Reworking of the Soviet panel without moving the walls

Designer Anna Rims turned a Soviet-era apartment into an ergonomic space for a young family and two Abyssinian cats

Living room. Sofa, BoConcept. TV cabinet, "Interior Factory". Lamps on the bedside table, L'appartement. Plaster panels, Artpole. Carpet, Art de Vivre.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

GENERAL PARAMETERSProperty type: apartment in a panel house

• Where is located: Moscow, Rossoshanskaya St.

• Square footage: 58.6 m2

• **Style:**modern

• The main idea of the project: to create an ergonomic space using decorative and design techniques

• Color scheme: caramel shades, green and terracotta on a background of refreshing white

• Author of the project: designer Anna Rims, annarimss.design@gmail.com , www.annarimss.design

Panel and plaid on the sofa, Arket. Pillows, Chiarohome.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

Coffee table, Cazarina.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

Anna Rims got to work in an apartment in Southern Chertanov, in a panel house built in the early 1970s, with ceilings of 2.64 m. All the walls were load-bearing, so redevelopment was out of the question. The customers, a young couple, value this apartment because their parents lived in it, so the designer had to make it comfortable without radically changing anything. The task is difficult, but, as we see, doable.

View from the living room to the bedroom. Shelving, Interior Factory". Planters, Zara Home. On the wall is the work of Maria of the Future.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

The kitchen countertop smoothly turns into a bench with a soft seat. In front of her is a small round table and a stool. Under the bench is a place for feeding cats. Table, Delo. Hanging lamps, Small Table Lamp.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

The main task was to create a comfortable kitchen on five square meters and move the refrigerator there, which previously had no place there — it stood in the pantry in the opposite part of the apartment. It was also important to organize a workplace for the owner of the house, free from cats — two Abyssinians, who, of course, consider the apartment their own.

Kitchen, "Interior Factory". Sink and mixer, Blanco. Fruit bowl in the kitchen, Chiarohome.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

In the five-meter kitchen, the furniture was built with the letter "P": a dishwasher and a sink are located along the window, then a hob and a functional apron (behind the glass doors there are shelves for spices). A refrigerator and microwave ovens were built into the pencil cases. Previously, the refrigerator could not fit in the kitchen and stood in the pantry at the other end of the apartment, but it turned out that there was room for it at five meters.

The kitchen was calculated by millimeters — for example, the decision to change a standard gas stove with four burners to a two-burner helped to win the area.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

The bedroom with terracotta walls and a dressing room turned out to be as functional as possible. All household functions were taken out to the balcony — there is a wardrobe with a built-in ironing board and a place for ironing. It was possible to place a workplace with a mirror and a soft pouf on the balcony.

Bedroom. The bed is made to order, Vitset. Bedside sconces, Marset. Chandelier, Ago.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

Balcony, fragment.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

Workplace on the balcony.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

The study is designed not only for quiet, secluded work, but also for listening to your favorite musical compositions. Sound insulation is laid in the walls. A separate task is protection from cats who feel like owners in the apartment. Computer equipment is saved from cats by transparent sliding partitions separating the work area from the rest of the space.

Cabinet, fragment.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

Cabinet, fragment.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

Cabinet, fragment.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

The small hallway has everything you need — built-in wardrobes for outerwear, a shoe cabinet and a light rail for things that should be at hand.

Hallway. Panels and doors, "Own". Cabinets and cabinet, "Interior Factory". On the floor there is an engineering board, Finex. Lighting, SWG.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

In the bathroom, as in the whole apartment, the main thing is functionality. Storage is organized in a vertical cabinet and behind the doors above the installation.

Bathroom, fragment.

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Olga Shangina-Lesterlen. Style: Olga Oleynikova

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