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Hargrave Yachts History

Jack Hargrave started his career designing sportfishing boats for Rybovitch before leaving to open his own design shop in 1958. The direction of yachting was forever changed on the day that Willis Slade asked Hargrave to design the world’s first large fiberglass sportfishing yacht. When the resulting yacht, was launched to acclaim in 1960, it marked the beginning of Hatteras Yachts and the birth of a new industry.

Jack Hargrave had a talent for combining timeless exterior profiles with practical, functional interior arrangements, producing vessels that came to define the American style of yachts. Over the next 40+ years, he designed more than 75 powerboats for Hatteras , going on to design over 250 yachts for some of America’s premiere yacht companies, including Burger, Amels, Prairie, Atlantic, Striker, and Halmatic. His influence and skill as the foremost American naval architect and yacht designer led to his induction into the NMMA Hall of Fame in 1996, and kept his company on its pinnacle as America’s top naval design firm.

In 1997, shortly after the legendary designer passed away, a former employee named Michael Joyce returned to the firm to take over as president and CEO. Joyce was determined not to let the iconic company fade away, convinced that Hargrave, far more than just a design firm, was in fact a brand name. Joyce realized that Hargrave could no longer rely on builders for steady business, as the most successful yacht builders had formed their own in-house design and engineering departments. He conceived a plan to expand the company into a constructor of custom luxury yachts, and Hargrave Custom Yachts was born.

Hargrave Yachts produces a full line of custom-built yachts, designed entirely to the specifications of each owner. They offer a unique cost effective program that blends a custom design with a semi-production build process, giving the savings back to the client. Their attention to detail and unwaveringly high standards are paying off; more than half of their owners have built more than one yacht with them and some are now on their fourth order!

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American Classic: The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave Hardcover – February 1, 2005

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The hatteras yacht, a step back in time.

Good stories always start with a bit of serendipity and end up reminding us of what a small world this truly is! And now that I live in Newport, the yachting capital of the country, this story is even more relevant. Especially when it involves a piece of American boating history — the introduction of the first fiberglass boat, the Hatteras.

The just published book, The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave, has many pages devoted to the Hatteras’ founding, design and production. This welcome addition to your bookshelf benefits greatly from the dedicated and loving research by Mike Joyce (former president of Hargrave Yachts) and Marilyn Mower’s talents as a marine journalist with a skill for story telling!

As regards Hatteras, how a landlocked small town where I once lived, High Point, North Carolina, recognized as the hosiery and furniture capitol of our country, became the centerpiece of the “richest chapter in the development of boating.” My father, G. Nolan Bearden, joined Earl Phillips and other North Carolinians as the original founders of Hatteras Yacht. I was always intrigued with the mounted ad page from Time magazine that hung over the bar in our butler’s pantry.

It was the key pairing of two very dissimilar visionaries (Willis Slane and Jack Hargrave) who led this revolution in power boating. Willis, a fishing aficionado hailing from one of the major hosiery families, was the leader of this American success story that converted the entire boating industry from wood to fiberglass. Even as a young child I was fascinated with Willis Slane’s entrepreneurial spirit, his gruff exterior but warm heart, his “think big” leadership, his eyebrow-raising antics…and the fact that he ate ice cream for breakfast (he had an ulcer). It’s always fun to read the “early days” stories of an iconic product that has taken on mythic proportions in the retelling over many decades. I’ll point out a few that have fascinated me:

“Knit Wits,” the name for the very first Hatteras, was chosen by Willis to honor his textile background while winking at disbelievers along the way. In 2013, the company tracked down the original 41′ boat and fully restored her; here she is (below) re-painted in her 1960’s signature white paint with teal trim.

Overcoming naysayers (“plastic” boat ??!”), Willis’ marketing savvy demanded a boat that was not only fiberglass, but married the speed and maneuverability of a sport fisherman boat with the comfort of a sedan cruiser. Willis coined this hybrid a “convertible.”

At the time, the 41′ Hatteras was the largest boat built of fiberglass, with the biggest horsepower and a one-piece hull. The soundness of Hargrave’s design and the toughness of the construction guaranteed invaluable assistance from incredulous suppliers (like Owens-Corning). Jack and Willis in a popular ad.

