Kitchen in beige tones
Increasingly, when choosing a color scheme for a kitchen set, buyers' gaze falls on beige furniture. The color is unique and has many advantages: it visually ennobles the interior, raising its status. From the material of this article, you will learn what features a beige kitchen has, what it happens, with what tones of the color palette it is combined, what are the differences of this furniture in different styles.
Color features
Beige furniture looks hackneyed and boring. However, in reality, it is multifaceted and consists of a mass of halftones, differing in the degree of saturation and temperature. It can be light or dark, with an admixture of blue or pink tones. Its group includes such tones as baked milk, creamy, wheat, caramel, light coffee, ivory, cream, sand.
The versatility of color allows designers to create an effect of depth in the interior, avoiding boredom, even in a laconic design. The play of tones and the choice of the dominant make it possible to avoid negative perception of the space. ...
The beige color set does not create rigid boundaries in the room, so the space does not seem tiny and closed. The illusion of spaciousness has a beneficial effect on the subconscious level: a bright room seems more comfortable
Unlike neutral colors, beige tones are emotional, but they are not at all so simple. For example, if the furniture is designed in warm colors, it is not at all suitable for kitchens with south-facing windows. Cold beige is appropriate here, as well as warm tones in a "cold" room, the windows of which face north.If you do not take this rule into account, you can turn, for example, a cozy sunny room into a hot desert.
The color beige is considered elegant and high-status. But if you choose the wrong texture and material, the headset of this color has every chance of losing its status.
The color should be clear, suitable for the temperature and background design of a particular interior. At the same time, he does not tolerate an abundance of bright contrasts, since he is unable to compete with them.
A beige kitchen can be one or two colors. The combination of beige with this or that contrast changes the perception of the interior, makes it dynamic or, conversely, noble. Beige is a natural and pleasant color, but without contrast it is lost, which makes the interior composition seem boring and thoughtless. It is undesirable for it to merge into a single color spot, for example, against the background of an apron, a wall, or built-in appliances.
Types and placement of the headset
Today, kitchen manufacturers offer customers a wide variety of models, which allows them to beat the disadvantages of a room perspective. In general, all products can be divided into groups: linear, angular and u-shaped. Each type of headset has its own characteristics, it can consist only of lower cabinets or be supplemented by upper hanging drawers or even open shelves.
A linear kitchen is nothing more than furniture in a single line.... In fact, these are drawers and cabinets installed along one of the walls. Such kitchens are often installed in narrow rooms in order to save space for freedom of movement. This furniture can be complemented by a peninsula or an island (if there is enough space to accommodate it). The island can be a free-standing table with a sink, or a whole group of floor tables with comfortable worktops and a sink.
A corner kitchen differs from a linear one by the presence of a corner, which, depending on the model, can be located on either side of the modular composition. These furniture ensembles are suitable for standard rectangular non-elongated rooms. They fit perfectly into the corner, when it is filled, they save the useful area of the room. These ensembles can have a peninsula and an island, moreover, it is often small.
Such furniture is also suitable for arranging studio kitchens, as well as a room combined with a loggia or another room.
U-shaped analogs are purchased more often for spacious rooms., the shape of which tends to a square. This furniture is a set that completely occupies one of the walls and partly two others. Kitchens are not suitable for narrow rooms, since they significantly reduce the usable area.
They are installed in large rooms, often complementing the central part of the kitchen with a beautiful dining group.
The placement of this or that type of headset depends on the footage of a particular room, the features of its layout, the location of windows, doorways and partitions, ledges or existing niches. As a rule, small kitchens are equipped with compact linear type headsets. This is a rational way to allocate space for a dining group. Corner kitchens - used in rooms with a large footage.
For them, a place is selected near communications or where they will not create obstacles for passage. Corner ones are installed opposite the front door, although in some cases the placement method depends on the characteristics of the room itself.
For example, if the walls are sloped or complicated, say, with a bay window, you have to build on this. Sometimes windows become an obstacle, which is why you have to abandon the supervised headset and pick up another one.
In studio-layout kitchens, the headsets are installed in one of the corners of an open room. As a rule, this is the place where communications are summed up.Here it is preferable to put models of the corner type, which, according to the method of space zoning, will clearly delimit the territory of this functional area. In order to save space and create a visual effect of spaciousness, it is preferable to supplement this kitchen with a bar counter with a set of bar stools.
