Bedroom interior design... bedroom renovation... bedrooms in modern style design... bedrooms in brown... interior design of a small bathroom... bathroom design in light colors... bathroom in a modern style... interestingly, the painting fits into the design of the living room... very well, in my opinion, it fits the interior...
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Interior two-room apartment area 54 sq... for standard apartments fits perfectly... the colors of the interior fill the room with warmth... very cozy apartment it turned out... although the interior of the living room is somewhat rustic, in my opinion... the apartment feels a unity of style when decorating... very functional kitchen, interesting bedroom...despite the fact that the tables in the living room are black - this does not spoil the design at all, does not make the living room gloomy... but in the bedroom, I did not like the design of the wall behind the head of the bed...
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Interior design of a large living room... interior of a modern living room... bedroom in white design... small bathroom... the most striking thing about this interior is the lighting! an abundance of chandeliers, stunning the imagination with their shapes, in combination with mirror surfaces, perfectly expands the space of the apartment... a fireplace (even artificial) under the “plasma” is a great idea... a transforming chandelier, in my opinion, does not fit into the soft snow-white interior apartment... against its background the bathroom looks somehow miserable... very interesting cuisine, yes, in fact, like the whole apartment, but the author’s highlight is the lighting fixtures...
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Living room design... living room project... kitchen design project... European-quality renovation of the hallway... there’s not even a feeling studio apartment... in the interior of the living room, we successfully used the features of the layout, arranging a comfortable place for work and a space for relaxation... the apartment seems quite spacious and bright, the living room is very beautifully decorated... I didn’t really like the inclusion of red in the kitchen interior...
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Kitchen design in brown... modern living room after renovation... interior design of a modern living room... interior of a large living room... interior design of a living room in a modern style... interior design of a large living room... bedroom renovation in a small apartment. .. bright bedrooms design... simple shapes furniture and decor - they look good against a neutral background, this design is created simply and in most cases it is successful, so it has become a favorite, of course there is no originality - but beautiful... an overly strict and simple interior...
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I really liked the bathroom, the living room, but the dining room and kitchen somehow look compressed, the design is unclear, although the apartment is cozy... the design in the living room is discreetly elegant, but with a touch of chic... I liked the whole apartment with its pleasant, calm colors... especially the office looks good with a comfortable workplace by the window and light sofa for relaxation... I really liked the apartment... the cozy living room, and all the rooms amaze with the combination of comfort and exquisite elegance... the design of this apartment seemed dull to me... apparently because of the colors of the walls and floor... I liked everything apartment... color scheme in warm brown tones, beautiful furniture and chandeliers...
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Interior design for a six-room apartment in Sweden... apartment area: 210 square meters... kitchen design in a small apartment... kitchen design classic style... bedroom renovation in a small apartment... bedroom renovation in classic style... luxurious apartment: large, comfortable, cozy... there is enough space for everyone...
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Photos of the interior design project three-room apartment on Bolshevikov Street, city... ceiling design in an apartment... ceiling design in an apartment... bedroom redevelopment... ceiling design in an apartment... hallway after renovation... hallway design in a small apartment... classic decor hallway...
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Interior design of a two-room apartment in the Baroque style... total area: 60 square meters... bedroom design in a small apartment... decoration classic bedroom... I’ll soon be renovating my apartment - I’ll take note of this combination... it looks gorgeous... the design is excellent, but personally I would feel very uncomfortable in such an apartment... for example, you don’t look good in jeans anymore - the environment obliges you ...thanks to the designer for a job well done! I will definitely use this project and implement it in my apartment... I won’t make it glossy suspended ceiling and heavy roses roses in the bathroom...
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Photos of the interior design of a five-room apartment in an urban European style from the architectural studio of Mikhail and Lyudmila Ponizovkin... Total area 137 square meters... kitchen design project... dining room remodeling... ceiling design... living room interior... like this romantic room boy! the apartment is perfect: cozy, bright and joyful!... I was fascinated by these nesting chairs... real Russian style! who besides the Russians is capable of doing such a thing in home interior? in Europe, apartments with such a design are even problematic to rent out... although some elements are quite good and in demand, but not in such concentration...
