If it’s cloudy outside, you need to bring your own sun in the apartment – to create a relaxed, soothing atmosphere at home that will give you strength after an active day at work. Our consultant Gelena Zakharova, designer, decorator, expert of the Ideal Renovation and Housing Question programs, tells how to create a sunny interior.
July 3 2017
For a start you need to decide on the color scheme… The middle strip of Russia in the world is close to cloudy London, so what looks good in cheerful Italy may be completely inappropriate here. It is necessary to take into account the emotional component of a person. So he came home from a gloomy street, where everything is dark and unprepossessing. And hit the house in stunning brightness. A breakdown of the psyche occurs: it does not understand what is happening and does not have time to adapt. It’s like getting out of the heat into the cold – the same stress. Therefore, in our Russian interiors, ambiguous tones look so good – complex, dirty, blurry tones, but it is better to refuse pure, open, piercing colors.
Plants create the mood at home… Live potted flowers, such as orchids, are pleasing to the eye and aesthetic sense, creating a feeling of eternal spring at home. And picking pots is a good opportunity to experiment.
If the sun’s rays are out of your windows, you need to fix it.
Hang up mirrors – their shiny surfaces simulate radiation. Apply yellow wallpaper. Aim the lights at the mirrors for even more light in the house. Do not block the windows with blackout curtains, choose light, translucent, without lambrequins that block the light.
Lighting should be abundant and layered… For a large room of 20 sq. m you need two chandeliers so that the light is evenly distributed. You can add sconces at a height of one and a half meters, two-meter floor lamps, lamps hanging on long cords. Your goal is to avoid dark corners in the house, because the lack of light creates a depressive mood, especially in autumn.
What do we get in the end? A simple test: you want to go home, you do not get tired of looking at your apartment, resting and discarding the negative information accumulated during the day. At home, you need to draw joy, strength and inspiration and, having rested, with fresh strength go to do great things.
Bright pure colors in our realities are not always good. For example, experimenting with red, instead of scarlet, it is better to take burgundy or berry. In a gloomy setting, they give a beautiful refraction of color and, oddly enough, look impressive.
Do not clutter up the apartment with trifles. Store figurines, toys, boxes, pebbles and other small items and travel souvenirs in closed cabinets. Otherwise, they create a sense of chaos and disorder in the house, even after the most thorough cleaning.
Photos and portraits of loved ones on the walls create the effect of their every second presence in your life.