warehouse. The collection influenced the apartment’s design language, including color choices and materials such as warm smoked oak laminate flooring and hexagonal tiles in bathrooms and kitchen. The walls were painted off-white to complement the teak furniture, which is prominently displayed throughout the apartment, including a vintage bookshelf and sideboard.

The apartment’s layout includes a long entrance corridor with built-in storage and concealed utility systems, a spacious living room with a balcony extension, and a U-shaped kitchen with light cabinetry and integrated appliances. The work corner is discreetly placed along the corridor, preserving bedroom space. The children’s rooms feature pastel colors and personal touches like a white piano and display shelves for collectibles. The master suite includes a custom closet and an en-suite bathroom with vintage-style cabinetry and pink hexagonal tiles.

Marom emphasized that the project’s key goal was to make the vintage pieces an integral part of the home’s design rather than afterthought decorations. The renovation successfully transformed the previously scattered collection into a cohesive, lived-in environment that tells the family’s story and blends harmoniously with the apartment’s modern functionality.