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Design of a two-room apartment (area - 60 sq. apartment... the design of the hallway in light colors... in my opinion, a dubious design, in the living room the chandelier does not fit into the interior, the chair is clearly superfluous, creates a feeling of overcrowding in the living room, which looks like a meeting room))) and also compresses dining area, which is clearly small for two people and is very close to kitchen set, textiles are also not great, unfortunately, in the bedroom you want to raise the wardrobe to the ceiling, in general the interior is quite boring, something is clearly missing, I would like to rearrange the bathroom design washing machine to another place, but in general there is no friend for the taste and color))))...
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Photo of the design of an apartment in Moscow after renovation... the renovation of the hallway, like the rest of the rooms in the apartment, was done in a classic style: the walls were painted green acrylic paint, and laid on the floor ceramic tiles... the owners of this apartment are especially proud of the chandeliers for the hallway... the dining room, living room and kitchen are made in purple tones... hallway design in a small apartment... classic hallways... bedroom design in a small apartment... bedroom interior in a classic style... one gets the impression that the renovation was done in different styles! the design of the dining area and living room looks more aristocratic, which gives the apartment a certain gloom, and in the bedroom, on the contrary, there is more light, which gives a feeling of calm and comfort!... on In my opinion, it wouldn’t hurt to add more warm colors to the interior...
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Project for renovation and interior design of rooms and apartments with Czech layout... living room design... kitchen design in a small apartment... kitchen decor in a classic style... bathroom design in a small apartment... bathroom design in a classic style. .. of all the apartment design options, this one is, let’s say, the simplest... brown tones getting bored... interesting design apartment... you can see the furniture and interior accessories were selected in detail...
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Apartment on Sheinkman street 90, Yekaterinburg... a four-room apartment was designed for a family of four (mother, father, daughter and son)... the apartment is mostly designed in a classic style, but it was decided to make the children's rooms in a modern one. .. for basic common areas calm beige tones with small bright accents were chosen... bedroom interior design... bedroom design... it turns out to be an uneconomical apartment... albeit a very positive one...
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The apartment has an area of 180 square meters... at the same time the apartment is located in a modern residential complex, and therefore the interior is an expression of the Moscow style in modern interpretation... on the one hand, traditional parquet, white high painted doors with portals, the design of the ceiling with lamps, the choice of wall color and wallpaper pattern, curtains on the windows, a sofa group in the living room - in all these elements one can recognize the features of a restrained and noble classic.. .spacious, beautiful apartment, cozy living room with large sofas, in which you can 'drown'... an interesting large ottoman on the carpet for tired feet or an additional seat? I really liked the view of the kitchen and the kitchen itself, the classic elements in the wood finish give the interior a unique look... I think it’s a wonderful apartment design in a classic style! The bathroom is absolutely gorgeous! :)... the bathroom is wonderful, so warm, calm and elegant... I really liked the design of the apartment... I really liked the living room...
Therefore in interior of an apartment 54 sq. m. all decisions had to be laconic, strict, and not out of style with the surroundings of the house. And the color, textiles, and decor chosen by the designer fully comply with these requirements.
The customer and the designer were not happy with it, so it was decided to remove all the partitions. The task was made easier by the fact that there were no load-bearing walls inside. Only the plumbing was not moved, instead the bathroom and toilet room, which were previously separate, were combined into one room.
During development apartment design 54 sq. m.the number of rooms has decreased from three to two, but at the same time they have become much more spacious, brighter and more modern.
Storage
IN interior of an apartment 54 sq. m. There are spacious storage systems where you can put away everything you need, from a vacuum cleaner to an ironing board. The designer paid special attention to these systems, because they should be functional and not interfere with the perception of the interior as a whole.
In the changed apartment layout 54 sq. m. entrance to common room“hid” using mirror panels for visual deception.
The bedroom has a built-in closet where the ironing board is stored. Washing machine with microwave“hid” in a specially built closet in the kitchen area.
