Have you always wanted to live in the UK? Nothing is easier - turn your own apartment into a cozy corner of good old England! Furnish your home in a classic English style , if it is close to you in spirit.
The main features of this style are strictness and restraint combined with wealth and luxury. This is not so easy to achieve, as it seems, especially if you want to apply the English style in the interior of a small apartment. Find out what techniques designers use.
Features of the English style for a small apartment
Here are some tips to help you get as close to the desired result:
- first of all, think over the color scheme of the rooms. In a small apartment, usually only a few windows, and they go to a certain side of the world. Typically, for the southern or western room use cold colors (for example, green, azure or snow-white), and in the rooms facing north or east - on the contrary, warm (pink, golden, brown);
- Large mirrors and paintings in massive frames for a small apartment will not work. In an extreme case, limit yourself to one similar element - it will emphasize the style, and at the same time will not overload the space;
- in terms of materials used, the area of the apartment does not limit you. Yellow copper, gilding, crystal will look great both in a huge country house, and in a city two-room Khrushchev;
- The British habit of rigor and order will be very useful in the design of a small apartment. Let the decor elements be few, but they will be an excellent accent in the interior. For example, traditional shelves with family relics will replace shelves "under the classics." They will save space and simultaneously keep the necessary proportions in the design.
- English style will be appropriate if the kitchen and dining room in your apartment are represented by two different rooms. This is easy to arrange, if your apartment is not a standard building, but with redevelopment;
- To decorate a small bathroom in the English style will help gold plated parts of sanitary ware, black and white floor tiles, laid out with a chess pattern, a lamp or a lamp with matt lamps.
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