An Apartment for a Collector of Antique Art Deco Vases | O&A London Oleg Klodt & Anna Agapova

The architecture of this apartment – in a historic building – presented a real challenge. The space is not a standard shape and features unusually shaped bay windows and asymmetrical geometry of the outside walls. We are very proud that we managed to overcome all the challenges and turn them into advantages in this project. We created an unusual open plan living room space which is connected to the dining room and kitchen. At the same time every area looks like a separate room.

As with most of our projects, the apartment is filled with bespoke pieces – wall panels, bookshelves, a kitchen island with a sculptured worktop base, and doors and mirrors made to order using designer drawings from Oleg Klodt and Anna Agapova. Bespoke items from O&A London collection – an elegant Lyra console, Heather Spring rug and Octantis coffee table seamlessly blend in with the objets d’art in the room. Textiles play a very important role when it comes to creating a living room interior. For the curtains we chose the textiles of the English brand De Le Cuona. The brand founder Bernie De Le Cuona spent a long time going through archives to try to recreate prints that were used in the textiles of Queen Victoria reception rooms.