We decided to live in a tenement house because we love interiors with a
history that have this "something" in them - space, high ceilings and
old, natural materials. According to the information we have obtained,
the tenement house was designed by Felix Korn, the son of Karol Korn, an
outstanding pre-war architect from Bielsko. It was he who designed,
among others, the Main Railway Station in Bielsko and Teodor Sixt's
Villa. The apartment charmed us from the first moment. Already from the
threshold, we were struck by a white, majestic tiled stove looking at us
from the bedroom. When we grabbed the brass handle of the huge wooden
door, and the oak parquet floor creaked under our feet, we knew that
this was what we were looking for. The first room we entered is our
current studio - we were delighted with the bright, wooden bay window
overlooking the street. We haven't seen the cracked walls and the amount
of work that will have to be done to move in here. We fell in love with
this place and it stayed that way.

Dominika: The most important thing is having breakfast together. We have
to eat them together, time doesn't matter. This is our daily ritual for
which we always find time. For me, the morning is the most important
part of the day, I spend it without a phone and a computer. After
breakfast, I go for a walk with our Gray Pointer, then writing a daily
journal, a gratitude notebook, and a moment for coffee. Only after such
an analog morning do I sit down to work. This allows me to start the day
off, but then I can concentrate better during the day. For some time
now, we have been lucky enough to host Agnieszka - our "private" yogi
and a wonderful person, once a week. She does yoga for us, for my mother
and sometimes also for my brothers. It's a family weekly ritual that
keeps our bodies and souls in better shape. We usually spend the
evenings on the sofa, cuddling and stroking the dog, which calms us down
after a long day of work. A ritual for the benefit of both parties!

We like to be in beautiful places and surround ourselves with beautiful
objects. We wanted to create such a house for ourselves and I think we
succeeded. What we like about it, for example, is that it's not perfect,
the brick in the kitchen is arranged in a bizarre composition, and the
parquet floor creaks with every step. Some of the furniture is new, and
some is gleaned from flea markets and used items. Surrounding ourselves
with them, we often recall stories related to them or their previous
owners.

Each season is different here and paints different pictures on the
walls. We love autumn, when the sun is close and even empty, white walls
are not boring. Low sunlight casts magical shadows on them.
Unfortunately, in autumn and winter, the light falls here only for a
moment in the morning and late afternoon. However, in spring, beautiful,
diffused light begins to appear, which accompanies us all day. The
brightest spot is definitely a large room and study. The dark green
bedroom also has its charm, where the light enters only for a moment
during the day, reflected from the windows of the neighboring tenement
house. It is a unique, fairy-tale game of colors.

We respect what is old and believe that caring for objects, materials, and spaces builds a bond and nurtures respect for them — this idea guided us throughout the entire renovation process.
We decided to bring out the most beautiful and valuable elements of the interior and then fill it with furniture and objects that hold meaning for us.
The main heroes of our apartment are the over 100-year-old oak parquet flooring, the wooden woodwork, and the tiled stove — the most precious elements we found here and chose to preserve.
The rest is a collection of things, furniture, and accessories that we carefully select and invite into our home.
We are passionate about natural materials and objects with a soul.

This often involves many hours of work to restore these pieces to their former beauty, but in return, they reward us by pleasing the eye and serving us for many more years.

While furnishing our historic apartment, we became scavengers of discarded treasures, hunters on OLX, and regulars at flea markets.

For us, furnishing a home is a process and a continuous search for unique items.

We sincerely hope that this journey will never truly end.

The material was very important to us. We were looking for an all-wood
piece of furniture and opted for oak as it fits perfectly with our
parquet. We also really liked the rounded shelves, which in a discreet
way refer to an old chest of drawers standing in a large room. Vazoo is a
bookcase, and maybe not only, because thanks to the turned vases it
looks a bit like a sculpture or an installation and gives the interior a
unique character. Furniture that, apart from Vazoo, caught our eye and
we would certainly see it in our home is the XO series with grooved
fronts. Our latest love is also the TORI sofa.

The session was a great way for us to try different locations and find a
place where the rack would look and function best. The set that we
decided to leave after the session is the layout in the studio, also
visible from the large room. The wooden frames of the door frames create
a kind of frame for it. When it comes to the most interesting
arrangement from the perspective of the lens glass, you have to ask Ula
(Ula Kóska - Paradise Kitsch) - the author of these wonderful photos.
Ula Kóska: Definitely the most minimal one. Even though I am the queen
of glamor and horror vacui accompanies me on a daily basis and I like to
smuggle it in portrait sessions, in photography of objects I like
harmony and sustainable minimalism. I like this frame passing through
the door frame, through to the studio. The colors are unified and the
photo gives the impression of a coherent, complete order. Identical with
the image of Tamo and our heroes.