00:00Hello Bali interiors, I'm Esther and I'm András. Welcome to our home. Please take a peek in our paradise.
00:23We came to Bali in the middle of the pandemic to welcome our daughter here.
00:28We came for four months for the birth and that was four years ago because everything just fell into its
00:35place.
00:35It was almost like a puzzle. The way we felt welcomed on this island by the people and by its
00:41culture and the religion and everything.
00:43And it was really a war zone that was totally abandoned all the way throughout the renovation.
00:48The only person who didn't really believed it was Esther. So our whole family is really grateful and very proud
00:53of what you did.
00:55I couldn't imagine what it would have become. But projects are scary, so no wonder you were afraid of this
01:02project.
01:03Because they're big things and they stir up a family's life completely. That's the reality of a project.
01:09Whether it's a renovation or building something from scratch, it really challenges.
01:27So this is our living space. The first idea I had were these round windows and these metal and glass
01:36doors with the beveled glasses because those reflect the light in a very nice way. So that was the first
01:41idea.
01:42There was a picture. And then when I saw how the construction was going with all these big beams,
01:48of course, it came very easily to have very high ceilings and to cover them with bedeg, which is a
01:54very local thing from bamboo.
02:06One more thing that I've collected a lot of antiques from Java, from the colonial times, like this is a
02:13very old traveling box from the Dutch colonial era.
02:18My goal was just to create an oasis where we can really relax and rest.
02:45So this is like the most important space, of course, where the whole family hangs out and which becomes a
02:52mess every single day. So it's the kitchen, the bar area, the living room. And you know, like you use
02:59small tile manufacturers in Bali where they put these beautiful colors on volcanic stones and everything is local.
03:17This little ceramic lamps have a special story. When this house was just a dream. I have a friend in
03:24Hungary, I'm Hungarian, who is very talented with ceramics. And I asked her to make all kinds of crazy parts
03:30for future lamps. And she came up with these funny shapes. And me and my son were just playing around
03:35endlessly, creating all the
03:37all kinds of lamps, you know, all kinds of lamps, you know, because you can put them in so many,
03:40so many ways. So this is very special for me. And it's something I brought from my country, but we've
03:45made it with my son, who actually also really enjoys interior design. This is our story here in Bali.
04:00So the tiles here on the living room floor, they're traditional cement tiles manufactured in Bali. Still interesting, but still
04:09natural and something that doesn't show a lot of dirt because of my kids.
04:23The most important piece for me in this new building is the stairs reminds me of the whole process, how,
04:31you know, slowly you make your home and how many amazingly talented craftsmen I worked with, which I really enjoy
04:39going up every day. Also, my kids really enjoy feeling the
04:43the rhythm of the rhythm of these stairs. Okay, so let's go upstairs. There is the master bedroom and the
04:50small living room up there.
05:09So this is our upstairs living room and this is where you're among the trees and you see this beautiful
05:17view of the island.
05:19And when we're lucky, we even see a lot of volcanoes. So we designed a big built-in couch here
05:27for friends and family members to chill.
05:30There are very nice sunsets here for all these rugs and pillows from Clothes by Medina, which are done with
05:36natural dyes and everything is handmade.
05:40And there is so much beauty. Look, even the dog loves to destroy everything.
05:54So this is the master bathroom or as I like to call it, the copper tub on the balcony where
06:01you can see the stars and even sometimes the full moon.
06:04For me, this was the most difficult part to do in the house because I imagined the top and, you
06:11know, that it's going to be copper.
06:14And then I found these amazing tiles, but I had to put them together one by one.
06:19So it was a friend of mine and me who laid out the whole wall of the tiles on this
06:25floor.
06:26And then my nice colleagues were putting them on the wall and I always find it, oh my God, it's
06:30too red.
06:31It's too red. Although it's a burgundy. The most important thing is that we're connected to nature.
06:36And we're at the tree canopy and we can see bamboo and jungle and, you know, be connected to this
06:44beautiful island.
06:52I've never done a yellow bedroom and I thought for up here with so much light, this mustard yellow will
07:01suit our family very nicely because it gives a really, really friendly atmosphere.
07:05So usually we put another bed here and then the four of us just sleep in this bedroom and I
07:11just wanted a cozy environment for us to sleep in as a family.
07:30So this is the shower. This is the second part of our bathroom.
07:34And this one I really wanted to make it moody and dark.
07:40Using these amazing Raku tiles are really my favorite part of the house to see the reflection of the light
07:46on these tiles.
07:47And my son is a little herpetologist. He loves snakes.
07:52So I really custom made the snake mirror for him and he was very, very happy about it, that he
07:57can brush his teeth in front of the snake mirror.
08:00It's a delight to work with such talented people.
08:07So I found this very nice pattern. I think it's originally an Indian pattern, but in the next village in
08:15front of us, there are a lot of amazing artists who do art with bricks, which is so common in
08:21Bali with the Batamera.
08:22They worked here for a very, very long time until they created this beautiful piece of art.
08:35So let us show you the other building.
08:39So this corridor is pretty special for us because it was a complete open air terrace with no privacy.
08:49So it gives us a lot of thought, like how to cover it.
08:53So you still have the light coming through and the corridor becomes an experience.
08:57And this is how it turned out to be.
09:08OK, so this is the original building or the old building.
09:12And although we have redone everything and this bedroom, I'm always thinking, when are we going to have the chance
09:19to sleep here without the kids?
09:21You know, just try the two of us because it never happened. Only our friends stayed here.
09:25But I think this is like a really nice couple's bedroom.
09:36The way the land is not very much respected in some cases in Bali and how rice fields disappear and
09:43forests disappear completely and new huge hotels and villas are coming up.
09:48It was a conscious decision not to build anything new.
09:52We wanted an old house.
09:53Take over an old house and renovate it and protect it and turn it to our home and not to
10:00build something completely new in place of trees or rice fields.
10:06And, you know, we are guests on this island, let's face it.
10:09We are not owners of this land.
10:11I really like the concept that we're here as a long term guest.
10:14And, you know, we add something to it, but the culture adds so much to us.
10:19And this is very, very important for us that we don't, they're not here to colonize or to destroy or
10:24whatever, but to kind of try to live in harmony with what we got on this island.
10:40Yeah, when I sit in this bathroom, it makes me think of the very, very long process, how we created
10:46it and how all the elements came together and how many eclectic styles came together here.
10:51I really, really like the warm colors, you know, this bathtub was here originally.
10:57And it's interesting.
10:58Sometimes you have to redo things like this bathtub was done three times until it reached this form.
11:03So, you know, when you see a bathroom, it's ready.
11:06It's beautiful.
11:06It works.
11:08But, oh man, we tried very hard, but at the end, I'm very happy with it.
11:20So this is our blue room.
11:22It's a little bit different than anything else in the house, but I really like the blue and green colors.
11:28And this is a guest room.
11:30And yeah, it's usually a very cozy space where guests really like to stay.
11:43So there is this bathroom here.
11:45What I really, really like to do is to upcycle things.
11:49And of course, nothing used to look like this, but there were some original vanities with some marble, which I
11:57really didn't like.
11:58So what we did, we just covered the marble with terrazzo, which is a little bit brave because I don't
12:03know how long is it going to last, but I hope for a long time.
12:05I just use this very, very simple Bali green stone, which people also use for pools.
12:11For me, it's a very nice raw finishing and it's inexpensive and it just comes out to be beautiful.
12:42Thank you Bali interiors for couple therapy and taking a peek into our paradise.
12:47See you guys soon.
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