Energetic interiors with a vibrant palette should notrepresent an exclusively eternal holiday. Such spaces can and should be made functional and comfortable for life. Today we will tell you about such a project Whatever one may say, minimalist one-color interiors are good only for adults with a busy business life. Families with young children need color and variety. Architect-designer Elena Bulagina created just such a space, adding to it another extremely important element - functionality. Elena Bulagina, architect-designer Graduated with honors from the Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture. Has behind him many completed projects of residential and public premises in Moscow, Samara, Kaliningrad, Vladivostok and other cities of Russia, as well as neighboring countries (Kiev). Many of Elena's works have been published in glossy architectural magazines: "Best Interiors", "Beautiful Apartments", "Ideas for Your Home", "Redevelopment". Now Elena works as a leading architect-designer in the architectural bureau "Kapitel", Moscow. pro-kapitel.ru
Customers
A young married couple with a young son has acquiredTwo-room apartment typical layout. When carrying out the planning decision of the apartment, the architect-designer Elena Bulagina proceeded from the following theses:
Remodeling
The typical layout has undergone a number of changes.First, a large room was divided by a partition into two unequal parts. They decided to use the room with a window as a nursery. A room without natural light - for a living room. Secondly, Elena Bulagina decided to combine a bathroom with a toilet and a corridor leading to the kitchen. Thanks to this solution, it was possible to significantly increase the area of the bathroom, which, in turn, made it possible to place a washing machine there, and use the space above the machine for household needs. They decided to turn the loggia into a recreation room, having previously insulated and placed a winter garden and a hookah room there. On the balcony adjacent to the parents' bedroom, it was decided to equip a dressing room, for this they made the necessary insulation of the walls and ceiling, and installed electric heating mats on the floor. 
A task
The architect was faced with the task: Turn a standard apartment with all the nuances of standard housing in a modern comfortable multifunctional apartment that meets modern requirements for the comfort of housing, with a bright, cheerful, emotional interior design. 
Shine
Chandelier in the children's room - Artemide, lamps- Leucos. The bed in the bedroom is specially highlighted from the bottom, this creates an effect of weightlessness. For the kitchen, the designer has developed several lighting options - over the dining table are five eaves, emphasizing the primary colors of the interior, it's red, blue, yellow and white. Behind the ceiling box is a hidden LED lighting. On the ceiling, you can see the ceiling lights of the overhead type, creating an association of the light path leading from the corridor to the loggia. 
Colour
Elena Bulagina in the interior of the apartment widelyUses wallpaper. In the living room, on the wall behind the sofa - an abstraction, in the color scheme including the color of the floor ceramic granite under the massive board, and the color of the rug and sofa cushions. In the nursery - a magical fairy city, in the bedroom - a futuristic abstraction on the theme of outer space, in the bathroom - a rhino that breaks the barrier. 
Furniture
Entrance hall - wardrobe, hanger, shoe cabinet(Russia); Kitchen, loggia - kitchen "Stylish kitchens" (Russia), tabletop Corian, appliances in the kitchen - Bosch, kitchen chairs and table - Calligaris (Italy); Bedroom - double bed Lukas (Cattelan, Italy); Dresser and table - Morelato (Italy), living room - sofa, factory "8 March" (Russia), chest of drawers and shelves - IKEA, children's furniture - Colombini (Italy). 
Decor and Textiles
The children's room on the floor is roundA mat of the firm Haba (Germany), in the bedroom - a dressed hide, in the living room - a gray mat with white and blue drops. In the living room - a sofa in red, and the color of the pillows is chosen for contrast. 
Elena Bulagina, architect-designer:- To create a bright modern interior, you should not be afraid to use contrasting materials that differ in texture, which at first glance may seem incongruous to you. To look for their own solutions in creating an interior, not always go the beaten path, experiment and implement your ideas and observations. pro-kapitel.ru
Style
When choosing a style and color scheme in the interiorApartment designer based on the lifestyle of customers. Their energy, active lifestyle, life optimism could not be better suited to a bright and contrasting interior. Therefore, the spectrum of colors in the interior of the apartment is quite wide. To create a fresh, "unheard" interior Elena Bulagina uses outrageous items: it's a boxing pear in the bedroom, a panel with a rhinoceros in the bathroom, in the kitchen - a dining table and a wall clock in the form of drops. 
Difficulties
The tasks that were solved during the project:
- For parents and the child it was possible to design separate rooms, thus still there was a place for a drawing room;
- The parents' room is now a full-fledged multifunctional space - this is the bedroom, and the sports corner, and the working area;
- Increased the area of the bathroom;
- The loggia was insulated, which allowed to organize a new resting place with a winter garden and hookah;
- The balcony in the bedroom is insulated and turned into a dressing room.
Duration
For the implementation of this project, from the time of design to finishing works and furnishing, it took six months. 
