In the marine style: a two-room apartment for a young couple

How to decorate an apartment in a marine style so thatDidn't it resemble a set for a resort advertisement? The answer to this question is known to designer Victoria Skorobogatko, the author of a modern and bright interior, in which even the most insignificant details remind us of the sea. But you won't find any banal techniques here. On the eve of summer, we all dream of the sea and the sun, but the owners of this apartment - a young, tenderly loving couple and recently already a married couple - feel a light sea breeze regardless of the time of year. The reason for this is a shared love for blue, the sea and everything connected with it, which resulted in a colorful interior with a sea accent, designed by designer Victoria Skorobogatko. Victoria Skorobogatko, designer Graduate of the Art and Graphic Arts Department of OSU and member of the Union of Artists of Russia. She has more than 10 years of experience behind her, as well as courses at the British Higher School of Design and the International School of Design. Victoria sees the main goal of her work not as satisfying her own design ambitions, but as creating a cozy and comfortable living space that would match the taste and wishes of her customers. She believes that each project should be high-quality and thought out to the smallest detail, so she does not handle many orders at the same time. Style and layout The main wishes of the customers concerned, first of all, the palette and style of the interior. Victoria used the color that both loved in each room in different variations and shades, and it was decided to achieve a marine mood without resorting to too obvious techniques: blue and white stripes, ships and anchors. Since the apartment initially had a fairly logical layout, and the area of 80 square meters allowed for everything necessary to be placed without unnecessary tricks, no structural changes had to be made. As a result, the apartment has a standard but convenient layout with a spacious bedroom, kitchen-dining room, living room, functional dressing room and one, but roomy bathroom.Hallway Blue is the most striking colorimmediately upon entering the apartment: in the hallway, its rich shades are used in the finishing (decorative plaster) and in the lacquer coating of the console and bench. In contrast to the deep blue are the light floor, ceiling, cabinet fronts and doors. The lighting in the hallway also deserves attention: built-in lighting is installed along the perimeter of the ceiling, which gives the effect of soft, uniform lighting without a visible source. Kitchen-dining room Others are already appearing in the kitchenShades of blue: mint on the glossy backsplash tile, aqua on the wall above, a blue KitchenAid stand mixer, and a pop of bright blue in the form of plastic dining room .A neutral background for such richThe tones are a calm kitchen set from the Italian factory Scavolini, a white folding table and the rest of the walls, painted in a complex shade of brown. Together with the light windows and cream-colored porcelain tiles on the floor, they balance the cold part of the palette.An important feature of the kitchen is the panoramic viewglazing. On the one hand, it provides the room with natural light and allows the owners to admire the beautiful landscape, on the other hand, it was important to make sure that what is inside is not visible from the street. The solution was found in the form of 3D blinds with slats on a voluminous fabric base, operated by a remote control. When it is necessary to change their position, they smoothly rotate around their axis.Plastic ones deserve special attentionCalligaris dining chairs: they are reminiscent of the sea not only with their blue color, but also with their unusual texture, imitating the water surface with ripples spreading across it. However, the chairs are not the only place in the kitchen where you can sit. Next to the dining area there is a small sofa-lounger, where you can comfortably relax or read a book. Victoria Skorobogatko, designer:— In the kitchen, as in other rooms, different types of lighting were used to create different lighting scenarios. The main light is a central chandelier made of white ceramics, unusual due to its “holey” shape, somewhat reminiscent of a sea plant or a jellyfish. The kitchen also has built-in lighting along the work surface (under the wall cabinets) and in the dining area. Along the window glazing there is a row of overhead swivel lamps in the form of white flasks, and next to the sofa and table there are small swivel sconces for local lighting. Living room The main palette of the living room is turquoise, white and red as an accent. An open white shelving unit, custom-made according to the designer's sketches, was built into the niche designed behind the sofa. The wall behind it was painted bright turquoise, the shade of which is supported by two hanging tall cabinets on the opposite wall. Due to the presence of a bay window with an unusual angle in the living room, the sofa was also made to order according to the designer's sketches so that it would fit in as precisely as possible. According to Victoria, it took a long time to find a manufacturer who would make the right size and configuration without setting a huge price tag. In the end, they settled on the Italian factory Domingo Salotti.The living room has all the conditions for relaxation:In addition to a comfortable sofa and TV, there is a real home cinema installed here. A projector is suspended on the wall behind the sofa, speakers are built in along the perimeter above, and a large movie screen is hidden in a niche in the ceiling.The TV stand has a built-in bio-fireplace from the companyPlanika: it runs on special biofuel, which means that a real fire burns in it, but it produces no smoke or fumes, so a hood is not required either. If you turn off the central light and leave only soft lighting around the perimeter, together with the fireplace it creates a cozy atmosphere and a romantic mood. Victoria Skorobogatko, designer: - The red coral chandelier from the Lumen Center factory also creates a marine mood in the living room. The curtains that match it are also embroidered with various corals. The embroidery is voluminous, so the fabric looks very impressive up close. When we were choosing fabric for the curtains and saw a sample of this fabric embroidered with corals, both I and the customers liked it so much that we decided to order only it. The red coral theme is also supported by sofa cushions with different versions of the coral pattern.In addition to the place to relax, at the request of the owners,The living room also needed to accommodate a work area, while making it as unnoticeable as possible. During the work on the project, the customer found a compact design - a small-sized computer desk "Astolik" with a width of only 368 mm, which took its rightful place next to the sofa.Bedroom It was decided to design the bedroom in a morewarm and calm palette, so that there would not be too much blue and it would not become boring. However, in the general beige palette there was still room for local blue accents.One of the owners' wishes regarding the bedroomthere was a scenario of non-main dim light, which would create an intimate and cozy atmosphere in the room. For this purpose, a shallow niche with lighting was created behind the bed. The space inside was covered with wallpaper with a paisley pattern, which the customer liked so much that they decided to repeat it on the curtains: there, however, it is not so noticeable, since it is simply pressed into the fabric.The central place in the bedroom is occupied by a largecozy Meridiani bed with soft . Since customers do not always have time to lay out and put up a voluminous top cover, the designer decided to abandon it and limited herself to a light sachet with velvet trim in the color of the bed.The ceiling is decorated with a large chandelier from the Italian factory Axo Light made of grey-blue suede.Bathroom Thanks to the rather largearea of the bathroom, there was room for all the necessary plumbing, including a large bathtub with different types of hydromassage, which the customers dreamed of. Also in the bathroom, a built-in column cabinet with a washing machine and dryer was placed.Opposite the bathtub, long shelves were hunghidden lighting for accessories and cosmetics. The same lighting is above the bathtub itself, which allows you to create a relaxed and romantic mood when the main light is off.This interior featured: Hallway: