Monochromatic Private Home in Shanghai Uses Concrete as Color Base

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Bathroom is pleasantly contemporary - Bathroom is pleasantly light and contemporary

Bedroom is typically minimal but storage-friendly - Bedroom is typically minimal but storage-friendly

Minimal home office is a distraction-free space with a built-in desk - Minimal home office is a distraction-free space with a built-in desk

Dining area comes with a pop of contrasting red - Dining area comes with a pop of contrasting red

A dark kitchen comes in minimalist style - A dark kitchen comes in minimalist style

A side table lamp adds an unexpected industrial touch to the contemporary home - A side table lamp adds an unexpected industrial touch to the contemporary home

Daylight is surprisingly widespread in the interior - Daylight is surprisingly widespread in the interior

A lounge chair completes the living room arrangement - A lounge chair completes the living room arrangement

Each room has its own space - Each room has its own space

Minimal TV wall - Minimal TV wall

Elegant grey color scheme rules the bigger part of the interior - Elegant grey color scheme rules the bigger part of the interior

An inbuilt yellow light runs through the ceiling to accentuate the monochromatic interior - An inbuilt yellow light runs through the ceiling to accentuate the monochromatic interior

Monochromatic Private Home in Shanghai Uses Concrete as Color Base

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Bedroom is typically minimal but storage-friendly

Minimal home office is a distraction-free space with a built-in desk

Dining area comes with a pop of contrasting red

A dark kitchen comes in minimalist style

A side table lamp adds an unexpected industrial touch to the contemporary home

Daylight is surprisingly widespread in the interior

A lounge chair completes the living room arrangement

Elegant grey color scheme rules the bigger part of the interior

An inbuilt yellow light runs through the ceiling to accentuate the monochromatic interior

Wei Yi International Design completed another project in Shanghai using their signature contemporary minimal Zen-like style. Concrete became the base color for the big part of the house, allowing very little color accents.

Keeping the living room monolithically grey, the designers mixed dark tones with white elements in the kitchen/dining area. They also kept bedroom, bath, and home office white.

There is some serenity in all this greyness. And thanks to high-end furnishings, the interior looks complete. Contrast in textures, again, plays a big role in setting the dynamic for the minimal interior. Polished concrete and grey-painted wooden slats play well with leather and wool of the furnishings.

In the kitchen the dynamic comes from difference in dark tones as well as an impressive black textured countertop. To really make a statement with lighting Wei Yi went with a yellow built-in light that runs through the ceiling in the living room like a lightning flash.

The rest of space is simple and distraction-free. Bedroom is only for sleeping, while home office’s sole purpose is to provide perfect conditions for work.