Atmospheric apartment of 80 m2 on Kitay-gorod Design 18.11.2022 The customer of Antonina Belinskaya was not afraid of dark colors and objects with history. And I didn’t lose — see for yourself! Living room-kitchen. The designer made the kitchen as inconspicuous as possible. The doors of the lower cabinets are dressed in veneer and merge with the furniture, the upper ones are painted in the color of the walls and are almost indistinguishable from them. Black-and-white graphics also help to disguise the kitchen: it takes the eye away from the sink and stove. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk GENERAL PARAMETERSProperty type: apartment in a 1935 house Where is located: Moscow, Kitay-gorod district Square footage: 80 m2 The main idea of the project: to make a “lived-in” interior Color scheme: complex dark colors The author of the project: designer Antonina Belinskaya, T. +7 (929) 517-77-13, [email protected] Kitchen-living room. The risalite, that is, the protruding part of the wall on which the graphics are placed, was formed as a result of complex redevelopment. The kitchen is made according to the sketches of the designer. The curtains are aged velvet. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk “It was important for me to fill the interior with art, to collide times and styles in it” Kitchen-living room, fragment. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk This apartment is located in one of the oldest Moscow districts. China City is so old that no one remembers why it is called that. According to one version, the name was given to him by the Italians, who built the Kitaygorodsky wall in the middle of the XVI century; the name of the area comes from the Italian citta, which translates as “fortress”. The fact that the area is ancient is confirmed by its crooked streets. Living room. Sofa, Ditre Italia. Armchair, Poltrona Frau. Coffee table, anktivariat. Floor lamp, Ego Zeroventiquattro. Chandelier and the rest of the light, Chehoma. Carpet from the atelier of Mark Patlis. The mirror was bought at an antique market. On the wall is a painting by Evgeny Korobeynikov. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk The house was built before the war, in 1935, when ideas about comfort were somewhat different than they are now. The apartment was divided into small eight-meter rooms; of the eight windows, two were in the bathroom. The space had to be “reshaped” in a new way: the hostess needed a large kitchen-living room with the most inconspicuous kitchen, but the bedroom and study could remain small. Living room, fragment. Carpet, atelier of Mark Patlis. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Living room, fragment. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk In addition, the interior was supposed to be “relaxing and enveloping”, so the designer immediately suggested painting the walls in dark tones, and partially assembling the furniture from vintage items that would give it a “lived-in” look. In such an apartment, a new model would be inappropriate, but things with a history are quite in place. Kitchen-living room, fragment. Sofa, Ditre Italia. Armchair, Poltrona Frau. Coffee table, antiques. Floor lamp, Ego Zeroventiquattro. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Dark walls blur the boundaries, and even a small room seems spacious. Gypsum cornices were painted in the color of the walls, this allows you to expand the space not only horizontally, but also vertically. And the depth is given to it by works of art. In the living room and bedroom, the color accent is the paintings of Evgeny Korobeynikov. “It was important for me to fill the interior with art,” the designer explains, “it allows you to control the feelings and atmosphere of the house.” Bedroom. The bed is the property of the hostess. Floor lamp, Ego Zeroventiquattro. The vintage carpet was bought at an antique market. The painting is by Evgeny Korobeynikov. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Bedroom, fragment. The chest of drawers and the mirror were bought at the antique market. The bed is the property of the hostess. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Hallway. The doors are made to order according to the designer’s sketch. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Modern painting does not relax, but rather excites, but this explosion of emotions is extinguished by the dark shade of the walls, the dark honey color of the wooden floor, broom tiles in the hallway and bathroom, vintage carpets and curtains made of aged velvet. If you want to change the mood in the apartment, it will be enough to change the paintings. It is difficult to imagine something else in place of Evgeny Korobeynikov’s canvases, but if you replace them, for example, with a black-and-white photograph, the atmosphere will become a little different. Office. Sofa, Bruno Zampa. Cabinet furniture and chandelier are made according to the designer’s sketches. Carpet, vintage. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Office. The furniture is made to order according to the designer’s sketches. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Cabinet, fragment. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Bathroom. During the renovation, a blocked window was found in a small storage room. It was restored, got rid of the storage room, and now there are two large windows in the bathroom. Washbasin, Devon & Devon. Mirror, Vaughan. Sconce, vintage. On the floor there is a broom tile. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Hallway. The furniture is made according to the designer’s sketches. On the wall is the work of Antonina Belinskaya. Wallpaper on the walls is based on a drawing by William Morris. On the floor there is a broom tile. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Bathroom, fragment. Photo Sergey Ananyev. Style: Natalia Onufreychuk Original content from the site