9 Classy and Useful Ideas from April Projects

This month, as always, we have published many interesting design projects in which professionals used creative and functional solutions. We've gathered the most useful ideas into this selection.

Join the Kitchen and Living Room at All Costs

If a load-bearing wall separates two rooms and joining them is impossible, there's still a solution: designer Elena Ponomarenko connected a shared balcony that linked the two spaces. view the full project

Design: Vitta-Group

Create a Classy Interior While Saving Time and Budget

An excellent solution if you want to furnish an apartment quickly and within a limited budget — choose Scandinavian style, as Julia Kalemie did. Simple and inexpensive finishing materials will serve as a neutral backdrop for IKEA furniture and decor.

Design: Julia Kalemie

Zone Space Without Breaking It Into Small Rooms

If you want to divide a room into zones but still keep it visually light and airy — take inspiration from CENS Architects studio and consider transparent glass partitions.

Design: CENS Architects

Give a New Apartment the Look of an Old Moscow Flat

To give the space a more classic appearance, Marina Filippova created an illusion of thick walls like in old houses. In reality, storage units for books and wardrobes are hidden within the thickness of the walls between rooms.

Design: Marina Filippova

Rationalize the Layout of a Kitchen Adjacent to the Foyer

Shamсудин Kerimov used an interesting trick: he designed a wardrobe for outerwear next to the kitchen cabinet from the foyer side — this way, you can save a lot of space.

View from the Kitchen-Living Room Side

View from the Foyer Side

Liven Up a Minimalist Interior

We Create Studio separated the foyer from the living room and bedroom with an open shelving unit filled with plants. Greenery in planters makes the interior more «vibrant», and the visually light shelving unit doesn't overwhelm the space.

Design: We Create Studio

Hide Storage Systems

Designers at YUCUBEdesign provided maximum storage systems, but «dissolved» them into the interior: the solution was a spacious cabinet hidden under sliding, router-finished doors in Scandinavian style.

Design: YUCUBEdesign

Create an Interior That Never Gets Old

If you need an interior that will never get boring — choose neutral-toned finishing materials and large furniture. Decor and textiles, however, can be vibrant as in Daria Lukina's project — they're easy to replace when you want a change.

Design: Daria Lukina

And a Layout That's Easy to Change

Create a transforming space like the designers at «Enigma» studio: using sliding partitions, a spacious studio transforms into a single-room apartment with an isolated bedroom and kitchen-living room for guests.

Design: studio «Enigma»