Kitchen design styles: what are there and how to choose?

The kitchen does not have to be spacious, expensive, furnished in the most modern fashion, equipped with the most modern appliances. If the room has a style that is restrained and recognizable, this can pay off all other conditional shortcomings. And there are a lot of style options.

If you are starting to renovate, it's time to "try on" this or that style for your kitchen. It is desirable that the whole house obey him, but this is not at all necessary. A kitchen is like a small state in a big one, with its own rules, functions and characteristics.

The style names in most cases speak for themselves, this is the description. Today there is no one direction that completely overlaps all the others. That is why it is interesting that modern owners choose different styles, there are options for mixing directions (when adjacent or even contrasting types of room decoration are mixed). Let's consider the most recognizable ones.

In short, this style captures the spirit of an alpine village. The interior of the kitchen in this style is characterized by massive furnishings with large decorative inclusions. Natural materials are only welcome - stone and wood, leather and ceramics. The furniture is solid, deliberately rude. It is desirable that there is a fireplace in the room. If this is a kitchen-living room, then usually it is in it.

The chalet is intolerant of painting: everything should be as nature wants it. It is possible to combine natural materials, but plastic and chrome surfaces are left out.When choosing kitchen furniture, pay attention to solid wood headsets without varnishing - this is very consonant with the style. But even if there is a protective lacquer layer, modern chalet variations (adapted) treat it favorably. The main thing is to maintain the main features of the style.

There are a lot of options here - the east can be imagined in Japanese aesthetics, and in Turkish motives, and in Arab ones. In recent years, designers have gravitated towards Moroccan style. The splash in fashion for him was generated by the Brazilian multi-part novel "Clone", which was successfully held all over the world. The small kingdom of Morocco subtly combines the bright and colorful East and the temperate Mediterranean. And since the state is located in the north of Africa, African notes are also noticeable in the style.

The Moroccan-style kitchen has room for bright and flashy colors, lots of carved surfaces, and hand-painted objects. There will also be bright oriental colors, many accessories and little things. Traditionally, Moroccan cuisine is furnished with natural wood furniture, as well as angular objects. The preferred color is ebony, and the decoration is more typical of African culture.

The dining area is a relatively low table with a thick massive table top, as well as a low sofa, which is strewn with small pillows (dummies). The sofa is upholstered with colorful oriental fabrics.

Eclectic cuisine is the choice of optimists, as well as those who avoid routine, clichés, repetitiveness. If for you the kitchen is a place of culinary feats, as well as get-togethers with loved ones, creative mini-evenings or nights in search of a muse, be sure to look at the eclecticism.

One of the most successful mixes, which the style suggests, will be a mix of classics and country style. Attention falls on not the most important things: the headset can be simple, but the hood above the stove is unusual, low original lamps hang over the dining area, the desktop is an island (originally appeared from the country style).

If you select household items from different styles, find a common root, a related trait, which will allow you to create harmony when combined.... The simplest technique is color matching. In eclecticism, bright spots are used, they will stand out against a light base background. The core of the eclecticism will be one sense-forming thing that will build the concept of the whole room around itself. Usually this is a kitchen set or a large dining table. If you are the lucky owner of a vintage buffet, he will also fit the role.

This is an ambitious style that requires self-respect. If you breathe the names of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and you also have a serious kitchen size, it seems that the choice of style is narrowing. The main requirement looks like this - it should be spacious room with large windows... There should be a room for maneuver - a place where you can put an arch or column, create a multi-level ceiling.

There must be a key object in the interior. More often, a luxurious dining table located in the center of the room acts as its role, but if it is a kitchen-living room, then, for example, a fireplace can be used as a key object. Marble, Venetian plaster, precious wood - these are the main materials of the style. It is extremely difficult to make such repairs yourself, and not everyone has spacious kitchens.

The area of ​​the kitchen should also be rather big, and the height of the ceilings should be pleasing to the eye. The style is characterized by clear and correct proportions, symmetrical and balanced design, the use of columns and semicircular arches, precious woods.In such a kitchen there should be a bulky solid set of solid wood, and also attributes of prosperity - a fireplace, possibly antique statues, paintings by painters. An expensive renovation in a large house or a very spacious apartment is what lies behind the recreation of the Empire style. Nice, but accessible to the minority.

The main mission of the style is to create the illusion of a large space, since its adherents consider the main element of the style ... air. The original layout will be required, and not the usual arrangement of furniture against the walls. By the way, plastic, glass wallpaper or metallized wallpaper is actively used for wall decoration. The walls should be monochromatic.

In the interior of the kitchen, one light color is usually chosen, which is complemented by two bright, deep ones. The selected three colors perfectly zone the room. Contrast is a striking feature of the avant-garde. Soft transitions are not an end in themselves, everything should be clear and geometric. You can get inspired by the canvases of the Suprematists. Before making repairs in this style, it is important to look at as many examples as possible.

