Eco style (eikos) can be translated from Greek as a habitat, home. From the name it becomes clear even to a non-specialist that natural natural materials are used in this style.
Eco style in the interior - the embodiment of healing peace
This style is most suitable for people who are tired of glass and concrete in a modern metropolis. This is not only a beautiful and stylish interior, but an expression of its position on unreasonable environmental pollution.
Style Feature
An eco-style room helps a person feel the dignity of natural materials and completely relax from a stuffy and gassed city.
Eco style is expressed solely in its idea - natural materials, natural colors, correct shapes.
Basics of style
Eco-style house involves the use of materials such as:
- stone;
- tree;
- clay;
- natural fabrics;
- glass.
Beige, white (in combination with dark or ebony), brown, pastel soft colors are used. But more often natural colors are used:
- pale blue;
- pale green;
- color of grass (water, wood, soil, stone).
The room decorated in this style has a lot of light, it is easy to breathe in it.
Eco style features
Eco style in the interior does not have any strict restrictions. The only rule that must always be observed is the use of harmless natural materials.
Modern eco style is becoming more and more popular in the world every year. It is suitable for decorating an apartment or a cottage, a chill-out in an office (lounge room) and a meeting room. The main principle that must be observed is naturalness in everything. Therefore, the use of chipboard, chrome-plated metal, plastic in decor and furniture is highly undesirable.
One of the most significant advantages of eco-style is the endless possibilities for making your wildest fantasies come true.
Eco style apartment
At the end of the twentieth century, designers had a new idea for home design, which began to develop rapidly and soon became very popular in the world.
Natural or eco style does not fit into a strict theme. Nevertheless, we have already talked about one rule - natural materials. Another reading of this style is the creation of a mini-oasis on the territory of a city apartment, closeness to nature. Is it possible?
Eco-style design requires free space. In other words, the apartment should be completely freed from grandmother's chests and suitcases that litterroom and take the space.
If possible, the room should be well lit with natural light, but in any case, you will need fluorescent lamps.
Materials
And now let's take a closer look at what materials are suitable for a particular section of your apartment.
Floors - you can use boards, strip parquet, natural stone tiles, cork. In recreation areas, woven bamboo or straw mats will be quite appropriate. And carpets will have to be completely abandoned - eco-style does not accept them. Modern eco style allows for 3D self-leveling flooring for maximum earthy effect.
Walls - natural stone or brickwork is quite suitable for their decoration. However, in this case, you should know the measure. It is undesirable to completely shackle the interior into stone, it is better to limit yourself to small fragments on the walls of the corridor, kitchen backsplash, recreation area, etc.
In the bathroom or hallway, walls made of tiles that imitate wood, pebbles, facing stone look good. In other rooms, you can paste paper wallpapers. It is preferable to choose plant drawings. Choose from a variety of natural materials such as silk, bamboo, sisal, jute, cork or wood wall panels.
Ceilings - most often traditional white plaster, but with imitation of wooden beams, stretch fabric ceilings with the image of the sky in the clouds, wood paneling.
We have already mentioned that the eco style involvesuse of soft pastel colors. The prevailing gamut is all shades of vegetation and earth - black, green, brown. You can dilute them with other natural colors - beige, sand, blue, white. Bright accents (red, yellow, pink) are best left for accessories and plants.
Furniture
To fully furnish an apartment with furniture made of natural wood is not a cheap pleasure. Therefore, various combinations are often used - for example, rattan, slatted or bamboo furniture. It is allowed to use MDF, but with maximum imitation of the tree structure. And from plastic, stainless steel will have to be abandoned completely. There is no place for these nature style materials.
Countertops are quite often made of natural stone, heavy wood structures will facilitate glass shelves, racks, and various cabinets. Pay attention to the choice of upholstered furniture. It should also be covered with natural fabrics in natural shades and be with wooden backs.
Vegetation
Probably everyone will agree that without small details the room looks uncomfortable and somehow empty. You can't do without them if you create an eco style. The design in this case can be quite easily turned into a mini-jungle in a single apartment.
You can use large outdoor flowers, a variety of flowerpots on the windowsills, planters, fresh flowers in vases and pots, ikebanas, which very effectively decorate niches and fillfree space. Fans of home floriculture can create a living wall in the apartment. One of the empty partitions in the apartment is suitable for this.
