Moscow holidays

квартира (60 м2) в одном из арбатских переулков Boris Tsyrlin

Passing the gallery

A photo: Sergey Morgunov, Ekaterina Morgunov

Text: Julia Sakharova

Stylist: Anna Subbotina

Project author: Boris Tsyrlin

Magazine: Decor N4 (104) 2006

In Arbat lanes there is a very nice, very Moscow and very carefully reconstructed house. In a small courtyard - linden and poplar. Climbing the stairs to one of the apartments, you expect to see a discreet interior, something close to the style of a Russian manor. And meets you pink gold Louis XV, all in frivolous curls. But the stronger the impression of the apartment

As if the European princess wanted to stay incognito in Moscow, and everything was prepared for her here, to which she got used to herself in the palace, but only decided the palace theme more chamberly - both in size and mood. Boris Tsyrlin, the author of the project of this mini-palace, united two architectural themes, modern and classical, open space and classical decor: stucco gilded friezes, pilasters, wood carving, patterned marble and Venetian plaster

There are only about 60 square meters, and there are no ceremonial palace rooms, such as a reception hall, no main dining room, no suite of living rooms. Yes, they are not needed, because there is a pleasant chamber alternative to all this. There is, for example, a magnificent group of upholstered furniture from ANGELO CAPPELLINI, forming (together with a floor lamp, a coffee table and artful drapery) a living room, or, if you will, the reception area of ​​the apartment. And besides, there is a luxurious bed under a draped canopy and a bathtub located right in the open space.

This bold decision seems very modern, but if we turn to history, we will see that the first baths in Europe were set up in the bedrooms. From the point of view of the purity of the style, an old bath on the paws would fit here, but the author cared not about the purity of the style, but first of all about convenience and comfort, so she suggested that the hostess put a hot tub, which, as is known, has more options than the ordinary one. .

Hence the choice of extremely comfortable upholstered furniture, which does not copy, but rather creatively interprets the style of French kings, designer moldings, cabinet furniture made according to architect’s drawings, exquisite silk and tulle draperies, made from designer’s sketches. Svetlana Kiskina. Among the furniture, mirrors, lamps there is not a single antique item. The authors of the project deliberately abandoned things with the past, preferring to them the exceptional quality of modern handmade items.

Among these items are stained glass windows that adorn the glass walls of the toilet room - the only closed room in the open space of the apartment. Stained glass is a modern fantasy on the subject. modern style, another historical style. Its smooth lines are no less feminine than the garlands, wreaths and baskets of Baroque and Rococo, and therefore unexpectedly, but freshly combined with them. A woman's face, appearing as a decorative motif in stained glass windows, is not a portrait of the owner of the apartment, but simply a conditional princess Greza.

But the main attraction, the semantic center and the decorative accent of the apartment are not stained glass windows or a bath. A luxuriously decorated bed, which was wrapped in romantic tulle and silk from above, and illuminated from below with red light. The whole world, by the way, is controlled by the "smart home" system, since much depends on the lighting here. In particular, it is able to drastically change the local atmosphere from merely intimate to extremely intimate.

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