Having made a full-fledged high-quality repair in the kitchen, replacing furniture and even making a complete modernization of the room, it is impossible to achieve the warmth and comfort that various decorative elements give it. For decoration, you can use not only expensive things, but also reproductions. Correctly selected drawings in original frames, several photographs or paintings for the kitchen will help to make the design of the room special, can become its stylistic highlight. At the same time, it should be taken into account that emphasizing a specific zone, they should merge with it. Stand out, but at the same time be part of the general background.
Using images in decoration
Having decided to independently decorate the interior of the kitchen with paintings, you need to pay attention to the following:
- in what style is the design of the kitchen;
- what material was used to decorate the walls, floor and ceiling;
- color of furniture and fittings used for decoration;
- the place in the room where it is planned to hang the picture should provide the opportunity for its free viewing;
- be sure to consider the size of the kitchen and its height.
But we should not forget about the requirements for the paintings themselves, their quantity and quality.
- The main criterion of beauty is moderation. It is better to hang one reproduction than to turn the kitchen into a kind of showroom.
- The image should correspond to the theme of the room in which it is located, or be neutral.
- You can not hang pictures in front of the window, on the line of sunlight.
- When the exhaust system is weak, it is better to keep the images in glazed frames.
- When choosing a picture, take the one that you like, it is she who will create the necessary mood in the interior.
- If it is possible to buy an original oil painting, or a copy of it, rather than a printed reproduction, then give preference to it. It will highlight the uniqueness of your kitchen.
The influence of the kitchen set on the choice of reproduction
The classic subject for painting in the kitchen are still lifes, flowers, vegetables and fruits, or kitchen utensils and utensils. The selection of paintings for the kitchen (photo) depends on the color palette of the room and the main style that is sustained in it.
The main influence on the choice is exerted by the kitchen set.
- If its facade is not noticeable against the background of the walls and merges with them, as, for example, in a Provence-style kitchen, then you need to choose contrasting paintings that focus on yourself. Such an accent can be a canvas that depicts a coffee service or a mug of coffee.
- When selecting images for bright facades, you need to choose the same color scheme with them. The selected paintings for the kitchen should not be lost in their background.
- Canvases depicting citrus fruits, exotic fruits, apples and still lifes, with their inclusion, look good against furniture with juicy, bright colors.
- A kitchen designed in pastel colors is best decorated with berry images.
When choosing images with flowers, you need to look at the whole style of the kitchen. Orchids, which are a great addition to Art Nouveau, will look pretentious in a Provence-style room. And at the same time, wild and meadow flowers, which look so good on the walls in a classic or rustic style, will be lost against the backdrop of a modern kitchen set.
The only flower that suits any style is the rose. It looks equally good in solo performance and as an addition to other images.
Special nuances
With great care, you need to approach the use of still lifes, portraits and abstract images in the interior.All these interior paintings are specific, and therefore it must be remembered that they are suitable for rooms that are completely designed in a certain style.
- Still lifes look great in classic designs with a restrained palette of colors in decoration, in rustic and Provence style kitchens. Light pastel colors that serve as a backdrop for such an interior will only benefit from the view of a picture with fruits in a vase and scattered coffee beans in the foreground. In kitchens with bright colors, such images will be lost at best, and at worst they will annoy with their appearance.
- A portrait or a family photo is hung in a sober kitchen, and the decor is chosen accordingly. They must be soloed indoors, it is necessary to leave free space around. It is desirable that there are no more decorations on the wall on which you plan to hang them.
- Modern beautiful paintings with an abstract image can be hung in kitchens designed in the style of minimalism, hi-tech, Scandinavian style.
Using Frames in Image Finishing
When using a picture in the interior of the kitchen, you need to remember which pictures are self-sufficient without frames, and which ones need additional framing.
- Posters are used without frames and Modular pictures. The image on the latter should smoothly transition from one to another, so the frames will interfere with the integrity of the perception of the overall picture. Such paintings for the kitchen look on the wall in any room, the design of which is close to modern design.
- Universal straight plain frames, in discreet shades of white and black, are suitable for paintings decorating kitchens in the style of minimalism and hi-tech.
- For classic and modern styles, voluminous frames with inserts are ideal. These frames cause many maintenance problems, so it is better to hang them in the kitchen-dining room, at a great distance from the stove.
- You can make a picture frame yourself. Since it will be used in the design of the kitchen, you can take pasta, cereals, coffee as improvised means. The frame, decorated with coffee beans, is perfect for furniture in the Provence style.
Yin-Yang energy in the kitchen
Very often, they try to hang pictures for the kitchen according to Feng Shui, without thinking about what direction they should have. This doctrine sets the main condition for the ability of a decor item to evoke positive emotions. Therefore, when choosing images, you must adhere to the basic rules:
- Things that cause negative emotions and memories cannot bring happiness. The picture must be liked.
- The canvas should not depict aggression or death. Negative elements are destructive to all living things.
- The philosophical teaching of Feng Shui does not accept abstractions. Everything should be very clear and realistic.
- The use of paintings with images of hunting, angry animals or meat in the design of the kitchen carries aggression.
- If a lot of time is spent in the kitchen, then there should not be portraits of dead people. Portraits also include photographs of relatives.
- The use of dried flowers in the decoration of paintings brings dead energy into the house, while the decoration with straw, wood, coffee or amber gives positive energy, spreading Yang energy around them. Such positively charged panels should be hung above the table.
- Paintings depicting hieroglyphs carry a positive Qi charge only if they are made by masters. Mass production reproductions have nothing to do with this.
