What problems do people experience with storing things?men? If you think that only girls constantly have nowhere to put their things, be sure to read our article How do you imagine a man's apartment? Dark, filled with concrete and with an untidy bedroom? Modern men value coziness and comfort no less than women, and sometimes even more. Two girls from the Bohostudio design bureau took on the task of understanding the male customer and creating a comfortable and beautiful home for him. Elizaveta Pyshneva, designer Graduated from the Nikolaev Shipbuilding University, specializing in interior design. In 2013, she organized her own studio Bohostudio together with Yulia Tyuryakova. The girls have been working together for several years, during which time they have developed an excellent understanding not only of each other, but also a wonderful idea of what the customer wants. In the interiors, they try to create complete comfort, functionality and reflect the character of its inhabitants in the room. bohostudio.com.ua Yulia Tyuryakova, designer Graduated from the Nikolaev Shipbuilding University, specializing in interior design. Then the Kyiv State University of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Boychuk, specializing in "environmental design". In 2013, she began working in her own studio, Bohostudio. bohostudio.com.ua The owner of this apartment is a young and very active man. He is keen on extreme sports, often travels a lot: business trips or tourist trips. He loves Europe most of all, and London in particular. The apartment is located in Kyiv. The original layout of this apartment was extremely unsuccessful. For this reason, the designers swapped the kitchen and the room, combined the kitchen with the living room, hallway and balcony. The result was a bright and quite spacious room for 56 square meters. The girls isolated only the bedroom and the bathroom into separate zones.
The young customer wanted a modern, but nottoo minimalistic interior. It had to be a pleasant place to relax in the evening from work, receive guests in a comfortable and warm environment or throw a small party. So the main task was to create a light and functional interior in a modern style, complemented by bright furniture and decorative elements.
Yulia Tyuryakova, designer:— We thought out storage systems separately. Yes, yes, men also have problems with storing things. Not the same as girls, of course. We are talking about sports equipment, of which the customer had a huge amount: boards, wakeboard, sportswear. So we came up with a large multifunctional closet that combines the hallway and living room area. And also a wardrobe in the bedroom for personal belongings. It would seem that this apartment is unusually light and bright for a man. But the customer immediately liked the color scheme proposed by the designers. Probably because it is as dynamic as his lifestyle. The light interior and white walls dilute the dark spots and bright accents of the red furniture and decor. But the brightest and most saturated accent was the wonderful retro refrigerator from SMEG.
The main lighting in the apartment is presentedspotlights and built-in lamps around the entire perimeter of the apartment. The minimalist interior is slightly diluted with a modern sconce in the living room area from IKEA and a retro lamp from a Ukrainian online store (spacedepot.com.ua). The lamp in the hallway consists of several blocks. It was made to order according to the designers' sketches. The bedroom is illuminated by two sconces by the bed and a cozy floor lamp from a Ukrainian manufacturer.
Elizaveta Pyshneva, designer:— For this project, we chose simple geometric shapes of furniture and rather unusual design solutions. Most of the furniture was made to order by local craftsmen at a Ukrainian factory. Even the doors were made to order — they are very high, painted white, which visually increases the height of the ceiling. They were made by the Ukrainian workshop Heartwood. The kitchen furniture has a complex asymmetric shape, which is partly due to its layout. The facades are decorated to look like lightened oak, and the tabletop is made of stone — all by the Kyiv company L-master. The room is decorated with the famous Acapulco armchair, and the dining chairs are from the Italian company Calligaris.
There are quite a lot of pieces of furniture in the interiordecor from IKEA. In the hallway, a very striking element was a decorative panel with a bench made of plywood - it was made by the master Taras Savchuk. This panel is not only decorative, but also functional: the pegs-hooks can be rearranged (and they also hint at the owner's hobbies for sports), behind one of the panels there is a technological hatch.
The bathroom in the apartment is small and combined —area of 4.6 sq. m. However, it contains all the necessary elements. And the coziness is created by the floor made of natural wood. One of the walls is completely mirrored, which creates the illusion of space.
The bedroom is made extremely laconic and evenslightly ascetic. The grey colour scheme created a very cosy and enveloping atmosphere. And the bed here seems to float in the air. All the furniture in the bedroom was custom-made by Kyiv craftsmen.
In implementing this project, designersThey encountered only one problem: there was no freight elevator, so all the building materials had to be carried on foot to the 20th floor. This took a lot of time and effort. However, the project was completed in three months. Its cost was about $30,000.
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