In the living room, the storage system is a spacious wardrobe-partition; it occupies a central place in the design of the apartment. A fireplace was built into this partition, the semantic accent of the living room. A TV is hidden behind the swinging doors, and in addition there is large number closed volumes in order to place things there.
An original solution - luminous panels on the ceiling in the kitchen, hallway and bathroom. Unusual chandelier in the center of the living room is a real art object that can surprise guests. The graphic “elbows” of the lamp holders in black zigzags against the white background of the ceiling create a bizarre play of shadows and evoke interesting associations.
IN interior of an apartment 54 sq. m. White and gray dominate, set off by a soft woody walnut tone and highlighted by black accents. Combinations of textures also play an important role: this is marble in the tabletop, wood panels and lamps, and fur carpet made from animal skins.
In order to fit as accurately as possible into the new apartment layout 54 sq. m., almost all pieces of furniture were made to order, with the exception of a few purchased from IKEA.
Textiles were also made to order, and some were purchased from chain stores. Sconce complex shape The bedroom walls were decorated with metal chains purchased at a building materials store. The plates, hand-painted by the designer, reflect details like mirrors. interior of an apartment 54 sq. m.
Bathroom.
Designer Masha used an enfilade layout and a series of tricks to make a small apartment feel more spacious.
- Place: Moscow
- House type: Brick house
- Footage: 54 sq. m
- Rooms: 3
Masha says that the starting point in creating the interior of this apartment was the interests and lifestyle of the customers - a married couple with two children and two dachshunds. They described themselves as road trip enthusiasts, snowboarders, surfers and fans of the French Alps.
The building where the apartment is located was not chosen by chance: the family dreamed of living in the Novodevichy Convent area, and they wanted to see a reflection of this wonderful place in the interior. Masha recalls that she was looking for a unifying moment for a long time until she remembered the state that occurs when you are on the tops of the mountains. When you look at the monastery, the feeling is almost the same, as if you are “between heaven and earth.” This is how the project was named. That’s why the colors here are both earthly and heavenly.
The planning solution was determined by the size of the apartment - 54 square meters had to be distributed in such a way that it would be enough for a nursery, bedroom, living room and kitchen. “In a small area you need to be very attentive to all the details,” explains Masha, “to be able to “control your gaze”, not to fragment the room, but to solve it holistically, laconically with scale color solutions, not emphasizing the area, but drawing attention to themselves, to their shape and volume.”
Main design technique became a game with space, started in order to create the illusion of more space than it actually is. For this purpose, for example, an enfilade was used, connecting the bedroom, living room and kitchen. But the enfilade is not simple, but with a secret. The bedroom can be isolated from the living room; there is a roll-out door for this. Symmetrically to the door on the other side of the wall there is a floor-to-ceiling mirror. It creates the feeling of another doorway: if the roll-out door is open, there is an illusion that the wall can be walked around.
There is another decoy in the living room. “Usually I make jokes in the interior, and I also try not to make the door to the bathroom within visual reach from the living room,” explains Masha, “but here there was no such opportunity. Then the decision was made: what cannot be hidden must be deliberately shown.”
A black paneled door with beveled mirrors leads from the living room to the bathroom. According to Masha, she was so reminiscent street door, that there was a desire to install a bell: it will not only successfully complement the picture, but may come in handy if someone falls asleep in the bath. As you know, if you hang a gun on the wall, it will definitely fire. The bell had already gone off: when the owner of the apartment decided to listen to how it sounded, the police came to the apartment from the stronghold, which is located on the floor below. In general, the joke was a success.