Pointed silhouettes in medieval aesthetics bring dark thoughts to someone, but it seems that modern designers are more and more fascinated by them. The decision to equip the kitchen in this style will be bold, because there is something mystical in the Gothic.

Space and aspiration upward - these are the style-forming features that should be conveyed in the design of the kitchen space. This means that the kitchen itself must be large, with high ceilings. Vaulted ceilings, wooden spacious window openings with stained-glass windows, patterned carvings and verticalization of space can make the style recognizable.

This is a gentle, cozy and romantic style that will appeal to fans of retro aesthetics. It is characterized by the deliberate dilapidation of the walls, floor, ceiling. It can be in places cracked paint or plaster, tiles. Parquet can also be shabby, which, moreover, looks expensive and soundly. Some experts believe shabby chic became an opponent of minimalism, which involved fresh renovation, new and modern furniture, and poor decor.

For shabby chic, try to select only natural materials: a wooden set and a dining group, glass and ceramic dishes, high-quality textiles. Since the style is very popular, its requirements are becoming more and more loyal. For example, a set or a sideboard in the kitchen can be just white, without any signs of shabby and wear. But the floor covering (it can be laminate) will be light and deliberately worn.

Attention is also focused on the repetition of the same detail on different objects, for example, a floral ornament is repeated (especially shabby chic honors roses), an image of an animal or bird, an inscription or print, a monogram.

This is the name of a mix of different design directions, which uses the characteristic features of each style. To the delight of adherents of style, they can choose any materials and shades, there are no boundaries in this regard. It can be bright and colorful color solutions, unexpected accents, a mixture of modern and vintage. The fusion-style kitchen-living room looks especially bright and fresh. The wall may display contemporary posters and paintings extolling CGI.

And a vintage oak table can be stacked with multi-colored chairs. The loft ceiling will be adjacent to the old sideboard, and fresh flowers on the table will not conflict with plastic designer fruits. It's a bold and daring style, but it's ideal for creative, active and free-minded people.

Ask yourself the first question - do you want popular and fashionable or unusual and unconventional? Are you ready for a drastic change or are you looking forward to a smooth transition to a new style in the kitchen? Any option is acceptable if you and your household really like it.... Perhaps all of the listed styles seem alien to you, and you are ready to put a cute and understandable scandi or warm and elegant Provence in your kitchen.

Typically, designers advise clients to do this: to collect in a folder several photographs (10-30 pieces), which immediately attracted attention, evoke pleasant emotions, and the atmosphere on them is understandable and close to you. You can hang these photos on a mood board, refrigerator, and let them hang like that for several days. The solution will gradually come, and you will leave only one of all the photos, which will become the guideline for the transformation of the kitchen.

Once the style is chosen, it's time to get down to the design concept. Don't be afraid to break the patterns you're used to. For example, you have always had a kitchen set with closed hanging cabinets. You never dreamed of open shelves. But they are related to country style and Provence, they very much decorate the space. Shelves can be hung over the dining area (if the table is against the wall) or simply replace boring cabinets with them.

Perhaps it's time to abandon the following stereotypical decisions:

• kitchen furniture - it is not always a set, sideboards, shelves and sideboards stepping on her heels;
• if the kitchen is small, give up the table in favor of expanding the windowsill (but in the living room, you may have to buy a beautiful table with chairs);
• glass tables are no longer on the bend of fashion, today many people prefer wooden or metal tables with ceramic tops;
• corner of eco-leather by the table - this is not the most interesting solution, try replacing it with a bench painted in a pleasant color, decorated with soft ethno-style pillows.

If the style in the kitchen is mixed, do not forget that the unity of colors and textures reigns in it. Make free decisions: do not be afraid of daring concepts, seem unfashionable. Today, the fashion is the one who is faithful to the style, and not to the design, which is repeated in every third apartment.

A beautiful and stylish interior will help to equip your observation, taste, experience. And even the Internet can be a good helper in this. There are several cool cuisines worth checking out in different styles.

• Cute shabby chic - everything is so simple that harmony and naturalness seem to overstep the boundaries of photography.

• Charming scandi - at first glance, there is little original, but the brick wall refutes this.

• Nature-breathable chalet - it is difficult to find a place where it can be also cozy, fresh and comfortable even for a very large family.

• Atmospheric retro - you can immerse yourself in a picture from your favorite films of the 1950s.

• Brutal loft - those who are tired of ruffles and cozy prints will like the harsh charm of the style.

• Sultry moroccan - in such a kitchen it is always warm, you want to cook here the most generous and bright oriental dishes.

• Home coffee shop - a successful variation of "public catering" at home, it is always pleasant to talk in such a kitchen.

How to decide on the style of the kitchen, see below.