Scandinavian-style kitchens: features and nuances, photos

Nowadays, they are gaining more and more popularity kitchens in modern Scandinavian style. They conquer by their laconic forms, extraordinary lightness, naturalness and simplicity. Create do it yourself a really cozy and functional kitchen is quite possible. You just need to connect mine mind, imagination and make a little effort.

Design is different to their natural light, natural materials, a 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 how such a room looks like.

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Specificity

For those who found the time and opportunity to model their comfortable kitchenette in city or country houses (read more in this article), apartments, it is worth knowing about some of the features of this style. Distinctive features are:

1. Functionality and practicality of every little thing in the room.
2. Minimalism in the decor, maximum of the freed up space.
3. Naturalness of the materials used.
4. Laconic forms, incl. and in furniture.
5. Lightened shades in the interior with harmonious colorful local blotches.
6. Numerous natural and artificial lighting sources.

Scandinavian the theme 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 considered a small canteen in a city apartment.

The walls are painted (according to the choice of color they said here) or pasted over with light wallpaper (the rules for their selection here) with a regular pattern. The floor must be wood-like (see. also the design of the kitchen for this material in next article), laid out with boards. If the entire design of the room has a light tone, then the accent can be given to the floor of a dark or even black color (considered here). In addition to the wood flooring, the exquisite kitchen in our style can be finished with cold shades of kitchen tiles.

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

Colors and lighting

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

Shades that can be matched and combined with white:

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

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

The photo clearly demonstrates a fairly bright and well-lit operating area. Since the Swedish or Norwegian image was born in the conditions of long winters and with a lack of sunshine light, it implies in its design a large number of natural and artificial sources lighting.

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

Corner kitchen do it yourself in a scandinavian style

When choosing options and thinking over repairs, you must try to take into account several factors. Namely:

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

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

At the same time, in the dining area on a small area, it is imperative to install a mini-table or a bar counter for a quick breakfast (snack). Scandinavians were the first to abandon huge dining rooms tables.