How to furnish a country house for a family with twowith children in an area of only 140 square meters? A well-thought-out layout, practical elements of Scandinavian style and unconventional design techniques - in our article today The owners of this country house are a family with two children. The parents are seriously into winemaking, travel a lot and regularly bring wine from Spain, and in Moscow they keep their own small wine cellar. Andrey Nadtochy and Victoria Kosareva took on the design of a comfortable and functional home that would fully meet the family's lifestyle. Edifico architectural bureau The bureau was founded by Victoria Kosareva and Andrey Nadtochy in 2012. Both graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute at different times. The main credo was the desire for constant development and professional growth. Victoria and Andrey say the following about their work: "We do not adhere to the patterns of one style and are always open to new challenges. This is what dictated the stylistic heterogeneity of our interiors. For us, design is a profession, a hobby and a measure of everything." www.edifico.ru An area of 140 sq. m is not the largest for a country house, and when you add to it not very convenient design elements, you can't do without a well-thought-out layout. In this project, Andrey and Victoria faced two difficulties at once: a bay window located at an angle to the main space and two massive columns, creating certain difficulties for zoning. It was from these features that the architects started off when creating the layout.
Color plays a special role in this project.palette. After talking with the owners and selecting the interiors they liked, it became clear that they were 100% suited. And this is always the predominance of light colors, primarily white. It was this that had to be played up so that the interior would be cozy and in no way monotonous. Andrey and Victoria decided to achieve this with the help of interesting textures, shapes, patterns and a whole set of pastel shades.
Massive columns that fall onthe public area on the ground floor, the architects hid behind portals, turning them from a design flaw into an interesting zoning element. The result was not just a wall with openings between the living room and the kitchen-dining room, but a whole story in which the wall with stucco was already in the interior, and they only focused on it. They also built in high niches for wine bottles.
The entire space of the triangle “living room-dining room-kitchen” is united by light natural ash, laid in a herringbone pattern.
Victoria Kosareva and Andrey Nadtochiy, Edifico:— We are very pleased that more and more talented designers are appearing in Russia, and we are happy to use their furniture and lamps in our projects. For example, the Light Bean pendant lamps by Katerina Kopylova, which have a large selection of stylish colors for wires, fit perfectly into this living room. Turquoise suited us.
The kitchen area is planned in such a way thatThe result is a frontal composition of kitchen units. The architects also provided a niche for a refrigerator and a high unit with an oven to avoid the typical corner layout.
To give the small windows a finished look and the interior as a whole an airy feel, the window openings were framed with polyurethane molding.
Andrey and Victoria also decided to useinterior of the door with a hidden frame. This technique allowed to level out the entrance to the private area, the hall with the stairs to the second floor and the guest bedroom due to the fact that the doors almost completely merge with the wall.
The master bedroom turned out to be very graphic,and the main role in this was played by the contrasting combination of black and white: patterns on the wallpaper on the accent wall behind the bed and on the chest of drawers from Russian designers the IDEA. The bed itself and asymmetrical nightstands were made according to individual sketches for this project.
Despite the fact that the use of black colorin the bedroom is not the most common move, Victoria and Andrey were not afraid to introduce it into the interior. It is important that it was used not as the basis of the palette, but as accent graphics on a white background.
The walls in the bathroom are linedlarge-format tiles measuring 60 x 60 cm, which, paired with black grout, create a brickwork effect. The flooring, just like in the public area and bedroom, is laid out in a herringbone pattern, only this time with white glossy tiles.
Victoria Kosareva and Andrey Nadtochiy, Edifico:— The freestanding Antonio Lupi bowl is out of the budget, but we think that the combination of an inexpensive background and expensive accent pieces allows you to achieve a unique interior and avoid the overall cloying, when everything is “even”. The wall behind the bathtub, along with the baseboard, is painted with moisture-resistant paint in a deep turquoise color.
The following were used in this interior:
- sofa - Muuto (Denmark), model REST;
- chairs — CarlHansen (Denmark);
- pendant lamps in the living room - Katerina Kopytina (Russia);
- dining table and chairs - Muuto (Denmark);
- chest of drawers — Muuto (Denmark);
- coffee tables - Muuto (Denmark);
- decor on the wall in the form of hexahedrons - WOOD studios (USA);
- wallpaper — Boråstapeter (Sweden), model TALLYHO-2753;
- chest of drawers in the bedroom — the IDEA (Russia), model THIMON;
- bench - Vitra Nelson (Switzerland);
- wallpaper - Livettes Polka (Latvia);
- a bowl of a bath - Antonio Lupi (Italy), model SUITE;
- tiles - Ornamenta (Italy).
