Ronda Design and Fossati Casa Milano: a restyling project of a period home in Milan
Milan, with its rich architectural stratification, offers an ideal stage for ambitious design projects. Period homes in the city center or historic districts carry a heritage of history and style that owners wish to preserve. The renovation of apartments with these characteristics is never a matter of mere modernization, but an act of balancing the past and the future.
It is in this stimulating scenario that a recent and fascinating comprehensive renovation project was developed. The apartment, a historic residence in the heart of the city, required a total update of its spaces. The client approached the Fossati Casa Milano team with a precise desire: to keep the classic mood intact, preserving period finishes and details, but establishing new balances through the insertion of contemporary design elements.
The primary goal, therefore, was to achieve a fair balance between classic and modern, where the furnishings were not uniformly traditional, but included the insertion of well-calibrated contrasting elements. The team of professionals at Fossati Casa Milano followed the design from the start, working to define an environment in which history was not erased, but rather enhanced by the juxtaposition with unexpected shapes, materials, and colors. The final result is an environment that is neither just classic nor just modern, but a third way: a hybrid, sophisticated, and deeply personalized style.
The Focal Point: The Kitchen as a Chromatic Stage
The kitchen, an environment that has always combined functionality and conviviality, was one of the main areas of transformation. Its basic configuration had to respect classic lines, but the client had a clear functional need: to insert a kitchen wall unit to complete the kitchen that was extremely versatile. This kitchen wall unit had to not only be a decorative element but also function as a functional space to organize and visibly display everyday objects, accessories, glasses, and wine bottles.
To meet this need, our partner, Fossati Casa Milano, which carefully managed the entire project, proposed a furnishing system that broke the conventional rules of kitchen paneling (boiserie): the Caddy magnetic kitchen wall unit system by Ronda Design.
Caddy and the Captivating Chromatic Proposal: Pistachio Green Metal
The Caddy Ronda Design system is the ideal solution for this type of hybrid project. It is not a simple decorative covering, but a modular magnetic kitchen wall unit system made of metal. The choice of metal, in this project, was daring, and it went beyond the more classic covering alternatives in wood or ceramic. The metallic nature of the panels ensures maximum compositional freedom thanks to the application of totally repositionable magnetic accessories. Furthermore, there was no problem incorporating the practical pass-through window (passavivande), which the client strongly desired: the Caddy system, thanks to its extensive modularity, allowed for its integration.
But the element that gave the project a unique identity was the chromatic finish: pistachio green metal.
In a context where there was a fear that bold colors might clash with the period architecture, this shade of green, bright yet elegant, represented the perfect element of disruption. The color proposal, advanced by the Fossati Casa team, was immediately appreciated by the client. As often happens in successful projects, the vision was clear from the start: the pistachio green was immediately approved, becoming the visual focal point of the kitchen. It created that perfect contrast, balancing the environment and amplifying its modernity, without betraying its classic elegance.
The Advantages of Metal in the Caddy System
The use of metal for this magnetic kitchen wall unit is based on precise functional and stylistic reasons. In classic-modern kitchen projects, the choice of materials is fundamental to avoid weighing down the style or excessively restricting future furnishing choices.
Metal, particularly in its magnetic Caddy configuration, offers unbeatable advantages:
- Lightness and Refinement: Unlike solid wood or thick ceramic, Caddy’s metal enhances the wall, lending a sense of extreme formal cleanliness. Its essentiality is the key to avoiding visually overloading an environment already rich in classic details.
- Extreme Functional Versatility: The freedom to reposition shelves, glass holders, and, especially, the metal wine bottle holders, fully satisfied the client’s need to have a dynamic and customizable space. The wall became a living and constantly evolving wall display.
- Contribution to the “Mood”: Metal, in an unexpected finish like pistachio green, provides the texture and the industrial touch that defines the modern side of the sought-after balance. The material contrast with the warmer, more classic surfaces of the kitchen is the secret to its aesthetic success.
The final result exceeded all expectations. The client expressed complete satisfaction with the outcome, which not only has excellent aesthetic appeal but has also revolutionized the use and functionality of their kitchen.
Beyond the Kitchen: The Flexibility of Ronda Design
The Caddy Ronda Design system confirms itself as a chameleon-like solution for contemporary furnishing. Although this Milanese project is a brilliant example of its application in the kitchen, its versatility makes it the preferred choice for architects and interior designers for various areas of the home: from the entrance, where it solves organizational problems with style, to the living room, transforming a simple wall into a bookcase or a sophisticated TV unit.
Our constant preference for metal is precisely linked to its ability to impose fewer design constraints and to adapt to any evolution of style.
This realization in Milan is a testament to how innovation (Caddy’s magnetic technology) and chromatic courage (pistachio green) can merge with the historical heritage of a period home, creating a unique and lasting result that is the very essence of the project.