12 Design Hacks We Spotted in Projects

We reviewed all the January projects again and selected 12 interesting design solutions that might come in handy.

Additional Storage Spaces

Customers asked designer Yevgenia Makarova to create a soft corner for guest reception on the kitchen. The pro maximized the utility by making a bench with a fold-down seat and an internal box for storage.

Design: Yevgenia Makarova

Compact Workspace

Designer Inna Velichko decided not to clutter the room space with extra furniture and provided a cabinet with bookshelves and built-in workspace.

Design: Inna Velichko

Multi-functional Construction

Designer Olga Katyuk designed a whole construction at the window: it includes a seating area in the dining zone, a desk, and a storage cabinet for clothes and cosmetics. Thanks to this solution, the client can practice yoga and dancing at home — there's now enough free space.

Design: Olga Katyuk

Waterproof Wallpaper Panels

When tiles in bathroom decoration start to get boring, you can find more interesting solutions. For example, combine paint with special waterproof wallpaper panels, as in Anastasia Marchenko's project.

Anastasia Marchenko

Home Mini-Bar

Do you see these holes at the base of the bar counter? Actually, they're wine shelves. What do you think about this idea from Mango Studio's project?

Design: Mango Studio

Bathroom with Seat

This apartment is inhabited by an older woman, so designer Dasha Ukhlinova decorated the bathroom with a seat.

Design: Dasha Ukhlinova

Unusual Partition

This partition is entirely made of glass blocks. According to designer Irina Reichers, the client bought them on Avito and cleaned them at the factory.

Design: Irina Reichers Studio

Drying Cabinet and Tray for Washing Pet Paws

The client asked designer Nina Ivanenko to figure out where to dry clothes — there is no balcony in the apartment, and floor drying takes up space and ruins the interior view. In the end, the professional placed an electric towel rack behind ventilated facades above a specially constructed tray for washing pet paws.

Design: Nina Ivanenko

Idea for Zoning

How to quickly zone the space? Designer Julia Grabko solved this with semi-transparent mesh curtains that visually separate the kitchen from the insulated balcony.

Design: Julia Grabko

Way to Hide Flaws

According to designer Elena Teploua, the high mirrored portal in the living room covers part of the protruding load-bearing wall that disrupted spatial symmetry.

Design: Elena Teploua

Hidden Pantry

How to hide the pantry in a kitchen interior? Designers of 3DDesign Studio provided invisible facades in wall tone – they are almost unnoticeable.

Design: 3DDesign

Unusual Cabinet Doors

For a loft-style interior, designers of VizDiz Studio chose unusual mesh cabinet doors for the kitchen. They let in air well and help instantly see what's on the shelves.

Design: VizDiz