Brands represented in the project
Hall Finish: painting
Flooring: board, Coswick
Furniture: the wardrobe for outerwear is made to order, it contains a hidden electrical panel
Living room Finish: painting; decorative brick
Furniture: acrylic table, made to order in Belarus; sofa, RoyBosh; chair and table, Gramercy Home
Lighting: lamp, Toscot; lamps, Nordal
BedroomFinish: painting, decorative brick
Flooring: parquet board, Coswick
Furniture: wardrobe, made to order; bed, Gramercy Home; bedside table Andrew Martin
Lighting: chandelier, Andromeda; pendant lamp, Nordal
Children's Finish: painting, decorative brick
Flooring: parquet board, Coswick
Furniture: made to order, LookWood workshop; pink armchair, LeHome; carpet, Zara Home
Lighting: ceiling lamp Philips
Kitchen Finish: painting, decorative brick
Furniture: kitchen, “Kitchen courtyard”; bar stools, Gramercy Home
Technique: Smeg
Lighting: ceiling lamp, Nordal
Bathroom Finish: porcelain stoneware, “Italon”
Flooring: tiles, Vitra
Plumbing: sink, Duravit; bath, Roca
Faucets: Devon & Devon
The interior of this two-room apartment in Khimki attracts with white tones and calm colors. The designer has created here on 54 square meters the ideal environment for a family of three
A family of three housewives - a mother and her two daughters aged 9 and 18 - wanted a house where there would always be warm and cozy atmosphere. And of course, as many places and areas as possible for storing all sorts of little things. All wishes were voiced to interior designer Oksana Tsymbalova, who turned this small 54-meter two-room apartment into a kingdom of comfort and relaxation.
Oksana Tsymbalova, interior designer
Engaged in residential design and public premises in accordance with the international profession standard IIDA. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Tyumen state university, International School of Design with a degree in “Designer of Residential and Public Facilities”, as well as a course by Victoria Yakushi (Ukraine, Kyiv). For inspiration, he travels a lot and takes advanced training courses both in Russia and abroad. Author of numerous master classes, participant and speaker of various events. Today Oksana is not only a designer, but also the head of her own workshop “House of the Sun” and an expert in legal issues for designers.
The design project was developed for the entire apartment at once, with the exception of the bathrooms, which had already been renovated. It was necessary to think about how to accommodate three women here so that everyone would be comfortable. One of the last conditions on the way to solving the problem was the desire of the customers to provide another sleeping place and a recreation area.
That's where we started. The living room is functionally divided into two parts: a sleeping area (mother’s) and a relaxation area where the whole family can spend time, watch TV or receive guests.
A light openwork screen separated the sleeping area from the relaxation area. The first one was posted wrought iron bed And bedside table. The hostess loves roses very much, so a beautiful painted “embroidery” was placed above the bed as decoration. And opposite the bed a dressing table took its place.
There is little free space in the living room, but it is used as functionally as possible. When disassembled, the sofa is used as a bed for sleeping, which can always be quickly assembled and removed. A bright accent is the wooden 3D panel, which adds light wooden tones to the interior. There is a TV in front of the sofa, it distracts attention from small zone storage (books, disks and other accessories).
The kitchen set was made to order according to the designer’s sketches Russian manufacturer"Lorena" (city of Miass). Adhering to the trend of environmentally friendly housing, the project included high-quality water filters, good sprayers with aerators and touch-sensitive taps - after all, this significantly saves the Earth’s resources and family budget customer.
The pink tones in the children's room that the girls wanted became deeper and more complex, but remained just as delicate. There are two sleeping places and work area, where you can do homework and be creative.
Oksana Tsymbalova, designer:
They didn’t turn the sisters’ room into a space for princesses, using the techniques that the girls ultimately really liked. We have created a complete, light and unloaded space for life and creativity. So, a graphite wall appeared in the room, on which you can draw, make decisions and write wishes to each other.
The furniture in the children's room is devoid of excessive decorativeness. Near the window there is a whole system that includes a bed for a girl, drawers, niches, shelves for books and wardrobes for clothes and linen. In order to avoid overheating of the air in the child’s sleeping area, it was decided to abandon conventional heating radiators, replacing them with an innovative “warm baseboard” heating system.
Oksana Tsymbalova, designer:
We were very careful in our selection finishing materials. We chose parquet boards for the flooring, and the walls were painted with Little Greene paint, which is certified and has a very high percentage of coloring pigments. It looks expensive, gives a special depth, and surprises with the play of shades under different lighting.
What was used in the project.
Living room:
- parquet board - Barlinek;
- paint - Little Greene;
- sofa - IKEA;
- bed - IKEA.
Children's:
- paint - Little Greene;
- parquet board - Barlinek;
- desk - IKEA, Pahl collection;
- table lamp - IKEA, Harte collection;
- storage system - organizer Suburbia;
- chandelier - IKEA.
