Bordo

An apartment in a new building with a view of a modern residential quarter: standard rooms with no architectural features that needed to be given character.

At the core of the project is a deep bordeaux color that works not as an accent, but as an environment. In the bedroom it covers the walls, moldings and ceiling, so the room is perceived as a single volume. In the rest of the apartment the palette breaks down into related shades: coral in the kitchen, terracotta in the wardrobe, caramel on the loggia. Pale blue, white and black serve as a counterpoint.

The recurring motif of the project is the chessboard check. It appears in the original paintings, in the mirror frames, in the trim of the arch, in the kitchen backsplash and literally, as a chessboard on the dining table. The second repeating device is rounded forms: arches, glass spheres of the lights, marble disc sconces, a spherical cushion, turned furniture legs. Classical moldings, cornices and ceiling rosettes coexist with graphic black details, and because of this the interior slips neither into retro nor into cold minimalism.

About the project

The walls with panel moldings and the ceiling with a cornice and rosette are painted in a single bordeaux tone. Against it, a light headboard with a softly rounded contour on black "puck" legs reads almost like a sculpture. Above the bed hangs a painting on a blue background: a heroine in a white dress with voluminous sleeves holds a gold chess piece. This work sets the color formula of the room.

The blue is echoed by velvet cushions and a throw, the white is repeated in the bed linen and the spherical bouclé cushion, and the bordeaux is supported by a velvet bolster cushion. The lighting is multi-level: a chandelier with black arcs and milky spheres and a pair of sconces of marble with red veining. Black turned bedside tables, gray-blue curtains with a graphic black pattern.

Bedroom

Matte fronts in a coral-red shade combine with a black countertop. The backsplash is laid with a black-and-white check of veined marble. Above, the wall is clad with aged mirror panels with patina: they visually expand the small kitchen and reflect the neighboring rooms.

A display cabinet in a black frame is topped with a cornice matching the fronts; this classical element echoes the moldings. A cylindrical black hood is suspended as a separate object, while the upper cabinets are white so as not to weigh down the corner.

Living room

Opposite the sofa stands a cabinet on turned ball legs. Its fronts are covered with a textured pattern of half-circles: from bordeaux on the left the pattern gradually lightens to pink on the right. The handles are brass. Nearby stand a black "mushroom" table lamp, a painting with a striped vase, glass vases, an anthurium and a ficus in a bordeaux fluted planter.

The walls and the ceiling with a cornice are painted terracotta-red. The lower part is clad in porcelain stoneware imitating white marble with warm veining. A walnut vanity with a massive marble-look countertop carries a fluted oval sink; the faucet and heated towel rail are black. Above the sink hangs a round mirror in a frame of black-and-white "beads."

Project author — designer Anastasia Galeznik

Client review

«What guests like most are the bordeaux bedroom and the chess details that appear in every room: they photograph them and mention them in their reviews. At the same time, the apartment has well-thought-out storage — there are built-in wardrobes, a bench by the entrance and a dressing room, so the brightness doesn't get in the way of living. Thank you to the team for their boldness and attention to the little things.».

Bathroom

The entrance zone greets you with a bordeaux volume: the walls and cabinet fronts are painted in a single tone and finished with a cornice. A bench with white drawers and a soft seat in a fine woven pattern is built into a niche. Above it hangs a full-length mirror with an arched molded frame. A pendant light with a marble shade is reflected in the mirror and doubled. On the floor by the entrance lies a black-and-white checkered tile, which further on transitions into herringbone parquet.