Designers from the studio "Arca interiors" and Vera Shevendin shared a delometric recommendations for those who are lost in choosing a style for an apartment or at home. They will significantly simplify the solution of the issue.
1 Rate your budget
Different styles have different principles and key characteristics. And how qualitatively it turns out to embody the selected style, it is very dependent on the available budget.
"To stop at a certain style, you need to understand the project budget. Scandinavian style, for example, does not require decoration in the form of stucco on the ceiling and on the walls, inexpensive furniture in this style can be bought in Ikea. And for modern classics and American style, a bigger budget will require expensive materials and furniture, "says designer Vera Sheverdock.
2 Describe how you want to see your home
This can be a very short description of several adjectives.
Designers Irina Petrov and Olga Vasilyeva, Studio "Arca Interiors":
Natural, pacifying, impressive, luxurious or discreet? In the future, all materials and items in the interior must respond to at least one of the selected adjectives. This is a kind of test for compliance with the overall concept. The apartment does not place with random subjects, textures, colors. All of them must be part of a large whole, fold into a single puzzle.
3 Ask the seven.
If you are not going to live in an apartment alone, you will have to reckon with the opinion of all family members. At the same time, people often like opposite to the style and nature of the interiors. Sometimes you have to look for copromes, but you can go to another step - to choose styles mixing. Designers are not against.
"Do not be afraid to mix styles. Recently, it is increasingly possible to meet projects that cannot be unambiguously attributed to some one style. The trend of recent years (which concerns, by the way, and the wardrobe) - the mixture of modernity and classics, care from pure styles, eclecticism, "say the Specialists of the studio" Arca interiors ".
4 Consider the source data of the apartment
The housing configuration will also affect what the interior style you choose.
Designer Vera Sheverdock:
Is it a country house, studio or maybe it is an apartment with high ceilings, where can I organize the mezzanine, the attic with the bed? For a compact studio, a functional Scandinavian style with its light colors is suitable, a country house can be solved in a cozy American style, and an apartment with high ceilings and mezzanine to arrange in the Loft style.
5 Look for inspiration
Designers of the studio "ARCA interiors" are recommended not to be limited to watching ready-made interiors. "Photographs of nature, art objects, a variety of prints, separate furniture items, color schemes, photos of cities and even frames from your favorite films. All this is advisable to collect on one board (mudboard), virtual or physical - it will be a starting point for creating an interior. You must feel the mood and the nature of the future house, "recommended Olga Vasilyeva and Irina Petrov.
6 Evaluate the furniture and decor that you already have
In any case, you move to a new house with a certain luggage of things, including those that will be used in the interior. Even if before that you lived in a removable apartment and do not carry in new furniture.
"Perhaps you brought something with you from travel, for example, a ceramic handmade vase, or you got an antique dresser from relatives, or Loft style posters you purchased on a trip. It can be the component of your interior! "," Says Vera Shevendock.
7 Decide Color Hamm
The colors that you like will also affect the choice of the style of the interior, because different aesthetics are inherent different palettes. For the same popular scand, light tones and wood are characteristic. But the choice of colors should be dictated not only by personal preferences, but the objective characteristics of the room.
"Consider the floor of the apartment, the side of the light on which the apartment windows come out, whether the sun falls in the room," recommends Vera Sheverdock.
8 Avoid trend
If your plans do not include a new repair in a couple of years, from trend styles and solutions it is better to refuse.
"Design out of time is a win-win version - Irina Petrov and Olga Vasilyeva say. - How to understand what is temporary trend? It flashes in most interiors created in recent years. It is better to turn to the interiors created by world-class masters, and no matter how many years of these works. "
