Light color palette with berry accentsshades, an unusual enfilade layout and columns that have turned into bookcases — designer Irina Krasheninnikova decorated an apartment for a family in a modern classic style, fulfilling all the special wishes of the customers. The interiors are easy to recognize: each one has subtle work with color, carefully thought-out decor and a variety of textures. The project that we will show you today was no exception. Taking into account all the wishes of the customers — a family with a teenage daughter — Irina decorated their four-room apartment in an elegant neoclassical style, not forgetting about non-trivial design techniques. Irina Krasheninnikova, designer A graduate of the Details design school and a philosopher by her first education. When creating interiors, she is guided by the principle of “ecologically friendly — convenient — optimistic”. She considers it important to develop the theme of modern Russian style in Russian interiors, the uniqueness of which is due to the specifics of local life. Nominee of the Interia Awards interior design prize and participant in the Apartment Question program. Irina's works are published in AD, Mezzanine, Salon de lux, Hi home, Cosmopolitan and other magazines. www.irinakrasheninnikova.ru Wishes and layout The owners of the apartment turned to Irina when they realized that the existing layout did not suit them at all: they wanted something more unusual and in line with their individual characteristics, of which there were quite a lot. Firstly, the clients are intelligent people who read a lot, so one of the main wishes was the presence of a full-fledged library. But the kitchen, on the contrary, needed to be small and unobtrusive, since they rarely cook at home. In addition, since the daughter is engaged in ballroom dancing, it was necessary to allocate a dressing room for her with non-standard cabinet depth, where it would be convenient to store costumes for performances.
Having received the go-ahead to experiment with the layout,Irina decided to divide the apartment into three conventional zones: adult, children's and common - each consists of a suite of rooms and has its own bathroom and dressing room. The common zone includes the hallway, living room and kitchen-dining room, the adult zone consists of a suite of "small living room - bedroom - bathroom", and the children's zone consists of a girl's bedroom, dressing room and bathroom. The rooms turned out to be small, but this was a conscious decision: by dividing the total volume of the apartment into small rooms, the designer was able to balance the proportions and make the low ceiling less obvious.
Irina Krasheninnikova, designer:— The peculiarity of this apartment is the presence of a large number of load-bearing structures: along the entire perimeter, three pylons in the center and two ventilation boxes. I managed to turn this disadvantage into an advantage by constructing niches in each of the rooms, into which we built in bookcases. Thus, we got a lot of space for storing the family library, without collecting it all in one room. This allowed us to fill almost the entire space of the apartment with books, while the library does not overwhelm with its size. Common area The first enfilade - a kitchen-dining room, a living room and an entrance hall - forms a public space consisting of non-residential rooms. The small kitchen got a walk-through location: in another case, this could be inconvenient, but in the context of the life of this family it became an ideal solution, since they practically do not cook at home.
In the hallway, Irina used an unusual technique:hung a large-format photo of the same hallway opposite the front door. This optical illusion not only surprises guests, who at first mistake the photo for a reflection in a mirror, but also visually enlarges the small space. The real mirror is on the adjacent wall and reflects the natural light pouring in from the window.
Irina Krasheninnikova, designer:— From a design point of view, the hallway was especially interesting for me in this project. I love designing spacious hallways, but this was not possible, so I had to use a number of visual techniques. The photo of the hallway gave an interesting effect of “doubling” the space. A mirror gives the same effect, and it doubles not only the area, but also the people, creating a feeling of crowding in a small hallway. It also maintains a cozy, intimate feeling, while seeming like the room is twice as big as it actually is. I also painted the walls of the hallway a rich dark color: this is the only dark room in the apartment, so all the other rooms seem lighter and more spacious. In the common living room, the designer placed a soft group: a Marie’s Corner sofa, Eichholtz armchairs and Objet de Curiosite tables. For the flooring, Irina chose solid wood boards from Finex, and for the walls and ceiling, paint from the famous British company Little Greene. This part of the public area is intended for receiving guests and socializing, so the owners refused to have a TV, which is traditional for a living room.
Adult Zone Adult Zone opens to smallliving room — it is also a library and TV-room. Since books are the main hobby of the head of the family, Irina designed this room primarily for him: most of the library is collected here and one can easily retire for reading. Also, in case guests want to stay overnight, a sofa bed from the Italian brand Jesse was placed in the small living room.
Irina took the owners’ love of literature into account when decorating the bedroom: the room now has a cozy reading corner with a Marie’s Corner couch by the window.
Parents' bathroom and wardrobe designercombined into one room with a window, divided into two functional zones. Ceramic tiles were used for finishing the walls and floor, and most of the furniture was custom-made.
Children's area Children's part of the apartmentbelongs to the daughter and consists of her bedroom, bathroom and dressing room, which is located at the entrance to the bathroom. In the niches in the room, as in the parents' bedroom, there are book shelves, and a workspace for studying is also allocated.
Irina decorated the girl’s bathroom in warm pastel colors, and surrounded the elegant Victoria + Albert bathtub on legs with a curtain made of Sanderson fabric.
Storage The apartment has plenty of storage spacevarious storage systems: a coat closet in the hallway, adult and children's dressing rooms, racks and shelves in the bathrooms. Particular attention is paid to storage spaces for books - they are available in almost every room. For storing detergents and household equipment, a cabinet is provided in the guest toilet, which also has a built-in washing machine and dryer.
Lighting When thinking about the lighting in this project,Irina took into account the features of the apartment: thanks to the windows on two sides, at any time of the day it is filled with beautiful gentle light, which the designer sought to emphasize. Full-length mirrors were installed along the axes of the enfilades; they reflect natural light from the windows and make the apartment spacious and airy. For the same purpose, lamps, table lamps and glass accessories were introduced into the interior.
