The incomplete harmony of this St. Petersburg interior corresponds to a calm introvert scenario of the private life of a modern resident of the metropolis. Practicality is combined in it with natural motifs and reserved aesthetics of modern functionalism.
The distance between the Dresser, where in the future it is supposed to install the TV, and the folding sofa allows without interference to turn the latter into a double bed for sleep
The apartment is located in a new building, erected by the Finnish company, which predetermined her aesthetics. Accommodation is intended for living with a married couple without children, people of modern, business and energetic, connoisseurs of thoughtful functional comfort. The studio required the creation of a full-fledged kitchen with a complete set of equipment, a bar counter and a dining table, a living room area with a folding sofa, which can serve as a sleeping place for rapid guests. We also needed a separate bedroom, where the mini-office would be located, and the dressing room. In the stylistry, preference was given to Scandinavian design, light shades and smooth surfaces facilitating cleaning.
Kitchen-living room
Planning
The elongated rectangle of the apartment with a small step-by-step zone in the inlet door zone is divided into two rooms, they correspond to two windows, from one room there is an output to the loggia. The structure proposed by the Developer has satisfied the customer. In the same room, the bedroom was equipped with a walk-in walk in the dressing room, to another - Studio. In two pockets, during the hallway, the compartment was designed for storing clothes and things, the other was intended for mini-withering. The preservation of the initial structure made it possible to focus on the decor and the objects of the situation.
Bar table adjacent to the zone increases the size of the working table. The shades of brown create the effect of the depth of the room
Repairs
The apartment was already performed a screed, on top of which in the hallway and the kitchen the floors were tested with a porcelain tile, in a bedroom and a wardrobe - laminate, in a bathroom - ceramic tiles. In the hallway, the bathroom, in the studio - in the kitchen zone and the sofa - have been provided for electric heating of the floor. The walls were plastered, walked with wallpaper and painted. The ceilings made in all rooms stretched. The windows and radiators did not change, the benefit of their quality was very good. The loggia was not instep.
The headboard was decorated from the copyright wallpaper, edged with a molding frame. In the cabinet area, shelves attached shelves and hinged cabinets, the same compact as in the living room in the studio
Design
This project is an example of how with good starting conditions: a well-thought-out, convenient structure, highly performed draft work from the developer - you can successfully fit into the framework of an inexpensive budget and at the same time create a convenient and cozy interior with a recognizable face.
The benchmark was the Scandinavian aesthetics, her calm intonations, stylish practicality, convenient trajectories of movement and polyfunctionality of interiors. The complex outlines of the hallway walls, reminding Finnish schhers, are leveled by the design; A niche for storing clothes, following the principle of reasonable savings, hidden behind the curtain: her cloth attached to the rod, looks as concisely as corders on the windows. The compartment with the washing and drying machine closes the folding door.
The equilibrated nature of the space corresponds to light achromatic or transparent lamps, it also distracts attention from low ceilings.
The apartment also looks spacious and harmoniously. This is partly due to the unity and solidity of the color range: gray-beige different shades are combined in all areas with white and gray brown, in the main premises, the engines of blue and blue are added to it. Small premises - an entrance hall, bathroom - almost monochrome, which optically expands their space. The considerable number of objects of the situation and accessories was purchased in IKEA, which in this project is well agreed with the originally stipulated guide to the Scandinavian design.
Several contrast details (furniture, floor tiles) allowed to make a strict design of the bathroom more expressive. The large shower compartment behind the skipping door is practical and convenient for the dynamic resident of the metropolis. Hinged furniture provides ease of cleaning. The door of access to communications for the toilet slightly focused on a striped pattern with a striped pattern
The zoning of both rooms is carried out at the expense of color contrasts of furniture, accent details, while most planes are monotonous or with small gradations of shades (kitchen facades with longitudinal wood facades, finishing apron and tabletop post-ration plastic under granite). In the lines, direct corners, softened by natural gamut, are dominated. All this forms a clear, balanced space.
The cabinet with the mirror doors, installed in the end of the hallway, reflects the light from the window, improving the insolation and optically extending the perspective
Sensory impressions
This apartment seems to be starting to hear the murmur of water, rustle herbs, feel the texture of northern stones and wood fibers. Such associations create psychological comfort, and support their convictions help the details. For example, a pattern of diamond-shaped mirrors attached to the wall above the sofa, resembling water splashes, "the drawing" reflects "in the cushion decor. Elegant Watercolor Triptych over the dining table with the image of a careless northern landscape asks a contemplative mood, which appears at the window overlooking nature. And the diamond patterns on the panel in the bedroom in the frame of Moldings look composed of straws and bark.
The house is a 13-storey monolithic concrete new building, an apartment windows are facing south, therefore, despite the small number of clear days in the northern capital, insolation in the apartment is sufficient. The view from the windows urbanist, partially visible the courtyard. We discussed all the details of the arrangement with the Customer who was passionately participated in the process of selection of objects and colors. Comfort and convenience were in the foreground. At first it was assumed to issue an interior in the gray range, but then we still chose a gray-beige, more warm and soft. The most interesting in the design of this interior is that we have introduced into a clear structure given by functional furniture, several decorative elements: wallpapers from Yana Svetlova, mirrors for the sofa, gradient wall color, author posters. And the interior seem to come to life, acquired individuality. And all our decorative solutions remained within the framework of a very small budget.
Nina Ruban.
Designer, project author