Happy Monday, friends! Today I am going to share this really simple, easy and super fast way to make a zip-free long cushion cover. Honestly, it took me only 15 minutes today to make one. I am sure many of you will know the trick, but I thought that others will still benefit. So here…
Bathroom perhaps is one of the most difficult spaces to design: you need to deal with so many different issues, such as limited space, safety, ergonomics, functionality, etc. Being involved now in one bathroom remodeling project I decided to write today about common renovation mistakes, which are easy to prevent and avoid unnecessary wastes of money….
In this post I want to talk about one event that took place exactly 100 years ago. 24 April 1915 the Ottoman authorities arrested 250 Armenian leaders and intellectuals in Constantinople. This is how Armenian Genocide started, during which almost 1,5 million were killed and several other millions were forced to run from their homeland seeking…
Recently i have visited a very interesting furniture exhibition called “Soviet Design: from Modernism to Constructivism”. It showed very interesting examples of Russian Soviet furniture dating to two decades: 1920s and 1930s as well as some pieces designed in 1950s. Here are some of the photos that I’ve taken. Chair – transformer made of poplar wood. This is…
This world is a better place because of Women. Mother, sister, daughter, friend, lover or wife… no matter what their role is…. they add meaning to our existence…. the bring love to our life… HAPPY WOMEN’S DAY!
I just came across this absolutely cool idea on how to hide unattractive plugs and switches using simple picture frame. For this project you will need: picture in a frame hinge screws and screwdriver drill Steps: 1. Attach the hinge to the frame using screws and screwdriver. Screws need to be short, otherwise they will go through…
In today’s blog post I would like to share with you spectacular interior design project, accomplished recently by Italian architects Francesco Morfini e Fabio Rispo. This sensational villa is part of the big residential complex, located in China. The villas have the total area of around 2000 square meters, distributed on 4 levels . Walls adorned with wood paneling, stucco and marble,…
Hello guys! How are you doing? I had a really lovely weekend and yesterday I went to the event called “Drink and Draw” – it is basically an art lesson teaching people who don’t have any painting skills at all. It was the first time I attended it, but I liked it so much so that I will…
For many people, the family room is the heart of their home. It’s where the kids play games, do their homework or watch TV, and where the adults do much of the same. Because it is such a multi-functional room it needs to be all things to all people, which can make decorating the place…
Today we celebrate Maslenitsa – my favourite holiday of all the holidays! It is a Russian folk holiday celebrated during the last week before Great Lent, however its roots date back to the era before Christianity, when all Russians were pagans and believed in the god of sun, god of wind and rain, etc. During the whole week…
I don’t know why, but these decorative plates featuring Armenian women in traditional dresses created by talented Armenian artist Anush Khemcyan have become top sellers in my boutique… People order them from all over the world – America, Europe, Russia… Of course each time it is so exciting to dispatch every new piece – but…
I am very excited to announce today that I am starting a new, absolutely exciting phase in my interior design career. Since the beginning of this year L’Essenziale has partnered with interior design studio from Greece – Square Design Interiors to execute projects both in Russia and Greece. The owner of the company Sandra Korka has…