Living room decoration in the spirit of the East with a Russian accent

When someone says that they are going to furnish their living room in an oriental style, the question immediately arises - in which one? What is meant by this term? After all, not only Arab countries belong to the East, but also China, India, Japan, Korea... I don't think it's worth it continue the list, dwell on some of the listed options, and analyze how it should to look like.

General features of oriental interiors

Before moving on to details, let's see what all oriental-style interiors have in common, no matter what country they belong to. Let's start with the color palettes used.

Shades

Firstly, despite the fact that the oriental style is inherent rich, bright colors, you won't see any neon acid shades there. All colors used occur in nature, and therefore calm the gaze:

• colors of wood (in all their variety), ocher, terracotta, shades of brown;
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• natural shades of green - emerald, olive, malachite, grassy colors;
• orange, yellow, honey, golden;
• burgundy, scarlet and ruby ​​tones.

Regardless of the saturation of the gamut, the colors are selected so that a person can rest in body and soul in the surrounding environment.

Materials (edit)

In the normal sense of the oriental interior of the living room, or any other room, are used natural materials. If we are talking about floors, then wood or tiles are used. No PVC laminates with imitation stone or wood texture. Sofas - covered with brocade, silk, leather, but not from leatherette. And the overlays for them, however, like all furniture - from natural wood. Particleboard, even laminated, is somehow not quite oriental. The walls are finished with decorative plaster with patterns, stucco or pasted over with wallpaper made of natural materials with an ornament.

Details

Another characteristic feature is an abundance of mats, mats, carpets and small rugs in the interior, in various colors and styles, depending on which country of the East the bias is being made.

Regarding openings, doors, windows and ceilings, we will highlight our nuances in each case.

Well, now let's move on from the general to the particular.

Arabic style

Perhaps, the one closest to our understanding of beauty (we have always held luxury in high esteem) will be precisely the Arabic version of the interior decoration of the living room.

Traditionally, in the "correct" Arabian living room one of the doors leads to the courtyard garden - a kind of piece of paradise. Didn't it work out with the courtyard? Well, we will be inconsolable about this. But who prevents you from organizing the exit to the balcony in the same style with small greenhouse? As a last resort, we will be rescued photo wallpaper with the image of the same garden on the wall around the doorway. Not quite, of course, in the spirit of the "Thousand and One Nights", but also not bad.

Arabic-style ceilings are usually designed as dome or lancet vault. If the design of the room does not allow this, drywall in several levels may well serve as a replacement for the dome. It is quite in oriental style to hang drapery with fancy patterns on the ceiling around the chandelier. If the ceiling is snow-white, you can add stucco elements to its design, and in the center of the living room - a huge bronze chandelier on a massive chain.

Regarding the walls - they are decorated either with snow-white, with false columns and stucco, or in golden brown tones. Fits perfectly into the interior carved wooden panels (or ceramic) with oval, rounded shapes without right angles. In general, right angles prevail in the Japanese version of living rooms, but we will talk about it separately.

Often present on the floor carpet made of natural materials (silk or wool), slightly darker than the walls in tone, with fancy ligature patterns on it. They try to make the openings domed or lancet, if the dimensions of the apartment and money allow. Often, instead of doors, all the same carpets or light curtains appear. This is done not only as a tribute to the style - arched carpentry is difficult to manufacture and costs much more than the classic rectangular one.

For sofa characterized by smooth outlines without pronounced corners, the presence of many pads and soft armrests. All this luxury is upholstered in expensive drapery in soothing colors. This sofa, like a magnet, installed in the very center of the living room, is conducive to an idle pastime.

The furniture - the table and the seats - is made low and solid, with natural upholstery in colors that match the interior. A frequent piece of furniture in Arabian living rooms is properly tucked hookah, around which the seat cushions are comfortably located.

If there are bars on the windows, then they are made curly forging, and the dishes available in the living room are made of antique silver and bronze.

In a word, it will be easier look at the photo and to grasp the essence of the design of living rooms in the Arabian style for yourself. I read it - I forgot it, I saw it - I remembered it.

Living room in Japanese and Chinese style

In contrast to Arab luxury, Japan and China tend to be more restrained and simple in their surroundings. If possible, the room is not cluttered with unnecessary details. This feature is associated, firstly, with the traditional small Asian dwellings. The second reason - ideologicalrelated to the teachings on the circulation of Chi energy. The Chinese have a whole science on this, that where should be - called feng shui. But we will not dig that deep, we are not Chinese.

The color scheme in the room is usually light, with a predominance of white, sand, light green and beige natural shades. If an already small living room is executed in dark colors, it will visually become even smaller.

The walls are characterized by wallpaper with the image of bamboo or stylized as rice paper. Sometimes the walls are sheathed with rectangular wood paneling. There is also a painted plaster with a painting in the Oriental style. If painting in the form of hieroglyphs, find out what the writing on the wall means. Otherwise, some orientalist will certainly be sarcastic about this.

Pictures are often applied to one of the walls in the form Mount Fuji, images of birds, vegetation (usually cherry blossoms), Japanese women in traditional dress.

To create contrast, the floors are made one tone darker than the walls. To see completely dark floors in such rooms is rather an exception to the rule. As usual, a laminate with a woody texture in beige shades or a bamboo board is used. To heighten the entourage, pebble paths from flat river stones are sometimes laid out right on the floor of the living room.

Most of the ceilings are equipped with the following:

• snow-white, matte, perfectly smooth;
• with photo wallpaper of blue sky with clouds either covered with a network of murals and hieroglyphs;
• with rectangular timber grating made of beams, sometimes it is covered with curly carvings.

The design of the ceiling is made so that it seems to be a continuation of the walls, and does not hang over the head of the inhabitants and guests of the dwelling.

Mandatory attribute of the interior - small rectangular table for tea ceremonies. Well, what kind of Japanese-style get-togethers without her?

The Japanese and Chinese living room décor has a lot in common. The key difference is in the selection of colors. The Japanese are held in high esteem white, green and black colors in the interior. The Chinese - red, golden or yellow. As a rule, more than three colors are not used at the same time when decorating the situation.

Another characteristic feature is zoning rooms with rice paper screens. This solution comes in handy in studio rooms. Such a screen can serve both as curtains and as a folding door. Its plus is that it transmits light, and with skillful decoration it looks amazing.

Furniture in the Japanese version is squat, with simple reliable legs, regular geometric shapes. For its manufacture are used simple natural materials - wood, vine, metal, textiles.

Quantity decor elements is reduced to a minimum - china dishes, paired figurines, lamp shades made of paper, a garden of stones in a rectangular box, and possibly a samurai sword and armor (or their imitation) on the wall.

In general, if we compare Chinese, Korean and Japanese living rooms, the wisdom that has come down to us through the dust of centuries comes to mind: “A samurai without a sword is like a samurai with a sword. But only without a sword. " They seem to be similar to each other, but still different.

It can be long and tedious to rant about the design of the hallway in Indian, Korean, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Ceylon or whatever style. It's easier to google and look at the photo with your own eyes, how and what it looks like.