The design of the largest, spacious room by definition causes certain difficulties. Each of us has his own ideas about the interior of the living room, so it's pointless to recommend something specific. This article is intended for those who want to understand the Victorian style in more detail or looking for the best way to arrange their living room.
The most common opinion( but not among the connoisseurs) about it is that the Victorian style of the interior of the living room is suitable only for those who want to parade all "acquired by labor beyond their power".However, if you carefully understand the features of the historical period, called the "Victorian era," you can draw several conclusions.
- First - it is ambiguous, and experts identify several of its periods( more precisely - three).
- The second - in this style there are many contradictions. As a matter of fact, it is an attempt to unite in a whole not quite, to put it mildly, compatible components.
- Third - similar design of the living room, if you approach the case "wisely", is available for families with any level of income and does not require excessive costs.
Features of the Victorian style
You can write a lot on the theme of the interior. But it is unlikely that the reader who is looking for a laconic answer to the question of interest will spend time studying a multi-page treatise with a historical excursion and a description of all the characteristic features of the interior during the reign of Queen Victoria. Therefore - only the specifics, and everything else will tell your own imagination taking into account financial possibilities.
- Monumentality. This applies equally to items of furniture, door leaves, and other elements of the interior - paintings, curtains, wall clocks and the like. Everything must be massive, sound.
- Reasonable combination of antiquity with novelty, with a certain degree of refinement.
- Window apertures - mostly arched( gothic) shapes.
- The predominance of vertical lines in the design.
- Stucco molding( you can make yourself), patterned compositions on the eaves.
- Thoughtfulness of every element of the interior. Nothing superfluous, dissonant with a common background.
- Presence of a fireplace. If it is a city apartment, it's enough to simulate it( how to make a decorative one, the same with a facing stone( usually granite or marble).)
Material of the design
Predominantly wood. If the walls are trimmed, the finishing of the floors, then onlybut how to be those who can not afford the means? The output is simple - imitation, there are a lot of relevant products on the market, for example, laminate, tiles( with patterns), parquet board( not to be confused with more expensive piece goods!).- texturedwhether the "liquid" wallpaper. The choice is sufficient, and if everything is thought out in detail, it is possible to decorate the living room on a budgetary option.
Furniture
Not everyone is able to buy furnishings from solid wood, so you can get by with a relatively inexpensive set.such signs of "Victorianism" as a dark tone, massiveness, rounded corners, smooth bends of armrests and headboards of chairs, armchairs. And one more detail - soft upholstery. All this in the complex somewhat balances the prevalence of strict( straight) lines of the overall design of the room.
Shelving, shelving
Let's not forget that the times of Queen Victoria is a period of colonization of different countries. Therefore, the presence on the shelves of several original figurines and antiques is simply necessary to bring the spirit of that era.
Color
Priority - brown and its shades. With it, the soft green, violet( alternatively dark red), gray-blue and "cold" blue blend well. To the surplus of the dark not "crushed", in the living room it is appropriate to dilute it somewhat with gilding or white. For example, framing some elements of the decor, painting part of the walls and so on.
In principle, this information is enough to decorate the living room in a Victorian style. The main thing is to remember that the template does not exist, that's why any master( owner) always has the opportunity to bring his own "zest" to such an interior.
