Do you remember the historical novels of A. Dumas, where the French provinces were often mentioned? Provence is one of them located in the south of France. Original flavor, invariably wonderful weather, bright hot sun, amazing variety flora, proximity to the sea and vineyards. Intoxicating scent flowering plants... A hard working day for the villagers, at the end of which the most delicious village food and a well-deserved rest await at home. And working in the bosom of nature so raises your appetite!

The name is translated as “province”. Applied to the style of the interior, the name "Provence" means one of the directions rustic style(country). Unique charm home comfort, the style of provincial housing in the south of France.

Style characteristics

The archaic nature of centuries-old habits and traditions of the ancient way of life, where innovations and trends of the times come with a noticeable delay. Hence the village routine, uncomplicated, lack of pretentiousness, natural simplicity, closeness to nature, an abundance of flowers and herbaria. Natural colors that fade strongly in the sun. And a kind of charm, even some romance of past centuries. The Provencal style is illuminated with the stamp of time and does not accept any innovations, elements of modernity.

Decor style

The Provence style is also characterized by an abundance of accessories. Wrought iron frames for mirrors and clocks, curtain rods and candlesticks, various wicker chests, baskets. An abundance of small pillows: on sofas, beds, chairs. Numerous bouquets combined with ceramic or glass pots, fruit vases, figurines. Ceramic figurine of a rooster will always remind you of your homeland Provencal style- France, as a symbol of this country.

Massive forged or cast lamps with glass shades will harmoniously fit into the interior. Open areas the walls are decorated with Mediterranean landscapes, still lifes, decorative ceramics with paintings.

Fabrics - cotton and linen in delicate tones and colors: curtains, floor runners, tablecloths with a light ornament or traditionally with colored stripes. Textile products must have a hand-made appearance. Required condition- village naivety - flowers on the windowsill. And hanging bundles of fragrant herbs in the kitchen.

A Mediterranean theme in the bathroom will also be useful in a Provencal style. White-blue colors in the decoration of tiles, baths, curtains and towels. Particular attention will be drawn to the seagulls painted on the tiles.

Style colors

Provence style implies increased attention to colors - only soothing, cozy, light colors, no bright colors. This is what makes him most different from normal style country style with a predominance of bright colors. Calm pastel colors that give the impression of a variety of surfaces burnt out in the sun. The ceiling and walls are not necessarily white. The offered range of finishing tones for Provencal interiors is quite diverse: muted (burnt out) colors of sunflower petals, sea ​​wave, blue sky, lavender, greenery, lemon, dried clay. The obligatory presence of white, beige, cream, pale orange. And certainly the elements of artificial aging.

The same colors are used for finishing furniture, painting dishes, and fabrics.

Finishing facilities

Walls and ceiling. No wallpaper. Only natural materials... Colored textured plaster for wall decoration in the Provence style is suitable, and the work done as if by an amateur or a hack-worker is uneven, with drips, bald spots, through which in places the open masonry of walls and ceilings is visible. Wood finishing is possible - facing board, painted, as a rule, with white paint. The ceiling is usually white, decorated with beams in contrasting dark colors. If the ceiling is not white, the beams, on the other hand, can be whitewashed.

Our compatriots, when decorating the interior in the Provence style, use the same pastel colors for painting the boards, or leave the color and texture of the wood to the finish.

Doors and windows are traditionally white. Artificially aged white doors can be painted. And large windows to the floor (it is clear that in a city apartment this is unrealistic, but in your house - why not) are sectional, separated by bindings.

Curtains can be made of beads or light, airy fabric. Zoning of a Provencal room with partitions or floor material, forged gratings, wooden racks, decorative flowerpots with live plants can play the role of partitions.

Parquet, linoleum, laminate are categorically unsuitable for the floor of a room decorated in this style. carpets... Usually this is an untreated (sometimes painted) board. For the kitchen and corridor - raw wood or floor tiles with beveled corners in terracotta shades.

The kitchen, unlike the rooms, is finished differently: the walls here are made of natural stone, multi-colored mosaics, brick-like tiles or brick itself. Collections of rustic tableware and exquisite painted ceramics, embroidered linen napkins will complete the creation of the Provencal interior.

V modern life not to do without household appliances... Here it can be built into furniture, hidden behind doors or facades. And the barely perceptible effect of soot on the light ceiling will strengthen associations with village life.

