If you have passion for antiques, but can’t find the way to fit them in your place, this house may give you an idea.
/// Thailand ///
Story: Kasama /// Rewrite: Phattaraphon /// Photography: Nantiya, Damrong /// Style: Praphaiwadee /// Owner/Designer: Natthaphon Wutphet
Natthaphon Wutphet, photographer for stylish Thai magazines “Hamburger” and “a day,” owns a 320-square-meter residence in the Rama 9 district. When he first got the house, it was seriously run-down, but that allowed him to give it his own type of new life.
“Being a photographer, I get to see a lot of other people’s houses, and that’s given me a lot of ideas for my own,” said Natthaphon.
His place has an extraordinary “American vintage” ambience, the décor featuring his own special collections arranged in just the right way. The downstairs ceiling was pulled out, and a wall of white brick rises the full height of the house. The metal door was made to look rusty and old to give the sense of a return to a long-ago era.
Natthaphon explains his design concept: the house is like a box, a container holding valuable items. The challenge is to mix and match the items and set them together in the most suitable way. “Actually there’s no ‘style’ at work here. It doesn’t have to be American, antique, industrial, or whatever, it’s all just me thinking, ‘the new stuff I bought, how can I match it to what’s already there?’ It’s all fun like a puzzle, fitting each piece in with the others.”
He loves things that hold memories of the past. His ornamental items were brought from second-hand markets. When buying something old he likes it to be functional, not only decorative. All his collection can be used in photo projects he does in a home photography studio at the front of the house.
“What I want is that feeling when someone walks around the house and says ‘this is…Oh, wow!’ Just that’s enough to make me happy,” He laughed merrily.