While many companies jumped on the fiberglass trend, it was the quality of the robust product that distinguished Hatteras! The big secret as to how they arrived at this product in the early days? Hargrave laid down panels of different combinations of materials and drove his car over each one; the one that didn’t break became the specification for the laminate (in his spare time, Jack Hargrave created woodblock images of his favorite Hatterases for company Christmas cards).

Although Hatteras has had many owners since its founding in 1959, it is still produced in North Carolina (New Bern, on the waterfront), not far from Hatteras which inspired the name for the company. As the copy line states….”Willis Slane envisioned a fishing boat strong enough to withstand the waves off Cape Hatteras, where his prey of choice, the marlin, grow as big as the swells.” And if you’d known Willis Slane, you’d appreciate that this was not hyperbole.

Having extolled Jack Hargrave’s talents, it was a treat to recently be aboard a most singular yacht in Newport harbor, the MY Renaissance , that was designed by the Hargrave team just last year. One of the few boats out there designed specifically for charter, its well-conceived design details and amenities struck this female as particularly appealing — but just as importantly, practical and livable. I’d be remiss if I didn’t pass this along…

The 116′ Renaissance has double the exterior space of comparable yachts in her size range, with a 10′ bar, dining area and 8 person jacuzzi… all under a hardtop on the flybridge lounge.

The luxurious accommodations are situated on four decks with ensuite guest cabins on the lower level. Four of the five staterooms are identical in size, with king beds easily converted into two singles if needed; the larger master stateroom is located on the main deck with the main salon, dining room and gallery.

The baths are also on the same level with their stateroom.

The wheelhouse is located on the third deck.

One of the many upgrades on the owners “must have” list was zero-speed stabilizers which prevent the yacht from rolling, even at anchor.

Tempted? See you on the water…

Thank you to Churchill Yacht Partners and Denison Yacht Sales for providing Billy Black’s featured image of the 102′ Hatteras “Lady Carmen.”

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4 thoughts on “ The Hatteras Yacht, A Step Back in Time ”

Love this!! xxx

Hi, fun to hear from you! It was actually your father (no surprise) who got this ball rolling. Ask him for the back story; I just sent this to them. xox from Newport, Bettie

How very interesting your connect with North Carolina, Hatteras and High Point families. Brilliant folks that excelled at invention. Spoke just yesterday to the charming Kay who is launching more grandmothering x 3 by end of January. Lynn and Dick Ziglar Winston-Salem and Atlanta

Kate, Happy day to u!

So interesting is this and your Dad’s brainy input. What makes N. C. the amazing state we know and love. So happy with your news! Xo, Lynn

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As a former Westlawn student, anything about Jack Hargrave is of interest to me. Alas - a quick look at Amazon reveals a price of USD $80 ....: From Megayacht News - The cover of American Classic - The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave. The definitive biography of designer Jack Hargrave, including a comprehensive look at his approach to the design business and yacht style, as well as profiles of many of his yachts and ships, has finally come off the press. The book is called American Classic – The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave. Jack Hargrave was a man of intriguing contrasts. Although he pioneered the use of fiberglass and aluminum as he designed yachts for the world’s elite from his studio in West Palm Beach, he never forgot his old-fashioned Midwest values, often brown-bagged his lunch and considered the term "megayacht" pretentious. This painstakingly researched, art-quality book introduces the reader to a true American success story, and in so doing, traces the richest chapter in the development of pleasure boating and commercial shipping the world has ever known. With 224 pages, 334 photos and illustrations and 75 yacht design profiles, American Classic, The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave is a true history of 20th century yacht design. Hargrave and his design team drew the lines that launched 7,000 boats, yachts and ships, among them runabouts, offshore racing boats, stern wheelers, tankers and thousands of elegant motor yachts from such famed builders as Burger and Stephens, as well as nearly every Hatteras from 1960 until his death in 1996. Jack Hargrave, like his designs, was a classic. Anyone who appreciates beautiful yachts and yacht design will delight in this big, beautiful book written by veteran marine journalist Marilyn Mower and designed by Darcey McNiff Thompson.

