At the readers' court, the interior of the apartment with a total area of about 50 square meters is displayed on Primorsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, owned by a young family of two. This couple decided to ask for help from the prospective designer Anastasia Barkhatova.
A few words about the performer. Anastasia Barkhatova, after graduating from the university, worked in the Siberian Research and Design Institute as an architect. After some time I took up 3D graphics, while studying design in parallel. Upon completion of training and up to the present day is engaged in interior design. In her track record - winning several competitions in 2001 and 2013.
The room, over which the specialists worked, was slightly less than stated, because the customers asked not to touch the bathroom and laundry. All the space, except left unchanged, was divided into zones. From the living room they made a full bedroom, and the kitchen and the reception room were combined.
Style
A certain style was not chosen. Before the professionals was the task to develop a modern and, most importantly, functional interior, in which a young couple can live comfortably.
Color and light
The choice of colors was limited to the available details. Already was a dark brown tile, white bedroom furniture and laminate, also a light shade. The tile was laid in the kitchen and the corridor. Under it were selected and wallpaper with an interesting drawing.
The subdued and relaxing atmosphere is created by dark walls and, in contrast, specially selected milky-white furniture as it moves apart the space, visually expanding a small room.
Furniture
Customers have already looked at the headset for themselves in the bedroom, this issue was not raised before the designers, but as for the cabinet furniture, everything was designed and executed according to the individual order: kitchen, cabinets and a bar counter.
Particular attention is paid to the dining table, which, if necessary, is easily transformed into a coffee table.
What techniques did you use to visually increase it?
1. The main element used in this case is light furniture, which together with other details (doors, skirting boards) visually expands the space of the room.
2. Another method is to create a single style that blurs the boundaries between rooms, which allows you to perceive the whole apartment as a whole. The general impression is supported by a shade of walls, floor, furniture.
3. If you make the cabinets built-in, then you create a feeling of more free space around. This also plays an important role when nothing is hanging over you, as is usually done.
4. Functionally allocated zones, in accordance with their purpose, also serve the stated purpose. For example, the kitchen determines where the food is prepared, and clearly the place for the reception of guests is evident, all this is visually and functionally clearly defined.
