„We like to leisurely enjoy the moment and be away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. ” – that’s great, because so do we! Take a look, the new Milky Hill collection constitutes a return to countryside vacations, it’s inspired by nature and escape from urban concrete, noise and crowds.

We miss our childhood more and more with each passing day, at the same time wondering how to provide our children with similar memories. Bruised knees, whole day spent outside, carpet hanger, slice of bread with butter, strawberry compote and lack of breath from running.

Perhaps we should start with clothes? More precisely, high-quality cotton which has been additionally softened during washing. In order to make the comfort even more noticeable and the fabric more delicate for children’s skin. Therefore, t-shirts, long sleeve shirts, dresses, skirts, trousers (or rather comfortable sweatpants) and hoodies seem to be the perfect choice not only for a family weekend away from the city, but also for school or kindergarten. „We want our collections to encourage children to explore the world around them” – if the clothes are really as comfortable as they look, it will definitely happen!

Milky Hill prints are delicate, inconspicuous, as if drawn with a fine-tip pen. Although the motifs are different, individual pieces of clothing go with each other and still result in a very stylish look. Hedgehogs, plants, mountains and valleys – your children can collect cones, dry leaves, chestnuts and run while sporting such designs.  Big plus for pastel colours and for one stronger accent, i.e. juicy green.

The new collection of this Polish brand allows you to get used to the autumn aura. Young models wear colourful boots and woollen hats for a reason. The weather this summer was far from being sunny, but we hope that autumn will be mild and truly gold. Nice enough to let children run around on the leaves, walk around the puddles and use the cottages outside the city for as long as possible .

The photo shoot promoting the Milky Hill collection is very intimate, homely. Natural, non-over stylized photos have fascinated us from the start. Huge plus for cacti, there are never too many of them!

White, beige and geometry are the first three terms that come to mind when we look at photos of this family house on the outskirts of Moscow. Ruetemple architectural studio transformed the development project completely, leaving only the external walls and freely influencing the layout of partition walls.

The common family space of the ground floor and the first floor is centred around the central staircase structure, which constitutes the vertical axis of the composition. As residents spend most of their time together, architects have opened the ground floor to create a spacious interior intended for rest, meals, work and play. The first floor was designated to accommodate three small but bright bedrooms.

These are just dry facts. But why do these interiors appeal to us so much? Because despite their simplicity, it is clear that it is a family home – bright, spacious and very interesting. An example of a magnificent idea are nets hanging on the upper floor, which secure the holes in the ceiling (which brighten the space of the ground floor), and on the other hand are used as hammocks, where you can jauntily throw yourself during play or just lie and read a book. We also like the consistency of using geometric motifs throughout the house. Take a look at the space of the ground floor, where even the lamp hanging over the table perfectly relates to the structure of the stairwell.

White and beige are the main colours that make up the house. White walls and wooden floors are an obvious combination. However, if we add to them birch and beech furniture integrated into the interior, wooden wall in the kitchen, granite tiles in the bathroom, differences between floors, unique staircase, vertical radiators of a loft nature, geometry and the aforementioned nets – we get a truly unique, family interior. The Mother MAG gives this project two thumbs up.

KOMENTARZ ARCHITEKTA

DAGMARA RAPIŃCZUK

Graduate of Architecture at Gdansk University of Technology and Interior Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. She gained experience in many Tri-City design offices. Currently she runs her own company called Pani Architekt. She loves beautiful interiors and interesting people. In her spare time, she is passionate about travelling and cooking.

Photo by Hanna Połczyńska

The house in Moscow demonstrates the purity of form. In my opinion this is the most important thing that architects wanted to emphasize and convey through this project. The space is very orderly, and its division is both clear and clean. The living area is located on the ground floor of the building, whereas the night time area is on the upper floor. These two areas are connected in two ways. First of all, through a very interesting staircase, which dominates the whole interior. Secondly, through nets hanging in the horizontal and oblique holes in the ceiling, which function
not only as protection, but also an interesting place for rest and relaxation.

Cohesion was achieved through consistent use of materials throughout the interior. You can’t go wrong with the combination of white, beige and gray. Ubiquitous geometry also adds to the experience of harmony. Sharp cuts were softened by the introduction of wood. Natural materials always lead to the feeling of warmth and cosiness.
The interior of the house is beautiful, however, in my opinion it’s a bit too sterile, rigid. The place where a family resides should be able to live, change and develop. In my opinion, closing this space in a geometric framework has obscured this changeability a bit, although I admit that in a very stylish way;) Yet, if I were to evaluate this project only in terms of design, it would get an A+!

While looking at interior photos, remember that they do not present the full picture, because they look different on a daily basis – toys scattered on the floor, shopping bags in the kitchen, sweaters hung on the chair after coming back from work. We won’t see any of this in the photos, and it also changes the reception of a given space.

Leading Architects: Alexander Kudimov, Daria Butahina
Location: Moscow, Russia
Year of Completion: 2017
Area: 160 m 2