Arranging your home is a process that everyone will face at least once in their life. Properly choosing and adhering to a certain style of design, you can achieve comfort and peace in the house. About the rules of the arrangement of the bedroom in the English style talk in this article.
Features
This style originates in the 17th century, when England was the strongest country in the world. Then some elements of the interior were borrowed from the colonial countries. So Oriental motifs came to European severity.
The basis of the English interior is symmetry, strict zoning of premises, the use of natural materials (mainly wood), dimmed lighting and calm colors. In the old castles bedrooms were small for quick heating.
This design option is well suited for an apartment building in which there are no large rooms.
In Britain, it is customary to buy furniture for centuries, passing it from generation to generation. Therefore, it should be made of high-quality and well-treated material. A massive bed made of solid wood or its modern counterparts are usually placed in the center of the room by the headboard to the larger wall. At the edges put bedside tables.
Of course, English bedroom is not without a fireplace and a pair of classic chairs.
The walls can be decorated with stucco or its analogs, the presence of a Scottish cage is possible. The interior is dominated by brown with dark green or bronze accents.
The advantage of such an environment will be elegance, thought out with British rigorous arrangement of furniture, luxury and good quality. This style is not suitable for lovers of modern interiors.
There is no place for dedicated free space.
Required interior elements
Bed - the main attribute of the bedroom in the English style. It should be high and as wide as possible. Bedside lamps or wall-mounted sconces provide the room with subdued light.
The element of the British classics is the fireplace. In a private house, where there is an opportunity to make a chimney, it is better to make a real one, and there is a place to store firewood next to it. To date, there are many electric fireplaces that have similarities with these. In cold weather, such electrical equipment will warm the owners.
As a rule, there are 2 cozy chairs by the fireplace. To create an entourage without the heating function on the wall place the false panel in the form of an English fireplace. A miniature statuette and a large carpet on the floor will remind you of eastern countries.
It is necessary to allocate space for a spacious dresser and storage cabinets, bed linen.
It is advisable to choose furniture from natural wood.
Furniture selection
Dear, antique furniture has long been held in high esteem among aristocrats in Britain. It is believed that in past centuries furniture structures were made of higher quality materials for special orders. Such models can be found in rare samples.
Men's bedroom
The excesses in the design of the men's bedroom are much less common than in women. The main details of such a room are a bed, bedside tables, a chest of drawers and a wardrobe.
This is enough for the masculine decoration.
Bedroom for a girl
For the women's room is characterized by the presence of more furniture.The bed is equipped with a canopy, and there is also a small sofa or a pair of chairs with a floral print. Dressing table, ottoman, curtains emphasize the elegance inherent in the female sex.
Parts not recommended
In the classical English style, the presence of steel elements, decor and furniture is unacceptable. Popular black and white gamma is also unacceptable. Multifunctional furniture and modern household appliances will not find a place in this style, and if necessary, its presence is disguised as antiquity. When you are in such a room, the main sensations should be peace and regularity.
In such rooms, the presence of parts belonging to a different style or era is undesirable.
For example, a Russian stove in this interior will look ridiculous.
Selection of finishing materials and colors
In the English bedrooms, despite the conservatism, acceptable a large number of color options. Dark brown wood is a classic that is combined with dark green and bronze shades. The third color should always be bright. This arrangement of colors can add to the room history and mystery.
You can find rooms in bright colors, and brown or beige emit only some accents. The main requirement is the presence of natural colors and the absence of bright colors. During the formation of the English style, natural, unpainted furniture and accessories were used. In this style coexist British luxury and oriental splendor. A mandatory element will be the presence of a carpet with a dull oriental pattern, which will add comfort to the room.
Floor covering
Floors are covered with parquet or laminate with a corresponding pattern. In small rooms they are laid diagonally, this allows the room to be made visually larger. Sometimes the entire floor is covered with a carpet of neutral color. It is difficult to care for him, but he will add a feeling of warmth in the room.
On top of it you can lay a carpet.
Wall decoration
Walls should emphasize luxury and sophistication. For this purpose, they use expensive fabric wallpaper or silk-screen printing with printed floral print. Sometimes the surface is decorated with moldings resembling stucco, or wood paneling. Recently, modern solutions have increasingly come to this design. Sometimes there are monotonously painted walls, while they emphasize antique furniture and other interior details. All done in soothing colors.
Ceiling decoration
Almost always the ceiling is plain, white. Thus, an excess of luxury is balanced in the interior. In places of a ceiling adjoining to walls the ceiling plinth or a baguette fastens. Depending on the area, it may be small or, like all other elements, to have volumetric forms, to look like old stucco.
Sometimes you can meet the ceiling, sheathed with wooden planks, which creates the effect of a medieval castle.
Windows and doors
The English style places special demands on the shape and materials of doors and windows. As already mentioned, this style is characterized by symmetry. If there are several windows or doors in the room, they must be of the same design. The British do not like plastic in the interior, so all the windows and doors are made of wood. Today you can find many alternatives to natural materials. The frames are decorated with a spear that is glued onto the inside of the window.
The doors are made of solid oak or beech, moldings on the perimeter emphasize the respectability and style of the room. Painted elements are allowed in the bright interior.
Fireplace details
Not every private house has the technical ability to install a real fireplace on the wood. In apartments, dreaming of such luxury is not at all necessary. If it is not possible or too expensive to install a full-fledged fireplace, the installation of an electric one will be an excellent replacement.Such a device has a decent appearance, from which heat emanates during operation and, in some cases, the sound of cracking firewood.
So that in the English bedroom such a fireplace with the naked eye is indistinguishable from the present, they make a box of gypsum cardboard on which an electric fireplace is attached.
The box itself protruding from the wall is lined with an imitation of a brick or other stone.
Curtains and other textiles
For the English bedroom is recommended to use only textiles made from natural materials. The windows are decorated with large and heavy curtains, the canopy of the bed is made of the same material. Elegant bedspread and small pillows decorate the high bed. Variants of the pattern can be:
- east ornament pictured on wallpaper or upholstered furniture;
- tartan - the Scottish cell in parts of Britain is national and is present on textile interior elements;
- floral print - appropriate floral elements, large or small, repeated in woven interior components.
Tips for decorating the bedroom in the English style, see the following video.