Hugs Restaurant in Chelyabinsk

Designer Anna Vazhenina tells how upcycling, fashionable today, helped to create the interior of a restaurant with a warm name and a fast-casual cuisine new to Chelyabinsk

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Lisa Gurovskaya

Our customer bought a ready-made restaurant business with an existing interior, and we were faced with the task of completely changing the space for the concept of the future restaurant.

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Lisa Gurovskaya

We divided the space into two zones, despite the fact that we had only one large window at our disposal, which is also the entrance group.

To add natural light to the second hall, we used glass walls of cabinets that visually separate the zones, but remain functional and are used as a sideboard for dishes and a wardrobe.

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Lisa Gurovskaya

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Lisa Gurovskaya

The project implements the philosophy of "upscale": details from the past interior are recycled and reused in a new reading.

Part of the new interior were: a slate wall with bottles of wine saved from recycling; chairs carefully selected from different places — a mix of new and vintage; IKEA wicker pendant lamps, the color and shape of which we changed according to our idea.

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Lisa Gurovskaya

We designed the bar counter near the open kitchen from elements of the old dismantled ceiling of the Grillato. Some metal elements are also created from the designs of the past interior. Almost all countertops have been preserved and received new subfloors. And even instead of vases on the tables — recycled wine bottles from a local eco-activist.

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Lisa Gurovskaya

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Lisa Gurovskaya

We were lucky to cooperate with our customer: a girl with taste and high aesthetic values. Together we realized the idea of creating an imperfect, not too minimalistic and "artful" interior and created a restaurant that in a short time became a place of attraction for many.

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Lisa Gurovskaya

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Lisa Gurovskaya

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