Two-storey apartment with two kitchens in St. Petersburg

This apartment has two floors and two kitchens — a full-fledged one where food is prepared and guests are received, and a compact one, next to a summer terrace. Designer Ulyana Skaptsova tells about the features of the project, including a bright library and an unusual sink

The kitchen is made to order in a carpentry workshop.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

The kitchen is made to order in a carpentry workshop.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

GENERAL PARAMETERS

Property type: duplex apartment in a modern house of a Swedish developer

Where is located: St. Petersburg, residential complex "Scandi Clubb"

Size: 171 m2

The main idea of the project: a fresh juicy interior, built on the use of bright and light shades

Color scheme: beige, blue, green, yellow

The author of the project: designer Ulyana Skaptsova, T. +7 (911) 250-00-65, www.usinteriors.ru

"The owner of the apartment is a russified Swedish Finn who appreciates Russian flavor and Scandinavian clarity. It is these qualities that we have tried to implement in this project"

Paint, Sherwin Williams. The kitchen is custom-made in carpentry. The lamp is made to order, Handle Studio. Table, IKEA. Tray, Iittala. Finnish glasses, Lasiruusi. The parquet floor is made to order.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

This is a two-storey apartment with an impressive outdoor terrace and a cozy balcony. The customer wanted to place two nurseries for his sons, an office for work and a large area for guests, as he likes to arrange dinners and socialize with friends.

The lamp is made to order, Handle Studio. Table, IKEA. Paint, Sherwin Williams.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

A large public area of the kitchen-living room and library was planned on the ground floor. But the traditional TV should not have become the center of attraction in such an apartment. Instead, the central place had to be taken under a large dining table for long dinners with wine and an island for cooking and gatherings with friends.

On the same floor there is a dressing room for outerwear, a library, a master bedroom and a bathroom attached to it, an office, a guest bathroom.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Most of all in this apartment I am impressed by the "stone island" — it sounds funny, because there really is such an island in St. Petersburg. We have been choosing marble for him for a long time: the option originally included in the project was no longer available, this quarry in China has been exhausted forever and such a variety can no longer be found. But Indian marble with onyx inclusions under the attractive name Himalayan Green attracted us the most. He "assembled" the living room space with a library and added textures to a rather neutral interior.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

In addition, my thrift did not allow me to part with the remains of the slab so easily. We made coffee tables out of them, abandoning rectangular and round shapes. The models turned out to be in the form of clouds, in the sense of echoing the theme of the picture.

Paint, Sherwin Williams. Floor lamp, IKEA. The tables are made of remnants of Indian marble. Vintage chairs have been re-upholstered and restored.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

We used the color-block technique to create an enveloping atmosphere in the library. I wanted to reproduce the feeling of burying myself with a book in the fresh leaves of an August maple warmed by the sun. Or he dived into a cool lake — on a blue sofa.

Paint, Sherwin Williams. The rack is made to order. Sofa, "Di-wan"

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

My favorite technique is creating contrasts. For example, we have a dense green library, and next to it the main living room is light and delicate. Or one guest bathroom is made dark, like a fox hole, and the other is light, but they are united by the same material — tiles from the same collection.

View from the dining room to the library. Paint, Sherwin Williams. Table, IKEA

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Tile Ghiaia, Fioranese Ceramica. Bath, Bette. Sink, Kerama Marazzi. The cabinet and cabinet are made to order. Shower, Grohe.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Three bedrooms were placed on the second floor, a dressing room was added for the children's rooms, a small area was allocated for the kitchen serving the terrace, a corner was made for children's sports activities and a zone for gatherings near the kitchen. There is also a spacious bathroom with a large shower.

Bedroom. Bed linen and bedspread, Zara Home. The bed, curtains and paintings are made to order. Stool, H&M Home. Corner table and mobile above it, La Redoute.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

A place to relax on the terrace.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Most of the furniture was made to order, but a few vintage or second-hand items were added, which were updated. Basically, these are chairs. A pair of Bulgarian armchairs from the 1950s came from the Urals from my grandmother, I decided to restore them, pulled them over and put them into the project. The other four chairs were the property of the customer, we refreshed them with a new light fabric.

Office. The painting is made to order

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Office. Paintings and storage systems are made to order. Table, Mopsoopconcrete.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

The classic and well-loved technique with mirrors also did not go unnoticed. I put three-dimensional mirrors on the entire wall to maximize the use of light refraction and expand the space — in the entrance area, in the bedroom, in the bathrooms and in the second kitchen.

Lighting was also used — there is really a lot of it here (electricians even grumbled a little, which is too much). This is the illumination of shelves and shelves, stairs, niches — both vertical and horizontal, working on a motion sensor. Working with lighting scenarios is very important, because when light appears, the perception of the interior changes dramatically.

A small kitchen next to the terrace. Chairs, vintage. Table, Kartell.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

The kitchen is next to the terrace. Paint, Designers Guild. Chairs, vintage. Sofa, Sofa. . Kitchen, IKEA. Table top, "Geometry". Table, Kartell. The painting is made to order.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Armchair, vintage.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

I don't really like wallpaper: over time, they need care, and their appearance deteriorates, so I switched to painting a long time ago. I have a master with an academic education who understands me perfectly, so in this project, especially in children's, there are beautiful embodiments of fabulous ideas. Children are proud of their rooms and love to spend time there.

Childish. Cabinets and chair, IKEA. Curtains are made to order.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Childish. There is an author's painting on the wall. The couch is made to order. The bed linen is made to order, Buffalo.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Childish. There is an author's painting on the wall. The couch is made to order. The bed linen is made to order, Buffalo.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Already while working on the project, I met a company that makes concrete sinks in the terrazzo technique. At first, the guys and I made a light shell, but they didn't like it, and they offered to redo it. Then I took advantage of the situation and decided to change it to a dark one. In addition, I invited myself to their workshop and laid out the pieces of stones myself. And I also brought with me natural stones and crystals that I once bought at stone exhibitions to complete the composition.

Sink with inserts of stones, Mossoopconcrete.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Mosaic on the shower floor, Appiani. Tile Ghiaia, Fioranese Ceramica.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

It was important to me that the project was completed to the end in the form in which it was conceived. It almost turned out to be done: at the end, the budget was limited, and we finished the nursery with strong changes. This is not critical, because the rooms can be changed over time — along with growing sons. It was also not possible to implement all the ideas on the terrace, for which there were big plans.

Work chair-saddle, Smart chair. The storage systems and the table are made to order.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

But the costs of the parquet board, built-in cabinet furniture, high-quality tiles and plumbing remained almost unchanged from the original budget, which means that the quality of the project was not lost.

Bedroom. The bedspread is made to order, "Bergamo Textile". The bed and curtains are made to order. Table and stool, La Redoute.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

Entrance area. Tiles, Sahara Noir. Paint, Designers Guild.Cabinet, Kartell.

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Ivan Sorokin. style: Anna Krutolevich

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