Palace in Khrushchev and 8 more apartments with hellish renovation: real photos

The owner of this 184 sq. m on the fourth floor of the relatively new residential complex “Opera House” in Moscow – nothing other than the reborn Tutankhamun. Or, assuming the apartment belongs to a lady, Cleopatra. There are marble floors, gilding, magnificent statues everywhere. But in ancient Egypt, it was not the palaces for the rulers that were designed this way, but their tombs in the pyramids.

On the walls there are mosaics with mythological characters, the bed in the bedroom is like a continuation of an ancient warship, the facades of kitchen cabinets are decorated with scenes from the life of the ancient Egyptians, above the bathroom, to which stone steps lead, a huge mosaic panel. The owner claims that a well-known designer worked on the interiors, and “high quality materials” were used in the decoration: natural stone, precious wood, gilding.

“On the ground floor, there is a fitness center with a swimming pool, sauna and SPA-salon, a cafe and a restaurant,” reads the announcement of the sale. For this four-room museum of Ancient Egypt in the elite district of the capital, they requested 150 million rubles.

A 7-room apartment on two floors in the very center of St. Petersburg was offered for 750 million rubles. In November. The elite living space is already being compared with the apartments of Napoleon III in the Louvre. True, such a quantity of gilding, bas-reliefs and stucco molding, perhaps, and in the Hermitage itself will not be found.

“Luxurious, spacious apartments in the historical center of St. Petersburg. A combination of styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, classics. The interiors have been recreated based on the residences of the emperors of France, ”reads the description of the property. Here, not only interiors, but also “the imperial bedroom with the original bed of Queen Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI, is available. There is a golden hall, it can be used as a dining room or a place for business meetings, a silver suite, a music lounge with a white grand piano, and a gorgeous view of the Prince Vladimir Cathedral opens from the balcony of the tea room.

In one of the bathrooms, a shower stall stands next to a tiled stove and a coffee table, in the other a gold sink was installed, but the toilet bowls were left more familiar, made of white faience. However, the owner, according to rumors, is a wealthy and influential businessman, he nevertheless ordered the interior design for himself, and not for the lover of the gypsy baroque. But then his plans changed dramatically.

The apartment is for “successful and wealthy people who value comfort and luxury,” as the seller assures in the announcement. When decorating this 4-room apartment in the very center of St. Petersburg, the designers tried to be inspired by the palace interiors of the Northern capital. “Unique author’s design in the now fashionable baroque style. Luxurious furniture, mirrors, shine of crystal chandeliers, light of many windows decorate the space of the apartment, ”the announcement says.

And also twisted columns, pilasters, gilded stucco, silk and marble. It seems that the authors galloped across Europe ran through all the palaces and estates of the city and its environs, then embodying what they saw in the interior.

It’s just when you find yourself in the bathroom, decorated with azure tiles, as if you are transported from pre-revolutionary Russia to Russia in the 90s. And in rooms with wine-colored walls and floors in a black and white checkerboard layout, only the heroines of “Alice in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking Glass” will feel comfortable.

Multilevel stucco ceilings, frescoes with views of ancient Roman ruins, crystal chandeliers and lamps are literally everywhere. A lamp in the hallway with the image of a black horse on a yellow background, descended from the Ferrari emblem, is clearly knocked out of style.

An elite apartment in the Angela district of the Stavropol Territory, according to the seller, has three bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room and two bathrooms. All this fits into 120 “squares”. And all this “beauty” is worth 16,2 million rubles.

“An apartment with a great design solution using high-quality, modern materials”, – stated in the announcement of the sale of a two-room apartment with an area of ​​slightly less than 60 square meters. m in an elite house in Skolkovo.

“Great design solution” – lilac walls and a sofa in the same color in the living room, black walls in the kitchen, light in the bedroom. But this is not so bad. Some of the walls are decorated with photo wallpaper “hello from the 90s”. Yes, design renovation can be like that. It is not surprising that the author of the ad has already reduced the value of real estate several times in six months, dropping a total of half a million. Now for the opportunity to live in a business class house in Skolkovo with windows to the courtyard and not far from the Irina Slutskaya Children’s and Youth Sports School and the Cambridge International School they are asking 10,4 million rubles.

There are definitely no trains here, and a one-way plane ticket costs the same as a week-long all-inclusive tour to some popular overseas resort. The harsh climate, permafrost and Japan are relatively close. Dreams of the Land of the Rising Sun were realized by a self-taught designer during the repair of this three-ruble note of the “new” layout “in the Japanese style”.

Wallpapers with bamboo and dry grass, frescoes, designer beams, bamboo on the tiles in the toilet and a panel depicting a Far Eastern leopard in the bathroom should remind of the island state. However, the latter lives in Russia, China and Korea, and not in Japan. But who cares, right? After all, “this apartment will give your family comfort and warmth.” And for just 7 million rubles.

Jazz style and lips on half a wall

The designer of this apartment clearly loves to make accents in the form of huge drawings. Here is the giant head of jazz musician Ray Charles Robinson in one of the rooms. In the bedroom – an imprint of red lips, apparently evoking a playful mood. In the third room, the fantasy has slightly dried up, so here are some huge flowers. Let’s not forget about the “cars” in the nursery. Well, where there are no drawings, we will glue the wallpaper with fake bricks to make it “a la loft”. 4-room apartment of 84 sq. m on the top floor of a nine-story panel in Nizhnekamsk was estimated at 5,990 million rubles.

“Designer renovation has been done. All materials are of high quality and expensive. All furniture and appliances remain. Stop by and live, ”the author of the sale announcement invites potential buyers. And we get the feeling that the owner simply does not want to take all this into a new life.

When you enter the slightly shabby entrance of an ordinary five-story Khrushchev building on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, you least expect to see palace interiors behind the doors. But, as they say, you can’t forbid living beautifully. The owner of this kopeck piece on the ground floor of a house near the Ladozhsky railway station has equipped his personal royal mansions of 44 sq. m.

There are statues around the perimeter, the stucco moldings on the ceiling are covered with gold leaf, in the bathroom there is an “expensive shower”. It was only when the designer’s hand reached the kitchen that he got a little tired of the “palace” interiors. Kitchen cabinets with glossy red fronts, black-and-white checkerboard tiled flooring, an apron and a countertop made of cheap material. No stucco molding on the ceiling, no gilding on the facades of the kitchen. And the palace in Khrushchev was estimated at 5,6 million rubles.

“I blinded him from what was”

Yes, yes, and this is also a “designer renovation”. Although the apartment in the photo is just right to participate in a popular show about decluttering. Where the designer’s hand worked here is probably only clear to the designer himself and the owner of a two-room apartment in the prestigious district of Novorossiysk.

Well, do not call the siding in the kitchen “an original design solution” – both the walls and the ceiling are “wrapped” in it. All this splendor is illuminated – apparently, also by a designer – a lamp with an orange edging and silver color “sea creatures” on the grid in the middle. The Disney Little Mermaid looks out from the white tiles in the bathroom, while the TV area in the living room is highlighted by an inset of wallpaper depicting an African landscape. However, the apartment is inexpensive – for 57 sq. m. are asking for 3 million rubles.