In 2012, German designer Valentin Loellmann took a risk on a listed heritage building in one of Maastricht’s most sought-after neighborhoods along the Maas river. The building, a former stable house, was missing a roof, all its windows, and electricity, “but I wasn’t afraid of what it would take to fix it up,” he says. It took him two years to acquire the permits to renovate the historic building, but only two months to finish the project. The result is a completely hand-built interior, with plaster walls, a carved oak staircase, handmade tile, and patinated brass kitchen cabinets—all by Valentin. Join us for a tour.
Photography by Jonas Loellmann, courtesy of Valentin Loellmann Studio.
![the upper floor had to be completely rebuilt. valentin designed the bedroom add 17](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-exterior.jpg)
Valentin, who grew up in a rural part of southern Germany, moved to the Netherlands to study product design at the Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts & Design and opened his Maastricht atelier in 2010.
![the glass wall is divided into three sections, with the outer framing hidden wi 18](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-window.jpg)
![the floors on the upper level were salvaged from valentin’s first art ba 19](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-flooring.jpg)
![a carved plank of natural oak is set into the plaster wall as part of the bed f 20](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-bed-alcove.jpg)
![a dressing room that valentin and his girlfriend converted for their one year o 21](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-small-bedroom.jpg)
![valentin designed and built the stair using reclaimed oak wine barrels, wh 22](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-ladder.jpg)
![the bathtub was fashioned from rosewood. 23](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-bathtub.jpg)
![valentin made the dining table in the main living space from a single piece of 24](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-dining-table.jpg)
![the sofa is a hay mags 3 seater sofa in leather and the rug is a gift from vale 25](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-sofa.jpg)
![the kitchen is entirely new, though valentin says, “there really wasn&#x 26](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-kitchen.jpg)
![the kitchen floor is wall\2floor micro cement with radiant heating beneath 27](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-handmade-kitchen.jpg)
![the window/doorway from the kitchen leads to an orangerie. the chair is vintage 28](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-caned-furniture.jpg)
![the carved wooden spoon and ceramic vases are both handmade. 29](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-wood-spoon.jpg)
![charred and polished oak wood floors in the hallway that leads to one of the tw 30](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-hallway.jpg)
![the main staircase between lower and upper floors is made of cement formed arou 31](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-plaster-staircase.jpg)
![valentin was mid construction when a storm flooded the garden. “the sun 32](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-garden.jpg)
![valentin riverside house pool](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-riverside-house-pool-733x458.jpg)
![a large mimosa tree in bloom meets the second floor of the house. 34](https://media.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/valentin-loellmann-studio-riverside-house-roof-detail.jpg)
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