Country style or, as we call it, rustic style, is confidently leading the top of the most popular interior solutions found in modern homes. Someone is captivated by its unpretentiousness, someone by the simplicity of design and purity of lines, and someone is attracted by the very atmosphere of antiquity.
spacious rustic kitchen in bright colors
It is also important that to recreate such an interior, only natural materials such as wood, stone, linen and cotton are required. And although the spirit of the country can settle in any of the rooms of the house, especially colorful ones, for some reason, it turns out to be rustic-style kitchens. Maybe we can try to figure out why?
The main aspects of design
“In order to get a kitchen in a real rustic style, it is enough to leave only some of its components”
What is rustic style? An American will say that this is a cowboy ranch, the French will remember the exquisite Provence, and the Swiss will describe the comfort of a chalet. In the Russian version, this style looks something like this: deliberately rough-finished walls are crowned with a clean whitewashed ceiling, wooden floors are covered with wicker floorboards, and windows are hidden behind chintz curtains. And, of course, the traditional oven is the center of the whole composition. Therefore, before you start decorating your kitchen, you need to choose a direction that is more comfortable for you and try to reproduce the main interior delights characteristic of it. This does not mean at all that while conveying the spirit of the Russian village, you will have to give up modern amenities, household appliances and a certain chic in the atmosphere. To get a kitchen in a real rustic style, it is quite enough to leave only some of its components.
brickwork as an element of rustic kitchen decor
We decorate the walls
"... kitchen tiles in a colorful rustic style - persona non grata"
Recreating a rustic style is easy with your own hands, because it is unpretentious. Moreover, he, in a sense, does not even accept excessive accuracy in finishing. But the deliberate rudeness and slight negligence will only benefit the interior.
the roughness of the walls in the kitchen, decorated in a rustic style
In principle, walls can be finished with any materials. Naturally, the advantage will remain with naturals. Well, then you have to connect the fantasy. You can make a wall with decorative masonry, you can sheathe it with clapboard or board, you can make a tiled mosaic, but textured plaster remains the favorite of the style. With its help, it is easy to give surfaces a picturesque negligence and at the same time emphasize the beauty of the finish.
But the tiles for the kitchen in a colorful rustic style are persona non grata. In extreme cases, it can lay out the working area, and for this, use a pattern that recreates a natural stone or reproduces the natural beauty of a wood cut.If you need an economical design option - use wallpaper, just think carefully with which pattern. The presence of not only rustic themes, but also ethnic patterns is welcome.
the use of natural materials is a prerequisite for creating a country-style kitchen
If you need a visual increase in space, it makes sense to try using such a technique as an accent wall. This task will help photo wallpaper, where something from the landscapes of the countryside will be depicted. Agree, it's nice to sit in a city apartment to admire the steppe expanses, to feel on the banks of a merrily murmuring river or walking along an eared field. Any of these pictures will bring you back to memories of a rural holiday.
back to index ↑We equip the floors
In rural aesthetics, you will not find parquet on the floors, because it would be bad manners to replace unplaned boards with it, but replacing them with a more modern one laminate - it's very possible. Naturally, its design should clearly correspond to the spirit of the kitchen, made in a rustic style. The decision to lay out the surface with unglazed, with the effect of aging, floor tiles will also be original. A chord note on such floors will be simple paths or wicker rugs that will add the charm of rustic life to the atmosphere.
laminate in rustic kitchen
About ceilings
Just whitewashing the ceilings or painting them with a water-based emulsion will not be enough, because the ceiling beams are an invariable sign of a village house. In your version, they can be made not only from wood, but also from lighter polyurethane. However, this design will only be possible in a room with high ceilings. If it is unrealistic to install such beams in your kitchen, stretch or simple suspended ceilings will help out. Playing with colors and proper lighting will help to maintain the overall stylistic range. Make it not snow-white to blue, but milky or even beige. Embed lamps in such a ceiling and dress them in “antique” wicker lampshades. You can try to balance the presence of modern shades in rustic kitchens with wrought iron chandeliers stylized as street lamps.
wood beam is the best choice for rustic kitchen ceiling design
Styling accessories
“It is impossible to imagine kitchens in a truly Russian rustic style without a samovar, a painted tray, Gzhel and Khokhloma”
The country kitchen is always full of family heirlooms, so you'll have to dig through your grandmother's chest to find something original that tells the story of your family. You will surely pick up something from the souvenirs with which you can diversify the atmosphere. Photographs in old wooden frames, ornate blackened metal candlesticks, porcelain figurines will do.
A pair of clay plates hanging on the wall or painted pots displayed on an open shelf will support the atmosphere.
It is impossible to imagine a kitchen in a truly Russian rustic style without a samovar, a painted tray, Gzhel and Khokhloma.
rustic kitchen accessories
Bouquets of spicy-smelling herbs, garlands of garlic and onions or straw woven into a braid will help to revive the interior. You can use such elements of phytodesign as: wild flowers in a table vase, ikebana from dry herbs and twigs, indoor plants in unusual stylish pots.
Textiles play a special role in country music. If this is a Slavic-type kitchen, then embroidered towels, curtains with embroidery, scallops, ruffles and lace, knitted openwork napkins should come to the fore.
