The Best Decorated Apartments and Houses of 2025

The Best Decorated Apartments and Houses of 2025 – These are the interiors that conquered us in 2025 due to their interior design. Decoration Ideas and Furniture Models

2024 is coming to an end, a year marked by a health pandemic that reminded us that the main purpose of our homes is to house their inhabitants. During these 12 months, we have published hundreds of magnificent and surprising housing projects around the world. Whether it is for their unbeatable location, design or incredible architecture, these modern apartment and house options make our list of favorites of the year.

Example of Scandinavian aesthetics

This Swedish apartment in a building from 1902 has undergone a radical transformation and now has a completely new look and a pleasant, elegant home decor. The authors of the reform preserved the original architectural details while respecting the works of the early twentieth century.

High ceilings that emphasize the feeling of spaciousness, plaster walls restored with maximum precision and new moldings created in the style in which the house was built create a unique environment that you can draw inspiration from if you are thinking of creating a home. Scandinavian atmosphere at home.

Iconic Furniture Festival in Moscow

This stop in Moscow was achieved thanks to the addition of two floors. The result is a 340 square meter space where designer Agnes Rudzite shows all her talent. Inspired by the 1970s, the reform is a balance between sophistication and boldness. The creator has managed to create a comfortable and cozy environment that does not give up on elegance. The combination of iconic furniture pieces that mix periods and styles helps to achieve this.

Natural tones in Poland

In Poznan (Poland) we found the Botaniczna apartment, where a surgeon and his wife live, in front of the medical clinic. Prestigious interior designer Agnieszka Owsiany designed this house, aiming to create a quiet environment and a break from daily stress for the couple. The 90 square meter house is structured for comfort, thanks to a soft color palette and designer furniture that ensures safety. Simple and minimalist lines, the use of noble woods and the fluid transitions between spaces are the hallmarks of the whole.

Updated 70s

On a simple foundation, the Heju architects studio adds some notes of color to this apartment in the French capital. Honest materials, attractive basic corners and handcrafted details define this floor that breathes elegance. Clever decisions, poetic interventions and sculptural pieces contribute to a brilliant result. On a simple base, touches of color are added to the furniture and all this on a screened concrete floor that dialogues with the wooden ceiling of the rooms. Also, Alvar Aalto's footprint is present in all areas of the house…

History and art in Manhattan

The studiolo was a small private closet for the study of art and science in Italian Renaissance palaces. That's the setting recreated from the studio of Of Could for additional guest space for the owner of the popular art gallery Splendid Peasant in Manhattan, New York.

A traveling collection of furniture and objects from the gallery itself, specializing in American popular art, is integrated into a 93 square meter space, along with sculptures by artists Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison. The authors chose heat-treated black granite as the main material for both the kitchen countertops and tabletops, flooring and shower cladding.

Its leather-textured surface captures shadows and reflects light, offering a variety of effects throughout the day. Many of the furniture pieces, such as daybeds, coffee tables and dining tables, have casters to reconfigure the space according to changing decor.

Mid Century Australia

Mim Design studio eliminated the darkness of this Mid-Century style home in Melbourne, Australia, and allowed natural light to fill all of its spaces, thanks to large windows and an open floor plan.

Designed in 1964 by architect Harry Ernest, the original home caught the eye of publisher David S. Miller and his wife, who lived within walking distance. They bought it almost on a whim when it went on sale. The bedrooms were dim, the pool was hard to access, and the luster of its heyday had finally faded. After a careful renovation, the residence shines with its own light.

Mexican inspired environments

We found this apartment in New York, where the owners gave full authority to interior designer Dimitry Reutov of Reutov Design to create an immersive and comfortable atmosphere inspired by the 1950s and the Mexican nature. Drawing on a combination of pink and green, the interior designer painted the house and decorated it with pieces he designed himself. This New York apartment is also enriched with works by writers like Philippe Starck and brands like Kartell and Roche Bobois. Want to get in?

Scandinavian style coming to Brazil

Of Greek origin and deeply connected to the art scene, he wanted more personal interiors that would make him feel comfortable in his home in Brazil. The authors of the reform of this house in the sixties are the architects of the PECLAT + CHOW studio, who have created a new and different design in this structure located in the Jardins district of São Paulo.

