Admiring the classic interiors, youconstantly wondering how these masterpieces are created? We found a person who described to us all the stages of creating a classic interior We rarely talk about classics, because there are not many specialists in this style. Today we are incredibly lucky - designer Yulia Bardenkova shared her rich experience of working with classic interiors and even showed her own sketches. Yulia Bardenkova, interior designer
Born in Moscow. Graduated from the art and graphic department of the Pedagogical University, postgraduate study in the specialty "Technical aesthetics".
Has been working with interiors since 1994. Member of the international association "Union of Designers" since 2001.
Published since 1998 in the magazines “Ideas of Yourhouses", "Best interiors", etc. Can lead objects from the concept and planning stage to decoration. Separate stages are also possible. artjulia67.wixsite.com/mysite
— They are returning to the classics.Why? Probably, even without living in a classical environment in childhood, modern people have genetic memory, the memory of several generations. And even if your ancestors plowed the land and stood at the machine, objects from past times always remain in the family and are passed down from generation to generation. This could be a screen of a great-grandmother who attended school, or a mirror in a twisted frame, or a bag with beads, or a painted box.
Literature lessons at school told us about lifeheroes of Pushkin, Lermontov, Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy, revealing the world of the Russian nobility with descriptions of the life of city houses and landowners' estates. Illustrations in books and photographs of noble and merchant "nests" complemented the overall picture.
From the world history of the 19th - early 20th centuries wehave drawn on the style features of foreign countries. And even if you do not understand the names of styles, it is enough to recall the names of outstanding figures, as pictures of the situation of that era appear before your eyes and it becomes clear to what time and style it belongs. It turns out that each of us received an education back in school that gives an idea of the life of society in the 19th - early 20th centuries.
Classic style in interior design interests peoplemature, having achieved stability in life, having already gone through a period of experimentation and at the same time being able to appreciate the diversity of classical details with their complex carvings, various textures and prints on fabrics.
Okay. The decision has been made. You will live in a classic interior. Where to start?
1. Inspiration
Look through books on architectural styles and save a selection of details that you like. These can be columns, arches, plaster cornices, wrought iron grilles, mirrors, fabrics, etc.
2. Help
Find yourself an assistant-consultant in interior design, specializing in classical styles. It will be difficult to do without professional help.
3. Concept
First of all, you need to work with the designer to develop layout options with zoning and furniture arrangement.
What was the classic like?layout of apartments of the late 19th - early 20th centuries? As a rule, there were two entrances to the apartment - a front and a back one, a corridor, on one side of which were the private rooms of family members, and on the other - a suite of formal rooms (living room, dining room, fireplace, etc.). If you want to repeat a similar option, then you need to focus on the corridor system with L- and U-shaped corridors. It should be noted that the enfilade arrangement of rooms was associated with the design features of the buildings of those times, requiring frequent supports for interfloor ceilings. In modern buildings, it has become possible to open large spaces and make panoramic windows.
At the planning stage, it is necessary to immediatelydecide whether you will stick to a classic symmetrical layout or stop at "playing" with classic details. Up to 90% of the information on the interior design is laid down in the layout. This is the most important stage, on which it depends whether the implementation of the project will go smoothly or with constant finishing and alterations along the way. At this stage, you need to spend as much time as possible and think through everything several moves ahead.
The layout solution depends on both the initial appearance of the apartment (with external and internal outlines) and the budget allocated for its implementation.
All elements of apartment design can be divided intowall-mounted (cabinets, niches, panels, kitchens and other storage systems) and those that can be moved or walked around (free-standing columns, sofas, armchairs, tables and chests of drawers).
It is possible to make the interior thoroughly with allelements of the classical style. But in this case it will have to be completed to the end in accordance with the design project. Any shortcomings in the implementation will make the interior unfinished. Or you can go the way of simplification: highlight the main elements in the classical solution, and take simpler cabinets and doors or even in a modern style.
4. Styles
If you look at classical styles, you cannotice that over time they seem to repeat themselves, forming the basis for more modern ones. Thus, in Art Deco the Empire style can be seen, and in Art Nouveau the Gothic style was taken as a basis. Each generation transformed and supplemented the style that existed long before it, maintaining continuity and connection. Therefore, we also have the right to delicately introduce our own solutions into the interpretation of the interior. This gives the opportunity for free creativity, does not constrain decision-making.
