Design in oriental style: Grace and delight in the interior. 215+ (Photos) sophisticated design (in the kitchen, living room, bedroom)
The application of Oriental style in the interiors of a modern house suggests a harmonious combination of the cultural traditions of Eastern countries with European concepts of comfort. Choose this style for your living room, bathroom or bedroom, and the atmosphere of coziness and comfort is guaranteed for you. Do not forget about the characteristics of the design. All this is detailed further in the article.
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Characteristic features of the style
The concept of "Eastern style" can be represented by several cultures of Asian and Arab countries (Morocco, India, Turkey, Iran, Japan, China), each of which has its own specific features and characteristics.
The atmosphere of home comfort
Characteristic features of the interior in oriental style:
- bright colors and contrasting colors that are used for wall decoration, ceiling, of furniture and decorative ornaments (primary colors - yellow, turquoise, scarlet);
- there are no straight lines and surfaces;
- high vaulted ceilings;
- in the design of a lot of wooden decorative products with thread, ornaments with ornaments;
- Much attention is paid to textiles in the upholstery of furniture, draperies, many carpets, pillowsmultilayer curtains and curtains;
- highly valued decorative objects made of ceramics, elements mosaics; chasing handmade;
- the play of light and its abundance.
Characteristic of high ceilings
The distinction of the Asian style is its minimalism, i.e. the room should have a minimum amount of furniture and decor, but the lighting should be maximum. The interiors of China welcome bright colors (red, yellow, blue), and in Japanese at registration only a reserved range of colors is allowed.
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Characteristic features of the Chinese interior - its light saturation and the minimum amount of furniture. All items are usually low, made of natural wood.
National items of decor:
- bamboo mats on the floor;
- traditional Chinese red lanterns;
- pictures with graphic drawings, Chinese motifs (birds, bamboo stalks, goldfish, oriental dragons, flowers, hieroglyphs);
- fan, which according to Chinese beliefs, helps to convert negative energy into positive.
Few add Chinese motives
The paintings on the walls contain images of pagodas, Japanese palaces, the sun, lotus and samurai.
National colors will help create a screen of paper, decorated in Japanese motifs, on the walls you can hang traditional weapons.
Muted and not too bright tones
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return to menu ↑Bedroom in the Arab style
The room in the Arabian style, which is intended for rest and sleep, can become an illustration of the oriental fairy tale “1000 and one night”. A room resembling a padishah bedroom in a Moroccan palace should amaze with luxury and an abundance of decor.
Central element of the interior - bed, necessarily wide and low, made of a tree of valuable breeds. Its main difference is a massive headboard with carved elements, decorated with inlays. For complete identity, you can provide a canopy made of velvet or silk fabric.
The central element of the decor is a bed
On the bed is usually placed a lot of colorful bright pillows that can be used on the floor to sit.
All textile elements are decorated with embroidery, rhinestones and tassels made of silk.
Option bed with a transparent canopy
On the floor and walls hang a large number of multi-colored silk or wool carpets, which will help create the luxury of an oriental sheikh's bedroom.
A lot of carpets are not here
An integral part of the Arab interior are accessories and decorative elements:
- carved wooden patterns for table table top decor;
- pieces of coinage;
- vases;
- dishes;
- Chess in the national style;
- hookah.
There are always a lot of accessories in this interior.
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Living room in any house is a place intended for holding family events: lunch in a narrow circle, a holiday, reception of guests. Therefore, its appearance is the "calling card" of the owner and the whole house.
The design of the living room in the oriental style helps to give the room a homey feel, and at the same time, pomp and luxury, similar to the main hall of the Persian sheikh. The room, made with Moroccan color, combines the colors of turquoise, terracotta, using sand tones, the atmosphere of the sun and the near coast of the sea.
Sandy hues and terracotta prevail
Furniture is installed only low:
- sofas;
- tables;
- ottomans;
- guest chairs.
The main elements of decor in the Arabian interior are textiles, draperies, wrought iron products (lamps, plates), pillows and carpets with a national pattern, natural wooden furniture. To create the atmosphere of the “palace of the padish” they use contrasting colors in the upholstery of upholstered furniture, curtains on the windows (purple, cream, red shades).
Most often - it is low furniture.
For the visual creation of the oriental setting, rich heavy fabrics (velvet, brocade), decorated with tassels and fringe, forged openwork lamps are used.
The center of the composition of the living room can be a suspended ceiling made of cloth, plants in wooden tubs, placed in the room.
When used in the interior of Japanese motifs, their minimalistic orientation is taken into account: against the background of soft colors, traditional elements can be accentuated (a rug with an ornament, a bright armchair, etc.).
East in a regular apartment
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In the design of Oriental cuisine, you can use both Arabic (Moroccan) and Asian styles.
A large number of accessories east
The main features of the design of the kitchen in this style:
- using only natural materials (metal, wood, ceramics, silk);
- no sharp corners, the presence of simple forms;
- variety of decorative elements that will help emphasize the style.
