Deep purple, wine, olive gray andsand — combining noble colors with expensive furniture, high-quality materials and rich textures, decorator Tatyana Alenina created an elegant and prestigious interior for a businesswoman and her son. Decorator Tatyana Alenina had to do a lot of work on the interior of this apartment: in addition to design and decorating solutions, serious interventions in the layout and work on the architects' mistakes were required. But interaction with the customer - a successful businesswoman, part-time wonderful mother and simply an open and positive person - brought only positive emotions. Tatyana Alenina, designer-decorator Tatyana is a designer and decorator, a member of the Association of Interior Decorators (AID). Having dedicated 12 years to fashion, in 2005 she graduated from the Details school and opened her own design bureau. She interned at the KLC school in London. She believes that the customer's personality should continue in the color scheme and tactile sensations of the future interior, so she begins work on each project by drawing up a color scheme and selecting textiles. In her work, she prefers natural materials and a natural color scheme. www.alenina.ru Layout The customer has a son, so her main wish was to plan the apartment so that everyone would have their own autonomous space. Thus, the owner got her own private area, consisting of a bedroom, a spacious dressing room, a bathroom and an office, arranged on the balcony. The growing man also received his own personal space: a nursery with a small but full-fledged dressing room was allocated for him. The third part of the apartment is given over to a public area: a kitchen, a dining room and a living room.
Tatyana Alenina, designer:— For me, a good layout is 70% of a project’s success, because the right architectural solutions create a beautiful design. In this project, the original concrete box that we got was irregular in shape, with a wavy wall on one side and four supporting columns in the center of the living room. This “deep architectural thought” of the house designer had to be corrected first of all, and we coped with the task. Concept When communicating with the customer, Tatyana first of all identified her stylistic and color preferences: a modern functional interior with straight lines and laconic forms, executed in a restrained range, but with bright elements. A light gray-olive-sand palette was chosen for the background, and the owner of the apartment wanted to see her favorite colors, which she often uses in clothes and makeup, as accents: a dark wine shade. It was also decided to use only high-quality environmentally friendly materials and natural fabrics that are pleasant to the touch.
Hallway Quite spacious hallwayThe room is decorated in light and warm tones: olive-gray walls harmoniously combine with the texture of the wood and reddish-brown leather. To the left of the entrance door there is a large mirror made to order in the carpentry workshop and a console with symmetrically placed Porta Romana lamps, as well as a small leather sofa from Marie's Corner with decorative pillows in dark purple. To the right there is a spacious wardrobe for outerwear and shoes.
Kitchen-dining room For the kitchen area designerchose a custom-made set with combined surfaces. Thus, the facades of the upper cabinets are covered with glossy varnish of a beautiful purple shade, and for the lower ones, light oak veneer was used. The apron and work surface are designed as a single unit: they are finished with quartz, the sink and faucet are matched to it, the built-in hob is unobtrusive.
The dining area is visually separated from the living roomtwo columns covered with beautiful veneer panels. The dining table was custom-made in a carpentry shop, and the deep purple chairs with linen upholstery were found at Marie's Corner. The overall color scheme of the kitchen-diner continues in the details: flowers, lamps, and even tableware.
Living room The living room consists of a soft groupwith a functional coffee table in the center and a large shelving unit with a TV area along the wall. The columns by the window were also paneled, leveled and equipped with open shelves for storing small items and beautiful art objects.
Particular attention is paid to the decor in the living room.Luxurious natural fabrics from Holland & Sherry were used for textiles: silk velvet, linen and cotton with a modern pattern. Since the owner of the apartment is engaged in floristry, there are many ready-made flower arrangements in the living room, created especially for this project by Larisa Kravchenkova from the Grass floristry bureau, as well as simply beautiful vases. Small sculptures and other art objects complement the interior.
Master bedroom Mother's bedroom - absolutelya special place, a small feminine world where you can retire, recuperate and simply relax. The color scheme turned out to be complex: beige and mustard shades as a base and deep purple and lingonberry accents. All the fabrics are natural, very high-quality and tactilely pleasant: wool curtains from Holland & Sherry, a silk bedspread covered in cotton and pillows made of cashmere and velvet.
The architectural feature of the apartment is its wavy shape.wall - in this room Tatyana decided not to hide it, but to emphasize it with the shape of the headboard, round bedside tables made of white leather and two symmetrical screens upholstered in wool. But the column, on the contrary, was disguised, making it part of a composition of two bookcases and a white false fireplace. Above it, they hung a painting that the artist Olga Abramova painted especially for this project.
