Designers completely updated the outdated interior, turning a typical two-room apartment into a bright European apartment.
Briefly
The customer is a young girl working in the film industry. I wanted to get a stylish, cozy living space in the best traditions of European interiors, modern, but with echoes of the classics, light and light, filled with art and vintage elements. Designers Irina Borodina and Ekaterina Malaya managed to visually expand the walls and create a stylish interior from a small two-room apartment with dark narrow corridors.
Details
The apartment in Brezhnevka is small, ceilings are 2.65 cm, a standard “vest” with two small rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom. Before the redevelopment, it had a narrow, dark hallway, similar to a corridor, and an even narrower corridor with an overhanging mezzanine and a load-bearing beam. The customer’s special wish was to make the utilitarian rooms (kitchen, bathroom) more like rooms, and to place a comfortable sofa and a large TV or projector in the living room for watching favorite films.
The redevelopment was small: a load-bearing wall separating the bedroom from the living room and a gasified kitchen reduced the number of options. The designers combined the entrance hall with the living room, separating them from each other with a U-shaped storage system, including a dressing room and a bookcase, in the upper section of which a wall-mounted air conditioner unit is hidden. Thus, natural light appeared in the hallway, and the living room space visually expanded.
A single light color scheme interspersed with greenish tones and natural wood colors unites all rooms: the walls were painted white, creating an ideal canvas for works of art, and tiles with geometric patterns and bright textiles give the interior a graphic and dynamic feel.
“We used the same warm shade of white for the walls, doors and cabinetry. Minimalistic facades merge with the walls, adding volume to the space, and all utilitarian items are hidden in storage systems,” say the designers.







Photo of the apartment before renovation: