Baroque style in the interior

The interior baroque style appeared in France and reached its peak under the reign of King Louis XIV. It is popular today, because not everyone is attracted to ascetic minimalism or laconic high tech. Why not create an atmosphere of wealth and luxury in your own apartment? In this case, it is not necessary to turn your rooms into palace chambers, it is enough to bring them some elements of this incredibly spectacular direction of design art, for example, stick wallpaper in the style of baroque. Let's get acquainted with the characteristic features of this style and find out how to recreate it in an ordinary city apartment.

Features

Baroque is the style of royal palaces. Therefore, inspiration can be drawn in museums and in real palaces representing examples of this style: in the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, the Palace of Versailles, the Royal Palace in Madrid. If you describe the features and signs of baroque very briefly, you must definitely mention:

• The splendor of the forms.
• Curved lines.
• Painted ceilings.
• Lots of mirrors.
• Tapestries.
• Arches.
• Half columns and columns.
• Stucco molding.
• Big windows.

This style is a mixture of ostentatious luxury and originality of the owner. Designers often play with light and shadow, with reality and illusion in baroque interiors.

Baroque ornaments are characteristic. They are placed almost everywhere: on furniture, walls, ceiling, textiles, mirrors. The ornaments are mainly used plant motifs - curly stems and garlands of flowers.

Color spectrum

Baroque palace interiors are usually done in light pastel colors combined with gold trim.

In a modern reading of this style, the following colors are used:

1. Warm shades of beige - sand, cream, caramel, white.
2. Pastel colors - pink, blue, light green.
3. Shades of silver.
4. Dark saturated colors - blue, chocolate, burgundy.

The contrast technique looks good: dark furniture against the background of light walls.

In palace interiors, no more than three colors are often used in one room. For example, the main color is burgundy, the walls and furniture sparkle with gold trim, and all this splendor is diluted with white.

Textile

A mandatory element of the Baroque bedroom is a four-poster bed. Also this style is not complete without rich curtains with draperies. The fabrics for these elements are used the most expensive, with luxurious patterns.

When choosing textiles, follow these rules:

• Jacquard fabrics with textured patterns are perfect - they can be monograms, flowers or floral motifs. Additional decorations are brushes and fringe.
• Fabrics must be natural: silk, satin, brocade, velvet. They are repeated in upholstery and drapes. A combination of heavy tissues with lungs, such as velvet with organza, looks good.
• Often used fabrics, the pattern on which imitates natural stone - marble, malachite, onyx.
• Curtains can be with lambrequins. Often they are decorated with embroidery with gold thread.

Wall decoration

In the XVII – XVIII centuries, the walls in the palaces were decorated with fabric - silk, brocade or tapestry. This is the most expensive finish, but in modern conditions it is not very practical.

Today, to create a rich interior using baroque wallpaper or painting the walls.

• Wallpaper must be expensive and high quality. They can be a pattern of monograms or of flowers. You can also find wallpapers with the emblems of noble dynasties.
• You can paint the walls with just one saturated color or draw intricate monograms. You can come up with your own coat of arms and depict it on the wall during repairs.

Wall decoration is also used. stucco molding and wood panels. They can be covered with golden paint or natural colors left - white stucco molding or mahogany.

The main rule - the walls should not be homogeneous. One of the easiest options is to use two types of wallpaper for the top and bottom of the wall, and on their border attach a wooden panel. You can diversify the interior with half columns and pilasters.

Ceiling

The ceiling should serve as a continuation of the wall, so you need to place overlapping trim elements, such as stucco. To fully match the style, you can order stretch ceiling with a print depicting antique murals.

Floor

The floor is usually lined with expensive parquet flooring with unusual patterns. Repair with laying of such a floor should be trusted only to professionals, because patterned parquet requires a lot of skill and a lot of time, but it pays off with a magnificent view of the floor covering.

Furniture

After the repair, it is necessary to choose furniture for the apartment.

Baroque furniture is characterized by expensive upholstery, carved legs, smooth lines, carved details, and gilding. Most often, such furniture is made of walnut and oak and upholstered in velvet.

• Tables are decorated with mosaics, natural stone, gilding. Most often they have a semicircular shape.
• The chairs and sofas also have a semicircular back, decorated with carved ornaments.
• The bed must be large and massive. The back can be of any shape, the main thing is the presence of smooth lines and carved jewelry.
• Lockers, dressing tables and dressers should not be massive. Usually they have small dimensions and carry rather a decorative function. The decorations are the same: curved lines, carved legs, openwork handles and floral ornaments.
• Also in baroque interiors were used consoles - tables that move to the wall and serve as decoration of the room. They put watches, caskets, figurines.