The loggia adjoining the bedroom, Tatianaturned it into a small but comfortable office, since sometimes the client needs to work at home. The walls were painted light gray, the usual plastic windows were replaced with wooden ones and linen Roman blinds were hung on them.
The hostess's bathroom The bathroom in the "women's"The area is decorated in soft warm shades and thought out to the smallest detail - the designer herself selected all the accessories, right down to the soap dish. Glossy beige tiles were used for the wall decoration, the vanity unit and mirror were custom-made according to Tatyana's sketches. A spacious cabinet is provided to the right of the sink for storing towels and useful little things.
Children's room The son's room is decorated inolive-gray tones with discreet local accents. The walls were painted in a bleached olive shade, and brown, the same olive and beige colors were chosen for textiles. All fabrics, as in other rooms, are natural: linen was used for the upholstery of the chair, sofa and lampshade, cotton, wool and velvet were used for the curtains and decorative pillows, all from Holland & Sherry.
The room has many storage systems:The balcony has a place for sports equipment, there are bookcases on both sides of the door, and a large 2 m long desk has several spacious drawers for school supplies. In order not to clutter the area of 14 square meters, a fold-out sofa from Meridiani was chosen as a sleeping place instead of a full-size bed. Also adjacent to the son's room is a full-size wardrobe that meets all the needs of the owner: it has another system for storing sports equipment, as well as uniforms, sneakers and other attributes of an active lifestyle.
Special attention when decorating a children's room Tatyanapaid special attention to lighting, not only thinking through different lighting scenarios, but also choosing interesting lamps from the Dutch brand Moooi: a chandelier in the shape of a spider and a ball-shaped floor lamp, as if wrapped in a web. Sconces with linen lampshades were purchased from Stephane Davidts.
Bathroom Small guest bathroom with an area ofTatyana also decorated 4.3 sq. m in a restrained and noble color scheme with gray as the dominant color. For the finishing, they chose English water-based paint from Farrow & Balls and gray porcelain stoneware.
Tatyana Alenina, designer:— Despite the complexity in the form of the strange and inconvenient architecture of the house itself, this project was done in one breath: there was a lot of inspiration and joy from communication, a lot of trust and warmth, and most importantly — all the wishes of the customer were brought to life. We are still friends and communicate with her and have already implemented more than one joint project. In this interior, the following were used: Hallway:
- sofa - Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- The console and mirror are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- lamps - Porta Romana (United Kingdom);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK);
- granite on the floor - RIM.ru (Russia).
Kitchen-dining room:
- kitchen set and dining table made to order according to designer's sketches;
- dining chairs - Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- curtain fabric - Holland & Sherry (UK);
- lamp above the table, floor lamps and technical light - Stephane Davidts (Belgium);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK);
- flooring - "Golden Forest" (Russia), solid oak.
Living room:
- sofas and poufs - Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- a coffee table and panels for facing columns are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- Chandelier - Stephane Davidts (Belgium);
- fabrics - Holland & Sherry (UK);
- tray - Flamant (Belgium);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK);
- flooring - "Golden Forest" (Russia), solid oak.
Master bedroom:
- bed and bedside tables - Meridiani (Italy);
- chandelier and table lamps - Porta Romana (United Kingdom);
- reading light - Stephane Davidts (Belgium);
- picture - Olga Abramova;
- fireplace, console, screens and built-in bookcases are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- bench near the bed - Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- fabrics - Holland & Sherry (UK);
- accessories - Flamant (Belgium);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK);
- flooring - "Golden Forest" (Russia), solid oak.
Balcony:
- windows - FLORA (Latvia);
- The desktop is made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- armchair - Marie's Corner (Belgium);
- table lamp - Stephane Davidts (Belgium);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK).
Mistress's bathroom:
- Plumbing - Duravit (Germany);
- a curbstone under the sink and a mirror are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- bra - Tekna (Belgium);
- tiles - RIM.ru (Russia).
Children's room:
- sofa, pouf and chair - Meridiani (Italy);
- The work desk and bookcases are made to order according to the sketches of the designer;
- chandelier and floor lamp - Moooi (Holland);
- Bra - Stephane Davidts (Belgium);
- fabrics - Holland & Sherry (UK);
- paintings - Olga Abramova;
- the Globe - Flamant (Belgium);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK);
- flooring - "Golden Forest" (Russia), solid oak.
Guest bathroom:
- Plumbing - Duravit (Germany);
- bra - Tekna (Belgium);
- mirror "Moscow Mirror Factory" (Russia);
- paint - Farrow & Ball (UK);
- porcelain stoneware - RIM.ru (Russia).