Kitchen:
- chandelier - Ness Black Modern;
- paint - Little Greene;
- sink - Blanco;
- walls - ceramic Kerama tiles Marazzi.
All other furniture was made to order according to the designers' sketches.
In this post I want to talk about my renovation, where the main goal was to develop techniques for visually expanding small spaces, which are the majority of apartments of city residents.
I am neither a designer nor an artist. An absolute amateur at this. When developing the design of my apartment, I was guided by common sense, some previously tested ideas from the last renovation, inspiration from foreign designer interiors and maximum attention to detail. An excellent team of workers and also 3D helped me with this software. More on this below.
So, given - 2k apartment 54 sq.m. P-3 series, standard layout. No redevelopment was planned or done. Based on own experience, I know how most of these apartments become cluttered and turn into dark, dull little rooms with dirty beige walls, brown doors, gray tiles in the kitchen, etc. Most of all I didn't want this. Therefore, when developing the interior, the only and main task was to visually expand the space. This can be done if the area of all rooms is small the only way- brighten the room as much as possible. Therefore, a strong-willed decision was made to make everything white, but not hospital-looking. I actually don’t like white color at all, but from past experience I know how much it can visually refresh and expand a space.
The main tenets of my design:
- light surfaces
- maximum amount of natural and artificial light
- use of mirrors
- a minimum of furniture - only what is needed.
TIP #1: Light surfaces. My belief is to leave dark surfaces for castles, villas, cottages with panoramic windows etc. These are not solutions for standard Russian apartments. Any dark color conceals volume and absorbs light.
Walls, floor, ceiling, furniture, doors - I used everything white. White color actually has many shades. In practice, the two most often used are RAL9010 (looks like cream) and RAL9016 (snowy cool white). For the base I took RAL9010 - cream - it is not so cold - under artificial lighting it becomes beige, and under natural light it becomes natural white.
The question immediately arose - how to do everything in one white, not sets different shades, which would not be neat and would be very noticeable. In fact, this is a very significant problem, since manufacturers of anything (furniture, doors, parquet, chandeliers, tiles) use paint and materials of different shades and most of them do not know about unified color catalogs (such as RAL).
Therefore, it was decided to buy one paint, tinted to RAL9010, and paint everything with it ourselves - furniture facades, ceiling, ceiling moldings, baseboards, door frames, window slopes, etc. The color of the rosettes and frames and the color of the wallpaper in the rooms were chosen to match the same color. To do this, I had to immediately acquire white samples and compare everything with them (later samples of parquet, wallpaper, tiles, etc. were added, which I constantly had to carry with me to the shops). Believe me, this is very important. I bought all the materials only after personally checking them in showrooms and stores, and comparing them with my samples, and then checking them in a 3D program on color combination with everything else. No pig in a poke and no orders via the Internet based on photographs.
The pictures of the finished products were also a big help. foreign designs from the Internet. I tried to find any solution in the form finished interiors to appreciate their coziness or overall combination. But we must understand that these ready-made designs can either help or completely destroy your idea. I've noticed that when renovating, people often fall into the trap of these ready-made design solutions. They begin to piece together - they see a picture of the interior and take from it only the wallpaper, or only the texture of the floor, and in the end, instead of a solid design, they end up with a mishmash or simply incompatible colors, things, etc. For myself, I immediately learned that if you take some kind of color and design scheme, then it is completely “from” to “to”. Also, to avoid falling into the trap, 3D visualization programs helped me a lot (I mainly used free program SweetHome 3D).
The radiators and doors were made to order for tinting. The door company is the only one that didn't match the color. I didn’t force them to redo everything, although they messed up not only the color, but a lot of other things (some of the doors were damaged during transportation, but they took almost 4 months to make them to order). Regarding the doors, I came to the conclusion that it was necessary to take ordinary unpainted doors with panels and paint them ourselves in the desired color.
Below you can see the difference in color between the painted trim and the color of the canvas that they made to order. It’s unpleasant, of course, but in reality it’s not very noticeable.
