It’s not enough just to waste time and money. We must do it wisely, so as not to regret later, looking at the result in the style of “blood from the eyes”.
The kitchen, the heart of the home, the place of power – it should warm, calm and relax. At the same time, in our Russian realities, kitchens in apartments are usually tiny, you can’t put anything you would like there. And not everyone succeeds in finding a balance when it is convenient, comfortable, and beautiful.
This is an apartment in Derbent: it looks like black kitchens are considered fashionable there. But here it was clearly too much: a matte black apron, trimmed with gilding. Quite a stylish refrigerator is covered with magnets and notes that completely kill its appearance. However, it looks stylish only apart from the rest of the kitchen. And the washing machine is completely out of the general gloomy style: ordinary white, and even with a sticker in the most prominent place.
The apartment in Perm was presented as housing with “high-quality designer renovation”. But there are details that are confusing. First, the rug, which is completely out of place in the kitchen. The color of the floor argues with the blue and yellow curtains and furniture, and the kitchenette looks like it was borrowed from neighbors specifically for the photo. And the picture with roses on the wall seems to wonder what she is doing here.
And here everything seems to be good: white furniture, marble-effect floor tiles, contrasting countertops. If not for one thing – this is a kitchen in a very compact three-ruble room with an area of only 50 squares. The hanging chandelier and the kitchen itself eat up the entire space of the nine-meter room. Here it is, the question of relevance in action.
How to cram something that doesn’t fit into a very modest area? The owners of a very small three-ruble note with an area of 39 squares answer: no way. But they did their best: the kitchen has solid furniture, an ancient TV on the wall in the corner, intricate curtains that only eat away the already limited space. It seems that the design of such a kitchen should be taken more simply. And the price of the apartment, judging by the assessment of “Avito”, is greatly overestimated.
But this is no longer just a kitchen, but an art object. Unfortunately, you cannot live in it, you can only look and touch a little: this is a masterpiece of the artist Lisa Lu, here every item is lined with beads. Why is the question, of course, but it turned out in the style of Van Gogh.
Let’s return, however, to real people. Most often, the authors of the design describe their creations as follows: “They made repairs for themselves, high-quality materials, convenient for life.” But looking at what happened, sometimes you start to doubt what you really did for yourself. It seems that they just saved on the designer, otherwise how can one explain the ridiculous mistakes like a refrigerator that did not fit into the space allotted for it, or a cabinet that did not fit, so they put it sideways? Or here is the kitchen on the balcony, right outside the bedroom window, the refrigerator in the hallway. Creatively, of course. But it’s illegal.
A similar idea: the balcony is attached to the kitchen and has a dining area. And this is also a kind of illegal redevelopment – in Russia it is impossible to sell an apartment with such a repair. But to earn a fine is quite.
We have collected a whole gallery of such examples – scroll through and be surprised with us!