Scandinavian-style kitchens: features and nuances, photos

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Nowadays, they are gaining more and more popularity. modern scandinavian cuisine. They conquer their concise forms, extraordinary lightness, naturalness and simplicity. Create do it yourself really cozy and functional kitchen is quite possible. You just need to connect his mind, imagination and make a little effort.

Design is different his natural lighting, natural materials, harsh classic configuration of interior items and a cool color palette. Dining Room (read Features of the design of the kitchen-dining room)designed in a similar style is a balance between modernity and tradition. The photo clearly shows what a similar room looks like.

Specificity

Those who found the time and opportunity to model their comfortable kitchenette in urban or country houses (for more details, see this article), apartments, it is worth knowing about some features of this style. Distinctive features are:

1. Functionality and practicality of each little thing in the room.
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2. Minimalism in the decor, maximum free space.
3. The naturalness of the materials used.
4. Laconicism of forms, including and in furniture.
5. Lightened shades in the interior with harmonious colorful local splashes.
6. Numerous sources of natural and artificial lighting.

Scandinavian themes in the interior can be planned absolutely in any square meters. This is a universal image. However, the most ideal option for our style is a small canteen in a city apartment.

The walls are painted (according to the selection of colors they said here) or paste over with light wallpaper (rules for their choice here) with the usual pattern. The floor must be under the tree (see also the design of the kitchen for this material in next article) laid out by boards. If the whole design of the room has a light tone, then the emphasis can be on the floor of a dark or even black color (considered here). Except wood flooring, exquisite kitchen in our style can be finished with cold-colored kitchen tiles.

As for household appliances (microwave, refrigerator, dishwashing machine, etc.), here it is desirable to focus on the metallic color in order to additionally create a light source in the form of a mirror reflection.

Colors and lighting

The most popular shade is white (more in this article). This is the main color of the north, where snow covers everything around during the long polar winter.

Shades that can be selected and combined with white:

• shade of beige (considered here);
• a palette of sand, light brown, pale gray and blue;
• "Complex" shade - baked milk or the color of an egg shell.

Depending on the brightness of the light, interior may vary in color. The main thing is white the palette should still prevail. This is a kind of business card. Scandinavia is a region of snow and ice, and this was reflected in the design.

The photo clearly demonstrates a fairly bright and illuminated operating area. Since the Swedish or Norwegian image originated in the conditions of long winters and with a lack of sunny light, then he implies in his design a large number of natural and artificial sources lighting.

Scandinavians prefer to locate on of their all kinds of light sources in the kitchens in the form of harmoniously combined floor lamps, sconces, lamps and bright illumination of the working area. Often in one room you can notice several types of ergonomic lighting at once.

Corner kitchen do it yourself in scandinavian style

Choosing options and thinking over repairs, it is necessary to try to take into account several factors. Namely:

1. When planning and designing any modern kitchen, you need to decide what exactly you want to get in the end.
2. You can decorate a Norwegian-themed kitchen after an approved design project. Depending on the purpose of the premises, the selection of furniture, accessories subordinated to a single style will be carried out.
3. Observe all the nuances of the formation of interior decoration. Choose modular, rectangular, light brown or cognac-colored furniture oakelm, etc. Pick up an elegant apron from glass, tiles, wood panels, mosaics, facing bricks and other material. Choose a countertop made of artificial stone or natural granite. Properly selected accessories, faucets and a sink are very important aspects.

If you have tall closed cabinets from floor to ceiling, then their facade should be smooth, minimalistic, without handles and with hidden unremarkable fittings.

At the same time, in the dining area on a small area, you must definitely install a mini table or a bar counter for a quick breakfast (snack). The Scandinavians were the first to abandon the huge dining tables.