Everyone wants to make their apartment as beautiful as possiblecomfortable and cozy, while not the least importance is given to design. In recent years, the fashion for oriental style in the interior has come from Western European countries, and today many people are interested in how to arrange their home in accordance with this trend.
Oriental style in the interior is one ofthe most fashionable trends of today for arranging your home. What is the oriental style? This design trend should include several stylistic solutions, the basis for which was the culture of Asian and Eastern countries. Thus, Indian, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese and Persian styles can rightfully be considered oriental style. Each of them has its own attributes, accessories and charm. To appreciate the features of interiors in the oriental style, you need to familiarize yourself with each of the above trends.
Luxury and splendor - features of Arabic and Persian styles
All the splendor of the East must be embodied indesign, made in Arabic or Persian style. This solution is ideal for people who love bright colors in the interior, lush and rich household items, exotic things and plants.
Figure 1.The design of a room in the Persian style should be done with the help of carpets covering the floor, heavy velvet curtains of cherry or peach color, tapestries with fringe and tassels. What should you focus on first of all, thinking about the interior of a room in the Persian style? Of course, on very bright and saturated colors of decoration and objects. The range of colors that can be used to recreate the spirit of Persian chambers is quite extensive. Despite this, only four should be the main ones: green, blue, gold and red. Each color symbolizes natural phenomena. Thus, blue serves as a symbol of water, green - plants, red - fire, and yellow - sand. As a rule, the oriental style is characterized by images of mythical animals and fairy-tale plants, a large number of ceramics and textiles. When creating a Persian room design, you will need to purchase heavy cherry or peach velvet curtains, and also try to arrange a fireplace, columns or cozy niches in the room. It is impossible to imagine a Persian room without tapestries with fringe and tassels decorating the walls, and carpets covering the floor (Fig. 1). If we talk about the bedroom interior, then great importance should be given to the decoration of the bed. It is better for the bed to be located in the center of the room, while it should be draped with a beautiful canopy. A room with an oriental style interior should have a sleeping place with a forged or wicker headboard, a huge number of pillows and a beautiful bedspread in the same color as the canopy.
Figure 2.Canopies, several pillows, and drapery on the walls are suitable as decorations for a room in an oriental style. The lilac color will look very harmonious in this interior, and making pillowcases, a canopy, and a bedspread from velvet, silk, brocade, or fabric with a metallic pattern will give the room a sense of wealth and luxury. If it is better to decorate a living room in a Persian style with items that have a rich and bright color scheme, then for a bedroom it is advisable to choose more muted tones: purple, blue, or turquoise. If sunlight rarely enters the room, then the main colors of the interior can be brown and gold. Unlike the Persian style, which is characterized by wall decorations with tapestries, when creating an Arabic style, it is necessary to use arabesque paintings as wall decoration. They can be applied everywhere, from the ceiling and walls to cutlery and dishes. In addition, to decorate a room in an oriental style, it is necessary to use hand-made items, which are highly revered in the East. The main decorative items can be original hookahs, weapons, forged sets and metal dishes with embossing, old books, mirrors with carved frames. Pillows, canopies, draperies on the walls and furniture are also used in abundance. All textiles must be generously decorated with tassels, beaded embroidery and fringe (Fig. 2). Return to contents</a>
Indian style - a combination of cheerfulness and moderation
Figure 3.For a room in the Indian style, a mandatory attribute that turns a European apartment into a Hindu home is a wooden coffee table with a carved tabletop. Despite the fact that Hindus love very bright and cheerful tones, when creating an interior in the Indian style, you should stick to fairly moderate shades in brightness. At the same time, they should be very harmoniously suited to each other so as not to look gaudy. The Indian oriental style is based on several basic principles, the observance of which will allow you to recreate the atmosphere of an Indian home in your home:
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Accessories in Chinese style
Compared to the lush and rich Arab andPersian style trends, the Chinese style looks ascetic. Here the main attention is paid not to comfort, but to the semantic load of each detail and accessory.
Figure 4.Plain paper wallpaper with Chinese characters will look appropriate on the walls of a bedroom, made in Chinese style. A real Chinese style should be created in accordance with the postulates of Feng Shui, so every detail in the room should have the desired purpose. Thus, according to Feng Shui, most of the decoration of a Chinese house should be made in red tones. This color is considered beneficial for health and can give wealth, strength, longevity and success in love. A classic interior in Chinese style will look with a combination of red with white and black, and exquisite - with a combination of bronze or gold. When creating a design for a room in Chinese oriental style, you should take into account the fact that sharp corners disrupt the flow of Qi energy, so it is advisable to give preference to smooth and flowing forms. Such requirements are usually met by bamboo furniture or traditional Chinese sets without upholstery - very elegant and light, with beautiful varnishing and fine carving. Such furniture can be complemented with tall porcelain vases, elegant screens made of paper and silk. When choosing a finishing material for the walls, it is advisable to opt for paper wallpaper, because it was in China that they were invented. The wallpaper should be light, plain or with a soft pattern of plant motifs. Images of bamboo, peony flowers and Chinese characters will look great (Fig. 4). In order for the Chinese oriental style in the design of the room to look as harmonious as possible, instead of the chandeliers familiar to Europeans, you should use spherical lamps that give off soft and diffused light. In addition, you can hang Chinese bells near the door, creating a melodic ringing. Return to the table of contents</a>
Japanese style - asceticism in every detail
A house that uses Japanese orientalstyle in the interior, is distinguished by its originality, elegance and simplicity, bordering on functionality. The decor here is usually very ascetic, but at the same time it coexists with the latest developments in the field of household appliances and electronics. What should be taken into account when trying to create a design that matches the interiors in the oriental style of the Japanese direction? First of all, it is necessary to adhere to a restrained design, strict forms and noble natural materials. Remembering that the Japanese do not accept anything superfluous and unnecessary, your home must be furnished according to these rules. The entire interior space of the house should not be divided into rooms, this is done with the help of screens, differences in floor level or light curtains. Although by daily moving the screens to a new place, you can change the interior of the room, creating new functional zones. It is advisable to purchase tatami floor mats and low, linear furniture, devoid of even the slightest share of decorations. Both the tones of the furniture and the colors of the wall decoration should be light: white, milky, beige or cream. To decorate an interior in the oriental Japanese style, only items made of valuable wood and expensive fabrics of high quality are used. Natural silk and cotton are common, as well as smooth varnished surfaces. Having familiarized yourself with the information presented above, you can choose an interior for decorating a house in the oriental style according to your taste. It can be either luxury and splendor, or almost military asceticism. In any case, the house will look original and unusual.