The old apartment with three bedrooms and one bathroom was transformed into an essential and modern space with minor interventions. Now, the owner lives in an apartment with a new material palette and enjoys the comfort of a large suite.

A garage converted into a Parisian apartment

Based in the French town of Clichy, French architect Pierre Louis Gerlier has undertaken the renovation of this apartment, which was a former garage in a house. The workshop responsible for the project reduced the circulation areas in order to expand the living spaces and make them more comfortable in this house located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the metropolitan area of ​​Paris.

In turn, a second bathroom was added, the master bedroom was enlarged, and a custom-made geometric wardrobe was built in the living room designed for storage, with a white facade interrupted by four circular structures in earthy tones that house shelves, a desk, and a comfortable round sofa.

The color palette of the apartment is diverse. Warm and soft tones are preferred in the living area, while a striking yellow color is chosen in the kitchen. The bathrooms, which have a common denominator of pink finish, adopt different styles according to their equipment. Finally, each of the bedrooms has a different color flooring, complemented by other tones that color the rooms. The result is a charming apartment, rich in details, bright and full of personality.

Portuguese classicism

In Largo do Carmo, one of the most emblematic areas of Lisbon, we found this apartment, a model that keeps intact the essence of Pombaline architecture.

Aurora architecture studio knows how to respect and value its past and has adapted it to a contemporary detached house. The logic of spatial distribution remains intact through direct connections between corridors and rooms.

Since minimal intervention was made, traces of the historical structure and its original condition were recorded. And contemporary designs and elements were added to the uniqueness of the historical building. The result is extraordinary.

Pure and simple lines in Tokyo

The admiration between Japanese firm Keiji Ashizawa and Danish Norm Architects led them to start the renovation of two apartments located in the Kinuta Terrace complex in Tokyo. A lung where you can breathe peace and purity amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.

To decorate the apartments, both studios partnered with Japanese furniture company Karimoku Case Study, who designed 12 pieces of custom-made furniture inspired by nature for the event. Wood, stone and concrete alternate in spaces, giving shape to designs made of pure and simple lines with details inspired by Japanese temples and garden structures. The result is based on an original fusion of Japanese and Scandinavian culture, where the quality of the materials and the timeless beauty of the compositions prevail.

Berlin in a 'vintage' key

The trained eye of German interior designer Gisbert Pöppler allowed him to see a world of possibilities in this abandoned and dilapidated apartment in the heart of East Berlin. After renovation, the house from 1890 is a living history of Berlin thanks to reclaimed furniture.

Its creator has taken advantage of the patina of time, preserving certain original elements and adding new objects, always in an old key. Entering the apartment is now quite an experience.

Contemporary luxury in Melbourne

Knowing how to interpret the past is a skill possessed by Studio Tate, who transformed Armadale Residence II, an early 20th-century home in Melbourne, into a present-day retreat that never gives up on its origins.

The house came to life in the hands of this Australian studio, which interprets space, respects traces of the past and embodies the best of the future. Incentives? High ceilings with cornices, large windows illuminating private spaces and a garden where time stands still. The result is a house with its feet in the past and its head in the future.

Minimalism in a Lisbon duplex

Duarte Caldas.Architectural Design (DC.AD) studio redesigned this 60 square meter duplex apartment in the Portuguese capital. It is finished in pink and black with a light brushstroke of gray.

All walls and obstacles on the ground floor were removed to create a single spacious lounge area. For this purpose, the structure was reinforced with a new system of metal beams and columns. Functional distribution and minimalist style prevail throughout the house.

Bold colors on stage

In the heart of Rome’s Appio Latino neighborhood, a few steps from Caffarella Park, Roman duo La Macchina Studio have transformed a 50s apartment into a surreal environment where reality and fiction coexist like on a theater stage. Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach of the two founders, the apartment celebrates graphic design in a project that combines architecture, theater, music and illustration.

In keeping with the tastes of the young couple who love pop aesthetics, the architects reclaimed the pre-existing Venetian terrazzo flooring and completely changed the interior layout to make room for a new narrative. The result is a home that is as playful as it is comfortable.