From One-Room to Two-Room: 8 Successful Renovation Projects

Transforming a one-room apartment into a full two-room flat — it's really possible! Check out how professionals handle this task.

Apartment for a Business Woman

Designer Irina Krivtcova found space for a separate bedroom, living room, dining area and didn't forget about a walk-in closet. The client knew exactly what she wanted, so it was crucial to turn the 'picture' into a real comfortable interior.

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Design: Irina Krivtcova

Small Apartment in Kyiv

The first question the designers had to solve was how to comfortably accommodate both public and private zones in a one-room flat. For this purpose, they restructured the layout and moved the kitchen into the larger room: they had to lower the ceiling in the living room by 10 cm to hide the pipes, and installed a pump in the kitchen itself.

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Design: Boho Studio

45 Square Meters with Sea View

The original layout assumed an open-plan kitchen-living room, a separate bedroom and a combined bathroom. Since the owners planned to spend time here with their older children, they needed to plan a well-isolated space for different generations — Tatiana Kazantseva managed to do that.

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Design: Tatiana Kazantseva

Functional Interior in New Moscow

The owner dreamed of a grand living room and a cozy bedroom. There was simply no space for these in the original layout, so the team at 'Common Area' bureau, Yaroslav and Ekaterina Salamandra, changed it. The internal partitions were not load-bearing — coordinating the reconfiguration was easy.

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Design: 'Common Area' bureau

Transforming a Standard Apartment in Filia

The designers trusted their intuition — they removed all walls in a standard one-room flat and built new ones partially. A bright spacious studio was created, with a dedicated room for the owner and a full bedroom for guests.

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Design: Natalia Chayka, Alexandra Morozova

Project in Helsinki

The apartment owners asked designer Marina Sarkisyan to organize a separate bedroom and provide compact storage solutions in their one-room flat. In the end, it not only resulted in a well-thought-out layout but also created a light interior reflecting the clients' interests.

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Design: Marina Sarkisyan

Interior with Walk-in Closet and Separate Bedroom

The one-room flat that Yana and Yuri Volkovs worked on is temporary housing for a young family with a child. Later, the apartment should be converted into a furniture showroom: the clients have their own production — all of this had to be taken into account in the design.

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Design: Volkovs Design Studio

Small Moscow Apartment

Is it possible to make a spacious, cozy and vibrant two-room flat in a small-sized apartment for a young modern woman? Yes — see for yourself with a real-life example.

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Design: Irina Lavrentieva