Studio Niels designed this beautiful house that it is called “Neutral House” in the Netherlands. Studio Niels is a boutique design firm led by interior architect Niels Maier, based in the medieval city of Maastricht. The studio pride themselves on honoring craftsmanship; an honor and respect that runs deep in their heritage restorations. Niels says that the overall design language leans towards bombastic but he designed the interiors in order to reveal the exact opposite sentiment. Niels’s work is characterized by the way he gentle light interacts with each space, playing with the material palette. The designer chose materials based on a neutral palette, including bleached rough oak, soft greys, honed marble, white architectural finishes and concrete in the bathrooms and on the kitchen floor. Finally, as Niels said: “The need for a soft, calm, pared down and natural atmosphere was key to the project”.