Apartment of 70 m2 in a 1914 house in St. Petersburg Design 17.04.2022 Designers Natalia and Konstantin Popandopulo designed apartments for daily rent in the very center of St. Petersburg – between St. Isaac’s Cathedral and the Hermitage The fireplace portal with a finish of polyurethane foam panels and brass is made according to the sketches of Natalia Popandopulo. “Despite its external simplicity, it was redone twice, and two more specialists refused to even try it. The difficulty was to perfectly dock the panels with a polyline geometry at the corners.” Photo Nikita Korostelev GENERAL PARAMETERS: Property type: apartment in the house of 1914 Where is it: St. Petersburg, Malaya Morskaya, 19 Square footage: 70 m2 Style: Eclectic The main idea of the project is to preserve the atmosphere of an old St. Petersburg house in a modern interior Color scheme: white background plus complex saturated shades Contacts: Natalia and Konstantin Popandopulo, +7 911 2995569; +7 921 7711099, www.dapartments.ru A fragment of the living room. Sofa, HomeMe. Armchair, DeepHouse. Tables and floor lamp, Dantone Home. Curtains, IKEA. Window sills and radiator screens, “Weiner and Muzhikyan Workshop”. Artificial plants, My Blumm. Decor, Zara Home, HM Home, Loft Design. Photo Nikita Korostelev Photo Nikita Korostelev “The apartment is intended for daily rent through Airbnb and Booking,” designers Natalia and Konstantin Popandopulo say. — This imposed certain restrictions on us — the apartment had to be made comfortable and at the same time memorable among many other offers, while the renovation did not involve serious restructuring and large investments.” The grand scale of the living-dining room was emphasized with the help of symmetrical stucco layout on the walls and ceiling. Table and chairs, DeepHouse. Photo Nikita Korostelev “The main idea of the new interior is to preserve the atmosphere of the old St. Petersburg house. It’s as if nothing has been changed here, but just modern furniture has been brought in.” “The parquet laid more than a hundred years ago has been preserved in the apartment. To our great joy, it almost did not creak, but it acquired a beautiful gray hair, so we did without restoration.” Photo Nikita Korostelev “The customers are people with noble restrained taste and at the same time broad—minded, live in England, but are closely connected with St. Petersburg, willingly agreed to light provocations. Such as, for example, the heads of birds at the head of the bed.” Bed, Maria & Stefania. Photo Nikita Korostelev “The apartment has an unusual kitchen — very small, more like a large niche in the hallway. But this seemingly obvious drawback gives the apartment a certain charm and refers us to Parisian apartments, in which such mini-kitchens are often found. And the historical interiors of St. Petersburg apartments, as you know, were often inspired by the Parisian style.” Bedroom. Bed, Maria & Stefania. Bedside tables and curtains, IKEA. Table lamps, Dantone Home. Window sills and radiator screens, “Weiner and Muzhikyan Workshop”. Decor, Zara Home, HM Home, Loft Design. Artificial plants, My Blumm. Photo Nikita Korostelev “The kitchen set came from the previous owners and had a pretty decent condition, so they decided to leave it. The walls of the kitchen and the adjacent corridor were painted in a color exactly matching the color of the kitchen facades. This technique made it possible to dissolve the furniture, as well as visually enlarge the kitchen, as if attaching a corridor to it with the help of color.” View from the hallway to the living room. Chest of drawers and mirror, antiques. Photo Nikita Korostelev The kitchen is painted in an invigorating shade of fresh mint. Photo Nikita Korostelev “And finally, the finishing touch. In the process of dismantling, a large watercolor abstraction was found in a pile of old things that the builders had prepared for disposal. We put the painting in order, and it fits perfectly into the interior of the kitchen.” Photo Nikita Korostelev Original content from the site