Original, elegant decor preserved in a villa from 1920s

Warsaw Cultural Property Conservator Michał Krasucki wrote at his website that in the 1920s, two businessmen dealing in cement trade - Wiktor Kutten and Wacław Zbroski - decided to build homes for themselves. They chose a very beautiful area of Warsaw, right next to the Royal Łazienki park. Two twin villas were constructed next to each other, at 69 and 69a Podchorążych Street. Today, the first address is home to the Saudi Arabian Embassy, whereas the other villa, built by Zbroski, sits empty on the plot.

"In the house at Podchorążych 69a, not only the original stucco elevation, window joinery with fittings, locksmithing of hallway windows, or the window bars have been preserved, but also a unique decor practically in its entirety," Krasucki said.

But that's not all. The preservation officer adds that many other things have survived in good condition, including wooden panelling in the hall, veneered and inlaid single and double doors, four-leaf doors between the rooms, wooden stairs with decorated railing, as well as staircase panelling, wooden floors, including tiled parquets, stone fireplaces and windowsills, ceramic linings, and stucco facets.

"Also preserved are elements of the original installation, such as ribbed pipe radiators with small decorative feet, which can be found in virtually every room (in the hallway and the hall encased in with wooden verneered cabinets). And there's also a radiator in the upstairs bathroom made of steel pipes - a characteristic element of luxury bathrooms in the interwar years," Krasucki said.