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Interior design project of apartment in Kyiv #AI161

Do you know when the first fairy tales appeared? We are not. Probably no one can answer this question for sure. Apparently, when people had a need for heroes, miracles, in order to transfer wisdom and experience from older generations to younger ones, then they began to compose the first fairy tales. The names of the authors have not survived; later the tales were altered and adapted by writers and poets.
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The most popular fairy tale in the world is considered the legendary work of Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland". After it comes "Beauty and the Beast" by the Frenchman Charles Perrault. Behind her is Cinderella by his own authorship. Then "The Adventure of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi. Perhaps the most popular among our children is the fairy tale "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka". At least most of the members of the Belik design agency in Kiev recalled this slightly psychedelic tale about a selfless girl and her naughty brother. And everyone, as one, remembered the lines of its ending, because it sounds the same as hundreds of other fabulous endings: "They lived and lived and made good money."
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Why are we talking about this? Because it is in this form that our customers described their future when we asked about it. We always ask this question in order to clearly understand the prospects for family growth and the potential for changes that we must lay in the interior. We asked this question to a family of four - father and mother - 42 years old, and two daughters - 13 and 7 years old. And we received the following answer to him: "We plan to live and live and make good money." Sounds like a plan, doesn't it? And this plan was to be implemented in a house located in the city of Irpen. We have already created interior design in Kiev, it's time to conquer the satellite city of the capital of Ukraine.
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Our customers were eager to experiment. They were especially attracted by the opportunity to play with color, even with the most unexpected, heavy shades. The palette of earthy colors of this interior is varied. It resembles paintings by Dutch masters. Indeed, looking at this dining room, Vincent van Gogh's "The Potato Eaters" comes to mind. Not a theme, of course, but a color scheme.
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The main palette of colors and materials is based on black and gray colors combined with the rich texture of American walnut, with which we even sewn the backsplash of the kitchen work area.
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Guests are not so frequent in this family, so we planned the dining area closest to the kitchen for a minimum number of people.
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Stone veneer in its characteristics and value is close to onyx and amber. Do you want to know why? First, it is a translucent material that allows light to pass through. This means that under it you can install LED lamps, whose light will dimly burn from under the stone veneer.
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The main shade of gray in which we have implemented the interior is called anthracite. This is a deep and noble tone that actually radiates warmth. Do you know why?
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Anthracite is the oldest of all types of coal. Its thermal conductivity is extremely high, of the order of 6800-8350 kcal / kg.
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The production of stone veneer is akin to the art of jewelry - slate rocks are divided into thin layers, the thickness of which reaches 0.3 or 2.5 millimeters. The technology of its manufacture appeared in the 19th century. However, in the Roman Colosseum, construction of which began in 72 AD. there are elements made of marble veneer. Design studios in Kiev have all the information about modern design and its history.
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Closed cabinets only! This is how the customers described their main vision for the future furniture. They wanted as many cabinets as possible, the main advantage of which would not be aesthetics, but functionality.
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We, of course, fulfilled their wishes. However, they added a play of textures by mixing vertical and horizontal slats.
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At the entrance, we organized an area where you can leave outerwear, shoes, check if everything is in order before leaving, touch up your makeup.
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Sliding doors with horizontal slats conceal a wardrobe and spacious shelves for shoes and accessories
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We sewed up all transit zones with wooden slats and elements. Each of the corners is covered with a protective material that also serves as a decorative function. Design studios in Kiev think over all the interior features.
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Since the daughters of the apartment owners are extremely active and parents like it, our task was to protect the space around them from their games and activities.
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The principles of the construction of the first stairs are described in the Egyptian papyri of the 1st-4th centuries BC. And the oldest staircase was found in an Austrian salt mine - it was built 5000 years BC.
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We design staircases in interiors so that they serve as long as possible. In this house, the main thing for us, in addition to creating an aesthetic staircase, was to make it as safe as possible for active children.
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Both daughters of the owners of the house are very active girls. For their skateboards, gyro scooters and scooters, we have designed cabinets that organically fit into all interior solutions.
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We have positioned the handles so that the contents of the cabinets are accessible to both adults and children.
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One of the difficult tasks that our designers coped with was the placement of functional light on the ceiling of a complex configuration.
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We completed one of the points of the technical assignment and organized spaces for two full-fledged bathrooms, one of which will belong to the daughters of the owners of the house, and the other, the master, to them.
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We have thought out many necessary elements in them, including a dryer for hygiene items and towels.
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Spanish tiles have long been at the forefront of the world. Here it is a matter of natural conditions, and in historical traditions, and in the mixing of cultures, which led to the emergence of original patterns and patterns.
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For the bathroom, we have chosen Spanish tiles Venis Persa Silver, which continues the color palette set by the main rooms.
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A varied lighting scenario is one of the points of the technical assignment prepared by our customers. They wanted their home to have cold and warm lighting, functional and decorative.
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In the master bedroom, we placed a slatted overhead wall behind the head of the bed. Combined with hidden lighting, it creates a dramatic play of textures, light and shadow.
