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Paris has so many interesting places that probably one year is not enough to see them all. During my last trip, I spent four days in this incredible city and one of them I dedicated to visiting the Louvre. Of course, for me as an interior designer, the most interesting part was architecture and interiors….
Since I had to leave sunny Marbella and come to Moscow for a month to do my interior design work, I decided to take the maximum of this trip and visit all those amazing palaces that we have here. I must say that I had them on my bucket list for quite some time now…
Hello, friends! For those who are interested in my History of Styles column, this post today is for you and I want to talk a little bit about one of my favourite styles – the Arts and Crafts. It was part of Victorian era and covers the period from 1861 to 1890. It was first associated…
Victorian period (1837-1901) is characterized by the revival of many decorative styles – Gothic, Elizabethan, Louis XIV and Rococo. The main event that affected the development of arts and design was the invention of the machine. Middle class due to the industrial progress started to get richer and they wanted to show off their wealth in…
Hello, friends! Last week I visited one of the most famous buildings in Russia – Melnikov’s house. Konstantin Melnikov is one of the prominent Russian architects and this is the house which he built for himselg and his family (located in Krivoarbatsky Lane – in the very heart of Moscow). The structure of the building represents two…
Pop art was an art movement which emerged in 1950s in Britain and the United States as a reaction to abstract expressionism. The main emphasis was done on constant changes, diversity, fun, rebel spirit, short-life disposable objects and mass consumption. The most famous works include collages of Robert Rauschenberg – a combination of oil painting and cut-outs from magazines, large scale comics by Roy Liechtenstein, Giant Oldenburg cakes,…
Hello, my friends! Today’s article is the short guide through one the most famous and influential movements in the history of design. Bauhaus movement was a trend in modernist architecture that appeared and developed in 1930s-1960s. It was born in Germany, but soon became popular throughout the world. Its founders were Walter Gropius, Peter Behrens and Hans Hopp….
Hello friends! In previous History of styles post I shared pictures of my visit to Schleissheim Castle in Germany and in today’s article I want to talk about another jewel of Bavaria – famous Neuschwanstein Castle. It takes around 2 hours by train to get there from Munich but it’s totally worth it! Neuschwanstein Castle was built…
Hello, friends! Just got back from my two weeks visit to Munich which was amazing apart from horrible weather. I have been to Germany only once before and this was to Berlin. I must confess that this visit to Bavaria completely changed my perception of this country and it will definitely become one of my favorite destinations…
Hello, friends! Today I have visited one amazing place in Moscow: if ever you come to our city, please don’t miss the opportunity to go for excursion to the Chambers of Romanov Boyars. These chambers were built in the XV century and belonged to the grandfather of our Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov. The building itself has some…
Hello, friends! Hope you are having wonderful Friday and getting ready for a wonderful weekend. I have prepared an eye-candy for you for this evening. Those are pictures from Instagram of maax _sf . This guy is walking around Saint Petersburg and collecting pictures of what is left of the houses built before the Revolution (1917)…
Last Sunday I visited one of the most beautiful houses in Moscow – Smirnov Mansion. Located in the very heart of the city, Tverskoy boulevard it starts its history since 1759. Since then it passed from one owner to anther and many times was rebuilt. Pyotr Smirnov purchased the estate in 1900 and decided to…