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Updated: August 4, 2008

Luck and talent have accounted for many success stories separately, but, in the case of naval architect Jack Hargrave, they both played a role. Lucky to be in the right place at the right time, Hargrave also had the innate talent that allowed him to capitalize on that luck.

Hargrave’s design clients read like a Who’s Who of the marine industry: Hatteras, Burger, Cheoy Lee, Trumpy, Palmer Johnson, Huckins, Stephens, Derecktor, deVries Lentsch, Striker, Amels, and dozens of others. As his designs were built and moved into the waterways, they became advertisements for his services that garnered more and more calls.

Hargrave was comfortable doing custom megayachts with cost-is-no-object budgets, but he also had a clear understanding of how to make a production boat cost effective. The result was a spot at the top of American powerboat design for more than three decades.

Growing up on the upper peninsula of Michigan, Jack Hargrave was molded by an energetic father who, after a variety of jobs, wound up in the boating business. Hargrave’s childhood was the dream of any Boy Scout: hiking, camping, and sailing in the wilderness. But he was attracted at an early age to art and drawing, and this set the stage for his later career.

As a boy, Hargrave sold drawings around his neighborhood for a penny each. Years later, when his yacht-design business was booming, a friend visiting his mother remembered his childhood sales and asked what he was doing now. “Oh,” said his mother, “he’s still selling drawings.”

It’s been said that Jack Hargrave had a good eye when it came to making a yacht look right, and that was literally true: A boyhood archery accident left him blind in one eye, a disability that kept him from military service during World War II, but never affected his design sense.

Since Hargrave wasn’t able to join the Navy or the Coast Guard, he spent the war years aboard merchant ships. Afterwards, he returned to Duluth, where his father had a marina and, for several years, he skippered both sail and motoryachts on the Great Lakes in the summer and in Florida in the winter. He married his wife, Janet, during that time, but she had to get her boat operator’s license before he would tie the knot.

By the early ’50s, with a daughter starting school and another child on the way, he worried that being a yacht captain wasn’t a good way to support his family. He took a job as the project manager for an avid fisherman who was having a 33-footer built in Peru to fish the Humboldt Current. Intrigued by the design proccess, he took some textbooks with him and spent evenings wading through the heavy tomes of naval architecture: Skene and Froude and others.

It’s said that luck is just preparation meeting opportunity and it was at this point that Hargrave laid his groundwork. He badgered Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology, a correspondence school in yacht design, to send him the entire course at once, rather than enduring postal delays for each installment. He used his time in Peru to power through the course, earning a 100-percent score on his graduation exercise, which, in fact, was a boat design he’d done before he started his studies.

At that time, a degree in yacht design from Westlawn and a dime would barely buy a cup of coffee: Naval architecture schools such as Stevens, Webb, and the University of Michigan looked down their haughty noses at Westlawn grads.

Hargrave set up his own boatbuilding company in West Palm Beach, Florida, but lasted just long enough to learn that it was a tough business. This led to his first turn of luck: The premier builder of sportfishing boats, John Rybovich, offered young Hargrave a job.

At Rybovich, he learned the practical side that his book learning hadn’t taught him: How to create a boat that was both an artistic and a financial success. In later years, Hargrave credited Rybovich with being one of the two men who led to his success and, during his days there, he would meet the second.

Charlie Johnson was an ardent fisherman who, with a string of successful auto dealerships, could indulge his passion. He was also Rybovich’s best customer, having built five boats there.

At one point, Charlie Johnson saw some preliminary drawings that Hargrave had done for an 85-foot motoryacht while teaching himself yacht design, and found the drawings appealing. When it was time to build a bigger boat, Johnson gave Hargrave the job of designing it.

Admitting later that he had never before done a full set of drawings for any boat larger than 30 feet, Hargrave spent a family vacation worrying about how to design the support for a stern bearing. He completed the project, which was built by Burger Boat Company in steel. The launching of the 90-foot Seven Seas was also the launching of Jack Hargrave.

Coincidentally, Seven Seas was also the first build for Henry E. Burger, the grandson of the yard’s founder and, having started their careers together, Burger and Hargrave would join forces on many future boats.

