Baroque interior style appeared in France and flourished under the reign of King Louis XIV. It is still popular today, because not everyone is attracted by ascetic minimalism or laconic high tech. Why not create an atmosphere of wealth and luxury in your own apartment? At the same time, it is not necessary to turn your rooms into palace chambers, it is enough to introduce some elements of this incredibly spectacular direction of design art into the atmosphere during the repair, for example, to glue wallpaper in the Baroque style. Let's get acquainted with the characteristic features of this style and find out how you can recreate it in an ordinary city apartment.
Peculiarities
Baroque is the style of royal palaces. Therefore, you can draw inspiration from museums and real palaces, which are examples of this style: in the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, the Palace of Versailles, the Royal Palace in Madrid. If you describe the features and signs of Baroque very briefly, then you must definitely mention:
- The splendor of forms.
- Curved lines.
- Painted ceilings.
- Lots of mirrors.
- Tapestries.
- Arches.
- Semi-columns and columns.
- Stucco.
- Big windows.
This style is a mixture of ostentatious luxury and originality of the owner. Designers often play with light and shadow, reality and illusion in baroque interiors.
Baroque is characterized by ornaments. They are placed almost everywhere: on furniture, walls, ceilings, textiles, mirrors. The ornaments mainly use plant motifs - climbing stems and garlands of flowers.
Color spectrum
Baroque palace interiors are usually done in light pastel colors combined with gold trim.
In a modern reading of this style, the following colors are used:
- Warm shades of beige - sand, cream, caramel, white.
- Pastel colors - pink, blue, light green.
- Shades of silver.
- Dark saturated colors - blue, chocolate, burgundy.
The reception of contrast looks good: dark furniture against the background of light walls.
Palace interiors often use no more than three colors in one room. For example, burgundy is the main color, walls and furniture sparkle with gold trim, and all this splendor is diluted with white.
Textile
An obligatory element of a baroque bedroom is a four-poster bed. Also, this style is not complete without rich curtains with draperies. The fabrics for these elements are the most expensive, with luxurious patterns.
When choosing textiles, follow these rules:
- Jacquard fabrics with textured patterns are perfect - these can be monograms, flowers or floral motifs. Tassels and fringes serve as additional decorations.
- Fabrics must be natural: silk, satin, brocade, velvet. They are repeated in upholstery and curtains. A combination of heavy fabrics with light ones, such as velvet with organza, looks good.
- Often they use fabrics, the pattern on which imitates natural stone - marble, malachite, onyx.
- Curtains can be with lambrequins. Often they are decorated with gold thread embroidery.
wall decoration
In the XVII-XVIII centuries, the walls in the palaces were covered with fabric - silk, brocade or tapestry. This is the most expensive finish, but in modern conditions it is not very practical.
Today, baroque wallpaper or wall painting is used to create a rich interior.
- Wallpaper must be expensive and of high quality. They may have a pattern of monograms or flowers. You can also find wallpaper depicting the coats of arms of noble dynasties.
- You can paint the walls simply with one saturated color or draw intricate monograms. You can come up with your coat of arms and depict it on the wall during the repair.
Also used in wall decoration stucco molding and wood panels.They can be covered with golden paint or left in natural colors - white stucco or mahogany.
The main rule is that the walls should not be uniform. One of the easiest options is to use two types of wallpaper for the top and bottom of the wall, and attach a wooden panel to their border. You can diversify the interior with semi-columns and pilasters.
Ceiling
The ceiling should serve as a continuation of the wall, so you need to place overlapping trim elements there, such as stucco molding. To fully match the style, you can order stretch ceiling with a print depicting antique frescoes.
Floor
The floor is usually lined with parquet of expensive woods with unusual patterns. Repair with laying such a floor should be trusted only to professionals, because patterned parquet requires a lot of skill and a lot of time, but it pays off with a luxurious look of flooring.
Furniture
After the repair, it is necessary to choose furniture for the apartment.
Baroque furniture is characterized by expensive upholstery, carved legs, smooth lines, carved details, gilding. Most often, such furniture is made of walnut and oak and upholstered with velvet.
- Tables are decorated with mosaics, natural stone, gilding. Most often they have a semicircular shape.
- The backs of chairs and sofas are also semicircular, decorated with carved ornaments.
- The bed must be large and massive. The back can be of any shape, the main thing is the presence of smooth lines and carved decorations.
- Cabinets, dressing tables and chests of drawers should not be massive. Usually they are small in size and are more of a decorative function. The decorations are the same: curved lines, carved legs, openwork handles and floral ornaments.
