Before the renovation, a wide selection of original elements were preserved in a Stalinist house apartment constructed in 1954: double front doors leading to the living room, an open balcony on the main facade side, a functioning rubbish chute inside the apartment, a closet with the door opening backstairs and herringbone parquet flooring.

There were also items of furniture of different epochs, such as a sideboard produced on a family-owned factory in the early 20th century, a dining suite from the 1930s, chandeliers, cupboards and chests of drawers manufactured in the 1970s.

The project aimed to discover the features of each part of the living space and conserve most of the original finishing elements and details of carpentry.

In the final design version, the sideboard, the bookcase and the dining suite were positioned in the living room in their own right. Two moderately sized bedrooms were made out of a 20 sqm room – a nursery with a window, and a master bedroom with a bed recess and a 1930s dressing table. Stained glass was inserted in the upper zone of the partition between the bedrooms to let sunlight in.

The storage racks overhead in the long and narrow corridor were dismantled making it lighter and more spacious.

The bathroom door was moved to make room for a more sizeable closet. After the storage racks were taken away, it seemed pointless to divide the corridor and kitchen zones so the kitchen door was no longer needed.