Like a hundred years ago

apartment in the center of Moscow Olga Scherbakova, Polina Kryuchkova

Passing the gallery

A photo: Sergey Morgunov, Ekaterina Morgunov

Stylist: Anna Subbotina

Text: Danila Gulyaev

Interior author: Olga Scherbakova

Restaurateur: Polina Kryuchkova

Magazine: Decor N4 (104) 2006

The key symbol for the capital of our country of Moscow is a circle. And in space, it spreads out rings, and in time everything here goes in a circle. Here and in the interior trends of the same - the old designers are modernizing, and the new age

This apartment is located in one of the lanes in the center of Moscow, in the house of the beginning of the twentieth century. Even after everything that this house underwent during the Soviet years, the very pre-revolutionary, old Moscow atmosphere remained here, the generation that nostalgia for which people experience, did not find that city. Work on this interior was not just in the design development - it was like a study: is it possible to recreate the atmosphere of a century ago with completely modern means and new materials without abusing patinating and fetishizing rags. Moreover, there are almost no surviving elements of the original interior. Designer Olga Scherbakova she chose not to get involved in stylization, but to create a modern, functional interior in a classic style and create a special old Moscow atmosphere with the help of certain accents and logical stress. But at the same time to partially preserve the most successful architectural and decorative solutions of those cherished times. Left the original layout, or rather, the principle itself, when the premises diverge in both directions from the hallway. Relatively speaking, to the left - the bedrooms, and to the right - the living room, kitchen, office. Still, the preservation of the pre-revolutionary planning was not an end in itself, so it brought modern features - for example, there is no partition between the living room and the kitchen.

One of the main decorative themes is stucco on the ceiling and cornices. There is almost nothing left of the old one, and the new one was made according to author’s sketches, inspired by classic patterns. Some elements of the decoration are remakes of what was already in the apartment. Parquet, marble window sills reproduce the old furnishings, but all the materials are new. Especially carefully selected shades of finishes and upholstery. The fact that the apartment is located in a narrow alley, and with natural light in her problem. Therefore, the responsible task was assigned to the color composition of the interior - to create the effect of a well-lit, bright room. And for electric lighting, too, lay an additional load - it performs here the function of almost festive illumination. By the selection of chandeliers and lamps by the author of the interior and the owners treated as a special kind of creativity.

Each room in this apartment has its own imaging system, its own face. But especially distinguished bedroom and office. It was decided to decorate the walls with bright wallpaper and fanciful plots.

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