Country style furniture - everything perfect is simple

The rustic style that originated in England at the beginning of the last century does not have a specific nationality. Speaking about country (from the English term country “village, country”), they usually mean the average image of a rural house or city apartment, decorated in accordance with the principles of this style.

1. Extreme simplicity in everything, combining a craving for nature and a certain romance.
2. Striving for the highest degree of functionality and convenience.
3. The ability to use the unique features of the village style, formed on the territory of various states under the influence of the cultural traditions of these countries.
4. Lack of pretentiousness and ostentatious luxury.
5. Application for interior decoration of the simplest natural materials, as well as textiles made from natural raw materials.
6. The use of a single color scheme, "borrowed" from nature, the predominance of light and pastel colors in the interior.
7. Refusal to use ultramodern materials and technologies.

Most often, the country style is used to decorate kitchens, dining rooms and living rooms. Slightly less often - for the purpose of decorating bedrooms. The rustic style is almost never used when creating interiors for children's rooms. The basis of any modern interior is, first of all, furniture. Let’s try to find out how the flavor of the “village dwelling” affects the choice of basic furniture accessories.

Before filling the kitchen space with all kinds of furniture, you need to make sure that the purchased accessories will meet such country style requirements as convenience, simplicity and practicality.

In the kitchen area, furniture with straight lines and the simplest decor will be appropriate. In such a kitchen, you can often find the following furniture accessories:

• a massive wooden table of uncomplicated shape, which can gather a large number of people;
• simple stable chairs or benches made of wood or twigs;
• solid antique cupboards found in the attic and carefully restored by their owners;
• cozy kitchen sofas of a simple form;
• wall cabinets and shelves imitating antiquities;
• old chests and baskets for storing kitchen utensils.

In general, such kitchen furniture should have a somewhat rude appearance. It is known that the country style completely does not accept the latest modern technology on display, in connection with which it will be quite difficult to use important kitchen appliances. The owners of such housing will most likely have to think about how to “hide” the most necessary electrical appliances so that their daily operation is not accompanied by significant problems.

The furniture in the country-style kitchen is superbly complemented by ceramic plates. These accessories can be placed on shelves and hung on the walls. Do not forget about wicker baskets for cookies, tin containers for tea and flowers. The rustic style allows the use of a wide variety of floral arrangements: in such interiors both bouquets of artificial flowers and living plants placed in stylish vases or flowerpots look great.

Very often, designers combine the living room, dining room and hall into a single space, giving it unique features of the country style. At registration of this zone it is recommended to use only typically "rural" materials. Therefore, you should forget about linoleum, suspended ceilings and plastic panels. Glass and chrome surfaces will also be inappropriate.But forged products and furniture with the use of old metal and bronze will fall "to the court." Furniture purchased for the design of such a premises is most often made of oak, walnut, pine or cherry.

1. In the living room, good-quality furniture samples with a "touch of antiquity" will look good:
   ordinary cabinets without polishing;
2. simple sofas and armchairs, covered with rough textiles of natural colors (beige, pale green, tawny, bluish);
3. comfortable rocking chairs;
4. bookshelves suspended from the very ceiling;
5. voluminous chests.

Do-it-yourself accessories (decorative pillows, home-made rugs, embroidered tablecloths and napkins, patchwork covers, chair covers made of rough materials) will help to give the furniture a finished look in such a living room. A table lamp with an original lampshade, steady candlesticks and stylish figurines made of bronze, ceramics and wood will perfectly fit into the interior of the living room.

There is another important point that should be taken into account when decorating a living room in a rustic style: a fireplace should be provided in such a room. Fire can be either live or fake. The owners of country houses can afford true luxury - a solid, self-made stove that you can cook food on.

Country style is simple and complex at the same time. The main difficulties arise at the moment when it is necessary to place all kinds of devices and electrical appliances in the interior, which bring comfort and diversity to the life of a modern person - home theaters, sports simulators and computers.

The bedroom, decorated in a country style, can be called a model of comfort. Such a space provides for:

• a large solid bed with a headboard;
• simple and reliable bedside tables from various types of wood;
• functional dressing table;
• a wardrobe made of rough wood.

When choosing textiles for bedroom furniture made in a rustic style, it is recommended to use the colors that are already available in the interior: terracotta, green, cream, golden-crimson and blue. For rustic interiors, fine-grained, polka-dot and floral textiles are usually suitable. A few gizmos with stripes won't hurt either.

When choosing a fabric for upholstery in country style furniture, first of all, you should pay attention to such qualities of upholstery materials as resistance to pollution and durability. It is desirable that furniture covers can be washed in a machine. This will allow homeowners to avoid unnecessary dry cleaning costs.

As you can see, letting in a fresh stream of rustic air can be in any interior. And it does not matter where you live - in a real country house or in an ordinary apartment, located on the outskirts of the metropolis.