Only planning repair or finishing finish, you need to think about how the interior style will be. In accordance with it, it will be necessary to pick up the methods of finishing, materials as well as flower gamut.
Actual trends of recent years
To say that historical styles in the design of the premises are now unpopular not. But gradually accents are shifted. After the busy working rhythm of the house, you want a space, simplicity, convenience. And numerous, albeit elegant, decor elements are tired. Of course, they create an atmosphere of comfort, but very stuffy. Therefore, gradually Baroque, Rokkoko and other elegant styles are inferior to minimalism, high-tech and other interiors modern, more functional and easy.Modern style in the interior
Like most relevant trends, the modern style of design of the premises involves the minimum of furniture and accessories. The main task is to create an interior with a feeling of unloaded space, light and unobtrusive. Hence the selection of objects: they are functional, lines are concise. This style is for those who are tired of the variety of complex forms.
Modern interior style - for those who are tired of complex forms
Characteristic color scheme - neutral tone. These are shades of gray, beige, white and light brown. All wall design, floor - only background for furniture and accessories. From here, the finishing methods flow. The walls can be placed or caught as wallpaper, but their surface is smooth, without a pronounced texture. When designing rooms in a modern style on the walls there should not be any pronounced textures and even nearly noticeable drawings. It can resemble silk, velor, to be just smooth matte. Perfectly smooth surface without flaws.
Colors - Little, Walls - Smooth
The bedroom in a modern style, the colors of the brown gamut prevail
Modern interior style involves a small number of items
No extra details - key point
The laminate is usually put on the floor and, as a rule, light tones. There are still parquet, but the boards are laid smoothly, without patterns. It is permissible to use carpet with a short pile. Another option of the flooring is bulk floors, and again - one-photon matte, inappropriate colors.
If you leave the interior in this form, it will be too calm and inexpressive. Enable its accessories and decor. They are very few, choose them carefully, often decor are functional things: shelves, racks, furniture of an interesting form. Colors - saturated, form simple, no patterns or floral, plant motifs. Interestingly, live plants look like this background. Their greenery is vividly stand out by introducing the necessary color accent.
If the color accent is, then the color is one
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Strict lines, smoothly painted surfaces, a little details
With a light style of styles 60s
The ceilings in modern design is no less noticeable part of the interior than, say, walls. They can be with any number of levels, made of drywall, plastered or combined with tension. In this stylist, chandelier is usually present, but the form it has an unusual, suitable style - from glass or with a metallized surface. Plafones are strict forms without decorators and curls.
Interior furniture in modern style has the right proportions, smooth or smooth, slightly rounded, lines. She is practical and comfortable. Upholstery is a monophonic with a smooth color. It may be fabric, skin - natural or artificial. In the choice of textiles for furniture, you can add several bright accents, breaking the monotonicity of the design.
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Characteristic colors for modern style - white, beige and combinations and shades
For windows, textiles also choose mostly painted smoothly. Geometrical drawings, alternation of matte and shiny threads, but without plant motives may be present. For the modern interior, classic curtains are suitable on the chalks. They create a measured, verified folds that fit perfectly into the style. Good, also Japanese, Roman, roller can apply.
Modern style, by the way, is easily transformed into close in spirit. It serves as the main for other destinations in the same vein. Celesting you monotony, I want something more daring ... Several pictures on the walls, some of the bright accessories, the upholstery will change to the black and white type "zebra skins" or just striped. It turned out Art Deco style.
Art Deco style from modern make easy
If you add metal to the interior - lamps with open fittings, the furniture will equip brilliant inserts, put it on the stands of a tripod type, vases in the form of high and narrow flasks, add the city landscape on the wall - it turns out the style of techno.
For techno style, the abundance of brilliant metal surfaces is characterized.
High tech
This style of the interior, which arose closer to the end of the 20th century. It displays the penetration of high technologies to our daily life. Inherent in strict rapid lines, smooth surfaces without drawings, simple forms. The most characteristic features of the High-tech style are a combination of metal and glass in many interior items and the presence of "production" motifs.