Most important, however, was that his first design commission allowed Jack Hargrave to hang out his own shingle in 1958. With a reputation from Seven Seas for large-yacht design and steady work from a gracious John Rybovich, Hargrave’s Palm Beach office flourished.

Johnson showed up at Hargrave’s door a year later with a successful sock manufacturer named Willis Slane in tow. Johnson and Slane and other members of the Hatteras Marlin Club in North Carolina got the idea to build a fiberglass sportfishing boat that could handle the rugged waters of the open Atlantic. Though he’d talked to other designers about the project, Slane was impressed by Hargrave’s no-nonsense approach. When Hargrave showed a sketch of a 39-footer, Slane signed a letter of intent for a $2,000 design fee. Hatteras Yachts was born, with J.B. Hargrave as designer.

When the drawings were done, Slane gave the Hatteras team, working in a rented auto garage, just four months to create the molds and build the boat. Fiberglass was unproven so Jack Hargrave had Hatteras build sample panels and he drove over them with his Corvair to test their strength. Said one of the team of furniture-makers-turned-boatbuilders, “We went on and built that first boat because we didn’t know we couldn’t do it.”

When Slane promoted that first Hargrave-designed Hatteras sportfisherman, he coined a term that has since entered the nautical lexicon: “convertible.” Because the boat had a furniture-quality interior-the factory at High Point, North Carolina, was in the heart of America’s furniture industry-Slane wanted buyers to know that this boat would be as good at cruising as it was at fishing, hence it was convertible.

The first Hatteras, a 41-footer, was launched in early 1960 and stayed in continuous production for 11 years, with 745 boats built, only to be replaced by the Hatteras 42, also a Hargrave design.

If Seven Seas was the yacht that launched Jack Hargrave, then it was Hatteras Yachts that made J.B. Hargrave a household name in yachting. Hargrave went on to design most of the Hatteras yachts for three decades (including the 53-foot motoryacht that sold more than 600 hulls) and had an all-new series of motoryachts from 84 to 100 feet under construction at Hatteras. It was a phenomenal run that has never been equaled: one designer, one builder, three decades, and scores of successful yacht designs.

Hargrave’s firm continued to prosper, with Hatteras and Burger remaining the largest clients, and the Hargrave office moved from ritzy Palm Beach across the Intracoastal Waterway to downtown West Palm Beach to provide space for the growing staff.

Charlie Johnson wasn’t done with Jack Hargrave, though, and he returned in 1963 with a challenge: Design a boat to break the Miami-to-New York speed record. Hargrave came up with a 37-foot sportfisherman-complete with flying bridge-that Johnson built at his Daytona Marina and Boat Works and, powered with his turbocharged 380-horsepower Daytona engines, the boat knocked nine hours off the previous record.

Johnson wasn’t content to rest on his laurels, however, and commissioned Hargrave to build an even faster boat. The result was TX-41, a 41-footer with a long foredeck and a big cockpit. Powered by four Daytona engines to a speed of more than 60 mph, TX-41 knocked an amazing 15 hours off the record Johnson had set just 11 months earlier. It also proved to be such a good sea boat that several twin-engine production versions with enclosed cabins were built for sportfishing.

But in spite of that offshore racing success, Jack Hargrave complained he was being typecast. His style was conservative, and many of his earliest designs still have an ageless elegance derived from a sweetly curving sheer line and a classic sensibility about where the superstructure should rest on the hull. His yachts kept pace with design trends, though they were never extreme. He had a versatility rarely found in modern designers and was just as comfortable designing a 160-foot ketch-rigged sailing yacht as he was with the unpretentious but nicely proportioned Prairie 29 coastal cruiser. Decades before anyone ever thought of the terms “shadow yacht” or “support yacht,” Jack Hargrave had designed the 120-foot Buckpasser, a helicopter-equipped mothership for a sportfishing enthusiast.

The Hargrave office also produced a wide variety of passenger and cruise vessels, ranging from a fleet of Michigan-based high speed aluminum fast ferries to the famed harbor cruise vessel, Jungle Queen, a fixture on the Ft. Lauderdale waterways for more than three decades.

