Surprising townhouse

Ghent, Belgium

At home

Bright white interior of a modern townhouse in Ghent with a yellow staircase and a wooden Hopper picnic table used as a central dining and meeting space.

Take a look inside this trendy townhouse in the center of Ghent belonging to radio host Sam De Bruyn and his husband Wannes. Together with interior architecture firm Tjip, they redesigned the entire building. The ground floor is surprising, to say the least - a fresh, white space with a bright yellow staircase and the Hopper picnic table in the middle. The solid table, which was actually designed for outdoor use, serves here as a conference and dining table.

“Our ground floor is the place where we welcome people, have meetings and entertain our friends. If you ask me to picture the ideal office, well, this is it. A large table, music, and coffee. The perfect coworking space, but at home,” says Sam De Bruyn.

Bright white interior of a modern townhouse in Ghent with a yellow staircase and a wooden Hopper picnic table used as a central dining and meeting space.

A large table, music and coffee. To me, that's the perfect co-working space.

Sam De Bruyn

Close-up of the Hopper picnic table with wooden slatted tabletop and angled bench legs inside the bright townhouse interior.
Friends or colleagues seated around the Hopper table sharing coffee and conversation in a relaxed home workspace setting. Detail view of the Hopper table and bench design emphasizing the wooden surface and clean modern lines within the interior.

Pictures by ©Sam Gilbert
Text based on the article in De Standaard by An Bogaerts.

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