Apartment on Leninsky

The interior is based on neutral shades: gray, white, natural wood. Large-scale planes and volumes were highlighted with deep saturated colors (berry, emerald, chocolate): an entrance hall, an office, niches in the living room, an accent wall in the bedroom. In the kitchen, the color runs horizontally: first, a strip of dark chocolate on the lower facades of the set, above that a yellow apron of ceramic tiles, above that a white gloss on the cabinets. From the color—neutral living room, the bright colors of the adjacent rooms are visible: through the sliding doors – a yellow apron and a multicolored kitchen floor, through the openings of the corridor - rich berry and emerald walls of the hallway and study.

The master bedroom is decorated in soothing shades. The accent wall is decorated with palm leaf wallpaper. The small bathroom is restrained, in a masculine style, the shower area is lined with a mosaic of the sea wave. The bathroom is decorated in neutral grey and beige tones with terracotta details and contrasting black and white floors.

The living room is eclectic in style. The dining table and chairs were bought by the customer's grandfather back in the 70s. The retro furniture was restored in the Mobeledom workshop, the seats of the chairs were covered with ultramarine velvet. Together with a family piano and a retro coffee table, these items have added history to the interior. The load-bearing beam on the ceiling of the living room was left in concrete for brutality and a hint of loft. The Finex oak engineering board on the floor, laid with a French Christmas tree, recalls the eternal classics. On the ceiling, classic stucco molding is combined with modern, laconic overhead lights. Interior doors in hidden boxes in the tone of the walls harmoniously coexist with the gray architraves of the corridor openings.

Adjacent to the living room is the office of the apartment's owner, a doctor by profession. The office turned out to be small in size, but sufficient in functionality: a wide tabletop, a pedestal, shelves for specialized literature, an ergonomic chair. The furniture is made to order according to individual drawings by designers. The walls are painted a rich emerald color, and part of the wall surface is highlighted with special magnetic slate paint to accommodate important materials and work notes.

The apartment owners cook a lot and enthusiastically, so the furniture was placed around the perimeter of the kitchen and the countertop was made as large as possible. The customers chose the equipment themselves: a two-door side-by-side refrigerator, an oven, a dome hood, a cupboard for heating dishes, a hob, a built-in grill and a wok. The kitchen set is made to order in a carpentry workshop according to studio drawings. The lower tier is classic, with paneled oak facades and metal handles. The upper one is in a modern style, with smooth white facades and a push-to-open system. The apron is lined with Ceramica Bardelli ceramic tiles. Bestile Toscana floor porcelain stoneware combines all the colors of the room. The cast-iron radiator was left in the project in a new gray color. The Farrow&Ball paint on the walls supports the chocolate theme. The table top is made of artificial Staron stone with a white marble texture.

At the request of the customers, two bathrooms were designed in the apartment. The small bathroom with an area of 2.3 square meters has a shower, a Hatria corner toilet from the You&me collection and a compact sink on the bedside table at the entrance. Part of the walls is lined with Kerama Marazzi mosaic in a shade of sea waves, part is painted with moisture—resistant Benjamin Moore paint. Atlas Concorde Russia porcelain stoneware on the floor.

The large bathroom with a freestanding bathtub covers an area of 3.9 sq.m. The owners dreamed of an atmospheric deep cast-iron retro bathtub with legs in the form of lion paws, so that you could take a bath beautifully, with a glass of wine or reading a book. The Recor Slipper cast-iron bathtub was bought from a stand in one of the Moscow salons. The cabinet with a sink was made to order from the base of a sewing machine, a massive drawer and a sink in a classic style specifically for the tall height of customers. Hatria corner toilet bowl from the You&me collection. Tiles on the walls and floor of the Spanish Equipe factory, the walls are painted gray with a special moisture-resistant Benjamin Moore paint.

The main wish in the bedroom was the size of the bed: 2x2 meters. A bed of this size could only be placed in front of the window. Initially, a bed with a quilted headboard was planned in place of a metal bed, but during another walk through the Nakhimovsky Expressway, we looked into the Dream Master salon and found an interesting version of a bed with a wrought-iron headboard. The bright niche area with York Ashford Tropic accent American wallpaper is designed for the dressing table. The rest of the walls are painted mint from the Little Greene palette. There is an engineering board with a natural oak texture on the floor.

Adjacent to the bedroom is a dressing room with a washing machine and dryer. By moving the washing process from the bathroom to the dressing room, the designers, on the one hand, freed up space for a freestanding bathtub, on the other hand, simplified the owners' lives: now clean clothes are immediately put on the next shelf, and dirty ones are put in the cars.

The photos show that the shelves in the niches in the living room have not yet been installed, chandeliers have not been purchased, the sofa is temporary, but even in the unfinished interior you can feel the atmosphere of a house with a history.

The new interior has healed and is waiting for the story to continue.