Вы уже решили, какой интерьер вы считаете для yourself the most suitable? Are you sure that such an interior will also “choose” you? How not to make a mistake and what will help you decide — a professional designer will tell you today Having decided to make repairs, we imagine an interior where everything will be, of course, beautiful, comfortable and stylish. But why so often do our dreams not coincide with the reality that results from labor-intensive and costly transformations? We received very useful information from a designer with extensive experience, who has implemented many successful projects — Irina Kovylina. She has the floor. Irina Kovylina, designer, decorator Graduated from Moscow State University. Studied interior design at the “Details” school. She is interested in combining different knowledge into single concepts. Irina works individually. facebook.com/kovilina.il — New Year and Christmas are a favorite holiday for many in our country. My favorite — that’s for sure. Fun and a little magical. Something new is beginning, and most people dream about the future, everyone makes wishes, sets goals. Many people plan to build a house, buy an apartment or do renovations. Where to start? Have you ever wondered what an interior is? In my opinion, an interior is, ideally, a cherished story that has been invented and realized. But, unfortunately, it is not always beautiful. I have heard stories about how people bought an apartment, invested in it, but it is unpleasant to live there, they don’t want to.
Dreams come true with interior remodeling
My story as a designer began with a renovationmy apartment. I remember the feeling that it was happiness! In the morning, I woke up with anticipation of the pleasure of drinking tea in my updated kitchen. And then everyone who visited me felt this new feeling about the interior: “You have a good place!” And then my whole life changed. When I studied at the interior design school “Details”, I noticed that when doing creative assignments, I began to come up with stories. Stories about how people live in the interior, how it supports them, pleases them, helps them, loves them... And then, working as a designer, I also composed stories together with clients about their happy life in a new house or apartment. Stories for a mother of many children and a famous scientist, for a girl who was fond of calligraphy and a businessman, for a family who dreamed of a baby... While developing a project, I imagined that they were happy. We imagined this together, choosing the final solution. Recently, analyzing my completed projects, I was surprised to find that all the stories about happiness came true. At that moment, I came even closer to understanding what an interior is: it is not at all about how to combine different ideas in a project. It is always a “materialized” story.
Energy of the room and spiritual comfort
Why do good stories come to fruition?Why does it work this way? Why does the interior interact with us so strongly? I think that many things come together here. First of all, of course, intention works: when you start a renovation or buy a new home, you express your readiness for change. You want something better. And therefore, the interior can create exactly those changes that will bring joy. However, intention alone is not enough, since it is not always realized. Psychologists believe that a newborn perceives the surrounding reality as a holistic volume. Something new is added to this volume every day. Gradually, there is so much new information, what the brain begins to process, that this is what occupies all the attention of the child and then the adult. However, the initial perception of volume has not gone anywhere. You have stopped noticing it, and your subconscious continues to react to the space (volume) in which you are. Is it harmonious? Is it holistic and integral in perception? Is it pleasant? Proportional? The first time I noticed the special energy of a particular room was by chance. I was walking around the palace in Valletta (Malta) and sat down on a couch in one of the rooms. It felt like I was at home. I felt a special peace and spiritual comfort. I didn’t want to leave this room... Probably many have noticed this. The special energy of different interiors. You can compare it with music. It’s easy to determine what influence music has: by the feelings and state that remain after listening to it. You can also determine what influence the interior has if you pay attention to the body’s reaction, emotions and thoughts.
Color is a whole world
Scientists from different branches of science study naturethe impact of color. For example, Max Luscher discovered that color can be used to diagnose mental illnesses. Doctors use color for healing. I myself remember how, as a child, my throat was treated with a blue lamp. And it always helped! Our brain constantly generates electrical signals of a certain frequency, that's a fact. And where there is electricity, there is an electromagnetic field. Color perception is our brain's interpretation of light waves of a certain frequency. When you are in a room, these waves, their frequency, and their fields interact. Do they interact harmoniously? And again, we can compare it to music. Sound waves of a certain frequency interact not only with our auditory organ, but with the entire body. In the book "The Secret Power of Music" David Tame claims that there is not a single function in the human body that is not influenced by music. It affects the body in two different ways: there is a direct effect, that is, the influence of sound on cells and organs, and there is an indirect effect - through the effect on emotions, which, in turn, affect many processes in the human body. So color affects us in the same way. Only color acts even more strongly, if only because it cannot be "switched off". And also because it affects gradually, imperceptibly.
We transfer the beauty of life into the interior
Remember how you looked at the flaming sunset.A beautiful painting in a museum or an autumn forest, a church whitening over a river, snow-covered meadows. Remember how your breath was taken away with delight and your heart skipped a beat! And this feeling of delight from observing beauty is a “pass” to the hidden and best feelings and aspirations of your soul. This is your contact with the beauty that is in each of us. Always individual! That is why it is so important for the interior to be beautiful! And it is so important that the designer you work with has developed intuition and the ability to feel your emotions.
So where do you start?At the first meeting, I am often asked questions about whether or not to put a corner sofa in the kitchen, whether to glaze the balcony or not, whether to buy a washbasin with a “leg” or a suspended one. Of course, there are answers to all these questions. But, in my opinion, you should not start with this. And the sequence of the very first steps can be like this, for example:
