The Asian interior is not only tatami and Iquiban. Modern Japanese apartments can compete in functionality and conciseness with Scandinavian. We tell about the peculiarities of the Japanese interior: from finishing to decor.
The Japanese style in the interior is the charm of minimalism, natural materials and a practical absence of color, the basic aesthetics are based on all this. At first glance, it may seem even too simple and concise. But this impression is deceptive. How to recreate the pacifying and relaxing to the rest of the Asian house's stylist, tell in the article.
All about the design of the apartment in Japanese style
Stylistics featuresFinish
Choice of furniture
Lighting
Decor and accessories
Stylistics features
Recently, modern Japanese style reminds the style of Scandinavian countries that many Western designers offer to call his "Japandi Design) - something average between the Japanese and Scandinavian design.
- The first thing you need to know is the love of the Japanese to natural materials. These are the traditions, and the features of the culture: the abundance of a tree in decoration and furniture, on the floor - the mint tatami, replacing carpets, walls and thin, almost transparent, partitions from paper - sidie and much more. Today, the approach is almost the same: only glass was added to the materials. It can replace the paper in the japanese-style apartment decoration. Plastic and other artificial materials are still undesirable.
- A large number of "air", minimum of furniture - another trait that is difficult not to notice. There are no closures in the rooms, only the most necessary things.
- Previously, the Japanese houses assumed the easy transformation of the rooms: shifting and raising partitions - Fusum - it was possible to change their size and proportion. The same principle is found in apartments in Japan today.
- Simple and laconic forms - this approach is similar to Scandinavian. Therefore, even objects from IKE fit well into the design. Search for designer items not at all.
- The eye is resting in the apartment, so there are no dark and bright colors. The most bright space in the warm or neutral gamma due to the finishing and preservation of natural lighting is what you need.
Japanese-style room decoration
Finishing is one of the main design elements. It determines the mood of the interior, allows you to adjust the proportions of the room if necessary.
As mentioned above, the Asian style involves the use of exclusively natural materials. And first of all it concerns the design of gender, walls and ceiling. Light or medium-sized parquet - almost the only possible option of floor finish. The only exception is the bathroom and the work area in the kitchen, but also here it is advisable to use porcelain stoneware with imitation of the board. And the more realistic, the better.
Rice paper is not an option for decoration of walls in a typical urban apartment in Russia. Plaster light color and wooden rails can be an alternative to finishing the main walls. And mimic the partitions of the fusum or sissee can be used with glass and rails. Reception with the separation of space: Install the partition can be in the combined kitchen-living room, for example.
As an accent, designers often offer wooden textured light color panels - a great option for minimalist space.
The ceiling decoration depends largely on its height. If the ceilings are low, it is better to limit ourselves to the classic matte coating of white without sizes and decor. If the height allows, wooden beams or even the panels will help recreate the effect of a traditional Japanese home.
Choice of furniture
The most famous fact about furniture in Japan is its squatness. But in fact, low tea tables and pillows laid out on tatami, to meet in a regular apartment difficult. Judging by the photo, the Japanese prefer laconic items in Skandi's stylistics or even MID-Century.
- From materials preferably wood. You are definitely not mistaken if you will focus on it in the kitchen. It can be a headset without decor, and a dining table, and laconic chairs.
- Sofa without decorations, upholstered with cotton or flax, is a good choice in the living room.
- You can risk and recreate an authentic bedroom with a footcloth instead of a bed - this is a cotton mattress, soft and very cozy. His, by the way, the Japanese are often used today.
- If the experiments with the bed are not for you, and you still prefer traditional items, choose a low model of wood. And again: without decor, the simpler - the better. It is possible to put it on the podium, this is a good solution for small-sized premises.
- If the glass partitions are not assumed, you can enter a translucent screen for separating zones.
Planning the placement of furniture, remember that the main idea of the interior is airiness.
Lighting
Natural lighting and neutral artificial light - so designers recreate a Japanese style in the interior of the apartment.
There are no intricate accent chandeliers, laconicity is inherent in even lighting devices. If you think about buying a similar subject, focus on the creations of the designer Isama's legs, his collections "Akari", in particular (but, of course, and the furniture should not be ignored). These are lamps of paper and bamboo of different size and configuration. You can choose both ceiling and table lamps.
Look an inexpensive alternative easy. For example, in the assortment of the Swedish manufacturer IKEA there is a similar chandelier "Fombün". From what, indeed, it is worth abandoning, so it is from the painted lamps with hieroglyphs, an uncomplicated stylization for traditional lanterns. Such crafts usually look cheap and cause associations with the Chinese market.
Decor and accessories
The decoration of the interior in Japan is given a big role. This does not mean that you need to replace all tatami carpets. But, if you can lay the mat in one of the rooms, for example, in the bedroom, its interior will definitely be recognizable. An alternative to tatami can become a thin carpet of manual in calm colors. Such can be seized both in the kitchen and in the living room, and in the bedroom.
It is not necessary to get involved in paintings that imitate Asian art. Pictures with sakura, written by oil, is not the most obvious element in Japan. Such creativity is better replaced by gravy or watercolor. Moreover, today on the Internet is easy to find and genuine work of Japanese masters. In the extreme case, you can replace them with copies of the famous engravings in the style of Ukiye E. The most recognizable work in this style is "big wave in Canhanwa" Katsusiki hocus.
Ceramics is another important attribute of Asian culture. You can add colors using the XIX century VAZ. They are painted with flowers, graphic patterns and scenes from the life of the Japanese of one or another period. Modern ceramics are modest, these are subjects in natural muted shades.
Pay attention to the form. Non-standard minimalist products can become a raisin of decor. Moreover, the Japanese themselves are convinced: the vase should be a single composition with the contents. Flowers are part of Asian culture.
Here you are unlikely to meet English bouquets with garden roses. Beauty in minimalism, Iquiban is a whole art of creating compositions from flowers. And it can be mastered on its own. Without a claim for professionalism, you can experiment with the location of the flower material. To do this, you will need only Kensan - a metal holder with needles for fastening, a vase or a bowl-water-tank and a little time to study the theory.
