Joyful and bright personalities prefer a riot of colors in everything, including the interior. That is why the Mexican style is often chosen, which is considered by many designers to be exotic and difficult to achieve, since it is difficult to acquire decorative elements for it. But nothing is impossible.
Mexican style in the interior: features
This interior style is ethnic. It is characterized by a harmonious combination of details from European trends and national Indian motifs. In addition, the decoration contains elements of American, French, Greek and Spanish cultures.
The main thing in the interior in the Mexican style is the presence of bright and saturated colors. This is what decides the style direction. At the same time, every room in the apartment can be bright and rich.
The most typical color combination is blue with red, green, yellow and purple, as Mexico is associated with sand, sunand clay.
This style does not accept conventions, so all colors can be combined into rich mixes without observing the rules of compatibility. It is allowed that the rooms are decorated in different colors, for example, one room is blue and the other is orange.
Wall decoration
Mexican interior decoration most often involves the use of textured decorative plaster. If desired, this finishing material can be replaced with wallpaper for painting. In this case, it is recommended to zone the room with their help. It is best to use plain or striped wallpapers for this.
Mexican styling can also be done with terracotta-colored tiles, which are best combined with bright, rich decor. This finishing material can be used for decoration:
- door arch;
- steps;
- lugs;
- niches;
- furniture;
- fireplaces;
- borders;
- columns.
Ceramic tiles can be used as accent tiles in living rooms and as a backdrop in a kitchen or bathroom.
Many rooms in this style have stone walls with wood cladding. The corner between the wall and the ceiling is often formed by a cornice, which must be painted in the color of the interior.
Finishing the floor
The floor should be a continuation of the style, so it is better if its color contrasts with the ceiling trim. For example, a wooden floorvange colors will look great in a room with dark beams.
As finishing materials, you can choose an ordinary floorboard or tile, but only in terracotta color. However, the first option is preferable. In the absence of financial opportunities, you can choose materials that imitate wood. As an additional floor decor, carpets with ethnic motifs can be used.
Ceiling trim
Typical for the Mexican style is the presence of beams, and it is recommended to place them in the most overlooked places. When choosing them, you need to be guided by the following rule - the beams should contrast with the main color of the Mexican interior in the apartment, that is, a bright room - dark beams, and vice versa.
Special attention should be paid to the choice of the central chandelier. It is better if it is with forged elements, stained glass or textile lampshade, with a fan. Sconces imitating candles will be useful in the kit for it.
Which furniture suits a Mexican-style room?
Mexican style is as close to nature as possible, so it is better to choose wooden furniture. But sophistication has no place here. Furniture should not be a decoration of the room, but only a household item. Its surface can be either matte or polished - it all depends on the personal preferences of the owner of the house.
Tables and chairs can look rough, most often the wood is used raw, which gives more authenticity to the interior in Mexicanstyle.
Furniture can also be stylized as Mexico using bright paint. Such items will be most relevant in the children's room or kitchen. Little fidgets will definitely be delighted with such a riot of colors. Also, bright wooden furniture can be placed in the veranda.
If you don't like rough wooden furniture, you can replace it with exquisite wicker furniture. She is more presentable. Many craftsmen use planks and leather dyed in the desired shades for manufacturing. For countertops and cabinets, ceramic tiles are best suited. When choosing headsets, be sure to choose a color scheme that would be combined with the overall design. Wicker furniture is appropriate in the dining room and living room.
For the bedroom, forged furniture is suitable. A low bed with a wrought-iron headrest will look good. To enhance the Mexican effect, you can use a colorful striped bedspread.
Furniture should be open, especially in the kitchen. All items needed for cooking should be at hand, nothing should interfere with this process.
Decoration Features
For decoration it is better to use geometric shapes, spirals, zigzags. With their help, you can recreate the traditional paintings of the Aztecs, who can be considered the founders of the Mexican style. For such a Mexican ornament in the interior, it is better to use contrasting elements, for example, a combination of bright saturated colors with black. Closed geometric shapes are suitable for decorating borders,made in white and black palette.
When decorating a Mexican-style room, don't forget about paintings and posters. In the living room, you can place a triptych with a meander pattern (there is a theory that such motifs have a magical effect, reflecting the course of human life and supernatural grace, which will eventually become dominant), in the kitchen, a poster with a chili pepper (a typical Mexican vegetable) red or Green colour. Wicker rugs, decorative baskets, bright tablecloths with ethnic ornaments, various ceramic gravy boats, decorative bottles and other similar items will also be useful in the last room.
In the living room figurines of the ancient Maya, Indian masks in bright colors on the walls, a Mexican sombrero and a painted guitar (it differs from the usual one in small sizes) will look good. There will be a lot of cleaning in such rooms, because there should be a lot of decor.
Mexican style in the interior of the kitchen will be incomplete if there is no oven, fireplace or their imitation.
Plants for Mexican style
Mexican style plants are a must-have decorative element. With a minimum amount of furniture of various colors, there should be many colors. This combination allows you to give the interior unusualness combined with modernity.
Plants are mostly garlands of flowers. They can be placed at the entrance to the house, on the walls. In the hallway, on the stairs or windowsill is betterput pots with large plants. When choosing, it should be borne in mind that the combination of palm trees and cacti with large noticeable needles is a classic. If the owner of the house does not like live plants, then cactus motifs in combination with blue can also support the spirit of sunny Mexico. It can be painted walls, posters, tapestries and other similar items.
Details and nuances of design
Particular attention when decorating the interior in the Mexican style is given to the choice of textiles - there should be a lot of it. It can be sofa and floor cushions, bedspreads, blankets, curtains. Textiles should be iridescent with traditional ornaments. Saturated colors, bright stripes, ethnic patterns will come in handy.
Mexican style suits people whose life is dominated by fun and optimism. Bright colors will decorate the gray everyday life and everyday life of the owner of the house. And the opinion that the interior in the Mexican style is appropriate only for country houses is fundamentally wrong. Bright colors will be appropriate in a noisy bustling city.