- Also in baroque interiors, consoles were used - tables that move up to the wall and serve as decoration for the room. Watches, caskets, figurines were placed on them.
The plots of patterns and ornaments refer to palace interiors - these can be cupids, fluttering ribbons, eagles, lions.
Decor items
Baroque is an abundance in everything, including interior items. There should be a lot of decorations in the room, but nevertheless, you should not overdo it. Here are some details that will complement the interior in the Baroque style:
- Tapestry. If the repair was carried out with a simple wall decoration, then you can decorate them with tapestries and tapestries.
- Large mirrors in gilded frames. They will decorate the room and visually add space.
- Candles in beautiful carved candlesticks. It can be both real candles and electric lamps.
- Massive chandeliers and floor lamps. Large chandeliers are an obligatory element in baroque halls. Previously, candlesticks were located in them, now it can be their imitation.
- Pillows made of expensive fabrics with embroidery will add comfort to the room.
- Figurines on the theme of antiquity - cupids, Greek and Roman gods.
- Grandfather clock is a symbol of luxury. You can also choose a table clock with antique scenes.
- Fruit vases with gilding or silvering.
- Floor vases in porcelain with paintings that blend in with the surroundings.
- Pictures in massive carved frames.
Baroque living room
Renovation in the living room to create a baroque style in it involves a change in wall decoration. She should become rich and unequivocally speak of the high prosperity of the owner. Therefore, appropriate materials should be used - natural wood, expensive wallpaper, stucco.
Particular attention should be paid to furniture:
- The main item in this room is the sofa. It should be small, so a few more chairs are bought in the kit. This furniture should have curved backs, carved legs and armrests.
- Fine wood furniture with gilded elements is perfect. Upholstery should also be expensive, velvet is best.
- An exquisite piano will perfectly fit into the living room in the Baroque style.
- Another must-have item is a coffee table. It can be oval or rectangular in shape with curved legs. Wood, gilding, stone can be used as decor.
Furniture is best placed in the center of the room so that there is free space around. This harmonizes the abundance of furniture and wall decoration, there will be no feeling of congestion in the interior.
Additional decorations in the hall can be vases, floor lamps, pillows, paintings on the walls.
TV does not fit well in the baroque style. During the repair of the living room, you can beat the wall-mounted TV model by hanging it on the wall in a large gilded frame.
Baroque bedroom
To arrange a bedroom in the Baroque style, no renovation is required, just change the furniture.
The main element of this room is a massive bed. She must have a large back with carved patterns. You can build a canopy that will cover the entire bed and create a feeling of intimacy. Or hang light organza curtains over the bed and drape them beautifully.
To store important little things, you can use a dressing table with a mirror above it. These items should be curved, with carved decorations.
A large wardrobe will not look very nice in a bedroom in this style, so it is better to use a separate room for storing clothes.
Flirty figurines and caskets will serve as decoration for the bedroom.
Baroque bathroom
Even the bathroom can be renovated in accordance with the Baroque style. First of all, for this you need to choose an expensive luxury bath. It should be of an unusual shape, on bronze or gilded legs. Here are a few more characteristic features of a baroque bathroom:
- Fittings and taps should be gilded, the mirror should be framed with a carved frame.
- Luxury will add pictures on the walls. The ceiling can be decorated with stucco and hang a massive chandelier.
- The classic arrangement of bathroom furniture in the Baroque style: in the center is a bathtub, and near the wall are cabinets, a sink, a toilet bowl.
- To decorate the room, you can put floor figurines.
baroque kitchen
Furniture in the kitchen should be made of natural wood. The center of the room is a large dining table (if the kitchen also serves as a dining room). It should be decorated with carved elements, gilding or mosaics. Around the table you can put chairs with high backs, upholstered in expensive fabric. A chandelier with imitation candlesticks will add splendor to the room.
Carved elements should overlap on furniture facades, tables, chairs and chandeliers.
Curtains in the kitchen should be hung as massive as in other rooms. It may be impractical, but without beautiful curtains, the Baroque interior will look unfinished.
Household appliances, unfortunately, do not fit into the Baroque style. Therefore, it is necessary to choose built-in models for the kitchen and hide them behind wooden facades.
You can decorate the entire interior in this style or add individual elements. A mixture of styles looks interesting: baroque furniture and minimalist wall decoration, or strict furniture and baroque monograms on the walls. The owner of the apartment himself must decide what scale he plans to repair.