For those who have neither the time nor the desire to take care of a large number of flowers, we can recommend two or three impressive flowerpots with plants that do not require complex care. In addition, in this case, you can give preference to plant themes in textiles and paintings. Cushions and curtains, tablecloths and bedspreads - if you wish, you can choose everything with an imitation of the structure and color of vegetation. Thus, you can make up for the lack of living plants in the interior.
Accessories
Don't follow any standard when shopping for eco quartile accessories. You should not copy the vases or figurines that you saw from a friend or neighbor, even if you really liked them. In this case, originality and creativity are welcome. You can create with your own hands a lot of decor items that will also play a functional role.
For this purpose, materials collected during the holidays are suitable - these can be shells, which make very nice photo frames, figured shelves from unplaned boards, herbarium-based paintings, lamps made of unusual materials (for example, tree bark).
In this matter, it is important to observe the measure. The apartment should not turn into a rustic country house - eco style is functionality and spaciousness. The principle of choosing accessories is the final touch that will allow you to achieve the effect of complete relaxation. What do you inthis will help - pleasing to the eye plants, floral aromas, and perhaps the sound of the surf - you decide.
Kitchen - luxurious minimalism
It's no secret that in many families this room is considered the warmest and most comfortable in the house. Here, in the evenings, all household members gather and talk about their successes (or failures) over the past day. It's nice to have a chat with a dear friend here. Therefore, today we will talk about this room in more detail.
Eco-style kitchen is a special place. It includes all the principles characteristic of this style, but with some nuances. For example, for finishing the ceiling, you can use water-based paint, drywall, textiles. In a word, it should be a natural material, but resistant to aggressive conditions, since temperature changes and high humidity will quickly do their dirty work and put the ceiling out of action.
The same can be said about the flooring. Although in some cases (with little use of the premises) wooden floors are used, it must be admitted that they are impractical in the kitchen. Ceramic tiles or stone are much more suitable. A grass carpet looks stylish and in line with the spirit of eco-minimalism, which will be appropriate in a room combined with a kitchen.
Designers believe that walls can simply be painted or wallpapered. However, many owners prefer cork, wood paneling. It will be interesting and harmonious to look at the walls, or rather, their individualareas with sea pebbles, glass mosaics, clay tiles. So you can create the corners of the room and the boundaries of the room combined with the kitchen.
Lighting
Eco style ideally involves full-wall windows, because the room should be very bright. But this is not always possible, so often you have to use artificial lighting.
In the kitchen, the light should be soft and warm. Usually such lighting is provided by incandescent lamps. But since this is not the most economical option, LEDs or energy-saving lamps are used today. Their number should correspond to the functionality of the room. You can use different lighting - decorative lamps in the dining area, spotlights for the work surface. A chandelier of the original form is placed on the ceiling.
Window decoration
This question is also very important. Most often, designers who create eco-style interiors abandon the usual classic curtains, preferring wooden blinds or Japanese curtains.
If desired, the windows can be decorated with curtains made of natural fabrics. Cotton or linen curtains will harmoniously fit into your interior.
What should be the furniture?
The design of the eco-style kitchen is decorated with solid wood furniture. However, this is a very expensive solution, which is why many owners use natural wood only for visible walls and facades. Invisible structures are made of high quality MDF. True, this is contrary to the philosophy of this style. More correctmake furniture in the form of built-in wardrobes, thus, the design will be much cheaper.
You probably noticed that in the photo of finished projects in eco-style, mats are often pasted on the facades of the headset. In addition, the doors can be pasted over with bamboo and cork panels, rattan. The color of the furniture will remain natural.
Necessary little things
No kitchen can do without functional details - every hostess knows this. This is a countertop, and an apron above the work surface, and much more. The wood finish of the furniture and the rest of the kitchen space looks interesting, especially if it is combined with wall coverings.
But wood is exposed to moisture, so its use is limited, and more often eco-style kitchen sets are made with stone worktops. A similar pattern can be used on an apron if it is made of glass. However, the tabletop itself can be glass. In this case, skins for walls in the working area are decorated with photos with natural images. For example, an apron with a picture of a meadow looks attractive.
Decorates the kitchen and utensils. It is usually located on open shelves. In the eco style, only glass, wooden or ceramic utensils are used.
Undoubtedly, such a kitchen cannot do without flowers. Flowerpots, pots with plants are placed on window sills, shelves, they can decorate the wall. Many housewives prefer a home garden. For this, specialvarieties of greens and vegetables.
As a kitchen decor, you can use cages with birds, an aquarium (if the area allows), straw fruit baskets. Wicker panels are used for walls and windows.
