Exciting taste of distant journeys. New two-story apartment from Nanadea studio

Architect
Nanaidea, Natalya Sergeeva
A type
apartments
Status
implemented
Year
2021
Size
168 m2

Interior designer Natalya Sergeeva created a home in one of the elite new high-rise buildings of the capital, filling it with an emotional atmosphere, in which you can feel the aftertaste of long travels, and the mystery of oriental art next to the mystical Ukrainian code, and the noble brilliance of the "roaring twenties". Every detail here is endowed with a special meaning and tells its own story.

The owner of these two-level apartments in the new elite residential complex in the center of the capital conducts his business with many foreign business partners, and therefore travels a lot. So when he decided to buy a new home, he dreamed that it would be a prestigious, prestigious and comfortable home that would reflect his lifestyle, including his wanderlust and passion for collecting works of art and antiques.

At the same time, it was supposed to be the same "quiet harbor" to which he would return after exhausting journeys, an oasis of peace where he could "recharge his batteries" and regain his strength. Such a complex task was faced by the author of the project, Natalya Sergeeva, decorator and founder of the Nanaidea studio. By the way, this is not the first object she has made for this customer.

The apartments were created by combining two apartments on different floors. According to Natalie, it turned out that the work on the object lasted longer than expected. "It took about a year of moving on the ladder between levels before the stairs we planned finally appeared," she recalls. — In addition, the apartment required the implementation of complex technical solutions, for example, engineering communications, heating system, water supply, and others, which also required endless coordination and refinement. We have also integrated a smart home system that helps manage all processes, including the lighting scenarios, which are very carefully thought out here."

The very concept of space is built on the principle of a holistic interior. Natalya learned about this term for the first time during her internship at the Royal College of Art in London. "We had a really stellar team of teachers, including, for example, Nina Campbell," Natalya says. — Communicating with them, you understand that they are ordinary living people, accessible, open, who have chosen design as their profession. On the other hand, their approach, view of the profession, the beauty of working with form, color, proportions turned out to be a kind of cultural shock for us and at the same time extremely inspiring. It was from them that I heard the phrase "holistic interior".

It means that the interior is not divided into constituent parts, into separate objects from which it is assembled, but is considered holistically, as a single system that caused the appearance of these things and elements in space.

In this process, it is extremely important to assemble a team of professional contractors, proven like-minded people who understand you from the bottom of your heart and will help you realize your plans. One of such indispensable assistants for the designer was the head of the company for painting and applying decorative coatings L. Decor Dmytro Lyubinets.

Natalya even calls him her "guardian angel on the project." For this interior, she personally developed sketches of the walls, and craftsmen from his team helped to realize them. The author resorted to interesting experiments and even invented new techniques for applying decorative coatings with specialists, and as a result received special textures and exclusive colors, in particular, a geometric pattern in the living room and dining room area, which harmoniously echoes the outline of tall rectangular windows. It is made using the stencil technique and decorative coatings of the Italian manufacturer Impex Color S. rl, namely Marmorino Naturale, Stucco Da Vinci and Natural wax.

An unusual ornament made of elements of traditional Ukrainian embroidery is made from the same Italian brand, which decorates the wall of the lounge area on the second floor. It is interesting that the thickness of the pattern is only 3 mm. "I was inspired to choose embroidery as a code that carries a certain sacred meaning, our matrix, because my customer collects paintings by Makov and Prymachenko. I felt that I should bring here an ethnic element, personally ours, Ukrainian," shares the author of the project.

By the way, Natalya is well-versed in the subject: in addition to interiors, she also creates clothing collections for girls, having studied many sources from the history of national costume and decorative and applied arts, deeply immersing herself in the issue.

Natalya organized a library under the stairs to the second floor: bookcases with LED lighting, a cozy lounge chair with a comfortable footrest and a stylish floor lamp next to it, and on the wall 7,3 m high - an original stylized drawing in the form of endpapers and tomes, like a huge shelf , which rises to the very ceiling. In order to achieve the ideal texture, color, and most importantly, the proportions of the picture, four test samples were previously made.

"You need to feel the space," Natalya says. - In my opinion, the ability to nicely arrange furniture in a room is just a simple mastery of a craft. Design for me is a way of life. He needs reflection, a special philosophy, his own way of looking at things. This is primarily about creating an atmosphere."

Natalie's own creative approach is distinguished by the individual processing of every single detail. Not a single fragment, not a single node is overlooked. For example, she found the natural oak parquet that decorates the floor in the warehouse of the Art Wood company and selected each board almost by herself, and then worked together with specialists on its perfect French layout.