Although the rustic style does not shy away from variegation, it is still not worth overdoing it in decorating the kitchen, otherwise it will not look like a cozy corner, but like a cluttered and untidy room.
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Rustic style appeals to naturalness, so acidic shades and flashy colors are not found in it. To create a general background, any pastel colors are suitable. Their palette can start from golden brown and end with gray or sky blue notes. The neutrality of the background of rustic kitchens needs to be diluted with bright splashes of raspberry, scarlet, cornflower blue, carmine red and rich green.. They will bring motives of cheerfulness and remind of the unity of man and nature.
a combination of dark brown and burgundy in the interior of a rustic kitchen
How to furnish the kitchen
Designers say that the most diverse elements of furniture can coexist in the interior of a country kitchen, the main thing is that they match in style and fit in size. Ideally, natural wood headsets with an artificially aged surface are used. Shabby chic is simply made to decorate the kitchen and other living rooms in a rustic style. The presence of a visible touch of antiquity, expressed in the scuffs of the furniture surface, not only brings traces of vintage into the environment, but also makes it sophisticated. With the same success, the subtleties of the rustic style can be conveyed if you put in the kitchen:
- Massive, with a wide top of an ellipsoidal or round shape, dining table
- Kitchen drawers
- Buffet
- Hanging cabinets and slides for storing kitchen utensils
- Wicker furniture
- Shops.
It will be nice if the table top of the selected table is made of stone, and the furniture facades are covered with paintings or carvings. This is, of course, very beautiful, but such voluminous furniture is not suitable for a small kitchen, because the protruding elements and the overall massiveness of the perception of the decor will greatly reduce the already limited space. In this case, antique furniture will help convey the style of a country-style kitchen.
white natural stone countertop in rustic kitchen
As for the lockers, their models with open shelves are more traditional for country style. Accessories that convey ethnic motifs will perfectly take root on the upper cabinets. Lower - it makes sense to decorate with curtains with scallops, ruffles or bows.
Household appliances, shining with silver metal and attracting with an abundance of buttons, it is rational to hide behind furniture facades or equip built-in gadgets. In this case, you will be able to maintain the maximum functionality of the room without violating the overall style concept.
Is your kitchen spacious enough? Be sure to put a buffet in it. This is a real symbol of rural life. A large mirror, engraved glass doors - all this will make a massive sideboard almost weightless in perception.
sideboard as an integral part of the interior
You can also designate the style of the kitchen with the help of a chest. On the one hand, you will get a place to store the necessary things, and on the other, you will have a very comfortable seat.
If the size of a rustic kitchen is modest, take a closer look at rattan products.. They have incredible lightness and airiness of designs. Do not rush to attribute wicker furniture to country accessories. Modern manufacturers have developed such beautifully woven shelves, armchairs, cabinets that it is simply impossible to resist their charm. In addition, rattan refers to natural materials, and this is also in the rules of style.
wooden rocking chair - rustic kitchen decor element
And the last. Do not try to adhere to the arrangement of furniture and any particular order. It's completely useless. Furnish the kitchen so that you are comfortable and do not worry about anything. Chaotically arranged interior details will only add charm to the interior, and the room will look like it has been inhabited for a long time.
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To help those who plan to equip a country-style kitchen with their own hands:
- Remove old coatings from ceilings and walls. It is clear that the stage is unpleasant, dirty and time-consuming, but it is necessary to start from it.
- For a new finish, look for those materials that you can really work with without involving specialists. If you have enough experience in repair work, then you can use everything, up to textured plaster, if not, then stop at the wallpaper, which even schoolchildren can glue today. Choose cheerful drawings in small flowers or ethnic elements and do not forget that the lighter the main background is, the better.
- Do not rush to buy new furniture. For a simple rustic kitchen setting, the old one will do just fine. Give her a second life, treat the tree with sandpaper and open it with varnish. You will not believe, but at your disposal will be a set of unique, with a touch of "antiquity", furniture.
- Hide all household appliances. She will definitely spoil the interior of the kitchen in a cute rustic style, as she clearly does not smell of vintage. Gadgets can be hidden in cabinets, and in their absence, decorate with self-adhesive film or hide under lace napkins.
- Cover the floors with homespun rugs.
- Dilute the decor with bright accessories like a samovar, vintage lamps, candlesticks, painted trays.
- Choose stylish textiles. Reupholster an old soft corner or use decorative covers with embroidery and fringe. Decorate windows with curtains made of cotton or linen. They should also have flounces, ruffles and braid.
OK it's all over Now! Your cozy and harmonious kitchen is ready. And note that the design did not cost you fabulous money.
rustic kitchen appliances
Outcome
The beauty of rustic style is that to recreate it, you just need to outline the strokes. Is your kitchen full of shabby furniture? Are you sick and tired of creaking floorboards? Falling off wallpapers annoy you, but there is nowhere to get money for serious repairs? Believe me, the situation can be corrected without significant costs without buying expensive headsets and without involving teams of builders. Decorating the kitchen in a rustic style solves this problem simply and tastefully. The main thing is that you like real rural romance.