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The owners' commitment to functionality is also evident in their bedroom. Furniture and decor are extremely laconic and create a single compositional ensemble with elements of other rooms.
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Dusty black, black-gray, deep black - whatever the color is called anthracite. We chose it for the interior doors of the house.
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In the bedroom, in addition to the usual set of furniture, there is also a dressing table installed in hidden storage systems.
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We all come from childhood and carpets are firmly associated with our grandmother's apartments in our memory. Let's forget about our experience and dive into the world of comfortable and stylish carpets. Let us immerse ourselves and immerse our feet in them when, waking up, we get out of bed.
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The owner of the house suggested considering the option of converting one of the bathrooms into a laundry room.
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We, realizing that there are never too many bathrooms, went further and connected the bathroom and the laundry room, creating two functionally independent rooms.
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For the bathroom, we have selected tiles from the Spanish manufacturer Almera Ceramica. Belik is an interior design studio in Kiev, however we are fluent in furniture, lighting and materials from all over the world.
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We have combined Almera tiles with materials from another Spanish manufacturer - Pamesa Ceramica.
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The Manaos Earth collection from the manufacturer Pamesa Ceramica offers textures that are absolutely identical to natural materials and colors.
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We used tiles for the finishing of the wall, in which we placed hidden plumbing installations, open shelves for cosmetics and a closed storage system.
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A nursery for a girl is in itself a task with an asterisk. It is compounded by the fact that the girl is on the verge of her adolescence, associated with behavioral and taste changes.
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We used the same decorative techniques in the children's rooms as in the whole house. The fact that a friendly family lives in it can be read even in the interior.
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In the center of the room, we placed a Dutch brand Moooi ceiling lamp. It was created by Dutch designer Berthian Pot.
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The model was named after the poisonous plant hogweed or Heracleum. Its creator, designer Bertien Pot, fundamentally does not use a computer when designing. We thought that such a thing, which carries an individual approach, would become the conceptual center of the entire room.
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In the second daughter's room, we placed all the functional areas - a recreation area, work area, storage systems and a small dressing table.
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We tried to make the space as soft and calm as possible for the girl. For this, in addition to enveloping shades of warm colors, we used round objects.
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The circle is a balanced figure. It has no corners and forms a harmonious environment.
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Family circle, circle of friends, circle of comrades - whoever comes to visit the family of our customers, they will definitely be from their warm circle.
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The home owner spends a lot of time working at home. We have organized a workspace for him with a comfortable orthopedic chair.
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Closed cabinets for storing documents and a sofa for relaxation complemented the furniture set of the cabinet.
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The combination of wood veneer and mirror inserts created an interesting textured play in our client's office.
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Initially, the owners of the house did not plan anything special on the third floor of the house. They wanted to place under-ceiling cabinets there for storing off-season items, toys, clothes and shoes. It was supposed to be a classic attic.
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It did not remain an attic for long - exactly until the moment when our designers showed customers their top-level design concepts.
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We have developed a full-fledged room in which the whole family and their guests spend time watching films or playing together.
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And what about the cabinets, you ask. And there was a place for them too. We have made roomy closed storage systems in which the owners of the house put things they don't need yet.
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A sloped ceiling is always a challenge for a designer. Primarily due to the difficulties with the placement of lighting equipment. We solved it by offering multi-level ceiling lamps.
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For the finishing flooring, we have chosen a parquet board from the Polish factory Barlinek. The light oak from the Grissini Grande collection contrasts sharply with the dark walls and furniture.
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The beanbag chairs are the ideal solution for multi-functional rooms. They lack a heavy frame, which means you can easily carry them and quickly change your field of activity.
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Home theater requires special equipment and special room configurations to preserve the depth and power of the sound.
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At the very first meeting, the customer surprised us with his thorough approach. He was clearly preparing for the meeting, looked through many analogs of suburban construction.
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The task we started to complete included the creation of the interior of the house itself, the gazebo for receiving guests and the organization of the entire surrounding area.
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Do you think that weightless hats are hovering over the table?
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You are not mistaken, we have specially selected Anzazo Hat fixtures to emphasize the airy space of the gazebo.
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Although Kiev is the home of the Belik design studio and the national culture is close to us, we tried to give the gazebo the features of a Japanese house for tea ceremonies.
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In it we have arranged everything for cooking, warming up food and for family feasts to be held in a comfortable environment.
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For the first time we met a customer who made all the measurements himself and even made drawings in AutoCAD. And although he did, as it seemed to him, the best layout of the house, we still implemented ours. Still, the experience of our designers allows them to see what others do not see, even if they are specialists with technical education.
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The second floor of the house is completely given over to the family members - here is the bedroom of the owners of the house, the bathroom and the bedrooms of the daughters, mirroring each other.
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The top floor plan shows that, without losing its function as a storage room, we expanded it, creating a space for games and entertainment there.
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Interior design project of apartment in Kyiv #AI161
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