The texture of the models allows you to choose options for any style that you plan to implement in the available space. For example, in addition to the fact that it can be matte, furniture facades can be glossy with different levels of reflectivity. Some models are decorated with patina, others have a slight relief, a separate group can be decorated with glass inserts. On sale you can find options with a print indicating that the product belongs to a particular style of interior design.
Combination with other colors
Despite the prevailing opinion of versatility, beige has its own priorities when drawing up an interior composition. For example, when choosing the headset option to embody the classic style, you have to rely on light or related companions.
Here you can rely on the contrast between beige and trim, choosing colors such as white and gold.
If we are talking about modern style, then it strives for more extraordinary contrasts.... Here, a mix of beige with silver, brick tone, chrome, concrete gray or a shade of wenge oak is possible. When choosing your option, you have to take into account the perception of the whole apartment: you cannot combine tones in the kitchen that are not in other rooms, this leads to an imbalance in the interior of the entire home.
For vintage directions, you can look at soft combinations.: tones of wall or ceiling cladding, colors of accessories or elements of a dining group can become companions of a beige kitchen. Beige goes well with pistachio, green, lavender, sunny yellow, bleached turquoise and even mint. It stands out well against the gray background, in which there is an admixture of blue. It can stand out against the background of contrast in the color of bronze, mirror, wood, chocolate.
And also with a competent approach, it goes well with its related tones (from light to dark) and black. When choosing a contrast for the original color, one should not forget about the temperature of the headset: cold tones need similar companions. Therefore, the set in the shade of cold beige looks great against the background of a gray-blue floor or an island with a similar color of the facades.
Beige works well with blue, but colors should be cool for harmony of contrast.
One of the best solutions will be to mix the beige color of the kitchen with the coffee tone of any interior touches. If we consider bright accents, then these can be combinations: red-beige, blue-beige and black-beige. However, when choosing any of these colors, you must not forget about its dosage, because with an abundance of harsh tones, the interior can lose its aesthetic appeal and high status. And two colors will have to be diluted with a third to soften the sharpness of the contrast.
Suitable styles
A set of beige color can decorate any kitchen without restricting the style of the interior. However, choosing furniture for a particular style must be deliberate. And here the shape, shade temperature, size, texture and appearance will be important factors.
For example, if furniture is selected for the kitchen of any classic branch (including classics, neoclassicism, classicism), then it is important to demonstrate a certain solemnity, pomp of the furniture. This is the presence of carved decor, stucco decoration and gilded fittings. At the same time, we must not forget that a separate place will be given to the apron, and therefore the color of the modular blocks should not merge into a single color spot.
Here, a combination of a matte texture with gloss is allowed, while the facades of the cabinets should be matte, it is preferable to leave the gloss to the apron or the ceiling.
You can designate the accent of the headset in the form of a certain composition in the central part. For example, it can be the effect of protruding walls at the location of the slab, the creation of niches or a box with a stucco pattern and an apron panel.
The gloss is ideal for modern furniture fronts... Such a kitchen can decorate any modern design direction, be it loft, grunge or minimalism. A similar design is typical for Art Nouveau, Art Deco or Lounge styles, which are experiencing a second wave of popularity. It is important here to show the modernity of the material. This is, first of all, an indication of its synthetic component. The color should be pure, the texture is selected based on what it will contrast with.
You need a gloss, the texture should be combined with metal, which today is complemented by almost any interior. If you plan to install skins, the facades should not shine, otherwise the abundance of gloss will play against the aesthetic appeal of the interior composition.
The loft should resemble an inhabited industrial facility, furnished with expensive furniture.... Therefore, it can be different, but with a high external status. The color should not be harsh, since the interior will already have bright accents. The texture can be matte and glossy, the priority is moderately cool tones, there should not be a lot of finishes. Excessive decoration is alien to this furniture: a masculine style should be felt.
Plastic facades here will look quite appropriate against the background of walls made of rough plaster or brick.
The set can be supplemented with rough wood furniture, as well as cast iron fittings. In the kitchen, glass inserts may be present, which goes well with any material of the kitchen being equipped.
The minimalism style headset is performed with maximum emphasis on simplicity and the absence of everything superfluous.... No flashy fittings: everything should be strictly functional. Glass inserts, console shelves without decor are welcome. This furniture is designed to create a spacious effect. Geometry, severity of lines and shapes should be traced here.