Solid rustic (forged, wood or wicker) rough Provencal style furniture cannot have glass, nickel or other modern finishes... She looks like she has served people for several generations. Retains the texture and color of wood, but can be painted in light colors. Artificial aging furniture is achieved by small cracks, chips, abrasions.

Chests of drawers, chairs with carved legs, wardrobes with mezzanines, large spacious beds. Light wood species are used for furniture: oak, walnut, ash, chestnut, cherry. Forged headboards and bed legs, curved legs of a massive round dining table in the center of the room.

Open cupboards are a peculiar highlight of the Provencal style. The dishes placed in them are an additional element of the interior. To prevent the dishes from gathering dust and getting dirty, cabinets and cupboards can be made with glass doors.

Upholstery of upholstered furniture - fabric of soft, calm colors, with a color pattern.

Clocks and paintings decorated in a classic French style... Such things attract the attention of the visitor and correctly place accents in the apartment or room. If it already uses elements recreated in this style, then the clock (or paintings) will complete the image of the interior.

The correct approach to. To decorate a bedroom in the French style, you must use ready-made Provence details: curtains framed with ornaments, a bedspread, paintings and decorative pillows.

Decorative drawings instead of wallpaper, indoor plants. You can draw a drawing on light walls with your own hands: for example, a tree, butterflies or birds. A retro lamp and pillows placed on the bed will complete the room perfectly.

Wooden furniture. Use an old wooden furniture, for example, shabby old chairs, which is the norm in Provence interiors.

Each apartment has its own face, its own atmosphere and its own style. This is most evident in the rooms, which are often collected by all family members and shown to guests during their visits. The living room is rightfully considered the "soul" and "heart" of any home, therefore the design of the living room requires careful study.

A room of any size can become a room for family leisure or relaxation with guests, although not everyone is lucky with spacious housing and rooms correct shape... To do this, you just need to think over the layout of a small space or the design of a narrow living room, trying to hide the flaws of such a room and turn them into advantages.

Before you start decorating the living room, it is worth determining in what style you would like to see this room. Almost any style of interior can be embodied here, however, it is advisable to proceed from the plan of the original room. It can be African or other ethnic style in the room. small size, allowing you to design a kind of box-room, or a minimalist design of a large living room, where a spacious room is not overloaded with details, and therefore looks light and airy, or classic design a narrow living room combined with a kitchen and dining room.

The design of a modern living room in the Japanese style looks quite interesting, the historical traditions of which are considered to be some asceticism and impersonality. In the modern interpretation, in our reality, seating on the floor turns into podiums, which also perform the function of zoning the space, coffee tables are replaced by low Japanese tables, symbolism in the form of hieroglyphs finds its place on pieces of furniture and accessories. That is, the primordially Japanese things, which are not very convenient for our realities, change to convenience and comfort with a Japanese mood.

Thinking over the design of a small living room, it is worth deciding whether you want to visually expand the room, filling it with light shades and using the minimum amount of furniture, using, for example, high-tech or minimalism style, or if you want to decorate a casket room, filling it with antique furniture and things , objects of art in carved frames, heavy curtains and other attributes of the classic style.

The design of a small living room in the loft style is also very interesting, which implies the creation of a light space that is not overloaded with furniture. Loft style implies visual expansion space due to the minimum amount of decoration and the use of the simplest furniture required in the room. Superfluous pieces of furniture and decorative elements are not used at all for decoration. This urban style is very much appreciated by modern young people who love space and the absence of boundaries in everything, even in interior design.

In private houses, the design of a large living room in an eco-style can be applied, which provides for unity with nature. It is rarely possible to successfully create such an interior in apartments, since the eco-style is characterized by the presence of good natural light, which is often not available in modern apartments. In modern cottages, many rooms have a large number of windows, and the living rooms on the ground floor of the house are often walk-throughs, where the garden is connected to the house by transparent sliding doors. In the eco style, only natural harmless materials are used - cork, wood, stone, vine, rattan, natural fabrics, etc., which looks very natural and simple in a good sense.

Also, the design of a large living room can be classic with all the pomp and luxury inherent in this style. Stucco molding, columns, traditional fireplace, mirrors in carved wooden frames, gilding, forged elements furniture, heavy curtains - all this distinctive features classicism, which does not accept one thing - cheapness. A similar design of a large living room will be very useful for collectors, who in the same room will be able to place their collection of paintings, sculptures, old toys, etc., hanging them on the walls or placing them on special pedestals or niches in the wall. Such private galleries for collectors of traditional art objects are carried out precisely in classic style.

