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Архитектор Olga Freiman о том, с чего начать новый интерьер

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A photo: Dmitry Livshits, Sergey Lorgus, Sergey Ananyev

Interview prepared: Julia Sakharova

Magazine: Decor N7 (173) 2012

How to start a new interior? What is good eclecticism? What types of luxury are relevant today? The architect answers our questions. Olga Freiman

“Do not be afraid of particulars: sometimes a concept grows out of them. In my practice, this happened. So, today it is difficult to imagine, looking at the ceremonial interior of this Moscow apartment, that it appeared due to ... the wallpaper of the factory ZUBER. (True, the wallpaper is not ordinary, but a real masterpiece of handmade.) HOST SELF SELECTED THESE WALLPAPERS - green with a golden hue. This color combination was the main thing in the interior. The shades of lilac we introduced here intentionally: this is the ideal additional shade for grass green. The interior as a whole is characterized by exclusivity, man-made and deliberate "Byzantine" luxury; and in the decor of the wallpaper with which it started, all this too. It turns out that a particular was not a particular, but rather a peculiar plan for the future interior.

TODAY, DEMANDING FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF LUXURY - unpretentious, restrained. If you are impressed by some dryness of interior forms (for example, constructivism, minimalism), I advise you to compensate for it with bright natural materials - onyx, noble wood species. So, in the bathroom at one of our facilities in the Moscow region, we vertically put green onyx slabs, and on the floor of teak wood we placed two onyx barrels with green and brown streaks. Soft stone pattern contrasts well with the brutal structures of floors.

NON-PURITY, NON-VISIBILITY are especially important when we choose a chalet style. The fact is that he a priori contains some "deliberate" details - hunting trophies, chandeliers from the horns ... I advise you not to pedal these topics. If the chandelier of the horns, then let it be one, not more. Enter elements of Provence style - aged wood of the Ecru palette, forging. Country house in the style of a chalet (one of our projects) is very decorated with a wrought-iron fence. In general, it is necessary to use the fact that the LEADING METHOD NOW is an ECLEKTIKA. If the style of the chalet and Provence are stylistically close, then neoclassicism with glamor, as it seems, has nothing in common. However, a modern glamorous chandelier with strands of crystal can revive a stiff symmetrical interior. We tried! ”

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