Hi-tech and modern are distinguished by some elegance... Here, the kitchen is selected with such an emphasis that it looks good against the background of modern built-in technology with a predominantly dark and metallic finish. However, if the forms of high-tech should be straight, then Art Nouveau strives for curved lines and smooth outlines. Gloss and chrome are indispensable attributes of the interior, the kitchen must reckon with them.
As for the temperature, shape, material and appearance, everything here is individually based on style. For example, for Provence, cool tones of beige are needed, in priority its combination with gray-blue, bleached pistachio. Furniture should be simple to leave room for accents. The color can be matte, akin to dining group or chair covers or curtains.
For country, on the contrary, variegation and warm tones of furniture are important, while the shape of the headset should be laconic.
If you want to choose this kitchen for the embodiment of ethnic styles, you will have to add appropriate attributes to the interior. A monochromatic set looks great against the background of an apron made with a print in the form of a certain ornament. It will make the tile panel more expressive without detracting from the aesthetics of the design. Such furniture should be matte, with simple handles without florid elements. The priority is wood - plastic is inappropriate in most varieties of ethnic stylistics.
Features of monochrome interior design
When choosing a beige kitchen, a number of nuances must be taken into account for furnishing elements in related colors. For example, you should not choose a completely identical shade to create an interior.This deprives the composition of its versatility and turns the room into a one-color box, which will be extremely uncomfortable to be in.
Interior design professionals pay attention to several nuances.
- In total, the interior should have at least three tones. In this case, one of them should dominate, the second should create accents, and the third should connect the first two with each other.
- The selected color of the kitchen should not completely match the color of the apron, just as the texture should not match 100%. Against such a background, the facades will not be able to stand out, the furniture will be visually lost, the interior will become faded.
- If beige is chosen as the dominant color solution for the interior, it is important to visually separate the furnishings from the background tone of the floor, ceiling and wall cladding.
- The color of the headset located near the windows should not exactly match the tone of the curtains. Despite the fact that beige visually erases the boundaries of the room, it looks boring without contrast.
- If you want to fill the entire room with beige, you need to take into account the nuances of lighting. Sometimes it is the lamps that equalize all the tones during operation. The ceiling in the interior must be necessarily white or otherwise, but not beige, like the floor.
- We must not forget that all good looks stylish when there is not much of it. Otherwise, there will be no accents in the interior at all.
- A space filled with one color does not have the so-called air, it presses on a subconscious level, reduces the height of the walls and their width.
- The tone of the headset can be repeated in the color of the dining room furniture, the tone of the curtains, the apron pattern, the decor of the chandelier. However, these colors must be separated by some element of the interior.
A beige set is suitable for any kitchen, if you choose the right background solution. For example, it is not at all necessary to install furniture in a room with matching wallpaper. Separate the cooking area with contrasting printed tiles. You can also use paired wallpaper, which will allow you to designate the kitchen workspace without flooding it with the same color.
Great accents can be curtains, stove, refrigerator, built-in oven, console shelves, covers for furniture, dining or guest group. For example, you can separate the work area of the kitchen by using the contrasting color of the top shelves and side shelves.
You can build in a refrigerator under, say, metal or bronze. A column cabinet or a so-called bottle-holder can also be a good addition-separator.
Spectacular accents can be: a cooker hood, ceiling lamps, as well as decorative elements (vases with flowers, greenery, clocks, panels, framed photos). Suitable as a space divider and a floor with small inserts of a different color. If the kitchen has ledges or partitions, you can use them too: contrasting wall ledges will give the interior a special style. As for the best color companion in a room with a predominance of beige, it is white.
It can be used in many ways: You can buy a white and beige kitchen with top white and bottom beige cabinets. You can choose an option for a specific color typeface composition. It also looks extraordinary.
Successful examples
Here are some interesting ideas for decorating a beige kitchen.
- Beige kitchen interior in modern style, contrasting with white and light brown.
- Kitchen with an island, decorated in the best traditions of space zoning.
- An example of a combination of a beige set with gray furnishings and a brick apron.
- Option for arranging a kitchen with cantilever shelves. Combination with yellow and brown.
- An interior where the beige color of the kitchen softens the spatial perception.
- An example of using a kitchen without upper wall cabinets. Combination with brown and white tones.
- An example of a classic style kitchen. The use of white and bright accents in the form of built-in technology.
- Kitchen-living room of modern style, made in a minimalist design.
- Zoning dining and seating spaces through color. Two-tone kitchen.
A set without top drawers in a Mediterranean style interior.
The following is a video review of the beige kitchen.