Russian design studio Megre Interior has designed a new restaurant in the heart of Khabarovsk. It is located in a historic wooden building built in 1911. In the 20th century, it was home to the Grand Hotel and London's elite restaurant. Now, the Dom restaurant, which has been redesigned to feel like a manor, has a fun and boisterous atmosphere, the openness and comfort of a family den, its internal wood-burning stove and artifacts were discovered during the restoration of the building.

The building has undergone over a hundred years of change: since the late 1930s, the ground floor has been occupied by various organizations, while the upper floors have been converted into housing. In 2005, the house was bought by Valery Khidirov, a conservator of wooden monuments, in effect saving it from demolition.

After years of restoration, the place has been brought back to life: Designers at Megre Interiors designed a restaurant. They cleverly reveal the uniqueness of a place with a long history that does not enter into national identity, does not use cliches, and still reflects the local culture inside.

The restaurant's colour scheme and palette of materials are inspired by local nature such as taiga, Amur River, snow and summer fields. For this project, the studio specially developed transparent epoxy tables filled with dried herbs and flowers. The walls were covered with light-toned stucco and the window frames were trimmed with lace.

The centerpiece of the dining room is an open kitchen with a wood-burning Russian stove, decorated like a mud hut. The walls of this kind of building are artificially painted clay, which gives it a smooth, streamlined shape. The hall is located around the kitchen -- the main hall has a mass of lights on top, and in the lounge area, greenery is decorative, while in the VIP lounge it is partitioned off.