In the early ’70s, Hargrave dipped his design pen into big-ship waters with an innovative catamaran tug and barge system. Dudley Dawson, Yachting’s Technical Editor and a naval architect in his own right, joined Hargrave’s design team in 1974 to work on this 625-foot tanker. The finished design was patented and two “catugs” were built initially: one to carry petroleum products and the other with tankage for a variety of chemical products. Eventually, an additional 18 ships were built from Hargrave’s patented concept.

Over the years, Jack Hargrave set a number of milestones for design. The 125-foot Arara III claimed three records: largest modern American yacht, largest Burger, and largest all-aluminum yacht in the world when she was launched in 1977 (see “Double Burger with Everything,” July 2008). He designed the largest sightseeing boat in Canada at 116 feet and 600 passengers, and turned around to create a private 65-foot riverboat-style sternwheeler complete with Hargravedesigned steam engines and steam-powered air conditioning. In the late ’80s, the Hatteras custom yachts (up to 130 feet) were the largest fiberglass production yachts in the world.

Jack Hargrave was a complicated man, who kept his distance from both his design team and clients. With his ramrod posture and signature crewcut, Hargrave wasn’t someone you invited to share a beer after work. Yet his employees recall that he insisted on two cookie breaks each day, when his team relaxed with Oreos.

To put his achievements in perspective, remember that most of his designs were done before the days of computers and design software. Hargrave and his team used traditional drafting tools such as curves and splines, sheets of transparent vellum, and sliderules to handle the complex engineering formulas.

“Jack was a good listener,” recalls Dawson. “At some point during initial client meetings, he’d pull out a sheet of paper and a number two pencil and start sketching. By the end of the meeting he’d have a profile, and it was so good you could take a quarter-inch scale and pull a dimension off it. The first few times I saw him do this, it stunned me. And, of course, it stunned the client! They would say, ‘Can I have a copy?’ and Jack would reach for the design and say, ‘No, but we can draw you up a contract.’ There was a businessman sitting inside all that talent.”

In 1991, Hargrave designed his largest yacht and one that has been called his most beautiful: the 184-foot Katamarino built by Amels. After a minor stroke, he scaled back his staff and took only clients or projects that he enjoyed. He claimed he was in “semi-retirement” because he no longer worked Sunday afternoons.

In 1995, he announced a collaboration with Tripp Design, known for its sailboat designs, and he was excited about the opportunities on the wind-powered front. But it was not to be, as Hargrave passed away in his sleep in early 1996. An era was over. Or so it seemed.

Mike Joyce, who first worked with Jack Hargrave as a broker and later collaborated on several Cheoy Lee projects, had started researching the biography of the designer before his death. Afterwards, the Hargrave family encouraged him to continue it and, in the process, he heard they were getting offers to sell the design office.

Hargrave’s secretary, Barbara Bishop, suggested Joyce speak with the family. “I became convinced that I was supposed to buy Jack’s business, as preposterous as that sounded even to me,” Joyce said.

Joyce convinced the family that the Hargrave name was an icon in the industry and, by using it to launch a company to build highquality yachts, it would continue to play a role in the marine business into the future. Joyce was proven right-the Hargrave name remains a major contender in the world of large yachts.

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My opinions of course, and taste is personal.... Never tire of looking at his amazing work, the fascinating relationship with Slane, and admiring his dedication and work ethics. I call him the "Frank Lloyd Wright" of yacht design, and he is one of the factors that keep me coming back to the Hatts. Form follows function and in the 70's and 80's function pushed hard. Whereas many designs before were works of art with limited regard for interior space, those decades saw the departure from that. I think the 53MY is the absolute best looking of its era. Are there better layouts, sure. No disrespect to Mr Lazzara, for example, but even though his Viking 55MY is a perfect layout for our needs I just can't imagine floating down the river in that "thing". Let's not even talk about what came later. With few exceptions on the higher end I find modern production yacht design about as exciting as most automotive design. Very, very few true works of art. Learned two interesting facts though while reading "The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave". Jack designed the Jungle Queen. Jack was a sailor first and foremost!

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Every year, JH, who was an excellent artist (another thing in common with FLW) designed and printed a Christmas card that his studio sent out to friends. I think some of them are featured in the book about him. Beautiful work.

