Once upon a time I  decided that I would be a chemist. After all, it's poetic, and even somewhat mystical - you can take any substance, spread it in a thin layer on a Petri dish, put it under a microscope and immerse yourself in its very essence hidden behind the imperfection of human vision.

It's easy to draw a parallel with the process of creating an interior, only here we put particles of textures, grains of materials under a microscope, mix them in the right volumes... And then we take five steps back, and —here it is, a big picture of the existing interior!

As well as chemistry, I was attracted to the arts, and it was their study that led me to interior design, in which I found my calling . Over  a good dozen years,  my  team and I have built more than two hundred apartments in  St. Petersburg.

I started my design career with the largest rental housing operator from Finland, Sato, where I was able to gain extraordinary experience working in a professional international company. And in recent years I have often worked with "Qasabo", which manages cool rental apartments in St. Petersburg.

Cooperation with professional rental housing operators gave me the understanding that a successful project is not only a beautiful interior, but also a good return on investment, adherence to the planned budget, and transparent reporting.

When working with private interiors, the specifics are a little different: such projects are a partnership with customers, when together we come to what we really want, understand true taste preferences and organically fit them into the interior. The financial component is also important here - sometimes instead of an emotionally purchased expensive table, it is worth investing in a quality floor or kitchen.

In the interior, I prefer a clear and light base, enlivened by a clearly defined splash of color. I love the play of color and light! Both in life in general and in design, I find true beauty in contrasts - contrasts of traditions, materials, shades.

In  the modern fast and  stressful world, home is the place where a person first of all rests and relaxes, and my task is to find ways to bring   nbsp;the apartment has an atmosphere that will help  this. Of course, our customers are very different from each other, so I consider a project successful when I understand that we were able to hear the client, understand his opinion, no matter who he is - a company or an individual.

I feel real pleasure when I see the shining eyes of the customer, and I feel that here, in the room that we created, his ideas about the house came to life. That same miracle happened - the chemistry of the customer and the team, the team and inspiration, inspiration and creation, the owner and the house.