Art Nouveau living room (25 photos): stylish modern interiors
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Modern translates from English as modern or relevant. This style was born at the beginning of the 19th century, but today it has not lost its popularity. Many designers use modern to decorate the bedroom, living room, kitchen and even the nursery. Its main feature is a unique decor, natural motifs and original furniture.
Art Nouveau living room interior
The modern living room is saturated shades and bright colors: pearl gray, green, purple, etc. However, too aggressive and rich colors (red sofas, walls, cabinets, chests of drawers, etc.) are not appropriate here. Tenderness, muffle and glossy softness of shades comes to the fore.
Materials used:
- ceramics;
- natural stone;
- wood;
- gypsum;
- crystal;
- glass (look very stylish, for example, modular glass cabinets, chairs and tables in the modern interior);
- marble.
Surface finish
Walls
The walls in the living room, as well as chests of drawers, can be decorated with wide moldings or wood panels. In addition, often used:
- hand-painted decoration;
- modern natural patterns (also put sofas with similar upholstery along the wall);
- paint (glossy light palette);
- wallpaper with fabric texture.
Ceiling
The decoration of the ceiling is a wallpaper for painting or plastering (usually use white colors). A stretched multi-level ceiling with a modern pattern will not look bad here. As an addition, you can use spotlights located along the entire perimeter of the ceiling with soft lighting. And the original wall, tables or modular dressers will become a bright accent.
Note: the ceiling decoration of the living room or kitchen also does not allow too bright colors, whether it is ordinary glossy paint, wallpaper or suspended modular designs with patterns.
Floor
The Art Nouveau living room is marble or parquet on the floor, laid with a herringbone. Another modern option for decorating the Art Nouveau floor is a glossy surface with murals. Some designers even choose a rather bold solution - dark marble flooring and similarly colored modular furniture: chests of drawers, wall, tables, chairs, etc.
Living room zoning
This technique is especially relevant if the room is small. Zoning methods may be as follows:
- Curtains or modular screens, sometimes even curtains made of light materials.
- Drywall wall.
- Highlighting individual sections of the kitchen or living room by changing the height of the ceiling and floor (for example, creating a small podium on the floor).
- The use of combined lighting - brighter lamps in the working area and dim lighting of the recreation area.
- Placement in the room of shelving (also set cabinets) - any high furniture.
Furniture
The Art Nouveau living room is also multifunctional furniture without unnecessary decor, as well as with not very bright upholstery: sofas, armchairs, chairs, chests of drawers and tables in soothing colors. There may also be original drawings or images of fairy-tale characters.
Looks good in modern style and fireplaces located in the center of the room. They, like tables, are often decorated with stucco, trimmed with marble, granite or other natural materials.By the way, using fireplaces is a good tone not only in the modern style. Fireplaces make the atmosphere of any room truly cozy and warm.
Note: it is best to install full-fledged fireplaces, that is, one that works on wood, and not a cheap imitation. Art Nouveau does not tolerate mediocrity and routine.
The living room interior in modern style with wrought iron elements will look original and stylish: railings of stairs, chests of drawers, grates and fireplaces. Other furniture can also be forged: sofas, wall, carved tables, chairs, etc.
In addition, when planning the living room there is no rigor - furniture is combined in unusual compositions or placed diagonally. For example, the same wall, chairs and tables.
Windows and doors
The interior of the Art Nouveau style provides for elongated, arched windows and doors. If the windows of the kitchen or living room are rectangular, then the necessary lines create stylish wallpapers and curtains that are fixed in a special way on the ledge and draped. It can be:
- blinds;
- tulle;
- a combination of the first and second options (curtains and tulle).
The Art Nouveau style in the living room is also highlighted by asymmetrical organza curtains, sofas, cabinets, stained glass, a wall and wallpaper painted with natural motifs.
Lighting
The interior of the living room and kitchen in the Art Nouveau style is the lighting that makes the design of the room unique and is divided into two main types:
- decorative (serves mainly as a decorating element - chandeliers, floor lamps, lamps);
- functional (may be primary and secondary).
Well, again, the main lighting also includes target and background. The last option is spot and pendant lights and chandeliers, as well as floor and wall lamps.
As for the target lighting, this is a bright direct light, which is necessary for certain activities: sewing, reading or writing. This type of lighting includes:
- fixtures and chandeliers with closed forms and openings that create the direction of light;
- chandeliers of the necessary action.
Features
- To design the living room in the Art Nouveau style as comfortable as possible, not only furniture and wallpaper are required, but also at least three chandeliers, differing in power and installed at different levels.
- You can visually increase the space using reflected light, as well as installing modular cabinets with mirrored doors.
- Lamps and chandeliers should have an elegant shape (like a wall, sofas, chairs, etc.): local colored glass lighting fixtures, matte cylindrical shades or chandeliers with dull light.
Accessories
Living room in modern style will not be complete without the use of unique accessories and items. These are various vases, cabinets, stained glass compositions, dressers, sculptures, curtains, reproductions and even jewelry. Again, do not forget in this case about the moderation of the color palette.
Carpet and curtains imitating grass will help to refresh the living room interior and visually expand the room.
Note: pastel muted tones of the walls (wallpaper, etc.) and the ceiling, combined with a rich green color on the floor, make any room modern and light.
Black and White - Classic Modern
Despite the new design decisions and fashion trends, the combination of black and white in the design of the living room in modern style is an indicator of classics.
Black and white colors can be complemented with green, blue or red shades. For example, pick up various modular designs in these colors: sofas, lamps, chairs, decorative elements, curtains, cabinets and other furniture.