Minimalism can also be used in large spaces if you need to create a place for active pastime, parties and other similar entertainment.

In general, you can choose any style for the living room in the apartment. The design of a modern living room provides for some deviations from the traditional principles and canons of a certain style in the interior, because today designers, architects and homeowners think more about the comfort of people than about the embodiment of the most daring, but often not entirely suitable for life fantasies. After choosing a style, the design of the living room raises the issues of space planning, the choice of finishing materials, the arrangement of furniture, the use of accessories and decorative gizmos.

Layout

The layout of any room should address the issue of functionality and rationality of using the available space. It is important to clarify what functions the room should perform in order to think over the presence or absence of partitions, the correct arrangement of furniture and the use of finishing materials for visual zoning of the space.

If it is planned to combine the living room with the kitchen and the dining room in the room, it is important to determine where the dining table will be located (the "wet" kitchen area cannot be moved from the original place), and where is the soft seating area, so that with the help of different types finishes visually delimit these zones. Moreover, thinking over the design of a narrow living room combined with a kitchen or dining room, you need to skillfully divide the space across so that instead of one long "pencil case" you get two or three square zones.

To place in the living room workplace, it is important to place it close to the window as much as possible or to think carefully about the lighting for this area. To make a children's play area in the same space, it is important to insulate the floor and think over how to fill this area with modern educational toys and sports equipment. If a small stage for home concerts is also planned in the room, you need to choose a place for a small podium.

There are a lot of options for combining functional areas in the living room space. Few can afford to arrange here only a soft recreation area and gathering of the whole family in front of the TV or a traditional dining table for lavish family celebrations. It is only important to observe the rule that these zones (dining and living rooms) are the center of the space, and the rest of the zones are skillfully hidden or combined with the main ones.

Finishing

When the question of the layout of the living room has been resolved, you can proceed to the selection of finishing materials. Finishing options depend both on the chosen style of the room and on the design of different functional areas.

The most representative materials are often used for the living room floor: parquet, parquet board, cork - for eco-style, carpet, especially if there is also a play area for kids. V Lately self-leveling floors, which look gorgeous in the living room, are gaining popularity. For zoning the space, you can build a podium or use different colors or patterns when decorating the floor.

For walls, wallpaper can be used, and plaster, and imitation of brickwork (for the loft style), and paint. You can highlight one of the walls with interesting photowall-paper or textiles. Most often, light shades are used for walls to visually enlarge the room, however, sometimes they use the opposite technique and focus on the intimacy of the space, choosing for the walls dark colors.

Living room ceilings can also be different, but appropriate general style premises: whitewash, stretch ceiling, complex structures false ceilings. In ethnic and eco styles, decorative ceiling beams are often used. The design of a small living room can provide for the decoration of one of the walls with mirrors in order to visually expand the space. In the same case, you can use glossy surfaces that will create an airy atmosphere in the room.

Furniture

When choosing furniture for the living room, it is worth considering that in any case there should be a sofa or sofa area in the room, and the sofa should be as large and comfortable as possible. If space allows, you can use two sofas of different colors and the same texture (for example, leather) and a couple of armchairs to create a soft area in the room.

A room in a modern style is considered the option of interior design that meets all the requirements of today. The fact is that this style takes into account the needs of residents of modern cities as accurately as possible, while maintaining the rigor and spirit of minimalism of past eras, for example, modernity.

At the same time, if you study the interiors of a room in a modern style in the photo, you can note the fact that this design direction combines the features of many styles, in particular, modern, minimalism, Bauhaus.

On a note! Given this specificity, in this style you can arrange a room for almost any person, regardless of gender or age.

So, for example, the design of a room for a girl in a modern style is currently very popular, although nothing prevents a room from being decorated in a similar way for a guy. Living rooms and bedrooms designed for all family members are very often decorated in this way.

It should always be remembered that the basis of the described style of the interior of the premises is made up of three characteristic features:

• lack of clutter, complex shapes and unusual materials, general simplicity;
• the use of only the correct geometric shapes, both when decorating the room itself, and when choosing furniture for it;

• the presence of free space due to the use of those tones that visually enlarge the room, as well as due to the ergonomic placement of furniture;
• excess lighting achieved by the installation large windows and spot illumination.

In terms of materials, wood, glass and metal are used within this style of interior design. In this case, the windows are usually not closed with curtains, built-in wardrobes are used to save money. useful area... If a decision is made to install upholstered furniture indoors, it is necessary to choose an oversized one, which does not have armrests and the simplest form possible.

