How designer Ksenia Breivo lives: a house in the Moscow region

ELLE DECORATION continues a series of video tours of the homes of famous designers, architects and decorators. Today we will visit Xenia Breivo. Stay tuned!

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KRISTINA NIKISHINA

ELLE DECORATION: How did you choose this house?This house is the cradle of the decorator's soul.

To live and work in such proportions with such scales is a sign from above. So the choice was lightning fast, I didn't hesitate for five minutes!

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What had to be redone?I'm not in a hurry with the transformation, I'm stretching the pleasure.

Since this house does not require drastic changes, I decorate it, change the situation, paint the walls taking into account the external environment, fill it with new objects, art... The first floor is 70 percent finished — there are magnificent proportions, a paradise for creativity without global interventions.

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KRISTINA NIKISHINA

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What was the main idea of interior design?The main idea is to avoid the feeling of a "new model", anguish, excessive decoration.

Beautiful large shapes of objects resembling sculptures, the background is exceptionally dense and dense to keep old-fashioned doors and good art.

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What did you particularly succeed in the interior, and what would you redo?The house with an area of 750 square meters is a large volume, and it is still in the process of decoration and filling.

In the near future, we plan to change joinery and fireplace portals.

What is your favorite place in the house?I love every corner of my house, nothing annoys me in it, but only makes me happy.

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What are your favorite interior items?My favorite is the Tulip table and a set of chairs designed by Eero Saarinen.

They have an ideal shape, this is an eternal classic that will never get bored, and the hand will not rise to get rid of. I also love the Baxter sofa designed by Vincenzo De Cotiis — it's a real Rolls Royce among sofas, at least for me.

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Describe your ideal day when you stay at home.A morning for yourself, a day for creativity and work, an evening with family and friends.

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