General idea of style
The eastern style of the interior is a fairly general concept, since it combines the traditions and cultural preferences of many regions. As a rule, in his style there are various elements of not only Asian, but North African countries-Egypt, Turkey, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, India and China. Each country has its own unique style and a separate style – Egyptian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Indian and Chinese. Arabic and Moroccan styles are also distinguished separately, but the most popular for today is the Japanese variety of eastern style in the design of the interiors.
The eastern style is conditionally divided into 2 directions in the interior – the Arab and Asian interior, but they are also intertwined. They are different in character, but can unite in general materials and general attitude. Both directions have its fans, and for a good designer, harmony and complementarity of these stylistics are not a problem in creating a unique interior. The sophistication and exoticism of each of them will help to create a unique flavor of the East. Arabic style is the personification of aesthetics in everything. Lace carving and drapery, silk and gold embroidery, fringe and large brushes, soft pillows and heavy curtains, niches and podiums, intricate ceilings and painting on the walls, skilled handmade objects – everything is designed to reflect the special luxury and philosophy of the eastern worldview. There should not be many furniture, since in the east they often sit on the floor (soft carpets).
Characteristic features of the eastern style
In general, it can be said that its stylistic features are generalized and opposed to the generalized European style and worldview, it is as the opposites of Christianity and oriental religions – Islam, Buddhism and other currents.
There is a common feature that unites each direction of oriental style in the design of oriental interiors is a certain exoticism and philosophical, which are unusual for the European mentality. This was reflected in finishing materials, and household items, and in furniture, and in textiles, and in decor items.
The most commonly used materials are bamboo, rare wood, reed, rotan, metal, ivory, ceramics, silk, skins, carpets and crafts. For color scheme, rich colors and natural dyes are considered the most acceptable, contrast and multi -color, characteristic geometric pattern, ornaments or imitation of Arabic literacy are often used.
Often, objects have soft streamlined forms, door and window openings have arched or carved dome -shaped outlines. A general sensation is fluidity and flow, like the movement of sand in the desert. Here simplicity often borders on pretentiousness, and the utilitarianism of household items often acquires a form of absolute luxury. The wealth of decor and decoration is stained glass, tapestries, inlay, carving, varnishing, coinage, as well as expensive jewelry, complex techniques and intricate ornaments. The abundance of textiles, soft pillows, draperies and carpets often prevails.
The story of the style
Residents of the eastern states, as a rule, are quite secretive people who never flaunt the most expensive. We all know that, according to the customs of many peoples, outwardly primitive houses are known for their luxury of interior. Closed black clothes and bedspreads hide the beauty of oriental women who show it only to their husbands, and for men it is rarely possible to understand about his real financial condition – a Beduin’s gross cloak may be hidden by their ownership Sheikh or Sultan.
The eastern style of the interior has been formed for centuries, judging by artifacts and antiques. The best samples of ancient oriental lamps, metal carving and coinage, skillfully made cold weapons with expensive inlay, expensive jewelry and caskets have come to our time. At a time when Europe experimented with the style of interiors, the East remained committed to traditions. In general, this culture is distinguished by its rationality and immutability of canons – traditions are observed especially zealously, which is facilitated by the religiosity of the eastern peoples.
The eastern style was finally formed more than 5 centuries ago, it reached our time almost in its original form, enriched a little during colonialism and Renaissance. In the parish in the XVIII century of the Rococo era, an active interest in the entire eastern one, especially this concerned decorative art. At this time, screens and fans, expensive oriental fabrics and utensils, elegant oriental painting and various exotic gizmos came to Europe.
Recommendations for the use of the oriental style in separate rooms
Visible simplicity is reflected in the naturalness of materials – wooden floors and carpets, bamboo and original wooden furniture with carvings and lattices, decoration with stone tiles and sandstone. Luxurious and expensive finishes are often used – inlay with onyx and turquoise. In the decoration of surfaces, marble and finishing stone are widely used, the walls are decorated with an ornament and intricate patterns. In interior partitions, stained glass and fabric curtains are often used. However, modern materials in the eastern interior also have a place, especially when they imitate natural surfaces – decorative plaster, laminate and linoleum in the style of expensive mosaic parquet, which is much cheaper than the original work of oriental craftsmen who lay out a complex pattern of rare wood species.
Eastern style is acceptable in any room – starting from spacious halls and courtyards to small bathrooms. For wall decoration, beige and sandy shades, terracotta and cream color are suitable. Stone decoration can arrange smooth polished slabs and rough chips for a “wild” stone. The fireplace looks good, but it should be executed precisely in the eastern style.
Rich and famous often abuse the luxury of decoration, so that the chambers in the style of the Arab sheikhs are sometimes made so luxurious that the stories about the amber room and the malachite walls of the mistress of the copper mountain simply fade in front. In the east, it is also not customary to save on what will be used often and for a long time – in everything you feel thoroughness, there is no place for the whole temporary and primitive place.
The ceilings can be simple white or chicly draped light fabric, the bedroom in the bedroom is preferable to light tones of the walls and certainly a transparent canopy, which was also used in the east as an anti -mosquito net.
“Aladdin’s magic lamps” are appropriate as lamps, or rather their stylistics. Lamps with intricate carvings are acceptable, wall and desktop lambada, since the chandeliers there were not used for a long time. In the modern interior, interesting lamps on the ceiling are quite appropriate if some are stylized to the east.
Oriental furniture is solid, often upholstered furniture has expensive upholstery, but it is usually low and comfortable. This is a takhta, Dostarskhan and other prototypes of a modern sofa. In the east, they often eat lying, sitting on the floor or half -sitting, so food can be laid out on expensive trays or low table. A small toilet table by a mirror or a dressing room – certainly rounded with intricate legs. Cabinets are often replaced with large caskets, chests, chests of drawers and niches with secret doors.
The bed in the bedroom is usually wide, but low, with a large number of pillows. Often they slept right on the floor – a soft carpet and many pillows with a blanket replaced a full -fledged bed, and this idea may like modern people whose spine is subject to heavy loads when they are shown to sleep on a hard surface.
Minimalism is important in kitchen furniture – a cutting table and a large stove, chairs and hinged cabinets with carved finishes, as well as an abundance of large and small dishes – pans, Kazakhs, pots and buckets often hung throughout the kitchen. The eastern cuisine did not know the refrigerators, but all the reserves were stored in baskets and vessels, of course there is a place for a large number of spices that constantly exude an appetizing aroma. Arabic coffee and woven vases for fruit also came from the east. Eastern dishes are art in utilitarian objects: knives, jugs, trays and bowls are not “simple” – gilding with inlay, polished copper, filigree silver, carving and engraving.
The eastern living room is something special, where everything is equipped to warmly receive guests, holds a family council or treat numerous households. To do this, put a lot of comfortable upholstered furniture and a chic Persian carpet (you can stylize), an abundance of satin pillows and hookah in a corner on a separate table, even if no one uses it. The interior will also win if you add a fountain and stained -glass windows, citrus trees in clay vases, carved wooden screens and shutters, as well as a collection of oriental cold weapons on a wall with lamps.
Useful tips and examples
The eastern style is ideal for connoisseurs of luxury and family comfort, which is bought from prying eyes, where it is fully resting and working. The perfection of the style of interiors is not so difficult to achieve if the whole house is thought out in a single way. Creating interior design in this style, it is important to be guided by knowledge about its specificity. However, today little in it remains secret, since the popularization of the style is facilitated by numerous Turkish series, the events of which develop against the background of typically eastern interiors.