When it comes to color, they usually use colors that create a feeling of maximum simplicity. These are all tones that are based on white. Its combination with black is very popular. In general, designers prefer to paint rooms in this style in one tone or in pastel colors.

Described design style ideal for those people who value progress and do not seek to emphasize their status through the luxury of the interior of the apartment. So, for example, a modern style will be appropriate for a student, newlyweds, middle class.

It will not work in the case when it is imperative to emphasize the status of the owner of an apartment or house. In this case, he should opt for a classic setting or choose a baroque style.

The design of a room for a guy in a modern style must necessarily take into account the peculiarities of the male perception of the design of rooms.

So, for example, any room from the point of view of a man should be:

• as convenient as possible;
• have a minimum of furniture, mainly that which is necessary for practical purposes - computer desk, bed, wardrobe;

• emphasize the individuality of its owner;
• be rationally furnished and functional, so, for example, in such a room, various trinkets and accessories will not take root.

As for the techniques of decorating a room for a young man in the described style, first of all it will be necessary to pay attention to the decoration of the walls. The simplest option for finishing them is painting; on the walls you can mount wooden panels... Contemporary design style embraces naturalness.

Therefore, loft elements are quite acceptable here, namely, the preservation of unfinished concrete and brick walls as a design technique.

Important! Since the modern style is a minimalist style, it necessarily requires dividing the room into zones so that the young man can not only relax in the room, but also work.

In this case, a bed or sofa is usually installed in the recreation area, and a wardrobe is also placed here. If the relaxation area is small, it will be appropriate to install an additional light source or mirror.

As for the working area, it is mandatory for a young person to have it equipped with a computer desk. Special chairs should be installed, since if you work at a computer while sitting in a regular chair, you can seriously ruin your posture. It will be appropriate to place a closet or shelves with books next to the computer desk. To work with them, you need to install additional desktop lighting devices on the table.

The design of a room for a teenager in a modern style repeats the basic principles of decorating a room for adults, but it is necessary to take into account one nuance. The fact is that for a teenage boy, it will be necessary to create, in addition to the two listed above, a hobby area. Here you can place those items that correspond to his desires, for example, posters with images of musicians and actors, training equipment or materials from collections.

A room for a girl in a modern style, her photo and architectural plan are significantly different from the furnishings of the room intended for a young man. The fact is that girls perceive their room primarily as a refuge and resting place. It is here that the representatives fair half of humanity are resting, gaining strength and doing exercises for personal growth. At the same time, the decor of such a room completely depends on the desires and tastes of the girl or girl living in it; it is quite difficult for outsiders to design a room in a modern style.

The "women's" room must necessarily have a place to accommodate a dressing room - both a room for a teenage girl in a modern style, and a boudoir for quite adult women, because in any case they will need to place their clothes, bedding and various accessories somewhere for cosmetics. In this case, the centerpiece of the dressing area is a wardrobe with a mirror.

The closet can be built in when the room is small. In order to choose it correctly for a girl, a photo of such a cabinet should be found in advance, because it still has to "fit" into the interior of the room.

In the dressing area, you can place cabinets and shelves for various trinkets that girls and girls love to collect. It should always be remembered that a room for a girl in a modern style welcomes the use of modular multifunctional furniture in it, which makes it possible, if necessary, to easily rearrange it from place to place, giving the room a new look. Classic massive furniture is simply not able to provide it.

Girls and girls also need to design a recreation area and a work area. At the same time, the interior of the girl, which she conceived, may differ in that there must be a computer desk in her room. A teenage girl should have a desk to do her homework and a place to do her hobbies. In any case, the recreation area here would be best placed as far away from the window as possible to ensure best conditions for sleep.

You need to be especially careful when choosing the color of a room in a modern style, designed for a girl or a girl. The fact is that modern representatives of the fair sex choose for themselves both "doll" and ascetic colors. This circumstance must be taken into account when choosing the color scheme of the room. In any case, such tones should be muted, for example, light green, peach or olive.

Small rooms in a modern style

Small rooms can be decorated in a modern style along with rooms that have large area... At the same time, interiors, photos and videos with such premises are now quite often found on the Internet, since citizens began to carry out repairs in droves in such houses as "Khrushchevs". At the same time, the modern style of interior design, professing minimalism, turned out to be in great demand, since it allows you to combine all the achievements of modern design with the functionality and ergonomics of the premises.