Plots of patterns and ornaments refer to the palace interiors - it can be cupids, fluttering ribbons, eagles, lions.

Decor Items

Baroque is an abundance in everything, including interior items. There should be a lot of decorations in the room, but nevertheless you need not to overdo it. Here are the details that complement the baroque interior:

1. Tapestry. If the repair is carried out with a simple decoration of the walls, then you can decorate them with tapestries and trellises.
2. Large mirrors in gilded frames. They will decorate the room and visually add space.
3. Candles in beautiful carved candlesticks. It can be both real candles and electric lamps.
4. Massive chandeliers and floor lamps. In baroque halls, large chandeliers are a must. Previously, they housed candlesticks, now it can be their imitation.
5. Pillows made of expensive fabrics with embroideries will add comfort to the room.
6. Figurines on the theme of antiquity - cupids, Greek and Roman gods.
7. A grandfather clock is a symbol of luxury. You can also choose a table clock with antique plots.
8. Vases for fruits with gilding or silvering.
9. Porcelain floor vases with paintings that harmonize with the surroundings.
10. Pictures in massive carved frames.

Baroque living room

Repair in the living room to create a Baroque style in it involves a change in wall decoration. She should become rich and unequivocally talk about the high prosperity of the owner. Therefore, the appropriate materials should be used - natural wood, expensive wallpaper, stucco molding.

Particular attention should be paid to furniture:

• The main item in this room is a sofa. It should be small, so a few more chairs are bought for it. This furniture should have curved backs, carved legs and armrests.
• Furniture made of fine wood with gilded elements is perfect. Upholstery should also be expensive, velvet is best.
• An exquisite piano fits perfectly into the Baroque lounge.
• Another required item is a coffee table. It can be oval or rectangular with curved legs. As a decor, wood, gilding, stone can be used.

Furniture is best placed in the center of the room so that there is free space around. This harmonizes the abundance of furniture and walls, there will be no feeling of congestion in the interior.

Additional decorations in the hall can be vases, floor lamps, pillows, paintings on the walls.

The TV does not fit well with the Baroque style. During the repair of the living room, you can beat the wall-mounted TV model by hanging it on the wall in a large gilded frame.

Baroque bedroom

To arrange a bedroom in the Baroque style, repair is not required, just change the furniture.

The main element of this room is a massive bed. She must have a large back with carved patterns. You can build a canopy that will cover the entire bed and create a feeling of intimacy. Or hang light curtains of organza over the bed and drape them nicely.

To store important little things, you can use a dressing table with a mirror above it. These items should be curved, with carvings.

A large wardrobe will not look very nice in the bedroom in this style, so it is better to use a separate room for storing clothes.

The bedroom will be decorated with flirty statuettes and caskets.

Baroque bathroom

Even in the bathroom you can make repairs in accordance with the Baroque style. First of all, you need to choose an expensive luxurious bath. It should be of unusual shape, on bronze or gilded legs. Here are some more characteristic features of the baroque bathroom:

• Accessories and taps should be gilded, a mirror - framed by a carved frame.
• Luxury will add paintings on the walls. The ceiling can be decorated with stucco and hang a massive chandelier.
• The classic arrangement of furniture for the bathroom in the Baroque style: in the center there is a bathtub, and near the wall there are cabinets, a sink, a toilet bowl.
• To decorate the room, you can put floor figurines.

Baroque cuisine

Furniture in the kitchen should be made of natural wood. The center of the room is a large dining table (if the kitchen serves as a dining room at the same time). It should be decorated with carved elements, gilding or mosaic. Around the table you can put chairs with high backs, upholstered in expensive fabric. Add splendor to the room chandelier with simulated candlesticks.

Carved elements should overlap on furniture facades, a table, chairs and a chandelier.

Curtains in the kitchen need to be hung as massive as in other rooms. It may be impractical, but without beautiful curtains, the baroque interior will look incomplete.

Household appliances, unfortunately, do not fit into the Baroque style. Therefore, it is necessary to choose built-in models in the kitchen and hide them behind wooden facades.

You can design the entire interior in this style or add individual elements. A mixture of styles looks interesting: baroque furniture and minimalist wall decoration, or simple furniture and baroque monograms on the walls. The owner of the apartment must decide for himself what scale of repairs he should plan.