Textiles The owner of the apartment, despitebusy, devotes a lot of time to her hobby: she designs clothes, loves fashion and has a good understanding of fabrics. That is why the textiles in this interior were selected with special care, attention and love, and even the tiles in the bathrooms resemble capitonné upholstery. Irina, together with the customer, enthusiastically selected and combined patterns and textures, giving preference to natural, tactilely pleasant fabrics: linen, cotton, silk and wool. In addition, carpets play an important role in the project, acting as the finishing touches of the interior.
Irina Krasheninnikova, designer:— While working on this project, I developed excellent trusting relationships with the clients, and it was very interesting for us to collaborate. The owner of the apartment easily agreed to all the new and unusual planning solutions, materials, and ideas, without exhausting either herself or me with long doubts. Working on this interior gave us all pleasure, and its result brought joy to both me and the inhabitants of the apartment. The following were used in this interior: Entrance hall:
- the bench was made to order according to the designer’s sketches;
- photo on the wall - Alexey Dovgan;
- ceiling lamps - Fabbian (Italy);
- wall lamps - "Geometry" (Russia);
- mirror - Mugali (Spain);
- paint for walls and ceiling - Little Greene (UK);
- ceramic tiles on the floor - Ceramica Vogue (Italy).
Kitchen-dining room:
- kitchen set - Aster (Italy);
- dining table - Emmemobili (Italy);
- chairs - Сurations Limited (USA);
- Technology - Miele (Germany);
- suspended lamp - Swarovski (Austria);
- paint for walls and ceilings - Little Greene (UK);
- Flooring - Finex (Russia).
Living room:
- sofa — Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- chairs - Eichholtz (Holland);
- tables — Objet de Curiosite (France);
- ceramic table - "Geometry" (Russia), model "Head";
- floor lamps - Bellino (Italy);
- curtains, upholstery of a sofa and armchairs - Swaffer (Great Britain) and Sanderson (Great Britain);
- decorative pillows - Zara Home (Spain);
- carpet - Dovlet House (Russia);
- paint for walls and ceilings - Little Greene (UK);
- Flooring - Finex (Russia).
Small living room:
- sofa bed - Jesse (Italy);
- armchair — Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- The console behind the sofa and the pouf are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- floor lamp — La Fibule (France);
- console lamps - Heathfield (UK);
- ceiling lamp in the center of the room — Alt Lucialternative (Italy);
- glass bowl on console - Nafpliotis (Greece);
- turquoise ceramic vases - D.V. D’Sign (Belgium);
- carpet - Dovlet House (Russia);
- decorative pillows - Zara Home (Spain);
- curtains, upholstery of a sofa and armchairs - Swaffer (Great Britain) and Sanderson (Great Britain);
- paint for walls and ceilings - Little Greene (UK);
- Flooring - Finex (Russia).
Guest bathroom:
- mixer - Hansgrohe (Germany);
- Sanitaryware - Ceramica Catalano (Italy);
- wall lamp - "Geometry" (Russia);
- color lithography - Manlio Alzetta;
- ceramic tiles - Adex (Spain);
- floor covering — Finex (Russia).
Parents' bedroom:
- bed — Bolzan Letti (Italy);
- The bedside table was made to order according to the designer’s sketches;
- couch - Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- table — Objet de Curiosite (France)
- suspended lamp - "Geometry";
- floor lamp — Objet de Curiosite (France);
- bedside table lamps - Heathfield (UK);
- table lamp on the dressing table - Eichholtz (Holland);
- carpet - Dovlet House (Russia);
- decorative pillows - Zara Home (Spain);
- curtains, upholstery of a sofa and armchairs - Swaffer (Great Britain) and Sanderson (Great Britain);
- color lithography - Zu Ming Ho;
- paint for walls and ceilings - Little Greene (UK);
- Flooring - Finex (Russia).
Parents' bathroom:
- mixers - Hansgrohe (Germany);
- sanitaryware - Ceramica Catalano (Italy);
- cabinet, wardrobes and pouf are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- wall lamp - Fabbian (Italy);
- Ceiling lamp - Caboche (Italy);
- curtain and pouf upholstery - Sanderson (UK);
- mirror - Francesco Cesare (Italy);
- dish on the wall above the mirror - FOS (Italy);
- ceramic tiles - Adex (Spain);
- ceramic tiles on the floor - Ceramica Vogue (Italy).
Daughter's bedroom:
- bed - Bolzan Letti (Italy);
- pedestals - Eichholtz (Holland);
- side table-bookcase and round table - Objet de Curiosite (France);
- armchair - La Fibule (France);
- desk and chair - the property of the customer;
- ceiling light - customer's property;
- floor lamp - La Fibule (France);
- table lamp - Eichholtz (Holland);
- carpet - Dovlet House (Russia);
- decorative pillows - Zara Home (Spain);
- curtains, upholstery of a sofa and armchairs - Swaffer (Great Britain) and Sanderson (Great Britain);
- color lithography - Zu Ming Ho;
- glass vases on the window - Iittala (Finland);
- paint for walls and ceilings - Little Greene (UK);
- Flooring - Finex (Russia).
Daughter's bathroom:
- mixers - Hansgrohe (Germany);
- Sanitaryware - Ceramica Catalano (Italy);
- bath - Victoria + Albert (United Kingdom);
- the rack is made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- table — Eichholtz (Holland);
- chair - the property of the customer;
- wall lamps - Caboche (Italy);
- bath curtain and chair upholstery - Sanderson (UK);
- ceramic vase-shop Farol (Russia);
- ceramic tiles — Ceramica Vogue (Italy).
Photographer - Yuri Grishko.