Another advantage of using modern design when decorating a small room can be considered the fact that this style requires good lighting... This, in turn, allows you to visually enlarge even very small rooms. So, usually for this purpose, additional chiseled lamps are used to illuminate different zones.

Moreover, they can be decorated with various shades and caps, in in this case the use of LED backlighting is appropriate.

Another way to visually increase the size of a small room in modern design is to use mirrors. They are placed both on the walls of the wardrobe and on the walls of the room itself. At the same time, the closet itself and all the furniture in the room should be low, since in this case the ceilings will seem high, it should be functional and roomy, there is no place for luxurious furniture with a small volume.

On a note! It makes sense to make cabinets built-in, and place all other furniture in an angular way.

A tabletop can be placed above the windowsill, which, if necessary, can replace a full-fledged desktop. The surface of the furniture should be glossy, as gloss, along with mirrors, allows you to create the effect of visual magnification. interior space rooms. It makes sense to gloss even the floor for the same reasons.

To save more useful space, you can use modular furniture. In this case, it can be transformed as needed. So, for example, in the same room in this way it will be possible to receive guests and prepare for school or do work at home. An even more interesting solution can be the installation of a transformable wardrobe bed in a small modern style room, which can be folded during the day.

An example of registration is not large room in a modern style is the student's room. The fact is that usually such a room is not large, so you have to use special design techniques in order to adapt it to the needs of a modern student. It is necessary to "squeeze" into such a room desk, wardrobes for clothes and books, as well as racks for teaching materials... There should be a source of natural light in the form of a large window.

A modern student's room should have at least three functional areas, namely a recreation area, a cloakroom and a work area. You can highlight such zones in a room decorated in a modern style using the appropriate furniture. Moreover, such furniture should be as mobile and practical as possible.

So, for example, it is worth placing a desk and a bookcase together. It makes sense to place a wardrobe and an armchair in the part of the room where the student will change. The seating area has a bed or sofa. The preferred option is in which the sofa or bed will be foldable, as this will allow you to free it if necessary additional area for meetings with guests. Separately, it is worth mentioning the fact of the widespread use of materials such as glass and metal in a modern style. For example, a metal table with a glass top will look very appropriate in a student's room.

What should not be used in such a room is massive blackout curtains, as they will delay sunlight, which contradicts the basic rules of modern style of interior design. Luxurious armchairs and chairs are not needed here, so it is worth choosing products in the spirit of minimalism, made of modern materials, with good ergonomics. At the same time, the presence of modern household appliances and electronics is considered very appropriate in such a room, therefore, a multimedia system or TV should not be "hidden" here.

Colors in modern room student should be in light colors, although a combination of dark and light colors is allowed. Despite the fact that mirrors are usually not welcome in such rooms, in the modern style of room design, a mirror should be mandatory. The fact is that it allows you to get more light, and this makes it easier to study in the evening. In general, a student's room should be functional, so if there are unnecessary decorative elements in it, you should mercilessly get rid of them, providing a clear spirit of minimalism in the room.

Since the modern style of interior design is a mixture of several styles and directions of room design, in some cases it is quite difficult to sustain it without slipping into a simple compilation of various design techniques. In connection with this circumstance, it is necessary to remember several points that make it possible to withstand all the requirements of a modern style in the design of rooms. For example, despite the simplicity and minimalism inherent in this style, it is impossible to save on finishing, so as not to create a feeling of poverty in the room.

It is not recommended to clutter it up with furniture for no purpose. The fact is that it cannot be installed here simply for quantity, since each chair or cabinet must strictly fulfill its functional purpose. But to combine glossy plastic, stone, brickwork, mirrors and other decorative elements in one room is only welcome. This combination of unexpected elements makes the interior more interesting, and without any special financial costs.

Experienced designers advise to make part of the ceiling and walls white. This will allow not only to "expand" the room, but also to emphasize other colors used in decoration, shades of the furniture group, as well as decorative elements. In addition, it makes sense to make the ceilings simple here, from a translucent canvas with masked LED elements. Moreover, they should not be the only source of light, since it should mainly penetrate into the room through wide windows... If there is not enough light, you can mount additional lamps in furniture or niches.

V modern interior there is no place for old things, so you have to get rid of them, but some elements from the past are quite welcome. For example simple wooden table artificially aged. Moreover, it is necessary in the selection of such decorative elements observe a sense of proportion.

