Pictures for the kitchen: photo in the interior, feng shui

Having made a full-fledged high-quality repair in the kitchen, replacing furniture and even making a complete modernization premises, it is impossible to achieve the warmth and coziness that give it various decorative elements. For decoration, you can use not only expensive things, but also reproductions. Properly selected drawings in the original framework, several photographs or pictures for the kitchen help make the design of the room special, can become its stylistic zest. It should be borne in mind that emphasizing a specific zone, they must merge with it. Stand out, but at the same time be part of the overall background.

Use of images in decoration

Having decided to perform independent decoration of the kitchen interior with paintings, you need to pay attention to the following:

• in what style is the design of the kitchen maintained;
• what material was used to decorate the walls, floor and ceiling;
• color of furniture and fittings used for decoration;
• the place in the room where you plan to hang the picture should provide an opportunity for its free viewing;
• Be sure to consider the size of the kitchen and its height.

But do not forget about the requirements for the paintings themselves, their quantity and quality.

• The main criterion for beauty is moderation. Better to hang one reproduction than to turn the kitchen into a kind of exhibition hall.
• The image should match the theme of the room in which it is located, or be neutral.
• You can not hang pictures in front of the window, on the line of exposure to sunlight.
• If the exhaust system is weak, it is better to keep the images in glazed frames.

• When choosing a picture, take the one that you like, it will create the necessary mood in the interior.
• If it is possible to buy an original canvas, painted in oil, or a copy of it, rather than a printed reproduction, then give preference to it. It emphasizes the uniqueness of your kitchen.

The influence of the kitchen on the choice of reproductions

The classic plot for a picture in the kitchen is still lifes, flowers, vegetables and fruits, or kitchen utensils and utensils. The selection of paintings for the kitchen (photo) depends on the color palette of the room and the basic style that is sustained in it.

The main influence on the choice has a kitchen set.

• If its facade is not noticeable in any way against the background of the walls and merges with them, such as, for example, in a kitchen in the Provence style, then you need to choose contrasting paintings that focus on yourself. Such an accent can be a canvas that depicts a coffee service or a coffee mug.

• When selecting images for bright facades, you need to choose a single color scheme with them. Selected paintings for the kitchen should not be lost in their background.
• Canvases with the image of citrus, exotic fruits, apples and still lifes, with their inclusion, look good on the background of furniture with rich, vibrant colors.
• A pastel-colored kitchen is best decorated with berry images.

When choosing images with flowers, you need to look at the whole style of the kitchen. Orchids, which are a great addition to Art Nouveau, will be elaborate in a room designed in the Provence style. And at the same time, wildflowers and meadow flowers that look so good on the walls in a classic or rustic style will be lost against the backdrop of a modern kitchen unit.

The only flower that fits any style is the rose. It looks equally good in solo performance and as a complement to other images.

Special nuances

With great care, you need to approach the use of still lifes, portraits and abstract images in the interior. All these paintings are specific for the interior, and therefore it must be remembered that they are suitable for rooms that are fully seasoned in a certain style.

• Still lifes look great in a classic design with a discreet palette of colors in the design, in rustic kitchens and in Provence style. Light pastel colors, serving as the backdrop for such an interior, will benefit from the appearance of the picture with fruit in a vase and scattered coffee beans in the foreground. In kitchens with bright colors, such images will be lost at best, and at worst they will annoy you with their appearance.

• A portrait or a family photograph is hung in a kitchen made in restrained colors, and appropriate design is selected for them. They must be soloed indoors, it is necessary to leave free space around. It is advisable that there are no more decorations on the wall on which they are planned to be hung.
• Modern beautiful paintings with abstract images can be hung in kitchens designed in the style of minimalism, high-tech, in the Scandinavian style.

Using frames to decorate images

When using paintings in the interior of the kitchen, you need to remember which paintings are self-contained without frames, and which need additional framing.

1. No frames use posters and Modular pictures. The image on the latter should smoothly move from one to another, so the framework will interfere with the integrity of the perception of the overall picture. Such paintings for the kitchen look on the wall in any room, the design of which is close to the modern design.
2. Universal straight monophonic frames, in restrained shades of white and black, are suitable for paintings decorating kitchens in the style of minimalism and hi-tech.
3. For classic style and modern, volumetric frames with inserts are ideal. This framework causes a lot of problems in care, so it is better to hang them in the kitchen-dining room, at a great distance from the stove.
4. You can make a frame for the picture yourself. Since it will be used in the design of the kitchen, you can take pasta, cereals, coffee as improvised means. A frame decorated with coffee beans is perfect for Provence style furniture.

Yin Yang energy in the kitchen

Very often, paintings for the kitchen are trying to hang on Feng Shui, while not thinking what direction they should have. This teaching sets the basic condition for the ability of the decor item to evoke positive emotions. Therefore, choosing images, you must adhere to the basic rules:

• Things that evoke negative emotions and memories cannot bring happiness. The picture must certainly be liked.
• The painting should not depict aggression or death. Negative elements are detrimental to all living things.

• The philosophical doctrine of feng shui does not accept abstraction. Everything should be very clear and realistic.
• The use of pictures in the kitchen design with images of hunting, angry animals or meat is aggressive.
• If a lot of time is spent in the kitchen, then there should not be portraits of dead people. Portraits include photographs of relatives.
• The use of dried flowers in the design of paintings brings dead energy to the house, while the decoration straws, wood, coffee or amber give positive energy, spreading energy around you Yang. Such positively charged panels should be hung above the table.
• Paintings depicting hieroglyphs carry a positive charge of qi only if performed by masters. Reproductions of mass production have nothing to do with this.