And here you can see the difference in shade between the furniture and the rest. I thought about repainting this Ikea wall, but this white one somewhat refreshes the rooms:
For contrast, I took RAL9016 batteries in a cool shade - matching the color of the parquet.
Parquet is the most difficult part. There are few white parquet boards on the market. Basically it comes with a wood texture, but I wanted pure white. We managed to find such a board, although it turned out to be a cooler shade, but this is not so important, since the right angle between the walls and the floor gives different lighting and this difference in shades does not cause rejection in reality.
To add variety to the white rooms, I used American Thibaut wallpaper with natural patterns. The background of the wallpaper is also white, and the pattern is not heavy or geometric, so it does not irritate the eye even on large surfaces. This is a clean and eco-friendly paper (not non-woven or vinyl). The quality of the drawings is as if the artist painted them with a brush (the drawings are in relief!):
TIP #2: Maximum amount of light. Surely each of you knows how dark and dim apartments can be. And if there are energy-saving ones fluorescent lamps, then generally seams. Considering that most of the year in Russia it is dark in the evenings, and evenings are often spent in the apartment, I think it is necessary to use maximum lighting. There is never enough lighting! I’ll immediately put aside the issue of energy efficiency and utility costs for electricity: it depends on you, but these extra couple of hundred rubles a month are unlikely to solve anything when you decide to spend money on a turnkey renovation.
In my opinion, a room of 12-14 meters requires about 400-450 W of lighting (if we take the illumination of incandescent lamps). That's quite a lot. Therefore, in all rooms I created two levels of lighting - the main one, super-bright for work and everyday activities, and the second - dimmed, when you want comfort.
How is this done in practice?
First, I used a push-type electronic dimmer (light control) for overhead lighting in each room. Why is it rare push and not rotating?
There are many reasons:
- they are electronic, i.e. do not contain a transformer with a coil - therefore they do not whistle or create any noise.
- they can reduce the lighting level to an absolute minimum (for example, to the brightness level of a candle, when the red filament is barely visible)
- they can withstand heavy loads (actually up to 350-400 W per 1 dimmer)
- ordinary switches can be connected to them in a circuit and controlled remotely from different points rooms (for example, adjust the ceiling light via a switch next to the bed)
- they smoothly turn the light on and off with one click - looks very impressive.
But overhead lighting alone cannot create coziness. Therefore, in the rooms, kitchen, bathroom, hallway, a second lighting circuit was made - wall lighting (including sconces), which creates contour lighting with pronounced shadows - such light is pleasant to use before bed or on a dark winter morning after waking up, when you don’t want bright light.
I tried to take chandeliers and sconces from frosted glass to maintain soft lighting.
It is important to create two lighting circuits throughout the apartment, and not just in some part, in order to make the most of this coziness effect.
As for natural lighting from the street, it is white light surfaces that help here, as I wrote about above. Natural light diffuses beautifully on white. I also used windows with minimal sashes. Three doors for 1.8 meters is too much in my opinion. Inposts and frames only reduce the area of the already small window in such apartments. So I put two sashes on the windows and one large one on the balcony window.
TIP #3: Mirrors are very important element. Many people use mirrors incorrectly. They put a wardrobe with mirrors in a dark, remote hallway and think that this will somehow help them. Mirrors help to expand and brighten the space, provided that there is actually something that can be reflected in them. If there is nothing to reflect, then there will be no effect. I put mirrors opposite maximum space so that it is reflected in them. This means - opposite the windows, opposite the sconce, in the bathroom opposite the door so that the mirrors reflect maximum space and light. Then mirrors work wonders and can double the size of the room.
To do this, I converted ordinary IKEA PAX wardrobes according to my design - repainted them with my own paint, inserted mirrors, installed a cornice. I placed the wardrobes on the far walls of the rooms opposite the windows to reflect the entire room. By the way, remodeling the furniture cost mere pennies. And I started doing this only because I couldn’t find anything else that was suitable either in color or design. The closest analogues of such furniture cost from 100 thousand for 1 cabinet. These same Paxes actually cost somewhere around 30-35 thousand rubles on a turnkey basis with all the materials for the conversion. I also got inspiration for the remodel from the Internet, where people remodeled such cabinets (English-language sites).
