Louis and others

Квартира архитектора Nikolay Baranov

Passing the gallery

A photo: Sergey Morgunov

Stylist: Svetlana Kobrakova

Text: Elena Klevtsova

Magazine: Decor N11 (111) 2006

Design of your apartment Nikolay Baranov dealt with personally. He wanted his home to be cozy and at the same time bright and fashionable. Baroque emotion and expression ar deko helped to solve the problem

As you know, a well-designed and decorated entrance hall is always an overture to the sound of the whole house. Here is the main topic; The storyline, which will develop further, is already evident. The space starting here promises to be solemn - but not boring; theatrical - but orderly. A huge mirror in a frame, pilasters with capitals of the Corinthian order reinforce the impression of solemnity of space. The dominant contrasting colors — white and black — work on the same task.

In the living room, this plot unfolds very dynamically. The two zones - dining and home theater - are separated by a glass wall and, on the one hand, solve different tasks and are decorated in very different ways, but, on the other, they have a lot in common. For example, furniture: baroque sofa and armchairs, a mirror and a coffee table. Baroque style, if we talk about its psychological component, expresses increased emotionality, style ar deko in its own way is also very expressive. Psychological proximity of these styles and allowed to combine baroque and ar deko in the same room. (Note that many of the apartment furnishings are replicas of vintage furniture samples.) By the way, speaking of expression, it is brought into the interior and objects of different shades of red.

At the same time, both parts of the living room have something very individual. For example, there are things that directly indicate the function of each of the zones. In the kinosone, modern equipment, massive speakers, in the design of which elements of creatively reinterpreted Art Deco are read ... All this is against a brown wall upholstered in soft velvety Alcantara (special-made leather, here it also plays the role of sound-absorbing material, which for TV and musical zone is especially important). And in the dining area such an accent is a luxurious boule-style showcase - a living reminder of the brilliance of Versailles. In the 18th century, French master Henri Boule created a unique furniture with a characteristic inlay, which never went out of fashion in Europe, by whose name this style was named.

Private rooms are no less elegant, but somewhat quieter - both in color and shape. So, the kitchen - black and white, kitchen cabinets - concise modern form. And only the backs of the cast metal chairs once again remind of the Baroque era. Cast metal is a separate topic in modern decor. If earlier it was considered to be just a kind of replacement for forging, then now it’s a thing of a cast in the house - special chic. (Recall how decorators experiment today, for example, with the cast bases of a ZINGER sewing machine, which they turn into art objects and placed in elegant interiors.)

In the bedroom the landlord used warm, joyful colors. “The abundance of red and gold is in balance with black,” says Nikolai. “Red-gold silk with a jacquard pattern (it is covered with walls) in combination with red chandelier trimmings and gold fabrics copes well with this task.

Refined detail and at the same time accent in the bedroom decor - armchair in style Louis XV. This is not only furniture, it is also a symbol - comfort, bliss and grace. According to Nikolay Baranovmost of all he cared about convenience. At the same time, however, he managed to make the interior so elegant and unusual. "

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