Combine the kitchen with a living room and dining room, lay out apron tiled-boar or add Viennese chairs - try one of these ways to add Scandinavian comfort to the interior of your kitchen.
1 Combine the kitchen and dining room
For the Scandinavian families, the kitchen is the center of the house, and the matter is not even in family gatherings. In cold weather, you want to be closer to the heat source, and then the stove is just like this source.
If you are at the stage of designing an apartment, or you are lucky and you are the owner of a large kitchen, distribute the zone correctly to remain not only for cooking, but also for the dining table. You can also combine the dining area with the living room and replace part of the chairs of the sofa.
2 Choose wooden surfaces
Tabletop made of wood, windowsill - also from wood, surface of the dining table - Scandinavians are not afraid to use natural material in the kitchen, despite the fact that it is a zone of high humidity. We advise you to follow their example, if you want to add a Scandinavian mood to the interior. And to protect the wooden surfaces from the water is simply covered with oil or varnish.
3 Stick clean colors
No need unnecessary brightness - the Scandinavian style is associated with white, gray, black, sometimes blue and green. There are no brightness in it or only in minimal doses in the form of colored dishes or textiles.
4 Play the contrast
However, the lack of bright accents does not cancel contrast - white with black and blue, gray. Even a tree with light facades is a kind of contrast.
5 Put on the floor mat
About the feasibility of carpet in the kitchen you can talk a lot. On the one hand, this solution seems impractical, because it is easy to drop some product or drop tea or coffee, and spoil the surface. On the other hand, it is important to choose the right material that will be easy to wash, for example, braided from the jute, then there will be no problems. But the Scandinavian coziness will definitely add.
6 Choose Scandinavian brands
For example, if you plan to beat the wallpaper, give preference to Scandinavian brands: BoraStapeter, Ecowallpaper, MrPerswall. Their specific drawings and color combinations will add the desired atmosphere, besides, they themselves look really stylish and produced from eco-friendly materials.
7 Add traditional style elements
What are the traditional elements of the Scandinavian style? For example, Viennese chairs or massive buffets for dishes. If you add similar items to the kitchen, you can create a scanda mood.
8 Make open shelves
You can generally abandon hinged cabinets (good idea, if you want to save) or simply replace some of them open shelves. This is also a distinctive feature of the Scandinavian cuisines and the chance to get closer to this style. Follow the order on the shelves, put on them a beautiful dishes or functional decor.
9 Choose a Cabanchik Tile for Apron
White Cabanchik with black or white seams - Agree, this is one of the first associations that comes with the thought of Scandinavian cuisine. Black seams are more practical, but there are no strict rules about the grout.
