Chalet, or "shepherd's hut", is gaining increasing popularity in the fashion wave of environmentally friendly materials.
What is a chalet-style interior?
The main characteristics of the interior in the style of the "chalet" are as follows:
- Wood and stone - the main materials for decoration (and, ideally - for the construction) of the interior.
- Wooden beams on the ceilings.
- Plaque of antiquity - is created mainly with the help of facing with aged brick and deliberately aged wood. Also in the elements of the interior things look "old-fashioned" and executed in the style of "krakla".
- A fireplace made of natural stone, or an imitation fireplace, but necessarily with a portal made of natural stone.
- Colors are natural, occurring in nature: dark for wood (whitewashed wood is usually found in Austrian chalets), pastel tones for plaster, also used terracotta and greenish colors. Furniture upholstery gives preference to unpainted fabrics.
Interior in the style of the chalet will in many respects be dictated by the color scheme: the ideal style of the chalet is built on the color contrasts of natural, natural materials. Bleached walls and ceiling beams in the color of dark wood, dark furniture and a light carpet of natural cover, light walls and dark floor, etc.
Furniture in the style of the chalet should be large and comfortable, with a slightly rough finish and the lack of exquisite elements. In the choice of furniture you need to build on the name of the style: in the shepherd's hut, you can not find thin armchairs with gilding and ornate elements from the Renaissance, shiny fabrics with rich embroidery and gilded threads.
Materials for furniture in the style of the chalet: leather, wood, natural fabrics with rough finish. The upholstery color can be either dark or light. A floral pattern, an ornament, a strip is allowed.
The interior of the house in the style of the chalet will outwardly differ from any other houses. Distributed chalet houses in Germany, Austria and the Alps.
What should be a chalet-style house?
Distinctive features of a house in the style of a chalet:
- Gable roof with strongly protruding cornice overhangs.
- Wooden walls or first floor made of stone.
- Color contrasts, most often white walls and dark beams.
Chalet - Alpine style, which is an example of the most popular version of the chalet, has a high ground floor made of stone. Walls facing the sunny side, plastered, other walls can be additionally covered with wood.
A prerequisite for the construction of a chalet-style house is the orientation around the world, that is, a winter garden on the southern side, not the north side, a bedroom oriented to the sunny side.
Bedroom in chalet style
When decorating a bedroom in the style of a chalet, the basic canons of style are also adhered to: natural materials, beams, plastered walls, mostly of light color. The color solution remains calm: soft shades of natural wood, flax; It is possible to use bright color accents, for example, the colors of juicy greens. Furniture in the bedroom should also be fairly simple, preferably unpolished. Lighting should be soft, preferably sconces and hidden lamps. Required in the bedroom curtains should ideally fit into the style of the chalet.
To the curtains in the style of the chalet are high demands:
- natural materials;
- no synthetic luster;
- natural colors: gray, beige, milky. It is best to use unpainted fabric to create curtains in the chalet style;
- Ideal curtains with no patterns and ornaments, although the latter are allowed;
- it is better to choose dense heavy materials, since they are most consistent with the style of the "shepherd's house".