Resedential

ATLANT, Almaty 2021

Area: 46 m²

Interior Design: Fariz Mammadov

Photography: Madina Niyazova

Year: 2021

My first 46 m² Apartment in Almaty — Fariz Mamedov

I guess this is where it all began.

My very first 46 m² apartment in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which I designed for myself and my family long before I ever decided to become an interior designer. Back then, I had no formal design education, no studio, and no experience working with clients. Just an enormous desire to create something beautiful, cozy, and truly our own.

I worked on the floor plan myself, chose colors and furniture, searched for materials at local building markets, and slowly put the whole interior together, piece by piece. There were plenty of experiments, doubts, mistakes, and little victories along the way. And it was here that I first realized just how much I loved the entire creative process.

Today, years later, there are certainly many things I would do differently. But I still love this apartment dearly — not because every decision was perfect, but because of everything it represents to me.

I wanted to keep it here, alongside our professional interior design projects, as a little reminder to myself of where it all started. And of how far life can take you when you finally find the courage to follow something you genuinely love.

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