The Antwerp interior store Donum Originals recently moved into a spectacular space in a flamboyant building on Leopoldplaats once occupied by the National Bank.
The showroom displays contemporary furniture, art and ceramics in a series of bright rooms with barred windows, high ceilings and slender iron columns.
The creative owners have also furnished four tiny interiors inside former safe rooms that are still fitted with the original heavy doors and combination locks.
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