Intelligent classics

The designer and I had a very specific task:

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Create a comfortable, classic interior for a respected lady. Please note that this is not the first project that we are implementing for this customer (the first was the project in the Tricolor residential complex).


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The apartment we worked on this time is quite spacious and includes an entrance hall, a guest bathroom, a kitchen-living room, a corridor to the bedroom, which also serves as a dressing room, a master bedroom and a master bathroom.

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Engineering content, as always, to the highest standard

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However, if in electrical terms everything is quite familiar for our projects (high-quality electrical and low-current panels, an abundance of pass-through switches), then plumbing and heating posed the task a little more interesting.


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Initially, the apartment had two pairs of stainless steel risers, which, by the way, were well made (which, I must say, we saw for the first time). We ended up plugging one pair, since the apartment is intended for one person to live in, that is, the water consumption will be small. That is why there was no point in spending extra money on an additional water facility.


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The pipe connections from the developer were made using the Geberit press fitting system. In those places where the risers were plugged, we cut off the pipe and pressurized everything again, thereby creating a straight section. Now the water treatment unit is located in the guest bathroom and powers all consumer appliances.


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Wooden floor-to-ceiling windows imposed certain heating features: we had to select in-floor convectors, the choice was Varmann. They are more productive than convectors from the developer, but at the same time they fit into the allocated power.

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The apartment has ducted air conditioning.

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It was not possible to change the existing system, so we worked with materials from the company chosen by the developer. The house also has an exhaust ventilation system, so all we had to do was install air ducts around the apartment. In addition, at the request of the customer, we added an air humidification function.

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We installed sound insulation on the ceiling and on the wall adjacent to the neighbor's apartment in the bedroom. All lamps are equipped with soundproof boxes.

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As is typical for classics, the design involves a lot of stucco decoration made of plaster - cornices, moldings, drafts. It was this nuance that made us sweat over painting, because all the stucco decor is painted separately from the walls. In addition, in the kitchen-living room the painting is done in two levels (lighter and darker gray).

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This technique gives the room additional volume, but at the same time complicates the painting work, because the colors should not mix or overlap each other.

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Natural stone is also actively used in the design.

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In the hallway, glossy marble is installed as a floor covering; in the bathrooms, a more matte version is used: in the guest room - noble taupe marble, and in the master bathroom - deep emerald, while on the floor it is laid in the form of a French Christmas tree (this method of installation is typical for parquet).

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And, of course, natural stone is found in the kitchen - the island and work area countertops are made of granite. Another element of the classic style is parquet, in this case the installation method was “French herringbone”. The parquet flooring in the building is made of solid oak with mahogany inserts, and there is a frieze around the perimeter.

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As you can see, the project turned out to be truly noble and, we would even say, aristocratic. At the same time, the classic looks quite modern: there is not a hint of mothballs in the interior, and aesthetics lives in every square meter of this apartment.

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