Light and bright apartment of 50 m2 for a pastry shop hostess

The owner of the apartment, the founder of the Eclair Claire confectionery chain, Yulia Shmakova, asked the architects of the Static Aesthetic bureau to completely update the interior, preserving the usual scenario of life

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Object: apartment of 50 m2 in a brick house built in the 1990s

Location:Moscow

Style: “romantic functionalism”

The main idea of the project: “expansion of space, emptiness, air, light and high-quality design in the best traditions of the Scandinavian style”

Authors of the project: architectsAlexey Dobrov,Nikita Sitnikov and Alexander Bormotov, Static Aesthetic Bureau, www.static-aesthetic.com , @static_aesthetic_architects

Custom joinery: Sf Pro design studio, www.sfpro.ru

Juno sofa from Sits. Table, Botello. Sliding doors, made according to the sketches of architects in the Sf Pro studio, visually unite the living room and hallway, expanding the space.

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Juno sofa from Sits. Table, Botello. Ceramics, Oksana Panfilova. Graphics, Alexander Lemish.

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There is an additional workplace in the living room. Its function is performed by a shelving-secretary with a folding shelf in the Scandinavian spirit.

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The founder of the confectionery “Eclair Claire” Yulia Shmakova is an engineer by education, but has long been seriously passionate about not only confectionery, but also design. It is no coincidence that in addition to eclairs, some of the most beautiful bouquets in the city are sold in her confectionery network. Having conceived the renovation of their apartment, Yulia and her husband turned to the Static Aesthetic bureau and as a result received not only an updated design, but also a significant increase in space while maintaining the area.

Juno sofa from Sits. Table, Botello. Pavilion AV 3 chair from &Tradition. Ceramics, Oksana Panfilova.

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Furniture on thin elegant legs creates a mood of lightness. In a small space, the thing is absolutely irreplaceable!

Pavilion AV 3 chair from &Tradition. Wall lamp Voltige, Am.Pm . Hanging lamp Bank Pendant, Menu. Ceramics, Oksana Panfilova.

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The transom window between the living room and the kitchen gives visual lightness and expands the volume of the room

The doors of the built-in cabinet are opened by pressing, which made it possible to abandon the crushing space of furniture handles.

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The kitchen is placed with an offset from the outer wall to leave visual space and a place for curtains, made to order according to the project of architects in Sf Pro studio.

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In order to visually expand the space of a 50-meter apartment, architects Alexey Dobrov, Nikita Sitnikov and Alexander Bormotov used all sorts of planning tricks and proven favorite life hacks like transom windows, sliding glass doors, built—in smooth cabinets without handles and, of course, work with architectural light – in this project, even a suspended rail is equipped with built-in lighting for clothes in the bedroom.

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At the request of the hostess, the existing set of rooms and the life scenario were preserved. At the same time, a new “multifunctional” partition was built between the living room and the kitchen. On the corridor side, it accommodates storage systems, in the kitchen space there is a niche for a built—in refrigerator and a built-in kitchen sofa. To visually expand the space in the partition, there is a window under the ceiling and a niche for a TV from the living room.

Sconce Cone Sphere, Atelier Areti. Ceramics, Oksana Panfilova.

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Ceiling lamp Jack 50, Aledo.

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The bed with a padded headboard is made to order.

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The architects themselves call the interior style “romantic functionalism”. “While working on this project, we often recalled the beginning of the twentieth century, Scandinavian design, the works of Eric Gunnar Asplund (Swedish architect, the main representative of the “Nordic neoclassicism” of the 1920s – ed.), sought to create a sense of visual lightness and emptiness with the maximum functional use of every square centimeter of the area.”