Originally Posted by jim rosenthal Every year, JH, who was an excellent artist (another thing in common with FLW) designed and printed a Christmas card that his studio sent out to friends. I think some of them are featured in the book about him. Beautiful work. Yes they are in the book. Beautiful.

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Ummmm....I'm about to take some heat for this but... what the hey??? First let me say that I shopped for many years for a Hatteras. The joke on the forum was that Krush and I competed for the title of longest boat shopper. Even Freeeebird, was wondering if I'd ever buy a boat. Ok, I really REALLY wanted a Hatteras. I have the utmost respect for Jack Hargrave and the build quality from our friends in New Bern NC. For sportfish convertables, Nothing beats the 36-45 Hatts. Then I began looking at 58-65 Motoryachts and this is where Jack missed the boat and Lazarra excelled. You will find this range of Hatts with miss steps such as a split engine room and a ladder from the lower helm as the only access to the flybridge. Compare that to the spacious engine room on my boat and a proper staircase from the salon to the flybridge. As far as referring to the Lazarra design as a "thing" well, see for yourself. I don't think my boat is ugly at all but beauty is in the eye they say. I am wearing my asbestos suit so let the flaming begin.

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What calamity befell you requiring the need to stencil FWD on the bulkhead?

Semper Siesta Robert Clarkson ASLAN, 1983 55C #343 Charleston, SC

Its all good if you only go out on calm days or for the annual trip to the fuel dock. But it does look like a Winnebago mounted to a deck boat hull. No offense Im sure its a great live aboard.

"DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE" - BEN FRANKLIN Endless Summer 1967 50c 12/71n DDA 525hp ex Miss Betsy owners: Howard P. Miller 1967-1974 Richard F Hull 1974-1976 Robert J. & R.Scott Smith 1976-present

Give credit where due. The bulkhead is properly labeled FWD. This helps when you re-power. Bruce Freestyle Tampa

Originally Posted by Passages ........ The joke on the forum was that Krush and I competed for the title of longest boat shopper. .................... Then I began looking at 58-65 Motoryachts and this is where Jack missed the boat and Lazarra excelled. You will find this range of Hatts with miss steps such as a split engine room and a ladder from the lower helm as the only access to the flybridge. Compare that to the spacious engine room on my boat and a proper staircase from the salon to the flybridge. As far as referring to the Lazarra design as a "thing" well, see for yourself. I don't think my boat is ugly at all but beauty is in the eye they say. I am wearing my asbestos suit so let the flaming begin. These are many of the misses that the Hatteras design had. I think it was more of just being outdated, though. I never understood the flush deck as opposed to a raised pilot house design (which eventually took over). In the 2000's Hatt started making a raised pilot house design. A usable cockpit is required for people that actually recreate on their boat. As for the contest, who actually is the winner?

FTFD... i drive a slow 1968 41c381

Winnebago on a hull? Hey, I guess I never knew how much I liked the lines of Winnebago. LOL

Too bad the engine room isn't air conditioned too. That would make working on it so nice. Many of them have it by the way. I've worked on a few and overall a pretty well built boat. Certainly better to work on than the split ER and zoom much bigger inside than the hatts. The 55 I did chargers and other upgrades to was a pleasure to work on. Stairs everywhere that were easy to go up and down. Easy access under the fly bridge and when we put in the autopilot we were able to get everywhere we needed to run cable. If you want to compare seaworthy characteristics of motoryachts it's like having a physics lecture in kindergarten. You may think your doing something good but it's a waste of time. They all take the seas like crap compared to a good sporty.

Scott 41C117 "Hattatude" Port Canaveral I have no idea what the last poster is saying. I don't think he does either.

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Constantly visiting in Europe, the owner wanted the design of his apartment with a European flavor. In the atmosphere, which could have been spending a lot of time with guests, have a bright bedrooms, a spacious kitchen and a mix of modern trends and Scandinavian notes. Future interior should be light and airy, as well as insolirovan in all areas.

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"I started with, asked his good friend from ALLARTSDESIGN, Permian designer Saranina Art, help me to develop the project," - says the hostess. Constantly visiting in Europe, the owner wanted the design of his apartment with a European flavor. In the atmosphere, which could have been spending a lot of time with guests, have a bright bedrooms, a spacious kitchen and a mix of modern ...