Budget project: Scandinavian style interior
The Scandinavian style is very democratic - it combines old and new trends, sometimes allows you to use problem furniture, presenting deterioration as a fashionable vintage element, serves as a means of visually expressing the interests and preferences of the owner, his moods and character.
The result is a cozy, attractive and modern interior with acceptable elements of eclecticism. For example, next to the rude furniture from planed boards (tables, stools, benches) there can be a soft office chair on a metal base, plastic designer chairs from the middle of the last century (from Charles and Rey Imzov and Eero Saarinen).
The predominant colors of the style are white and all shades of earthy tones.
White color symbolizes the snowy expanses of the northern country, shades of brown - solidity, security, naturalness. Color blocks (combinations of white and gray) are used as one of the means of zoning space - a working corner, recreation areas, dining room, kitchen, bedroom.
One of the main signs of the style is natural wood furnishings. You can make them yourself (or order from a local craftsman). If the wheels are equipped with a coffee table or TV stand made of wood waste, this will make it convenient to use the furnishings not only for their intended purpose, but also when the apartment is being cleaned.
For apartments of small dimensions, modular furniture, transformer furniture, open shelves and shelves, antique drawers with deep drawers are suitable, which allow saving space and rationally distributing furnishings in space. Folding furniture, serving, depending on the time of day, a sofa and a bed, is quite roomy. On it, having gathered for family or friendly gatherings, several people will comfortably fit. Sectional furniture with closed facades, equipped with handles for opening left or right, helps to hide those things that are not currently in use.
Recognition of style is manifested in the combination of furniture, accessories and decor items - sheepskin carpets, frame elements on the wall. It is small decorative details that create an atmosphere of warmth and joy. Individualization of space is realized by placing photos, favorite images, posters, applications in frames and without.
Wall decorations above the sofa look very artistic. Cushions, “scattered” in random order, add dynamism and expressiveness to the interior. Cushion covers, covers for chairs and armchairs, as well as bedspreads are made of thick printed fabrics. Prints with ornaments representing the wildlife of the North (rivers, trees, birds, forest animals), as well as products crocheted or on large knitting needles, can make a glamorous room even in gray and white colors. The love of their country among the inhabitants of Northern Europe is manifested in the use of folklore patterns, stylized images of the cross from the national flag of Denmark (Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland).
The problem of limited footage is solved not only with the help of carefully selected pieces of furniture and their rational distribution over the area. One of the optical techniques used by designers to increase the volume is illumination. The illumination system includes natural fluxes of radiation coming through the windows, and artificial - ceiling, wall, floor and table lamps. On the eve of the holidays, decorative lighting in the form of a garland of LED bulbs is quite appropriate.
Windows are made using translucent curtains, blinds, or left completely open (in the sense without curtains).
Simple and clean forms that characterize the Scandinavian style open up enormous scope for creative expression.
On the eve of the Christmas holidays, the voluminous tree will be completely replaced by its 2D counterpart from planed boards - and the smell of a tree will fill the room, and there will not be much space. Small planks on the “branches” will play the role of shelves, which will accommodate a notebook with a record of New Year's wishes, wooden toys that do not threaten to break when falling. A miniature living Christmas tree in a pot will add the aroma of fresh needles, and in spring a tree can be planted in front of the house. The branches in a large glass jar will decorate several homemade foil toys. Respect for the environment is also a feature of Scandinavian design, or rather, designers who plant new ones instead of trees cut down for furniture production.
Scandinavian style is an excellent solution for decorating a living space for those who want to combine functionality, aesthetics and budgetary efficiency.
