How to design an interior where you could live peacefullyTwo lovers, their cat and dog? At the same time, the couple plans to have children, which means the design needs to be done "for growth". Today we will tell you how Olga and Alexey dealt with this. This family is distinguished by special optimism and a good sense of humor. In their three-room apartment, the four of them get along great. Meet Olga, Alexey, Plusha and Gosha. They have long dreamed of a family nest in a good area, where they could settle down for a long time, live in a relaxing and comfortable interior. Olga Shumilova and Alexey Perventsev Olga is 28 years old, she is an administrative director. Alexey is 31 years old, he is a HR director, PhD. Olga is fond of her husband, traveling, reading, and also, according to her, some crazy set of children's hobbies: painting by numbers, embroidering, laying out mosaics, and the like. Alexey is interested in his wife, sports, cinema, travelling, exhibitions, theatre and…. personnel management. Plusha is a British cat, 7 years old. Her hobbies include sleeping and boxes with packages. She is special because she was born on 07.07.07. Gosha is a Danish-Swedish Gardhund, 5 months old. Her hobbies include running, Plusha and various types of destruction. He is also special because he was brought from Finland and is one of the first representatives of this breed in Russia and in Moscow!
The perfect place to live
Find a suitable place for your future homemanaged to do so in one of the oldest areas in the center of Moscow — on Shmitovsky Proezd. The purchase of the apartment was inspired by the status of the brick house, built in the pre-war years and having a courtyard-well, as well as the close location to the Krasnogvardeisky ponds, with their beautiful views and clean air. Olga Shumilova, the owner of the apartment: — We dreamed of buying an apartment for a long time, we did not want some intermediate option. Our goal was to find an apartment "for growth", so that everyone would have enough space, so that everyone would be comfortable. The key role was played by the presence of a park nearby, so that we could walk with the children, whom we really want, and with the dog, who was already in the plans at that time. We wanted the apartment to become a place of rest, a kind of cozy castle.
In search of specialists
Having bought an apartment in a suitable location, Olga andAlexey started looking for professionals who could design it in accordance with their dreams, characters and one more circumstance, or rather two: cat Plusha and dog Gosha. Having reviewed many portfolios of interior designers on the Internet, they realized that there are several categories of such specialists - those who make luxurious interiors for a lot of money, and those who build their work on monotonous "tricks" or get hung up on one style. In the end, they managed to find professionals. The candidates were architects from the studio "Dvekati" - Ekaterina Mamaeva and Ekaterina Svanidze. Olga Shumilova, the owner of the apartment: - It turned out to be very difficult to find designers who create an interior not for the picture and do not twist the entire design around one "trick", color or style, but make an apartment for life: practical, comfortable, beautiful. And not for a million dollars. One of the Katyas turned out to be a friend of a friend of Lesha. We went to the site, looked at the photos and decided to give it a try!
Let's get to work!
At the very first meetings between designers and ownersapartment, a common eco-concept was born, close to the Scandinavian one. This choice was due to Olga and Alexey's sympathy for natural colors and natural materials. They took a light tone as a basis, against which intricate stone and wooden textures came to the fore, which are pleasant to look at or feel by touching. They refused wallpaper right away - this was one of the conditions of the married couple, since this family has a cat and a dog who are not against having fun with paper on the wall. Therefore, they decided to paint the walls in fragments in the color of spring grass and heavenly azure. Ekaterina Mamaeva, architect: - We introduced deliberate sloppiness into the finishing. To do this, we asked the painters to plaster the window slopes and paint them without final alignment. We did the same with the brick wall in the bedroom - we roughly plastered the fragment behind the bed so that the headboard would fit better, and it was possible to install sockets. The walls in the corridor were plastered in the style of wattle and daub. The textures were perfect.
Layout features
The architects immediately realized that this had potentialof the apartment is much larger than the existing layout offered. To prove this, they proposed their own version of the redevelopment, which was immediately approved by the owners. This is how a wardrobe appeared in the bedroom and a spacious kitchen-living room with three windows. The luxurious bathroom with a window remained intact. The apartment also has two isolated rooms "for growth". Ekaterina Svanidze, architect: - Repair work began in parallel with the design and approval of the stylistic concept of the interior. Timely dismantling was necessary, since old houses with wooden floors sometimes hide unpleasant surprises. One of them was a blocked chimney, or rather, not the chimney itself, but the fact that for technical reasons it turned out to be non-functional. The customers dreamed of a real fireplace, but, unfortunately, the idea could not be realized.
A little more about surprises
If a faulty chimney turns out to be a nuisancesurprise, the original brickwork, which was also discovered during the renovation work, became a real find. It came in handy and became the perfect element supporting the overall eco-concept of the interior. They decided to emphasize the attractive texture with white. The visual effect of it is enhanced by the wooden ceiling beams and floor, which contrast with it. The wooden window sills are also tinted to match the color of the floor, which makes this interior picture complete. But there was no need to be sad about the lack of a fireplace for long - the architects solved this issue by installing a bio-fireplace in the TV area of the living room.
How to choose furniture for an interior where a cat and a dog will live?
In this family, people live on an equal basis with peoplePets are very beloved and dear. Usually they say about them: they are like children to us. But, as we know, children love to peel wallpaper off the walls, smash and break everything in the game. This happens with Plusha and Gosha, especially when they are left at home alone. It is for this reason that Olga and Alexey made a compromise - they decided not to buy expensive furniture for the first time, until baby Gosha grows up. The ideal option in the conditions of the proposed style and decoration was IKEA furniture. Here it is not presented in its pure form, but modified by designers, so it is clearly not readable. For example, the cabinet in the bathroom is remade beyond recognition. It was decorated with a wooden tabletop, and an outlandish overhead sink in the shape of a drop made of natural basalt gave it additional charm. The kitchen set, assembled from three different collections, is also unique, the facades are made of veneer and stainless steel. Their contrast is emphasized by a black chalkboard wall, on which you can write down your favorite recipes. Ekaterina Mamaeva, architect: - Our special pride is the resulting bathroom. The presence of such luxury as a window initially gave a flight to the designer's imagination. But we managed to make it as functional as possible - a corner bath, a separate shower and, the most important wish of the customers, a home infrared sauna! Everything was perfectly accommodated, and the owners admit that they have never regretted their decision.
Finishes, materials and brands
Made to order
- A massive sliding door to the living room with the texture of an aged tree according to the design of designers;
- shelving under the windows according to the sketches of designers.
Kitchen
- kitchen set - IKEA;
- functional lighting - SLW;
- bar stools - IKEA.
Bedroom
- bed - Hoff;
- bedside tables - Ifab;
- functional lighting - SLW;
- parquet board - Coswick, collection of oak Tavern.
Living room
- sofa - IKEA;
- a sliding door to the living room according to the sketch of designers -The Ply;
- coffee table - Ifab;
- functional lighting - SLW;
- decorative lamp over the sofa - Ifab;
- parquet board - Coswick, collection of oak Tavern.
Wardrobe
- factory "Stylish Kitchens".
Bathroom
- Sanitary ware - Hansgrohe;
- functional lighting - SLW;
- floor ceramics - Atlas Concorde, collection Time;
- ceramic tiles - La Faenza, collection of Neozebrino and Marca Corona, collection of Jolie;
- basalt shell - Sheerdecor.
Corridor and other
- interior doors - Union Chameleon;
- functional lighting - SLW;
- outdoor porcelain stoneware - Atlas Concorde, collection Time.
Advice from the architects of the Dvekati studio on arranging such an interior:
photos provided by Olga Shumilova and the studio "DveKati"
