Kitchen in a country house: interior design and furnishings

A country house can be harmonious in its exterior and interior with the place where it is located. This means that the aesthetics of country style in its various variations is often the choice of home owners. But it is not at all necessary to follow exclusively this style, just as it is not necessary to consider only Slavic variations if there is a stove in the house.

One of the most expressive rooms in the house is the kitchen, and often repairs begin with it.

Of course, equipping a house in a village, a dwelling outside the city or a country house in a rural style is an option that is much more common than transforming a city apartment. In this case, a harmonious union occurs.

A rustic kitchen will have the following features:

• finishing of premises does without unnecessary details;
• finishing materials only natural (or preferably natural);
• pieces of furniture, as a rule, simple, decorated independently or imitating hand-made decoration;
• natural shades and colors;
• must feel handmade in the interior;
• textiles in the design of such a kitchen should also have a rich representation.

But the village, you see, can also be different. And a small village in central Russia, and a Provencal province, and a place near the Alps - all this is a village, but how different the design of its houses can be. The features of the area where the house is located will certainly affect the option for its arrangement.

For example, if you live in a wooden house made of timber and logs, then a country-style kitchen, shabby chic, rustic, Provencal variations will look organic... But the most related option is the style of the Russian dacha, which is in no way inferior to the directions listed above.

If you are decorating a kitchen in a so-called siding house, then the Scandinavian rustic interior can be your inspiration. Or, for example, a simplified American classic style will also be in tune with the exterior.

If the kitchen has an oven, it dictates its own design decisions. And it is not even so important whether the oven is in working order.

The requirements for a kitchen with a stove include several points.

• Ceiling. Suspended structures can also be used, but natural ones will definitely be more advantageous. Cover the log cabins with a protective varnish layer. A stretch ceiling or wallpaper has no practicality, since the fumes and heat from the oven will quickly ruin the appearance and functionality of such a finish.

• Walls. More often, the owners are inclined towards the option of a block house or lining. Natural wood trim is absolutely environmentally friendly, it is organic for the building itself. To prolong the life of the tree, it must be treated with an antiseptic compound and a protective coating.

• Floor. Ceramic tiles will be durable and most stable. But laminate and parquet flooring can only be used for the dining area or recreation area, but not in the sector where the oven is located and food is actively prepared.

The stove does not have to be white: its design depends entirely on the preferences of the owners. It can be overlaid with stone or tiles, making sure that it is not an alien element of the interior.

In modern conditions, an imitation of a stove or a fireplace stove is more often used. If you have a Russian stove in your house, you can whitewash it and even paint it.

Often the initial data looks like this: there is a kitchen in a country house and a very modest budget. But to arrange it beautifully and convincingly does not always mean serious spending.

There are at least 10 budget kitchen ideas.

• Old buffet. Buffets are back in fashion again. And if such a self-sufficient, beautiful and noble element appears in the space, faceless kitchen cabinets against its background seem too simple and already out of place. Think maybe you can do without them. A sink in a wooden case, which you can quickly do with your own hands, with a cheerful country curtain - this is all that the headset could represent. Instead, there will now be a roomy sideboard in a pleasant shade, always with a countertop that will replace the work surface.

• Open shelves. If it's time to say goodbye to an old headset, consider open storage. The shelves above the cabinets look very authentic. We'll have to think about in what containers and jars to store bulk and everything else. But due to such jars and a small appropriate decor, you can create an interior of a rural kitchen, where everything is open to the eye and everything is at hand.

• Rough table. This is a wooden, rather heavy table without any decoration. If it is not possible to purchase a solid wood table, consider cheaper options. The bottom line is that the table is not painted, it looks like a thing with history.

• Bench at the table. The dining table usually has chairs, stools or a corner sofa. But in a rustic kitchen, a bench with handles also looks good. It can be painted in any color you like, not necessarily matching with anything in the interior.Just be sure to lay out some cushions on the bench for seating comfort.

• Wooden shelving. If there is space and functionality for them, they are able to make the kitchen cozy. Wooden shelving can be painted or unpainted. Place baskets and other rural-type containers and containers on them where vegetables, various supplies such as beans and dried apples can be stored. And also there can be seamers or kitchen utensils. In such a kitchen, the rack completely replaces the pencil case.

• Patchwork rugs. Today they are actively used not only in rural interiors. Soft, bright, warm and very easy to care for, rugs are quite inexpensive, but they change the perception of space a lot. You can learn how to make them yourself according to your grandmother's patterns.

• Window decoration. It is also a story about how changing just one element of a kitchen can affect its overall appearance. Rustic curtains are floral or berry chintz and cotton, delicate linen. Bright curtains create a nostalgic mood, a feeling of childhood in the village and all the natural beauty that opened behind these unpretentious curtains. In most cases, tulle is needed, but as simple and transparent as possible. But if the colorful curtains are replaced with a cage or strip, of a neutral linen color, they will suit other interior styles as well.

• Old wall section, which all your hands do not get to throw away, can be reanimated and transferred to the kitchen (if, of course, the footage of the room allows). You remove the varnish, degrease the surface and apply a new finish to the facades. Most often, old furniture is repainted, it is very convenient to do this with chalk paints. But you can also paste over it with wallpaper, and then varnish it. The updated section will become a kitchen and dining cupboard.

• Old sideboards, sideboards, chairs and tables with due regard to reconstruction, you can also bring "to mind." Grind, degrease, repaint, make all kinds of protective impregnations - and a well-made thing will last a long time. While on the sites where people sell to each other, including the furniture of their grandmothers, prices are more than reasonable, do not miss the chance to purchase rustic antiques.

• If your headset doesn't need to be replaced yet, but want to update it, give it a "stylization" operation. Replace the table-top with a high-quality and rough wooden one, in the display door behind the glass, hang the tulle curtains "in the assembly". You can also replace fittings - for example, wine corks.

Do not be afraid to pry ideas: even if you cannot repeat the picture, some of its elements may suit your kitchen. Sometimes beautiful and easy-to-execute ideas are literally underfoot, but in order to recognize them, you need to peep at someone. The following examples show that a wide variety of styles can coexist in a rustic kitchen.

Here are 7 stylish country house kitchens.

• American style kitchen might be a good option for a country house. It has provinciality, grace, and tenderness of decision. All together form a warm and cute interior.

• Scandinavian style kitchen it is very appropriate in a country house - it has simplicity, modesty, but at the same time it looks modern. The owners of such a room are definitely not retrogrades.

• Rustic style very consonant with the rural way of life. But you can't call it completely modest: this kitchen looks spacious, well-made. What can be called a luxurious rustic option.

• Loft is the style of the city, but you can also equip a rustic kitchen in its aesthetics. For example, in this version, the urbanistic principle does not slip so clearly, therefore there will be no dissonance with the location of the kitchen.

• Retro style - an excellent basis for decorating a country house.You don't have to look for old furniture, you can find modern designs with vintage designs.

• Fusion is a fashionable design direction, and not only in the city, it can be in demand. A bright kitchen will look fresh, convincing and modern in a country house.

• Danish style is the birthplace of hygge. This kitchen in a country house shows how elegant and how precise the simplest things can be in the interior.

A village house today is a rather large selection of styles and design solutions, choose what you immediately liked!

For information on how to equip a rustic kitchen, see the next video.