Home transformation: 5 DOMO projects and the decisions behind them

Every project starts with a conversation: how you live, what annoys you about your current home, what you want to feel when you come home. The concept is born from these answers. Here are five examples of how different briefs led to very different but equally personal interiors.

1. AZUR – onyx as a feature

The brief: a luxury apartment with plenty of light, where the materials speak for themselves.

The solution: backlit onyx around the fireplace and TV wall that glows like a painting in the evening. The same stone repeats as the kitchen splashback, so the living room and kitchen are visually connected. Buttoned dining chairs and decorative plaster walls add softness to the cool stone.

The lesson: one strong material repeated in 2–3 places creates a more coherent interior than many different accents. Explore the AZUR project.

2. Ravno Residence – warm wood and marble

The brief: a family home with children that is warm, practical and tidy.

The solution: a kitchen in warm wood and light marble with a curved island, open to the living room. The children's rooms continue the warm palette – with two beds and a study area in one and a reading nook with built-in bookcases in the other. The bedroom is soft and upholstered, with a sculptural light as the accent.

The lesson: a family home needs plenty of closed storage – then it can be both beautiful and practical. See Ravno Residence.

3. Vitosha Residence – dark wood and a personal accent

The brief: a modern apartment with character – a darker, “more dramatic” palette, but without feeling heavy.

The solution: a kitchen in dark wood and stone with an island with bar stools, a dining area against dark panels with hidden backlighting and a living room with a fireplace and soft curved sofas. The personal accent – a world map on the wall – tells the story of the owners' travels.

The lesson: dark materials work beautifully when balanced with hidden lighting and soft textures. Explore the project.

4. Terra Shtruklevo – a double-height living room and earthy tones

The brief: a house with a double-height living room and large windows, where the space should not feel empty.

The solution: a soft modular sofa and brick-red accents, a dining table for eight under a cascading pendant against a textured wall and fireplace, a kitchen with a marble splashback and a bar. The entrance welcomes you with built-in furniture and a display niche, and the bedroom has solid wood walls and a walk-in closet.

The lesson: in tall spaces scale is everything – lights, artwork and furniture need to be big enough. See Terra Shtruklevo.

5. Zen House – house and interior as one

The brief: a house where architecture, interior and garden are connected.

The solution: clean volumes and timber elements outside that continue inside. A living room with a fireplace and large windows onto the garden, a dining area under a glass chandelier, a wooden staircase with a metal balustrade, a children's room with a house-shaped bed, a home gym and a terrace with a pergola.

The lesson: when the architecture and the interior are designed by one team, the house looks complete inside and out. Explore Zen House.

What these transformations have in common

• A clear concept – every project has one main idea that guides all decisions.
• A limited palette of materials – 2–3 main materials repeated throughout the home.
• Lighting is part of the design – hidden LED lines, backlit niches and accent lamps.
• Custom furniture – built-in wardrobes, kitchens and TV walls that use every centimetre.
• A personal detail – something that tells the story of the people who live there.

“The best compliment for a project is when the client says: this is exactly my home.” – Arch. Katerina Taneva

Want to see more? All completed interiors are on the page Projects, and the journey from the first meeting to moving in is described in How we work.