ELLE 04.2007
Fashionable decorator Victoria Spike snapped today. We asked her to fill out our application form to get some practical advice.
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What is needed for a successful interior?
Absolute trust on the part of the professional zakazchika.Esli not, then it will not work and you will be unhappy with each other. Need to find a designer whose opinion will be undeniable for you.
What do you categorically rejects the interior?
Literal adherence to a certain style - often it looks funny. I do not like mindless embellishments. I hate to simulate, for example, floor tiles wood, these terrible finishes malachite or marble.
Coming into the house, what you see in the first place?
On the home owner and the "garbage", which he produces. It is the little things that surround yourself person can tell a lot, often about the most important.
That never goes out of fashion interior?
While there is a current concept of the home, and the man will seek to comfort and coziness, no latest technology will not displace natural materials and handmade - any finish, any furniture.
How can you, in your opinion, to quickly and efficiently change the look of the house?
All repaint! Believes in the skillful selection of colors is the main focus of creating a successful interior.
What mistakes should be avoided by people who have decided to decorate your home?
The main mistake - exhausting creative torment. Well, if you decide to do everything ourselves, my advice is - relax. Do not try to strictly follow the rules. The process of home should be fun. It is easy to fill the life of their own happiness! The main thing that you liked your house.
What material do you consider universal, and why?
All that for many simple and rude to me - touching and extremely tender. Kraft, plywood, pressed sawdust, zinc ... The most elegant and plastic material remains for me the concrete.
If you had unlimited possibilities would look like your dream house?
It would be a simple rectangular house. Bright, integrated into the rock. A huge windows overlooking the shores of the warm sea or ocean.
What can save you? What ever you can not save?
I do not believe in saving. Tried many times, always end up with more ...