Characteristic example of high-tech style
For implementation requires large spaces and no partitions. Rather, they are organized by folding, sliding structures that only zonate space without sharing it into separate rooms. Glass partitions are very characterized in a frame of shiny metal - aluminum go chrome steel. The same motifs in the furniture: legs of a shiny pipe.
Walls are monophonic, smoothly painted, without texture and ornaments. So here and then in the decoration - mainly plaster, if wallpaper, then absolutely smooth. Color range of background - walls, ceiling and floor - no difference in variety: white, light gray, beige.
Walls, Paul, Ceiling - Light
But in the furniture can be painted in a bright color. It is a cent of the composition. At the same time, the furniture lines are simple, the upholstery is monophonic. But this does not mean that there are no unusual forms. On the contrary, furniture for the style of High-tech can be very unusual forms - futuristic, technocratic.
Bright paints - as accents and unusual forms of furniture - Characteristic features of high-tech in the interior
Accessories or not, or they are strict and concise. Lighting is bright and zoned. The chandelier in the center is absent in principle, and the illumination "gets" a large number of lamps on the walls, a ceiling, characteristic desktop or floor lamps.
The ideal option is a glossy or semi-shy stretch ceiling. It reflects the glare of the world, which asks the monotony of the situation. The same glare playing glass and glittering metal surfaces.
One of the characteristic examples
As you can see, in its pure form, the style is quite cold. Not everyone likes it, even though it can be softened with a monophonic shaggy carpet and suitable textiles. But still, it turns out more "production" atmosphere than home. Therefore, softer interiors from the "domesticated" high-tech appear. They contain its elements, but in combination with softer and varied flowers, wooden furniture and the same warm tones in textiles. Some quantities are represented in the photo gallery.
High-tech interior can be slightly "softer" due to wooden furniture
Soft monophonic carpet on the floor, wooden furniture, but strict shapes - a softer option
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Minimalism
The interior style "minimalism" is also "native" from the end of the last century. His characteristic feature is the lack of any extra details. Only necessary. The main color - walls and ceiling - white, emphasize contrasting black, brown or dark gray. There are other colors, but these are not characteristic features, but variations. From the High-tech described above, it is distinguished by the use of wood and products from it, although the wood is not a mandatory attribute. Simply on the background of light walls, it stands out especially clearly, undoubtedly, attracting attention.
One example of minimalism in the interior
Basic rules: Large spaces, conditionally zonated lighting, slightly designated by partitions. Large windows, a lot of light, but it is not sharp and bright, like in high-tech, and softer and scattered. Matte surfaces are used to create such an effect. They do not reflect the light, but dispel it.
The main feature of minimalism is only necessary things.
Zoning prevails in light. The chandeliers are usually no, there are a large number of lamps of simple forms. Here, in fact, everything. Furniture is simple, monophonic, lack of ornaments and coupling elements. Spacious, abundance of air, unloading the interior. This is minimalism.
Interior of the living room in the brown-beige tones in the style of minimalism
The abundance of light, only the necessary items of simple forms - the main signs of the style of minimalism in the interior
Wood texture on a white background looks especially bright
Minimalism bedroom - all unnecessary hidden in storage systems
Another characteristic example
Color accent - sofa. Simple shapes, lines are clear and rapid
Gray, White, Brown - The most commonly used colors
The premises are zoned by conditionally - ceiling, stealing, barely designated partitions
Option of recreation areas in minimalist design
Wood looks very good
Ethnic styles
Although good ultra-modern styles and flows in interior design, but not for everyone. Too cold and refined. There are always romantic nature for which such utility and rationality is unacceptable. They prefer a more cozy atmosphere. This feature is provided by ethnicity styles. They are good with their diverseness that allows you to choose a style under your own taste.Provence in interior design
The style is named after one of the southern provinces of France and refers to the direction of Country. Provence is an agricultural area, famous for its extensive fields of lavender. And the interiors in the style of Provence - rural, pastoral, simple, with wooden elements - painted or artificially aged.
