Interior as a background for life – designers Polina Afonskaya and Elena Trofimova adhered to this concept when developing an apartment project in Pushkin

Living room. On the console – objects, Tokeramika. Carpet, Kover.ru . Lamp, Flos. Table, BoConcept. Chairs, vintage, Denmark, 1960s. Attached table, Eburet Studio. Vase, designed by Timo Sarpanev, early 1990s.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

OBJECT PARAMETERS

• Property type: apartment in a new building

• Where is located: Pushkin, Inkeri residential complex

• Square footage: 82 m2

• Style: Modern

• The main idea of the project: interior as a background for life

• Color scheme: shades of gray, white, beige combined with graphic lines

• Project authors: designers Polina Afonskaya and Elena Trofimova, studio PolinaAfonskaya & ElenaTrofimova, @architect_polina_afonskaya, @architect_elena_trofimova

Above the sofa is the work of Alynina Olesya “Bather”.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

“This apartment was intended for a family of four: a husband, wife and two daughters. The customers wanted to create a clean, concise interior that was supposed to serve as a “background for life”. They were not ready to sacrifice some functional moments in favor of aesthetics, they needed everything at once and on a relatively small area,” the authors of the project say.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

“Due to competent planning, we managed to accommodate all the functional areas necessary for a comfortable life, and thanks to a thoughtful design, we created a sense of spaciousness with a total area of only 82 sq.m. and a finishing ceiling height of 2.6 m.”

Vases, lineandforma_ceramics and Tokeramika. Chess, Shatolepno.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

Remmi armchair, vintage, Yrjö Kukkapuro design. Lamp with ceramic base, Shatolepno.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

“Our goal was to expand the boundaries of space as much as possible and raise the ceiling. Mirrors and cornice lighting helped us in this — one of our favorite techniques. We also like to use non-traditional finishing materials. For example, the floors in bathrooms, dirty areas and in the kitchen were finished with micro-cement. Since we did not find the necessary shades in the existing palettes, the color of the micro-cement and plaster was made individually for our project. In addition, we developed an engineering board that was laid with a French Christmas tree and was commensurate with the width of the corridor.”

there are candlesticks and YaDoma glasses on the dining table. Vase, designed by Timo Sarpanev, early 1970s.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

“Despite the small area, we chose bulky furniture for the living room. Thanks to this, the space does not look cluttered, but on the contrary remains clean. In the kitchen, we paid special attention to the planning of storage systems and the work area. For the nursery, our studio designed a bunk bed in the form of a house — this was the main wish of the eldest daughter.”

Children’s room. Carpet, Kover.ru . Chess is made to order by Yanika Kyahr. Chairs, Ethnicraft.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

Striped pillows are made to order by Yanika Kyahr.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

White vase, YaDoma. Black and white vase, Arete Ceramics. Pink vase, Ceramics by Diana Krivenko.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

“The bedroom is distinguished by the purity of the lines. Almost the entire space is occupied by a wide double bed. Behind the headboard there is a large mirror, thanks to which the room seems larger and brighter. The bathrooms also turned out to be quite concise. In the main bathroom, with the help of diode illumination, we managed to achieve the effect of a floating pedestal.”

The panel “Breathe love” is made manually by the owner of the apartment. The decorative pillow is made to order by Yanika Kyahr. Bed linen, Lovely Home. Hanging lamp, Axolight.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

On the pedestal is an art object, Tokeramika. Lamp-bull, Karman.

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Ivan Sorokin. Style: Julia Janson

“We chose vintage items and decor with special trepidation. The look of the interior is completed by Danish chairs and a Finnish armchair from the 1960s, French glasses and candlesticks, as well as works by St. Petersburg ceramists and artists, one of the paintings was even painted to order.”

Decor and vase, YaDoma.

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Ivan Sorokin.Style: Julia Janson

Apartment in Pushkin. PolinaAfonskaya & ElenaTrofimova project.

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