By the way, if a room decorated in a modern style used to have a non-residential purpose, it would be just great to include elements of the loft style in its design. For example, you can leave a piece of brickwork or a ventilation pipe that runs through the room unfinished. The fact is that the modern style and the loft style perfectly complement each other, and such a design element is able to revive a strict room, made in the spirit of practicality and minimalism.

I like

Often, extraordinary do-it-yourself room decor techniques become the main highlight of the entire interior. But here it is important to take into account the style and design of the room: futuristic objects are a very dubious decoration of the living room in English style, wooden pallets with inscriptions in the rhythm of Provence will not be suitable for the interior of the kitchen with high technology as well as aluminum plates are unlikely to fit into elegant Art Deco. It is easy to go wrong when striving to create exquisite eclecticism. It is very important to think over everything in advance, namely the location and fastening of decorative elements.

We propose to consider interesting solutions for the room, in addition to paintings, posters and photos. However, we will not forget about them either.

Window as a decorative element of the interior

A window mounted into a wall, which is an interior partition, is a rather extraordinary method of dividing a space. Such a solution will not only become the main decoration of two zones at the same time, but will also allow you to skip more. natural light from one room to another.

The window frame can also be an extraordinary independent art object. Hang it on the wall or place it on the console - this technique will radically transform the atmosphere, add lightness and elegant charm to it.

The aged wooden frame with a large number of sections looks very colorful. Such a decorative thing is easy to make on your own with minimal cost.

A decorative window frame can serve not only as a decoration for a room, but also be a functional piece of furniture. So, mirrors look quite interesting in devitrification by the type window frame. Illustrative example presented in the photo of the bedroom interior.

Door against the wall

In addition to windows, old doors can become an unexpected decoration of the walls of a room. An exquisite idea is to hang on them something obvious in traditional wall decoration, for example, paintings, panels, photographs.

Large-scale panels

Room decoration three-dimensional panels- a great occasion to show your creative imagination. Here, try experimenting with textures, colors, materials, and more.

The dimensions of the decorative panel must be correlated with the square of the room and the workload of all other walls. A large panel in a small room will look ridiculous: after all, its texture and color sometimes absorb space. Note, panels and wallpapers are different things! The larger the panel, the brighter its role in home interior, the more neutral the adjacent walls should be.

Take a fresh look at regular material. An old metal sheet suspended from a chain will become an original and extraordinary substrate for a poster or photographs.

Squares from sections of simple fiberboard, painted with stain and silver (by the way, you can safely use painting and stencils), will be beautiful in the form of a panel. In this presentation, it will perfectly fit into the luxurious industrial loft style.

You can just as easily decorate one of the walls of the living room with your own hands. The composition of impressive large-scale tiles impresses with its originality and simplicity. You can endlessly fantasize on this topic.

See how the playful tic-tac-toe mood on the accent wall subtly spreads throughout the room.

Panels with 3D effect

Not so long ago, a fashionable trend for multidimensional decorative elements is rapidly gaining popularity. The 3D panels presented in the following photo literally attract the eyes of others. Reasonable prices allow many to purchase such panels for decoration, while the texture and pattern can be chosen to your taste. There are many design options: engraving, plaster bas-reliefs, compositions from various multidimensional parts.

Do not forget about the fragility of such products. It is not easy to mount and transport them, but the visual result is worth it.

Room decoration with shelves

The shelves in the room can serve not only as a functional piece of furniture, but also creative decor in the room. It is important that the shelves contrast in color with the wall. Think carefully how to fill them beautifully and harmoniously - half-empty shelves create a feeling of a certain imperfection of the interior. Candles and lamps, hourglasses, original book holders, colorful ceramics will be excellent decorative content.

An even greater decorative effect will be created by cute compact non-standard shelves (triangles, polyhedral cells, unnatural corners).

Posters and paintings

Decorating a room with paintings, photographs and posters is perhaps the most common decor today. In order for the result to meet expectations, to look dignified and uncommon, you need to carefully select the elements of fine art.

Be creative, choose a non-standard approach: frame herbarium of plants instead of painted still lifes, tin panels and posters in a retro style instead of flowers on canvas, pencil sketches of animals instead of waterfalls and beaches.

If you do decide to buy something unique, buy paintings at exhibitions, special sites or on trips abroad.

Photos can be arranged in a completely non-standard way.

Unusual attributes

Giant letters in inscriptions, quotes in posters, deer antlers - all these objects are so often found in interiors that today I would hardly want to see them again. But even from these seemingly familiar details, you can create an original combination in your own way. You just need to interpret them skillfully.

