The Hostess:
Ludmila, an interior designer
Number of rooms: 2
Metric location: 45 m²
Ceiling height: 3.7 m
Floor quantity: 2
The house, which Ludmila moved in 7 years ago, was constructed quick prior to the October Socialist Revolution. With the coming of Soviet rule, all apartments of considerable dimensions had been turned into communal dwellings, and following further layout changes have been split into 2 parts. So, Ludmila’s present lodging is in fact half-lodging, 45 m² in region and such as a corridor, two rooms, a kitchen with a bay-window and a big bathroom. Renovation was began from re-arranging: the kitchen was supplemented with the bay-window and the corridor. The latter was extended by implies of narrowing the bathroom. The lounge was separated from the kitchen with an angled partition along with the arrangement of a modest residence office.
The interior design and style was created by the hostess herself. According to her, the style she chose can be defined as a mixture of retro and classics with jazz inclusions. The entering wedges were old brick walls, wooden windows, parquetry and vintage furnishings, which came from the ex-hosts. In an attempt to save and emphasize the spirit of old times Ludmila had the brick masonry un-plastered and painted, and restored the parquetry. Wooden window frames had been released from a few layers of paint and hence recovered their original appearance.
Jazz motives were accentuated with black-and-white wallpaper glued on a single of the kitchen walls. A dining table along with bent-wood chairs was placed in the bay window. Since the old radiator completely fitted into the style notion, it wasn’t replaced. The ex-hosts’ kitchen was equipped with a Dnieper refrigerator of 1960s, but due to its faulty situation the new owner exchanged it for a equivalent contemporary model of Smeg. Hanging more than the dining table is a chandelier of 1950s, which has been right here from post-war instances.
Due to considerable ceiling height, several furniture products had to be custom-made − conventional models would appear also undersized here. The recess conceals household appliances and a geyser. Standard kitchen tiling was replaced with soft drink cans.
Arranged amongst the kitchen and the lounge zone is a residence workplace. Both a table and bookstand had been custom-designed. The adornment of this spot is a picture brought by Ludmila from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
The lounge adjoins the corridor and the bedroom. There are no doors in between them, and Ludmila plans to install stained-glass windows in location of rounded window openings. A Spanish drawing-room suit came right here from the preceding dwelling, and in order to blend it with the new surrounding the owner had its frame painted dark colour. A chest serving as a coffee table is a friend’s present.
The bedhead background wall was decorated with photo wallpaper. The bed is custom-created, although vintage bedside tables and a wardrobe were left by earlier hosts. Suitcases lying on the wardrobe have been brought by the hostess’ Grandpa in 1960s. Apart from their decorative function, they serve for their intended purpose – for storing things, which couldn’t find yet another location in the lodging.
The corridor wall was left with the genuine brickwork. A fireplace is inlaid with ceramic tiles removed from the fireplace in the house across the street, which was topic to demolition. White angel figurines have been bought in a décor store. Hanging over the mantelpiece is a image from Hong Kong. Big round clock − Sia, lamps − Laura Ashley. A vintage table beneath the clock belonged to the ex-hosts.
The bathroom was halved for the sake of a larger corridor. Tile and sanitary porcelain was purchased in a frequent developing materials retailer.
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