The house is two-storey, on the first floor there are traditionally ceremonial rooms, on the second - private ones. The rooms on the first floor are arranged in accordance with the principle of circular layout; spaces of living room, dining room and kitchen, separated by wide openings, flow into one another. Due to the fact that the layout is open (a technique invented by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 50s of the twentieth century), the classic interior with columns, plaster moldings, swans and heads looks like caryatids very modern. “This effect is enhanced by modern painting - bright, juicy,” says the author of the project designer Tatyana Scherbakova. - We intentionally created such a contrast. Thanks to him, both modern painting and old furniture and accessories win. ” So, on the lacquer cabinet in style Napoleon III (with a mosaic of ornamental stones and gilded bronze overlays) - still life with a bouquet of flowers. A luxurious gilded frame perfectly matches the classic style of the living room. The locker was made in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, when furniture made of pear wood decorated with black lacquer with gilding and inlay came into fashion. “On the locker in the center is the time of Napoleon I’s Egyptian campaigns - in the form of a camel with a driver,” Tatiana says, “and on the sides are two statuettes of the Sevres manufactory in biscuit technique (unglazed porcelain, which is especially appreciated by experts).”

During Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns, lion heads and caryatids appeared in characteristic Egyptian headdresses, similar to those that adorn the armrests of the sofa in the large living room. In the group with a sofa, there is a mahogany table with a stand in the shape of swans. Such groups were taken to arrange the furniture in Russian estates. According to the furniture in the style of Russian Empire in this house you can study the history of art. In the dining room assembled a magnificent dining group - a mahogany table and a chair from poplar burl. In the corner - a closet with the architectural proportions of the building. “In those years, the craftsmen owned the secret of special wood processing,” explains the designer. “They knew the composition, thanks to which the texture of the tree looked deeper and seemed to glow from the inside.” In front of the owner's office they placed a small living room. There are also many wonderful antiques. A real gem of style Empire - A tea table with swans under a marble table top. This is the work of Russian masters.

There are many interesting things here. There is also the “unstoppable breguet”, like that of Eugene Onegin, with the only exception that Onegin had a pocket watch by the famous Breguet brand, and there were mantel clocks in this house. There is a unique pair of girandoli Russian work (table lamps) made of ruby ​​glass and crystal - a rarity. (This is understandable: a fragile thing.) Many items from a typesetting tree are works of Russian masters. All things in this house are functioning, and do not serve as "museum rarities." Moreover, they are treated here creatively. For example, the under-stand of a washstand in one of the bathrooms was altered from an old mahogany vanity. There are modern furniture in this house: on the first floor there is a kitchen, on the second - beds in the master bedroom and in the nursery. The style is a modern interpretation of the classics, making this interior acquires a special charm.

Project author Tatyana Scherbakova: “The owners have been collecting antiques for many years. At some point, a growing collection of rarities demanded a new, more spacious house. It was decided to make the interior in a classic style.