So, for example, a composition of five medallions with deer antlers already looks unusual, and inscriptions made in a non-standard font and placed on atypical canvases (not in rectangular frames, but at least in a hexagon) are perceived completely differently.

More ideas for decorating a room with your own hands are presented in a bright selection in the photo.

Original decor of flowers and plants

Each apartment has its own atmosphere, its own face and its own style. First of all, this applies to rooms in which the whole family often gathers, and where guests are received. Since the “heart” of the apartment is rightfully considered to be the living room, therefore, it is necessary to approach the creation of the design of this room with all responsibility. This article will discuss how to decorate a living room in an apartment.

Family or friends can be enjoyed in any size room, although not all have spacious, well-shaped rooms. The existing small space with the help of a thoughtful design can be changed so much that the disadvantages of such a room turn into advantages.

Choosing a style for decorating a living room

Before starting the design process, it is important to determine what kind of living room should have. Any style can be embodied in its interior, but you need to proceed from what the dimensions of the room and its location in the apartment are. Our time has special fashion trends, so it is worth considering how to decorate the living room in a modern way.

In the improvement of a small living room, different variations are possible. If an expansion of space is required, then the room must be filled with light shades and a minimum of furniture should be used. In this case, it is possible to use high-tech or minimalism style, or, if you wish, you can create a room-casket with antique furniture and things, heavy curtains and other attributes inherent in the classical style.

You may also be interested in the design of a small living room, made in the loft style, which creates a bright space that is not overloaded with furniture. Expansion of space is achieved through a minimum of decoration and the use of simple furniture suitable for the given space.

The loft style requires the elimination of all unnecessary things - furniture and decor elements. Such urbanism will be appreciated by modern young people, for whom, above all, space and the absence of restrictions in everything, even in the interior.

The retro style is characterized by a combination of the most unpredictable shades: pink with black, green with yellow, red and orange. These colors find their application also in finishing materials, accessories, furniture upholstery.

This style is characterized by very good lighting, which can be achieved with the help of lamps with fringe or lampshade, lamps with laces, floor lamps in the style of the 70s.

To further emphasize the retro style, it would be nice to add antiques to the interior of the living room - a gramophone, old black and white photos depicting cityscapes, rocking chair, turntable with records.

Art Nouveau design requires a lot of free space, but excludes strict straight lines.

The main color solutions modern - light shades combined with golden, yellow, brown and red. Of the materials, glass and wood are always present. Lambrequins and curtain tacks will look beautiful on the windows.

The main criteria of the Art Nouveau style are naturalness, simplicity and comfort.

Design small room can be performed in African or other ethnic style... Minimalism is ideal for a spacious living room that is not overloaded with excesses, and therefore such a room will look airy and light. The classic style can be used in the design of a narrow living room, moreover, combined with a kitchen or dining room. An interesting design of the living room in the Japanese style with its inherent asceticism and impersonality.

In the current interpretation, podiums can represent seating areas on the floor, while coffee table can be used as a low Japanese table, and hieroglyphs will decorate pieces of furniture and accessories.

The use of purely traditional things will allow you to feel the atmosphere of the Japanese mood.

In private households and in apartments with large living rooms, the eco-style is widely used, combining room space and nature.

Majority layout modern apartments often does not allow creating such an interior, and cottages with spacious rooms and a large number of windows are suitable option for the embodiment of eco style.

Living rooms in such houses are located on the ground floor, and through glass sliding doors you can go directly to the garden, which creates many ideas for eco-design. In the work, only natural ecologically clean materials- stone, wood, cork, rattan, vine, natural fabrics, which helps to feel the natural natural atmosphere. You can decorate a large living room in the spirit of the classics with all the luxury and pomp typical of this style.

Classicism is distinguished by the presence of stucco, columns, mirrors framed by wood and carvings, forged furniture, heavy expensive curtains and, of course, a fireplace.

The only thing that is unacceptable for the classic style is cheap knockoffs. It is the classic-style living room that will suitable room for collectors. In such a room, you can place paintings, sculptures, old toys and other rare and antique items. They can be hung, placed on special podiums or in wall niches. Thus, you can create your own private gallery in the apartment.

If the room will be used for outdoor activities, parties and other entertainment, it can be decorated in a minimalist style.

