La Dolce Vita blogger & interior designer Paloma Contreras revealed an interior project that she completed recently in her signature modern meets traditional style. What was dark and overbearing before is now light and airy and filled with lucite and velvet and marble, and of course, plenty of chinoiserie. A favourite part of the project was the very chic new mirrored bar in place where the television used to be — click through for a glimpse . . .

{P.S.} Read our 10 Things I Can’t Live Without interview at La Dolce Vita from nearly exactly 6 years ago today

Photography by Max Burkhalter for La Dolce Vita