The characteristic colors of Asian style in the kitchen:
All furniture should be white, kitchen table - made of wood or glass.
Beautiful, bright and unforgettable
When making the kitchen in the Japanese style use:
For zoning You can install interior partitions "shoji" or screen "fusumi."
You can add a little bonsada
When creating Chinese style, the main colors are the black and red, in the decoration they use silk-screen printing, ceramics, porcelain, round-shaped tables and chairs, for decoration - tile with oriental ornaments.
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Features of the Arabic style in the interior design of the kitchen:
- window and doorways - arched;
- the ceiling is made in the shape of a hemisphere;
- color range: beige-golden, orange, red, green tones;
- all pieces of furniture are low, squat, instead of chairs it is preferable to use pillows for sitting;
- for zoning forged or wooden partitions and grilles;
- on the floor, only natural stone or substitute materials that imitate it with a pattern (tile, porcelain, etc.), in the dining room area lay a carpet;
- Finishing upholstered furniture with expensive fabrics: brocade, tapestries, silk.
Modern kitchen
Important in the interior have decorative elements:
- decorations, handmade accessories;
- arabesques, i.e. mosaic-lined or drawn plant-geometric ornaments with repetition of elements, which are used to decorate floor surfaces, walls, decorative elements;
- for the lighting they hang a luxurious crystal chandelier in the center or stylized pendant lamps with fabric embroidered lamp shades;
- Oriental accessories: pillows with embroidery, chess boards, vases and painted bowls, clay jugs, hookah, porcelain with Arabic script.
We decorate with handmade goods
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At registration bathroom You can apply several oriental styles, each of which has its own characteristics and distinctive differences.
Features of the Arab (Moroccan, Turkish, etc.) style in the bathroom:
- Arab bathroom - is an example of luxury, wealth, its use in the interior is possible only with a lot of imagination and financial investment.
- Egyptian - differs in characteristic color scale (shades beige, brown, finishing by gilding).Plumbing is selected only with a smooth curved shape, using decorative elements (bath legs in the form of animal paws, statuettes, papyrus, etc.), tiles on the floor and walls with Egyptian drawings and ornaments.
- Moroccan style developed under the influence of traditions and culture of several nations (nomadic Berbers, French, etc.). A distinctive element of the style is a small Zullyge (Zeleidzh) tile in the form of squares or rhombuses, decorated with a mosaic ornament, and plaster tadelakt with good water-repellent properties. Traditional colors: ocher, blue, white, crimson. Lamps made of brass with perforated patterns and decorated with colored glass are used as decorative ornaments.
- Turkish bathroom - an example of luxury in bright colors, its main element is the national ornament "Turkish cucumber", applied on the tile or interior details.
Primary colors: red, brown and their shades, yellow, blue, green, gilt finish are allowed.
The bathroom is a luxury item
Style features of an Asian bathroom:
- The Indian color in the bathroom is associated with nature: pure natural materials and colors (red-brown gamma, blue, green, orange), the presence of decorative elements (statues, vaz) from Buddhist and Hindu religions.
- When interior design in the Chinese tradition should follow the rules of Feng Shui, according to which the bathroom is considered to be a place of rest and relaxation. Must attend mirrors on opposite walls, creating a “portal” to enter the “other world”, plumbing is installed with flowing soft forms, the use of decor with images of people, birds and animals, but only with inanimate objects (trees, etc.), natural material. The main color is red.
- The Japanese bathroom is characterized by a minimalist style: muted colors (blue, beige, gray, pink, peach), asceticism, modesty of the situation. After all, the basic principle of this culture is introspection and self-improvement, proximity to pure nature.. Doors usually sliding, in the interior there are small cabinets, mezzanine, mats, the number of decor is minimal (hieroglyphs, drawings), the center of the room can become a national wooden bath "Ofuro", made of cedar.
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return to menu ↑Ceiling
The highlight of the Arabic interior is the decoration of the ceiling. Most often it becomes dark (plaster or fabric), and on its background a “night star sky” is created. In modern interpretation, it can be covered with an ornament, using wallpaper with an oriental pattern, or make a stretch panel.
Primary colors:
- white;
- shades of yellow;
- brown.
The ceiling that impresses with its rich appearance
The ornaments use blue, red, beige and gold.
Popular ways to design a ceiling in the Oriental style:
- smooth painted surface, decorated with beautiful eaves around the perimeter;
- volume construction of plasterboard, which is covered with oriental ornaments;
- drapery fabric, which is strengthened or in the center (the principle of "tent"), where beautiful wrought hangs chandelier, or parallel to the walls;
- suspended ceiling with Arabic ornamentation;
- suspended structure made of bamboo or other wood, characteristic of the Asian style.
Making your own home in the oriental style suggests a harmonious combination in the interior of various Eastern traditions inherent in the cultures of the Arab or Asian countries with European principles of comfort.
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