Interior of a Two-Room Apartment: Minimalism and Art Deco

Photo 1 - The project by Andriy Ivanuk can be called bold. The designer uses not just excellent finishing, but also completely different styles in the room zoning - art deco and minimalism

Apartment: 2-room in a new building, area 93 m². The client's wishes: light, modern interior design containing elements of art deco, the room should preferably be divided into a guest reception area and private zone.

Plan 1 - Relocation plan of a 2-room apartment in Kyiv

The young homeowner often hosts guests, so for her a well-organized and spacious guest area is important. According to the designer's proposal, the kitchen and living room were combined into one space. A bar counter was installed as a dividing element.

To convey the atmosphere of the room and express its functional purpose through the interior, minimalism with elements of art deco was chosen for the combined living room.

Various materials and textures were used for finishing, predominantly in light tones and warm color palette (soft white, beige, dark brown).

Thus, in addition to quite contrasting styles, contrasting finishing was also used.

Photo 2 - Stylish solution - embedding the entrance furniture into the walls. For a narrow corridor, such a solution is invaluable

Entrance Hall. Decorative inlays from natural wood contrast beautifully against a simple light wall finish. In this way, the designer gives the entrance hall dynamism. Plus, lighting is mounted above a rather solid cabinet: warm light further highlights the rich finish of the cabinet. The irony in the entrance hall interior is added by paintings with simple subjects placed in classic frames (these can also be replaced with self-made collages).

Photo 3 - The area of the entrance hall allows it, so instead of an economical wardrobe in the interior of this apartment a tall wall-mounted cabinet was placed

On the photo above, by the way, there is another example of style blending: chrome-plated large vases are an element of art deco, while natural textures in floor and cabinet finishes belong more to minimalism.

Living Room Interior of a Two-Room Apartment: Combining the Uncombining

Eclecticism cannot be ignored in the design of the combined living room:

• the wall adjacent to the kitchen is soft and quilted, while the parallel walls of the room are covered with wallpapers featuring a restrained classic pattern;
• three types of lighting fixtures were used in the room, each belonging to a different style;
• the TV viewing area is decorated in minimalism style, while opposite to it a comfortable art deco dining area was arranged.

Photo 4 - Living Room Interior of a Two-Room Apartment

Photo 5 - A small office corner in the modern living room is also decorated in art deco style

Design ideas for the interior on a white background can be changed almost daily!

Photo 6 - The living room is filled with white light, on which any colored elements clearly stand out - whether it's a stack of books, discs or ficus in tall pots

Photo 7 - Hidden lighting, set by a line from the corridor, continues in the massive ceiling system of the open kitchen

Kitchen. In addition to ceiling lighting, there are other options for kitchen illumination - for example, by means of recessed spotlights in the kitchen cabinet or due to a bright lamp under a shade above the bar counter.

What if?... Or bedroom design.

The area of the bedroom will later be sufficient for combining it with a child's room for a newborn. When the family grows, there's no need to redo the design and renovation - it can be reduced to installing a partition between the parents' bed and the crib, and there will be a shelf in the wardrobe for both mother's dresses and the child's nightgown. The design style of this room and materials used for finishing are safe for the child's physical and psychological well-being.

Photo 8 - Beautiful inlays on the wardrobe doors enhance the minimalist bedroom interior, adding character to it

Photo 9 - A corner bathroom - one of the essential requirements for an apartment owner. The basis of the interior design is examples of bathroom design combining comfort of classicism and strictness of minimalism lines

Photo 10 - When setting up a combined bathroom in this apartment, a small partition was placed between the toilet and the bathtub to ensure greater comfort when using the bathroom