One of the "urban" options of Provence
The main colors are white, possibly with a gray or beige tint. In the design - inhabitant pastel shades, as if imagined under the bright sun. Sleeper blue, slightly sunken, pale pink, light green, yellow. As a color accent - the lavender and the color of the southern sultry sky - bright blue, you can meet the warm splashes of the ocher.
Blue and lavender - Color accents of Provence
If you need in the premises style Provence - not for you wallpaper. The walls are plastered, and the plaster is coarse, with a clearly pronounced texture. Wooden walls fit well. Can be seamless, painted or in natural color. But the coating without brilliance is matte, and better - aged surface with a good visible texture.
Carefully made "non-ideal" walls and characteristic color gamut
It looks wonderful brick wall, just bleached or in natural color, without stucco. In general - rural, lightweight and, slightly, country style. Great for wooden houses, but in refined form good and apartments.
Brick or Stone Wall - One of the signs of Provence
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Furniture is a simple wooden or painted. Tables, chairs, dressers - from wood. There are forged elements - on the walls of the shelves for colors, legs for the table. Upholstery of sofas and chairs - or monophonic, similar to linen, or with floral motifs. Many textiles - pillows, dominant covered or rugs. With all this, do not forget that it is even rural, but France. Objects are simple, but not rude, some even with a certain share of elegance.
Provence kitchen - a separate topic, but all the rules and colors remain here
Ceiling - wooden or smooth white. Characteristic feature - beams under the ceiling. Unfortunately, in the interiors of the style of Provence, the backlight of the ceilings, so beloved by many, practically not used - does not fit into the concept. But the wrought chandelier is perfectly suitable, which can be launched on the chains from the beams.
Worn chandelier - why not ....
Separately it is worth talking about the windows. They, of course, are large from the floor to the ceiling: south, heat, you need to ventilate. Curtains are lightweight, classic models - white curtains and monophonic or colored light curtains. Colors are insensitive, pastel.
Windows - Large, with light curtains
Oh at all, there is no motion back. On a white or other bright background, brown wood tones and some other one, maximum and occasionally - the second color.
Not quite and rural style, this option is closer to urban
Floral large drawing - blue on white - characteristic
The fireplace also fits perfectly in Provence. Only here is an incompatible
Silent colors - a cozy bedroom in the style of Provence
French notes are especially felt in the kitchen
Characteristic maiden furnishings
To get such a "undemanded" surface need careful processing
More option Kitchen Provence in blue color
Sleepy olive walls, gray, brown - another edge of Provence
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Scandinavian interior style - naturalness and abundance of light
If you like simple interiors, but modern flows are too cold, your choice is a Scandinavian style. With a general similarity, it is more "home" and warm. A wider range of colors is used - all natural shades, no "acid" or extended. Walls are white or milk-white, creamy shades can be used. The rest of the color from the "natural" palette is brown, oath, greens, blue - the colors of the sky or sea waves.
Bright walls, natural colors in the interior - these are characteristic features of the Scandinavian style in the interior
The harsh climate was taught to love the feeling of warmth, which gives wood. It is on the floor, the furniture is made of it, covered the walls. The most common breeds are pine and birch. Their wood have a light color, well-pronounced texture, which on a light background draws attention.
Walls made of wood in the bedroom of Scandinavian style
On the floor usually a board or laminate. There is no excess parade, the situation is concise and simple. Ceilings are ordinary, plastered white or wooden, natural or bleached. Stretch multi-level systems and complex lights are uncharacteristic for scandins. They are generally the parade and strife alien. Simple, comfortable, high-quality things are yes, but there is no complicated decoration. All this is reflected in the interior style.
Very close to modern style, but with a large variety of colors and textures
Even the old carpet - cozy and warm - there was a place
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Warm plaids and pillows - one of the style attributes