When your favorite city is New York, you want toturn your home into a real loft. But is it possible to do this in a city apartment, especially when it is a typical one-room apartment? Let's take a look at the English Quarter residential complex in Moscow and find out The customer of this project is a young man of a creative profession who leads an active lifestyle and is fond of painting. He wanted to turn his typical one-room apartment into a two-room apartment reminiscent of an American loft. Mandatory requirements include a workplace, since he does not go to the office and works mainly at home, as well as a separate bedroom. It was with these wishes that the young man turned to the ReutovDesign design bureau, and this is what came of it. Dmitry Reutov, designer Founder of the ReutovDesign design bureau Dmitry Reutov's design studio has existed since 2006, during which time more than 100 different projects have been implemented, both residential and commercial. The team of designers, architects and visualizers manages projects of any complexity and approaches each of them with high professionalism. In 2014, the workshop was renamed into the ReutovDesign design studio. reutovdesign.ru
Features of redevelopment
The original layout of the apartment was typical:a small kitchen, a room, a bathroom, a hallway and a loggia. Part of the wall separating the kitchen and the room was load-bearing, so in order to implement the customer's wishes, the wall between them had to be demolished down to the load-bearing partition. The bedroom area had to be made private, so for this purpose the designers added a small part of the partition adjacent to the load-bearing wall. And in order to increase the living space at the expense of the loggia, the entire window sill block and part of the wall adjacent to it were dismantled. In addition, the bathroom partition was moved by 50 centimeters, which helped to significantly expand it (Roomble does not comment on the legality of the redevelopment in this case and leaves the solution of such issues to the discretion of the architect and designer - editor's note). Dmitry Reutov, leading designer of ReutovDesign: - As a result of this redevelopment, we got a sleeping place by the window from the room, separated by glass sliding doors, and a recreation area. In place of the kitchen we placed a small kitchen space with a dining area, and also, due to the attached loggia, a work area with a small recreation area near the panoramic window. reutovdesign.ru
Transforming an apartment into a loft
The customer is inspired by American interiorsloft style. These are old factory and industrial buildings that were empty and were converted by creative people into offices and apartments. That is why there were no doubts or questions about the choice of style. But the problem was that the apartment was not located in an old building and did not have the existing materials natural for this style (brick, wood, beams), so everything had to be finished artificially. But the studio is not inferior in any way.
Aged wood was used for finishingNaturally natural, 19th century, with the manufacturer's stamp brick, from which those very factories were built. Speaking of the source materials, here the designers were able to use a concrete ceiling, they covered it with transparent varnish. The main color scheme is warm shades of wood and, perfectly emphasizing the loft style. Decorative plaster helped to create an imitation of white brickwork. It is also worth mentioning the wooden installations used in the project - with their presence the atmosphere became more cozy.
Optical illusion
The area of the apartment is small, so the designersdecided to use some. One of the walls was made mirrored and decorated as a window-door, covering the mirror with wooden slats. This method allows the mirror to fit into the interior more naturally.
Dmitry Reutov, leading designer at ReutovDesign:— The main part of the furniture was made to order — partitions, wardrobe doors, bar counter, kitchen set, bed. I would like to tell you more about the white kitchen set. It is decorated in the style of elegant American classics, which contrasts with the brutal overall style, but at the same time adds a certain chic to the interior. reutovdesign.ru Also between the sleeping area and the room there are sliding glass partitions with a pattern of sandblasting — this lets in additional light into the room and at the same time separates the sleeping area, making it a private area. Even though the bedroom is small, it does not look cramped at all, rather, on the contrary, very cozy and spacious.
Bathroom with Manhattan View
Dmitry Reutov has a special focus in all his projectspays attention to bathrooms, and this apartment is no exception. The first thing that attracts attention here is the installation above the bathtub, reminiscent of a window overlooking the customer's favorite city, New York. When you are in such a bathroom, you immediately feel as if you are enjoying the beauty of the Big Apple from one of the upper floors of a skyscraper.
The walls of the bathroom are lined with oldbrick combined with large-format porcelain stoneware, which visually expands the space. A false floor with lighting was made in the floor, covered with durable glass and creating a 3D effect of depth. And with the help of beautiful subdued lighting, in combination with a screen near the bathtub made of translucent plastic with similar lighting, you can create a separate mood. One of the interesting ideas of the bathroom is a custom-made toilet in the form of a pipe from cast marble and a sink resembling a supporting column.
Materials, brands and finishes
Living room:
- sofa - Mobel & Zeit, Ontario series;
- coffee table - Frag factory, Tolis series;
- desktop - Vox factory, Modern series;
- an armchair for the workplace - the Arper factory, model Catifa 46;
- chair-mattress in the recreation area by the window - Nido Futon, Nido Horizon;
- a coffee table in the recreation area - the Roshe Bobbois factory, the Precious model;
- Lighting - Delta Light Company;
- parquet board - Tarkett Salsa, design "oak, red coffee, brush" (thermo);
- decorative plaster - Dessa;
- Interior doors - Barausse factory;
Kitchen:
- kitchen set was made to order according to sketches of designers ReutovDesign;
- chairs in the dining area - model Caprice, designer Marcello Ziliani;
- the bar was made to order;
- decorative plaster - Dessa;
- parquet board - Tarkett Salsa, design "oak, red coffee, brush" (thermo);
- lighting - company Delta Light;
Bedroom:
- the bed was made to order according to sketches of designers ReutovDesign;
- lighting - company Delta Light;
- decorative plaster - Dessa;
- parquet board - Tarkett Salsa, design "oak, red coffee, brush" (thermo);
Bathroom:
- Sanitary ware - Hansgrohe;
- lighting - company Delta Light;
- floor covering - Microbeton;
- porcelain stoneware - Iris FMG factory, Maxfine series;
- The sink and toilet bowl are made according to an individual project of cast marble;
- bath - Aessel factory;
Hallway:
- chair - factory Zanotta;
- porcelain stoneware - Iris FMG factory, Marte series;
- decorative plaster - Dessa.
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