Let’s assume you are purchasing a valuable piece of art, a painting perhaps. You’d choose the best place for it and put it in a suitable frame, wouldn’t you? Selected pieces of exquisite furniture also deserve to be presented in the right surroundings too − and Widmer Wohnen agree. For their interior designers, it’s not just about furnishing rooms with a wonderful interior; it’s more about getting the perfect staging for the room as a whole. This vision is manifested in the unique designs and new wall design techniques: Fittings and furnishings are surrounded by the finest Alcantara, rough clay or lime plaster, glamorous gold and glass shimmer or liquid metal. The result? Beautiful wall art.
The handcrafted, intricate rings made from a massive piece of chrome steel seem to emerge three-dimensionally from the wall. And yet they are actually flush with the lime plaster. The experts at Widmer Wohnen, together with specialists from T. Ruggiero & Söhne, have once more proved their specialist expertise, creating a design in a class of its own. They have incorporated the wall design into the whole room plan going far beyond the classic design with colours and carpets. “When you have a purist modern interior, walls with a structured surface provide an exciting contrast. This kind of wall design gives the room character and creates an ambience that is really quite special,” explains Dany Widmer, the creative mastermind of the company. The fact that no limit has been put on individuality and diversity is shown in the numerous impressive references to this year-long collaboration: By, for example, creating the wall using the crystal splinter technique, where the finest particles of gold foil and glass make it look really glamorous. By effectively staging a favourite colour by scattering glass beads on a coloured lacquered surface, making the wall shimmer in a vast array of different colour nuances. By applying liquid metal to the back panels and flue in the kitchen design. The raw texture with grooves and unevenness forms a rich contrast to the smooth front sections. Or by decorating the wall with soft padded Alcantara in precise handmade quilting. Divine.
Would you like some individual, more unusual design options for your bathroom? This is where Widmer Wohnen can bring a little bit of variety to your wall: with a continuous, cement-based floor covering, for example. Firstly, the matt surface is unusual with its porous, stone-like structure. Fine & coarse lines and fissures reminiscent of marbled veining develop when you apply the putty technique to the material. Secondly, it is the lack of joints that gives the room additional space and that special touch. Once again, the interplay of matt and shiny, straight lines and structure works really well, creating a deliberate design break – and an exciting vitality. Three dimensionality of the wall coating that connects with nature: Widmer Wohnen used lime plaster for this. The natural material balances out moisture levels, ensuring an optimal and healthy room climate. Of course, it goes without saying that they have also combined these benefits with a luxurious visual appearance. The design experts at Widmer Wohnen work closely with construction specialists at T. Ruggiero & Söhne to achieve an exclusive as well as precise result. Depending on the room, they come up with a wall design that creates the ideal setting for the furnishings, whether that be by using smooth surfaces with metal inlays or an elegant and discreet linear structure. Of course, all of this is done whilst also taking into account maximum functionality. Choosing these materials and workmanship means you can look forward to low maintenance and a lasting beauty for your living space.
Widmer Wohnen has always been committed to the principle of highest quality and sustainability – an aspiration T. Ruggiero & Söhne also share and one they impeccably achieve using their decades of expertise in wall design. It is in this context that mineral lime plaster is used, and in many different forms. Any of us who – like me – prefer things to be simple and elegant, but also appreciate exciting points of emphasis, will find an intelligent all-rounder in this wall covering. The white, matt surface has a natural, subtle and aesthetic look to it. Its vitality is only apparent at a second glance, when the cloudy structure creates fine shadows. The wall therefore forms a perfect, contrasting addition to the clear geometry of the windows and furnishings as well as to the smooth, shiny surfaces of the natural stone, paint and glass. The functional benefits of lime plaster are in no way inferior to the successful design. The plaster doesn’t need any additional application of paint. Another benefit is that if the wall gets damaged by nails or drill holes, you only need to repair the specific area; whereas with conventional wall paint, you would have to repaint the whole wall. Afterwards, you don’t see any of the joins and edges anymore. That isn’t just practical, it also saves a great deal of time. Last but not least, the porous, three-dimensional surface also improves the room’s acoustics, which is reason enough to use this material – one of the oldest natural building materials around – and to seek advice about individual, unique room and wall planning from the design experts at Widmer Wohnen. I’m sure they could help you create some wonderful, unique pieces.