You shouldn't overdo it with mirrors. Installing huge mirror doors, like sliding PACKs measuring 2x3 meters, is stupid and squalid, it will kill all the comfort.
But look how the space on the balcony with a blank wall has visually expanded with the help of the mirror PAX:
And the pride is - a homemade mirror cabinet, completely made by me and the foreman in just 1 week and for only 15 thousand rubles (furniture companies wanted from 50 thousand for such a cabinet) in a blind niche in the hallway. 100% of the cabinet is a mirror surface (even the sides are only 3 cm wide). And to enhance the effect, halogen spotlights were installed directly above the cabinet mirrors to enhance the lighting. As a result, the corridor from the kitchen side visually increased three times:
TIP #4: Minimum furniture. Don't clutter your home. I try to get rid of everything that is unnecessary.
I will also say that I am absolutely against any multi-level ceilings and general redevelopments in ordinary apartments ah with a low ceiling (2.6 m). Usually this only hides space, creating many deferred problems later. So I only used simple solutions.
The placement of furniture is very important. Bulky wardrobes with a width of 60 cm can ruin any room, especially when they are installed along the long side, making a narrow room even narrower. I try to place furniture according to the principle of free corners. The more free corners, the cleaner and more spacious the room.
However, I placed the largest cabinets close to the corners. This was done on purpose. Firstly, expand the space with mirrors that well reflect the side wall of the room perpendicular to the cabinet (i.e. the wall continues in reflection, visually doubling the dimensions of the room).
Secondly, this way less space is hidden. The cabinet is like part of the wall and therefore does not seem like an alien element in the room. On the other hand, the cabinet is autonomous - it is not built-in. Notice that I did not bring the cabinet cornice close to the ceiling or the side of the cabinet against the wall. I also did this intentionally so that the closet remained an independent unit, showing the real dimensions of the room, and not hiding the space with its array, if it were completely built into the wall and ceiling.
But this corner display cabinet is not noticeable at all, because... when the door to the room is open, he completely hides behind the door:
I also left free access to all windows. I didn’t hang any curtains in my room. In general, I consider curtains to be dust collectors and space destroyers (especially those multi-layer curtains and tulle covering the entire wall with a window). Curtains are good in castles or villas. For ordinary apartments there is now great options roller blinds, which are installed directly into the window sash. I still hung curtains in the nursery, but from the same collection as the wallpaper, in order to maximally coordinate the transition from the wall to the curtains.
Separately, I approached the issue of arranging the hallway. As you all know, the hallway in such apartments is usually a huge built-in wardrobe up to the ceiling with a glass or mirror surface. No space, narrow passage, slippers everywhere, rugs. In one word - HORROR! Therefore, I immediately rejected this approach.
I put... display cases in the hallway. Also IKEA furniture from the Liatorp series. Its color is just RAL9010, i.e. the basic one that I used throughout the apartment. There is no natural light in the hallway, so the way to save space is with a minimum of furniture. Transparent glass casements of showcases conceal less space, just like narrow width showcases (about 35 cm compared to a dressing room width of 60 cm). To add contrast and not go crazy with too much white, I used wallpaper in a beautiful azure color. At artificial lighting they become Tiffany colors. A wonderful and fresh combination with white.
Of course, the hallway was not without mistakes. I hung crystal chandelier, because it gives a good bright light. But the shimmer of crystal eventually produced quite specific lighting effects and stains on the wallpaper and floor. Especially with fine textured wallpaper. This is a miscalculation. But you get used to it quickly. In the photo you can see this as spotting on the walls and floor. That's it - you need to take into account every little thing.
Don't be afraid of wide moldings (plinths) - both ceiling and floor. They allow you to expand the space in height even with low ceilings of 1.6 m. I did not use any tension or suspended ceilings. Only the screed and the tinted one white paint. I used the ceiling molding almost flat: not at an angle, as usual, but so that it lay on the wall and practically did not extend across the ceiling in width. For low ceilings it looks great. The plinth on the floor is also as narrow as possible - only 1 cm wide and without any frills or bulges (from which you will then be tormented to remove dust).
