design project
SQUIRRELING AROUND This city apartment is bright, cosy, slightly vintage as well as modern - just like Kiev itself
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rchitects Elena Dobrovolska and Tetiana Gryshkova and shadow. The dim Scandinavian blue shades of the cited the surrounding urban environment as a walls, alongside the use of textiles in the room brings starting point for the interiors of a Kiev apartment located in a real sense of visual structure to the room, conjuring an historical part of the city, one with its own deep history. colour and mood and brining a sense of structure. The designers and owners all agreed on transferring The blue theme is continued in the bathroom, where the historical spirit that the Ukranian city provided a duo of terracotta and deep blues are combined with into the new interior of the apartment, making it warm wood surfaces and a further copper screen. something of a background piece for the modern The bathrooms throughout the apartment are design and art objects within. decorated in neutral, but expressive colors. Smoke Such an approach resulted and graphite shades of grey, in a wholly artistic interior mustard, beige and muffled that creates a harmonious deep blue emphasise the atmosphere, with its art warmness of the natural objects dotted around and wood and the organic nature personal space designated of the stone in these rooms. for each member of the Striking a contrast, a family who would live teenager’s bedroom next to there. The overall style this is decorated instead in for the 210 square metre grey and beige. home was chosen based on In the kitchen and dining a defined colour scheme, a room area, the walls have sophisticated combination of been painted in a deep grey, textures, and original objects. serving as a uniting element Most of the latter were throughout the home. The exclusively developed by the painting in this room is by studio tasked with working Ukrainian artist Alexander on the home. Roytburd, and it is made all In the living room, there the more impressive on its are several interesting grey backdrop. The picture ABOVE: The ceiling is decorated with squirrels frolicking in leaves design solutions, from the is further complemented unconventional ceiling to the by a massive dining table, unusual chandelier and copper screen. The ceiling is a which has been made from raw textured wood. reference to classic molded canopies in ancient interiors, Throughout the project, there are many natural and in this case, the designers included a touch of materials were used in the interior, from wood and humour into this. If you look closely, instead of the usual glass to stone and copper. The benefits of their textures ringlets, the ceiling was decorated with charming squirrels are fully revealed with the help of well-applied colour frolicking in the leaves. The chandelier is thrown into solutions. In fact, such an expressive interior matches sharp relief against a white background, and it benefits the multi-faceted city the home is situated in. from a splash of cobalt coloured glass elements. It is bright, cosy and slightly vintage - but at the From here, the hall and living room are separated same time resolutely modern, just like Kiev itself. by the copper screen placed between the two living spaces. It has numerous flat surfaces that reflect the DREAMDESIGN ARCHITECTS light beautifully, filling the room with patches of light T: +380 44 569 7025 | www.dobrovolska.com RIGHT: A view from the hallway into the living room with a copper screen separating the areas. The copper screen’s flat surfaces reflect light beautifully, filling the room with patches of light and shadows. The living room has a number of unconventional solutions including the unusual chandelier, which complements the background with its cobalt coloured glass, and the molded ceiling. Instead of the usual ringlet pattern, the ceiling has been decorated with charming squirrels frolicking in some leaves
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