It’s even easier to enter the creative process by coming up with somethinginterior image. To do this, you need to come up with a name for the apartment. After all, historical styles also differ from each other depending on the country and location. English classics, French, Scandinavian or Mediterranean have their own characteristic color features. You can call your home "Rest by the sea" or "House in the mountains" or "Russian estate". This approach will not let you stray from the intended path, will help not to pay attention to objects and finishing materials that are inappropriate in style, will save time and effort.
5. Proportions
A very important point.Since classic apartments were built in houses with high ceilings (3.2-4 meters), it is necessary to take into account that it will not be possible to transfer the proportions exactly. It is necessary to invent your own proportions based on the height and layout of your apartment. Accordingly, if the proportions are individual, it is necessary to monitor how the ready-made elements offered by manufacturers suit you. Very often, such elements have their own constant sizes (like panels) and may not be your option. In the same way, ready-made ceiling cornices made of plaster or polyurethane have modules that will not converge correctly in the corners of your ceilings. That is why you can often see smooth cornices in projects. It is easier with them. If you want to buy ready-made ones, it is better to choose them in advance and make suspended two-level ceilings to their sizes and modules. Ideally, of course, it is better to order according to your drawings and modules. But such elements, as a rule, are more expensive.
There is often a need to re-ordercarpentry workshop of furniture items that are not produced by the factory you have chosen. As a rule, these are bedside tables, consoles or boudoir tables. You should be prepared that any manufactured interior details will cost more, but they are what make the interior more elegant.
6. Fabrics
When decorating with fabrics, you can go the routesimplifications, when prints become an accent on one product, and other fabrics are subordinated to prints and are monochromatic. The main thing is to remember that it is undesirable to use repetitions (say, the bedspread and curtains are the same), this gives the interior a cheap hotel look. The highest level of skill is when different prints are used in the interior (flowers, diamonds, stripes, checks). This requires great attention when working with textures, but makes the interior truly rich. Artistically rich.
In terms of color solutions, you need to decide onthe main color, starting with the living room and dining room. Warm golden tones, grassy or silvery, etc. Each room should not stand out sharply from the general range, but delicately flow into one another. The main color code will not allow you to go astray, to get carried away by the wallpaper or tiles that you suddenly liked in the salon.
All materials you choose must belook at them in natural light, comparing them with each other. Everything you compare in the sample pieces will look just as interesting in the finished interior. It will save you from unnecessary hesitation in choosing and doubts about it.
7. Lighting
Lighting usually has a strong influence oncolor perception. Before choosing decor, you need to designate the cardinal directions in the apartment. If, say, the living room is located in the southwest, this will require one tonal solution, and if in the northeast - a completely different one.
It should also be taken into account that in large apartmentsthere should be several scenarios for turning on the light, and the light sources should be turned on from different points. Before making an electrical project, it is advisable to choose a manufacturer of sockets and switches. Since some do not have electrical equipment for the tasks you set. For example, there are no warm floor regulators in a single frame with switches. Or there are no dimmers with pass-through connections, or there are no frames with the required number of sockets.
If the interior is designed in warm tones, it is not recommended to choose lamps with cold light.
Reflected ceiling light hidden in cornices or multi-level ceilings gives them the appearance of height.
A separate topic is modern equipment inclassic interior. If the TV screen is small, there are several options for hiding it. Firstly, there is special furniture with a built-in retractable system, secondly, I recommend allocating a separate room for a large cinema. It is better to order large-format kitchen equipment built into kitchen cabinets.
8. Bathroom
If we turn to the classical embodimentinterior, it is better not to get carried away with semicircular bathtubs. Gradually, the fashion for large bathtubs with hydromassage is fading away. It is advisable to choose tiles in accordance with the style, without making them more flashy than the interior in the living room. Everything is subordinated to the general idea, without fanaticism.
9. When to consider the interior finished
It all depends on the initial objectives.If you start from the strict execution of the classics, then you need to implement everything as in the design project and as the designer advises. But there is another option when the interior is made with a mixture of styles. Items can be selected as if they were bought at different times. Such a mixture of styles makes the interior individual, gives it artistry and the freedom to complement it with new items. This is a difficult decision both to understand and to implement, requiring great dedication from the designer, a flight of his imagination.
Work on the interior depends on the help of professional caring performers: designers, builders and managers. This is a great collective effort.
