How to create a spacious apartment interiorattic floor, increasing the functional area? We will tell you about it in today's article using the example of a property in the Moscow region. A young married couple with two children, who became the happy owners of an apartment under the roof with an area of 100 sq. m and a ridge height of 6 m, faced a serious question: how to make the most of the functional use of the room's height, creating a modern interior and arranging rooms for each family member. The customers entrusted this technically difficult task to designer Alexandra Kudryavtseva. Alexandra Kudryavtseva, interior designer An engineer by her first education, a graduate of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, studied interior design at MGUKI, and then at the "Modern School of Design". She easily takes on technically complex projects. The designer's portfolio includes apartments, cottages, townhouses and public interiors. aleks-design.ru It was clear that to increase the living space of the interior in a room with six-meter ceilings, it would be impossible to do without building an attic floor. The designer conducted a detailed analysis of the design features of the room and realized that this was possible only by lowering the floor level. However, this would not solve another task of the design project: creating a feeling of spaciousness and ergonomic arrangement of living spaces. Then the designer proposed the option of constructing a partial monolithic reinforced concrete floor only above the non-residential area of the first floor. This made it possible to place all the necessary rooms, while maintaining the visual lightness of the space. The floor level was lowered to the maximum permissible height of 2.30 m in the common areas: above the corridor, bathroom and partially above the living room.
As a result, the second floor became fully functional.living space, combining a bedroom, bathroom and open balcony. During the renovation, the designer suggested placing a mirror in the corner, non-functional part of the second floor, which would reflect the kitchen apron, add light and “dissolve” the overhanging corner.
The interior of the children's rooms is made in bright colorscolor shades. A pink bedroom for the little princess, and a more formal style for her brother. The master bedroom is done in a more contrasting color palette. The bright green wallpaper with gold chosen by the hostess adds splendor to the room. This color spot made the interior warmer and cozier.
In the process of implementing the project AlexanderKudryavtseva faced many difficulties - the complexity of the construction of the attic floor, the mistakes of workers during repairs and installation of communications, the negligence of suppliers. The designer solved all the problems herself, trying to protect the owners from the difficulties that arose as much as possible.
Alexandra Kudryavtseva, interior designer:— During the implementation of this project, I gained invaluable experience. I was unlucky with the builders, but now I understand that you can’t learn competent author’s supervision with good builders. Having gone through the renovation “from start to finish”, I have collected a considerable list of contractors’ mistakes and now I know perfectly well what to watch out for and what to demand at such complex sites. This helps me in my future work with customers, because all technical difficulties are now nothing to me. aleks-design.ru As a result of the designer’s work, the apartment began to look like a modern country cottage with all the necessary functional areas and interesting architectural solutions in the interior. What is doubly pleasant is that the customers implemented the interior of the apartment exactly according to the designer’s project. aleks-design.ru
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