However, its main feature is the color itself: in order to achieve the desired golden shade, the required number of layers of coating were applied to the parquet. In the same way, Natalya personally selected onyx slabs for facing the wall and the bathroom bowl in the master bathroom. "When working with living stone, it is very difficult to choose a general pattern so that it is harmonious and has a certain structure. In the composition that appeared, I see the theme of the embryo, new life as a certain symbolism," says Natalya.

For the countertops in the kitchen area, the author chose Brazilian granite, demonstrating an unparalleled work with material and form. This natural stone has its own specifics, in particular the features of the pattern. In order to reveal its beauty in dynamics, Natalya first made it into a kitchen windowsill, then lowered it along the wall onto the work surfaces and highlighted the hood area with it, and finished it on the countertop of the kitchen island with a bar counter. The color of the stone is perfectly matched by the black transparent plastic Cyborg armchairs by Magis designed by Marcel Wanders, placed behind the dining table.

"Gypsum cornices in all rooms were created according to my drawings, as well as a subject of special pride - carpentry, in particular, doors, stairs, library," says Natalya. The dining table in the dining room, bar counters in the kitchen and in the recreation area on the upper floor, a bench in the corridor near the living green wall that separates the living room from the kitchen-dining room on the first level — all these items were designed by Natalya herself, and they were made Ukrainian manufacturing companies, while the Raro Design salon became the supplier of other furniture for this interior.

Textiles play an important role in creating the appropriate atmosphere of a home. Together with Zoya Seleznyova, head of the "Elements of Style" company, Natalya found amazing fabrics with which to convey the customer's desired mood. These fabrics appear here also not by chance. So, the elegant interior with a touch of luxury was emphasized by silk-embroidered linen curtains, which were sewn by the master of the salon according to the author's sketches.

And, let's say, the deep, saturated green color of the sofa in the living room, as well as the wall of living green plants in the corridor, is a desire to bring a piece of the surrounding landscape into the room, albeit symbolically: the city is like in the palm of your hand from here, and there is a park below the house. By the way, for the sofa Natalya chose luxurious velvet from the Dutch Raymakers factory, which has existed for three centuries and is part of the country's textile heritage.

This brand is known for producing the best pile fabrics, to which the epithet "royal" is quite legitimately added: this is justified by the corresponding award, which was awarded to the factory by the Queen of the Netherlands in 1951 as the best supplier to the court.

For the master bedroom, Natalya thought out the design of the bedspread, as well as tulle, curtains, decorative pillows and other textile elements. They are made of precious sponge silks from the British brand Pongees, which was founded in 1931 in London and then produced silk scarves and ties. Today, her fabric collections are selected by famous couturiers and interior design specialists.

The word "eponge" refers to a special group of silks that began to be imported to Great Britain from China in the XNUMXth century. "I was very inspired by our creative tandem," says Natalya. "Zoya is a professional technologist, and she managed to realize all my crazy ideas."

There are many artifacts in the house, antiques brought from different parts of the world, selected specifically for this interior. Antique products share space with works of painting and graphics. "It was I who "infected" the customer with a passion for collecting art objects," Natalya admits. "It all started with the fact that we selected the original works of Boguslavsky and Denysenko for the customer's office in the previous facility, and later ancient Chinese vases appeared, for which we developed special consoles."

Natalie's long acquaintance with the famous Italian antiquarian and collector Angelo Granese came in handy here. "I only had to think about what kind of item could be a part of this space, as I remembered that I had seen such an item in his collections and found exactly what I needed. So, for example, Chinese vases that are more than 200 years old appeared on the mantelpiece in the bedroom, an antique black chinoiserie chest of drawers in the living room, which the customer uses as a tea bar, as well as ancient sculptures of Chinese warriors and mirrors.

When you think about a decision for a long time, and then suddenly you find the answer - it's just some kind of magic." As it happens in a properly made interior, it already lives its own life: something is still being changed and added here. For example, relatives and friends of the owner, having learned about his admiration for the works of Prymachenko and Makov, began to find them and donate them. Similarly, the library has been significantly replenished recently.

You should not look for pure refined style in this living space. Before us is a subtle eclecticism, in which there is a certain reference to both classics and modern solutions, and there are also elements of luxury, in particular, shiny brass details that echo the gold painting of an antique chest of drawers in the style of chinoiserie; Eichholtz armchairs, decorative pillows and expensive velvet upholstery. The final elements are a hint of an Art Deco atmosphere that invites parallels with the exquisite interiors of Manhattan's Upper East Side skyscrapers.

 

The author of the project: Natalya Sergeeva, Nanaidea
Paint and decorative coatings company: L. Desor
Production of shutters: Grande group
Photo: Andrii Avdeyenko
Text: Nadia Bogata