As you can see, there are many ideas for living room design. The main goal is not the embodiment of bold, but by no means suitable fantasies, but the comfort and convenience of home owners. When, finally, a style is chosen, questions arise related to the layout of the space, the choice of finishing materials, the acquisition and placement of furniture, the use of decorative elements and accessories.

Living room layout

In order to efficiently and functionally use the available space, a well-thought-out layout is necessary. If there is a need to combine the living room with the kitchen and the dining room, you should determine the possible location of the dining table and take into account that the so-called "wet" area is not transferred from the starting position. Then, by means of finishing, you need to visually separate the soft area from the dining area. It is better to divide the room space across, and not along, in order to highlight two or three square zones, and not one narrow "pencil case".

If it is planned to place a workplace in the living room, if possible, it should be placed closer to the window, or equipped with high-quality lighting in it. For a children's play area in this space, the floor is insulated and this area is filled with sports equipment and educational toys. For karaoke in the living room, you can choose a place and equip a podium. There are enough options for planning the living room, but the main rule is that the center of the space is the dining and living areas.

Living room decoration

Now that the planning issues have been resolved, you can choose the finishing materials. Moreover, the finishing options must be combined with the chosen style and with the design of functional areas. The floor in the living room can be made of durable, beautiful and at the same time presentable materials: parquet or laminate. For eco style as flooring cork is suitable, and carpet for the play area.

Luxurious self-leveling floors are very popular in our time. They look especially good in the living room.

To delimit the space into zones, a podium is erected or different colors are used when decorating the floor. Walls can be papered, trimmed decorative plaster or paint, and imitation of brickwork is relevant for the loft style. It will look very beautiful if you highlight one of the zones with original wallpaper or textiles. The shades of materials for the walls are used light - so the room will visually become larger. If the living room is small, then one of the walls can be decorated with mirrors. In this case, the space visually increases. And finishing the walls to the state of a glossy surface will create an airy atmosphere.

To give the living room a cozy, warm atmosphere, you need to effectively decorate the walls. Moreover, this must be done in such a way as not only to fill the void of the wall with just what, but to pick up decorative items according to the style and color of the room.

For the design of small standard living rooms, an urban style is most acceptable, including a comfortable modern furniture without any curves or curls. The walls are usually decorated in light colors; straight curtains without drapery are ideal for them. And thanks to decorative textiles the room will come alive and brighter.

The walls in such an interior are decorated narrow shelves with large photos, large posters and of course modern paintings in flat thin frames. You can use mirrors in the design of the walls - this will visually increase the small space of the room.

It is more expedient to select decorative decorations for compositions on the wall in accordance with the chosen style and color scheme.

In the interior of the Provence style - varieties of country will find their application pastel wallpaper and bright colours chintz. Against their background, furniture of light, as if burnt-out shades will look very aesthetically pleasing.

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A bright accent on the wall will be decorative plates or wall compositions of dried flowers, both with and without frames.

To give a Provence style living room fresh notes, one of the walls is highlighted with wallpaper of a different color or drapery with light textiles.

Furniture selection

Usually the room has a large and comfortable sofa or sofa area. If space permits, then use two sofas of the same texture, but different colors, and a couple of chairs of the same color. Thus, a soft area can be decorated in the living room. On the opposite wall from the sofa area, there is a large TV. In order not to clutter up the room with massive pieces of furniture, it is better to use a TV stand, where you can also place books and decorative items. The center of the sofa area will rightfully be occupied by a coffee table designed for tea drinking and board games.

The work area can be separated with open shelving with books. This functional solution, since it creates the effect of a kind of library with a desktop and soft stools... It is advisable to place a fireplace next to the sofa area. If, for some reason, the construction of a real fireplace cannot be carried out, then the installation of a decorative or electric fireplace can be an alternative.

In a small living room, in order to save space, you can install transformable furniture: cabinets, shelves, armchairs, sofas, tables.

Decor in the interior of the living room

There should be moderation in everything - this unshakable principle is also true in relation to decorative elements. A spacious living room can have a large number of decorative items, but all of them should be combined with one of the chosen styles. This applies to accessories, figurines, sculptures, paintings, wall photographs.

As a decor in such a room there are lamps of unusual shapes. For good lighting of a large room, one chandelier may not be enough, therefore, they install sconces, floor lamps, lamps built in wardrobes or niches. When creating the interior of the living room, it is important to remember that the main purpose of this room is comfortable rest the whole family. Therefore, using various ideas, you can equip a cozy corner for family communication or an entertainment area for relaxing with friends.

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