Replanning a two-room apartment into a three-room open space layout and interior design for a 71 m² apartment.

Task

A young family with a child approached us — owners of a new apartment in one of the towers of the “Primorsky Kvartal” residential complex in Saint Petersburg. The clients wanted:

• a spacious kitchen-living area for socializing and hosting guests;
• a master bedroom and a separate children’s room;
• a roomy storage/utility wardrobe;
• a logical and comfortable layout without dark and awkward areas.

Initial layout analysis

The original developer’s plan did not meet their needs:

• The 12.4 m² kitchen was too small to serve as a living room and family gathering space.
• The 12.3 m² entrance hall with narrow corridors and multiple doors took up too much useful space.
• There was not enough space to create a third room for fully separated zones.

New planning solution

The optimal format was a combined in open plan kitchen-living room as a common family space + two private rooms.

• We reallocated the excessive area of the entrance hall and combined the kitchen, loggia, and one of the rooms to create an open kitchen-dining-living space of 32.6 m².
• The other half of the apartment became the private wing. The large 19.6 m² room was divided into a master bedroom and a children’s room.

What changed

Common area:

• Kitchen–dining–living room of 32.6 m² with a work nook by the window.
• A bright, open space for gathering, socializing, and relaxing.

Private area:

• Master bedroom (11.3 m²) and children’s room (9 m²) — both with additional workstations.
• A 6.1 m² buffer zone with built-in wardrobes and access to the main bathroom (5 m²).

Entrance hall:

• Compact and convenient format — 5 m².
• Convenient and logical access to the living area.
• Built-in furniture, a guest bathroom (1.7 m²), and a 3.7 m² storage/laundry room.

Design and materials

• Style — contemporary minimalism with an emphasis on comfort, clean lines, and natural materials.
• Color palette — light wood, white, shades of gray, with blue and yellow accents.
• Materials — wooden flooring throughout the open area for a unified feel; natural wood; marble and concrete textures; matte monochrome surfaces.
• Lighting — a track lighting system with directional spotlights for general and accent light, complemented by pendants and local fixtures.

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