How does a 28-year-old from a small city in Kazakhstan develop into an in-demand inside designer with initiatives featured in The New York Times and AD? “Am I actually a designer? Is that this actual?” asks Fariz Mamedov. “It looks like a fairytale.”
An comprehensible response: not so way back, Fariz explains, he was singing in a boy band, taking part in piano and bayan (Russian accordion), and educating voice classes to youngsters whereas shoehorning in journalism research at college. Issues went effectively sufficient that he was capable of purchase an residence for his dad and mom and youthful sister so they may be a part of him in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest metropolis, majestically located within the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains—a 13-hour drive south of the place he grew up.
Fariz took on pulling collectively his household’s new residence himself. All the time drawn to design, he had embellished a room in his grandmother’s place as a child and was feeling prepared for a brand new artistic outlet. Completely engaged by the method, Fariz began posting his work. Earlier than he knew it, he not solely had a following however his first purchasers. That led to his personal small agency, FM Interiors, a portfolio, illustration by an American publicist (he cold-called Karine Monié after one other designer thanked her on social media), and the aforementioned articles. “Inside design,” Fariz tells us, “has develop into not only a occupation however my complete life.”
At Remodelista, with out figuring out any of this, we took be aware of Fariz’s web site (courtesy of Karine) and had been intrigued by a pied-à-terre in Almaty that he designed for empty nesters. Particularly, we preferred the residence’s blue-trimmed kitchen with ventilated cabinets, a café desk, and a hard-to-pinpoint mashup of references. At the moment at work on a home for these identical purchasers, Fariz was completely happy to fill us in on the undertaking.
Pictures by Damir Otegen, courtesy of Fariz Mamedov/FM Interiors (@farizmamedov_interiors), styled by Aigerim Mamyraliyeva and Fariz Mamedov.
Above: “I needed to create an inside on the verge of Parisian stylish, Scandinavian restraint, and Kazakh hospitality,” Fariz continues. Towards that finish, the cupboards, cabinets, and island had been all customized constructed to his design and the oak flooring is herringbone parquet. 
Above: The sink counter, backsplash, and island are topped with quartz stone—”it’s extremely sturdy and wear-resistant, two key requests from my shopper,” says Fariz. He used paint from Danish model Flügger on the partitions: Offwhite and Museum Blue. Notice the range hood “built-in right into a plaster enclosure.”
