SALON: What customers saw their future apartment?

Evgeny Gibshman: There was no definite and rigid installation; in any case, at the beginning. The word "classic" was pronounced. But with one proviso, which, perhaps, became the cornerstone of the project: everything must be fair. No props - neither in the materials nor in the decor. The stake in this project was made on authentic, antique things - furniture, paintings, porcelain, accessories.

S: Antique things existed originally, even before working on the project?

 - Да. Большandнство andз нandх покупала хозяйка квартandры, которую, кстатand, можно счandтать нашandм полноправным соавтором. Собранная ею коллекцandя во многом определandла облandк and колорandт andнтерьеров. Думая о стandле, мы отталкandвалandсь andменно от этandх вещей.

S: And what is meant by the concept of "fair"?

 - Это значandт, что среда, в которой существуют старandнные вещand, должна быть аутентandчной. То есть матерandалы тandпа современной плandткand, пластandка, пенопласта and тому подобных должны быть andсключены апрandорand. Мы andспользовалand только традandцandонные, добротные, andсторandческand andспытанные матерandалы - дерево ценных пород and натуральный камень (мрамор) для отделкand полов and стен, гandпс - для пластandческого декора…

In addition, by honesty is meant a kind of craftsmanship, refinement of every classic detail. Cornices, door casings, stucco decorative friezes and sockets, hand-painted - all this is carefully drawn by us, absolutely exclusive things. They constitute a certain artistically adequate entourage for collectible antiquities. In general, we tried - where possible - to avoid imitations. Especially in the private area. Bookcases and wardrobes, tables and dressers, every single painting is a 19th century Western European antiques. Even the lamps in the whole apartment (not counting the technical light) are antique. True, in the dining room of antique gizmos a little less, mostly small items of interior and accessories - coffee tables, clocks, figurines, showcases for porcelain. However, they are so expressive and charged with the energetics of their era that they communicate the taste of authenticity to all around.

S: And yet this apartment is inherent and modern?

 - Yes. Although it is not striking. First of all, there is an absolutely modern layout here - without any enfilade constructions and other historical bindings. In addition, from a technical and functional point of view, the apartment is equipped with everything ...

Evgeny Gibshman: “In this work, as always, we proceeded from the characters of the owners, from their tastes. And, of course, from those things that they wanted to surround themselves with. In the course of the design, we talked a lot with customers, discussed various options. it was to guess and understand their desires (which were not always specifically formulated), catch their wave, look at everything with their eyes ... And then just find their ideas a kind of professional expression "