Kitchen-living room in Provence style: design features and interesting examples

Interior styling is of particular importance when creating a home atmosphere. By creating a certain mood, she is able to give status to any room. In the article, we will consider what are the features of the Provence style kitchen-living room design, and note the main aspects through which a hospitable interior is created in a combined room.

The uniqueness of the stylistic direction of Provence is its simplicity to the footage of the room. It can be implemented both in a small kitchen and in a spacious room. Today it is quite possible to create it not only within the framework of country houses or summer cottages, but also in city apartments of different layouts.

In fact, this is the style of the French hinterland or the so-called French country. It differs from other interior styles:

• an abundance of light shades in the background design and furnishings;
• the use of cold and restrained porcelain shades;
• the use of natural materials, including wood and stone;
• a minimum of bright strokes and tones, as well as contrasts;
• dosage of decorative elements in the form of forging and stucco molding;
• the presence of solid, rare furniture or artificially aged;
• use of wicker elements in the interior (baskets, pots, chairs);
• hiding any household appliances and modern accessories;
• the presence of soft contrasting solutions in the choice of color, the dosage of pomp;
• maximum textiles made from natural fibers;
• floral and vegetable colors of curtains and furniture upholstery textiles.

The main rule of style is to create an interior with a stamp of time. At the same time, the style does not accept gloss - the facing materials must have a matte texture. However, a light gloss can have a tile from which the apron is laid. In addition, in some cases, furniture with a barely noticeable shine is allowed in the interior. In this case, it is worth making a reservation right away: the texture of the furniture should also tend to dullness.

Knowing the basic resources of Provence style, you can create a truly unique setting in the kitchen-living room. In this case, first of all, it is necessary to build on the architecture of the room. It's great if the room can be combined with a loggia: this opens up a lot of design possibilities, while at the same time simplifies the zoning of the space. No less successful is the kitchen, which is complicated by the bay window ledge.

In the kitchen-living room, as a rule, it is necessary to arrange 3 functional areas: dining, cooking and guest. In fact, these will be 3 inhabited islands:

• work area, in which the headset is located, a table with a sink, a refrigerator and a stove;
• a guest area or a resting place where you can install a sofa with armchairs and a tea table;
• dining group consisting of a table and chairs.

For the interior to be holistic, the color schemes of all zones must be identical. In addition, it is important to choose the same material for furniture, textiles, the same shape and design of furnishing elements.

Where a particular zone will be located depends on the characteristics of the base room. For example, if it:

• narrow and elongated, you will have to put the furniture linearly, dividing the zones by creating partitions (turn the table, turn the sofa);
• square, then in one corner you can live in a working corner, and arrange a guest space diagonally, put a dining group between them;
• wide, then you can take one corner for the working area, and the second, on the contrary, for the dining room and recreation area;
• has a bay window, then the dining room or living room can be equipped there;
• combined with a loggia, it is this that can be used for the working area, leaving the rest of the area for the dining room and living room.

If earlier when drawing up a unique interior there were not so many tones, today we have the opportunity to combine a variety of tones and semitones. The priority is shades of the aged or bleached type. At the same time, it is great if they are soft, muffled. The base color is white, usually added to contrasts such as duets:

• gray-blue and brown;
• pistachio and beige;
• light oak wenge and ivory;
• mint and coffee with milk;
• milk and lavender.

Unpretentious drawings of meadow flowers and plants are in priority. In this case, the patterns should not be large and bright. In addition to flowers, the interior can be decorated with drawings of an apron with a wine-making theme, as well as poultry (cockerels and hens). At the same time, the interior ornaments should not be intrusive, they should not be repeated everywhere, because you need to leave the opportunity to accentuate the space with bouquets of fresh flowers.

Priorities in the choice of furniture are products with a history, therefore, furniture items with peeling paint, craquelure and decoupage are welcome. The facades of the headset must certainly be matte, most of the furniture must be made of wood.

The shape of the furniture elements should look antique: these are necessarily chairs with textile covers, carved or straight legs.Cabinets can have open shelves, patina, copper rivets. You can buy a display cabinet in the kitchen-living room.

Textiles should also correspond to the direction: these are curtains, a tablecloth, chair covers, kitchen benches, a sofa. There is a lot of it, it is often decorated with ruffles, fringes, braid or even embroidery. In this case, the curtains of the windows are ideally attached to the hinges. Typical rectangular curtains and cafe curtains would be good options.

To decorate the floor of the Provencal style, tiles or wood are used. Neither laminate nor linoleum are suitable for this, but if you cannot choose from two options, you will have to stop at linoleum. The priority is unpainted wood, so you can choose a canvas with its imitation. You can also find plaster wallpaper with a similar surface texture. In extreme cases, you can take a closer look at wallpaper with imitation textiles.

For the walls of the combined room, it is better to choose a cladding with the texture of raw surfaces. However, sometimes you can do with wallpaper, although their pattern will have to be selected with great care. You cannot overload the space with variegated flowers, otherwise it will lose its aesthetic appeal. If the walls are plain, and after combining the rooms there are protrusions, they can be pasted over with wallpaper with a pale floral print.

The ideal ceiling is white painted with beams or wooden slats. If they are not there, you can simply paint it with white paint. In extreme cases, it is made out by means of a stretch film with a matte texture and imitation of painted wood or plaster. If moldings are used to frame it, they should have an antique design, without gilding.

The Provence style kitchen-living room should be light. In view of this, when arranging it, lighting is thought out in such a way as to fully compensate for the lack of natural light. Stylistics loves beautiful chandeliers on suspensions, the design of which points to a certain historical era.

Whichever type is chosen, it is absolutely impossible to allow it to give out modern design trends. The color of the lamps can repeat the shade of furniture upholstery or an element of furniture, print of curtains. Ideally, it is white, but it can be decorated and forged. Chandelier shades can look like straw hats, antique lanterns. Less often, chandeliers are decorated like candles.

Provencal lighting is selected for each functional area. In view of this, it can be not only ceiling, but also wall, and even floor. For example, it is a floor lamp that will look harmonious in the guest area. Here you can also decorate the interior with a lamp in the form of a rounded birdcage. It is also necessary to highlight the working area, from the ceiling or in the place of the apron, hood.

We offer 10 examples of successful drawing up of a Provence style interior composition in a kitchen-living room of different layouts.

Luxurious Provencal style interior designed for a huge kitchen-living room.

An example of a harmonious combination of color, texture and furnishings.

A room with a sense of taste, decorated in the spirit of French country.

Arrangement of functional islands of the kitchen-living room with zoning techniques.

Arrangement of the kitchen-living room in the best traditions of the Provencal style.

A successful combination of used shades, rational arrangement of furniture.

Design of a hospitable Provencal kitchen combined with a living room.

The embodiment of Provence style in a small kitchen with rational use of space.

An interesting selection of furniture for arranging three functional areas.

An example of the original lighting of a space by using semi-antique lamps.

You will learn about the Provence style kitchen in the video below.