Design project in modern minimalistic style in D3 appartment complex, Minsk
Case furniture by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, chair pad and soft back by ITLAND BRAND, tiles by WOW/Drops, ceiling light by Italline, wall light by Maytoni, mirror door by Sofia, floor skirting Orac Décor.
Type of property: a flat in residential complex D3
Located: Minsk, Pobediteley Prospect
Area: 87,0 sq.m
Style: City minimalism
The main idea of the project: a comfortable interior without any extra furniture and decor. Light, functional and nuanced, with its own zest.
Colour score: grey cashmere, pearl-grey, grey, white, sandy, dusty rose, dusty lavender
Interior designer: Olga Kupchinskaya
Photographer: Kulenenok Lizaveta
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Stylist: Yulia Manedava https://www.instagram.com/yulia_mamedava/
Olga’s customers are a family couple with a 7-year-old child at the time of design. The couple wished to design a light and spacious interior with a dining kitchen, a living room, a bedroom with a walk-in closet, a children’s room, a bathroom and an entrance hall, all of these being in just 89 square meters, 7.8 sq.m of which are a balcony and a loggia. Put it gently, an extra credit question.
According to the plan, the entrance hall is originally quite narrow. To add some lightness and air, Olga offered to make two medium-sized wardrobes and divide them with a bench with a backlighted ceiling-high back. The back is concordant in its graphics with the pattern of the floor tiles which are laid on the balcony and loggia, as well. The bathroom door serves as a mirror, due to having it on both sides.
The entrance hall is narrow and the vista point originally bumped into the wall on the right of the entrance to the loggia. For the focus point, Olga has designed a wall clock with night backlighting which attracts attention and drains focus from an outstanding column nearby.
Case furniture, wall clock by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, chair Blues by alta-home, pendant lamps by Maytoni, table by mebelcity.by, window textile Espocada by studio.rudenko, decor Нех.
The dining kitchen came up in the process, but, as a result, turned out the best solution. From the entrance hall, you can see a lot of light in the kitchen, and get into a bright homely space with a lavish view on Drozdy water storage. This zone seems to invite the guests home, to the cozy table, over which there hang atmospheric lamps with hand painting by the designer.
The kitchen is quite roomy, comfortable for everyday cooking. The owner of the future kitchen didn’t want any handles. So, in order to solve the issue with opening the fridge, we decided to install a special mechanism which allows to open it with a push, whereas it closes automatically by itself.
Under the kitchen sink there is a garbage disposer, which is not only convenient as it is, but also environmentally friendly. The countertop is made of Laminam porcelain stoneware. The same material is used for the windowsills and wall panels, just with different designs. On the walls, it was decided to install panels with a slight accent - marble pattern.
The lights over the table are painted more expressively in order to highlight the designer’s handwork. There are many lighting scenarios in the interior, especially in the kitchen. Even the countertop has its own highlighting.
Case furniture by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, chair Blues by alta-home, pendant lamps by Maytoni, table by mebelcity.by, decor Hex, home appliances brand Smeg, Blanco, porcelain stoneware on the walls by Laminam.
Vertical stripes take turns with some laconic and soft trails of light. The colour score of the common areas is the same. White, gray cashmere in case furniture, natural oak shade of the parquet board, slightly more delicate and a bit muted. On the walls, there is wallpaper with fine texture of pearl-gray colour. The window textile is the colour of dusty rose and lavender.
The clients wanted all the rooms to be spacious and comfortable for each family member, as far as it is possible. Upon that, the living room was to embrace a workplace and a convertible sofa for guests. The living room is only 14.8 sq.m., but due to two windows it looks bright and light. The TV zones have a similar design, but different composition.
Case furniture, wall clock by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, wall lamps by ArteLamp, Maytoni, built-in lamps by Arlaght, pendant lamp by Byled by, table by mebelcity.by, vases by EDG Enzo De Gasperi, carpet by Zuiver, porcelain stoneware on the walls by Laminam, window textile Espocada by studio.rudenko, sofa by ITLAND BRAND, picture by Lena Gil, switches and sockets by Jung, sliding door by Holtsberg.
Usually, clients want a warm and cozy bedroom, but not this time. While researching the market of materials, Olga and her client came across an unusual fresco painting featuring light waves of fabric. The colour is just impossible to show in a photo, the painting is hand-made with a fabulously delicate transition of colours from gray, pearly to light pastel turquoise.
On the walls, there is wallpaper of the same design as in common areas, but gray colour. Some warmth to that space was added by the lamps with golden metal pieces and the textile of the blinds. The bedcover, made to order, echoes the light folds on the walls.
A cozy dressing table with a high mirror where all the edges are smoothed as in the dainty bedhead.
Suspended bedside tables of the same light design.
Case furniture by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, built-in lamps by Arlaght, pendant lamp by Favourite, vases by EDG Enzo De Gasperi, window textile and bed cover Espocada by studio.rudenko, bed by ITLAND BRAND, picture by Lena Gil, fresco painting by Fresq, switches and sockets by Jung, door by Sofia.
The children’s room might as well be the brightest room in the whole flat, but still, the lightness has been preserved. Dynamic geometry of the furniture, calibrated by a clean-cut proportion, makes the room interesting, stylish and not overloaded with details. Olga decided to break a restrained colour solution of the furniture with a bright wall with graphic painting.
Case furniture by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, window textile Dom Caro by studio.rudenko, bed by ITLAND BRAND, switches and sockets by Jung, chair/ carpet by Zuiver, bed linen by Lunnitsa, wall paint by BenjaminMoore
In the end, the only sanitary room is combined of a separate toilet and a bathroom. Here, the clients preferred to allocate a convenient shower cabin and a utility closet with a washing machine and laundry baskets. The toilet is in a more private area.
In all her projects, Olga tries to add a bench to the shower cabin, where the floor and the bench itself are heated, which is very comfortable.
The porcelain stoneware for the bathroom is in restful colour score, but has a very interesting structure. It is natural on the walls and timeless terrazzo in its modern interpretation on the floor.
Case furniture by designer’s sketches produced by Domani.by, mirror by Maxol.by, water taps by HansGrohe, washbasin by Villeroy&Boch, switches and sockets by Jung, shower glass by Radaway, floor porcelain stoneware by Ceramiche Coem /TERRAZZO/ CALCE MAXI, wall porcelain stoneware by Ceramiche Coem /REVERSO2/ SILVER, built-in lamp by Arlaght.