In the bathroom I also used the principle of minimalism. The mirror opposite the entrance immediately doubles the space. The bathroom is on the side of the entrance, so as not to hide the space. A tulip sink without any drawers to expand the space (remember, the principle of free corners is easier to clean). I used not a rectangular bathroom, but an expanding one, in order to make maximum use of that small space of 1.7x1.7 meters. The locker hung over washing machine so that it remains extra bed both under the locker and above the locker just in case. Lighting with 9 pcs LED bulbs. They are very bright, but not blinding, and only 3 W each (Instead of 50W/220V or 20W/12V halogen, a la broiler).
And finally, the kitchen. I made the kitchen in a completely different style - bright, rich, contrasting. You can't live in an all-white interior. The floor is natural walnut. The tile is a green glazed boar made of white clay. White clay - very important - i.e. The base of the tile is white, and there is a green glaze on it. Thus, when exposed to light, this tile glows from the inside, unlike many cheap fakes that are made of dark red clay and do not have this effect.
It looks like I'm one of the few who lined the walls from bottom to top with hog. I haven’t found a single adequate embodiment of this idea on the Internet, so I’m very glad that it turned out really good and cozy.
The number of blank facades was reduced to a minimum by making glass doors wherever possible to expand the space.
When you make a hog on an apron, remember once and for all - the hog should start exactly from the tabletop - do not go down beyond it and without any sides. This is a mistake people often make because... Usually, different teams are involved in installing the kitchen, countertops (especially if it is stone) and backsplash tiles. Therefore, the calculation of the height of the apron should be carried out at the very first stage under your responsibility.
The kitchen is only 8-9 sq.m. Therefore, to save space, I bought a rather unusual table. Let me tell you right away that I hate glass tables. I looked for my table for a very, very long time and in the end I took the last of the remnants. When folded, it is small (110x70 cm in total), but it can easily accommodate 4 people. This is more than enough for a family with a child. But if guests come... surprisingly, this table can be simple movement extend to almost three meters (i.e. the full width of the kitchen!) using the built-in triple slides hidden under the countertop.
The transition between the kitchen and the hallway - wallpaper tiles are made through moldings:
In this kitchen, light plays an extremely important role. Triple lighting was used - a lamp above the table (super-energy-saving LED with equivalent power of 110 W), 8 pieces of directional halogen spots (400 W in total) and built-in lighting for the apron, tabletop and drawers. You can enable them all together or separately.
(p.s. I deliberately did not use glass shelves - I don’t like them)
To save space, a built-in drawer was used ironing board. A year of use has shown that it is quite convenient.
(P.s. the tablecloth has already been decorated, white wall also covered with all sorts of frames and designer things)
So, concluding the review, I’ll note that we’ve been using all of this for 1 year now and everything is in almost the same perfect condition as you see in the photo.
I will answer frequently asked questions:
1) White is difficult to keep clean. This is a lie. White is much easier to keep clean than any other color. No dirt or dust is visible on white. By the way, we have a child. We don't even have rugs in the hallway. Damn these dust collectors. White baseboards are washed with a hard sponge. The key to success is high-quality paint (I used American Benjamin Moore).
2) Was it expensive? It was expensive. But no one was chasing golden toilets. There are also very expensive materials (tiles in the kitchen, walnut flooring, granite, wallpaper, paint). But the furniture, like the kitchen, is ordinary IKEA, somewhat refined on our own(by the way, any IKEA furniture can be easily repainted). Chandeliers are ordinary from Leroy Merlin or Obi.
3) Would I do this again? No, I wouldn't. It was an experiment. The result exceeded my expectations. It turned out exactly as planned down to the last detail. Next time there will be a completely different approach and color schemes.
4) What style? None. There is no style. It's eclectic.
5) Where do you store all your things? In fact, I have a large warehouse. Therefore, there are no problems with storing things. All unnecessary or seasonal items are removed from the apartment out of sight, although the main thing is not to get carried away with materialism.
Thank you for your attention.
