The Color Palette Was So Unusual, Even the Painter Questioned It — But It Forms the Heart of This Radical Garden Villa

Library with warm red and mustard walls, built-in shelving, arched glazed doors to hallway and patterned yellow and blue sofa.

"Take out as much as you can" were the brave words Gisbert Pöppler offered a new client. The homeowner had initially imagined a simple refresh — new colors and furniture — for their 1920s garden villa in Hagen, Germany.

But while the listed clinker-brick exterior was beautifully preserved, a 1980s gut renovation hardly matched up and Gisbert wasn't impressed. Open to bold ideas, the client trusted his radical vision for a complete transformation of this modern home.