The role of the chair in the interior

The simplest and most valuable pleasure in our life, filled with fuss and just an incredible amount of completed and not quite completed cases, useful and useless contacts, is the opportunity to close your eyes, sit down and relax in a very limited and preferably individual space.

Couch? But it is rather intended for general use. All household members usually try to get settled on it at the same time, so it simply won’t work to feel here “in a limited space”. But the chair in the interior is just what you need. This piece of furniture is quite capable of organizing a cozy relaxation corner in any of the rooms: in the bedroom, in the living room, in the nursery, in the office, and even on the open terrace.

What is your dream chair?

“It is important to decide whether the chair in the interior will be used for its intended purpose or a purely decorative mission is intended for it”

When choosing a chair model, you need to remember that this cozy piece of furniture should fit into the style of the room and at the same time become a contrasting accent in relation to it. Your task is to prevent overload and limit movement in the room where the chair will be located. Another nuance that is also important in the selection is the role that will be assigned to your chair in the interior. It is important to decide whether the chair in the interior will be used for its intended purpose or a purely decorative mission is intended for it (that is, this piece of furniture will be akin to museum exhibits on which you cannot sit, but it is only permissible to admire its beauty and admire the sophistication of forms from afar).

The criteria for choosing a "pet" should be his:

1. Appearance.
2. Comfort.
3. Durability.
4. Practicality (non-staining upholstery and structural strength).
5. Mobility.
6. Ease of maintenance.

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Armchair and styles

If your house is decorated in the spirit of Provence

In this case, you will need furniture of the simplest possible design. With its appearance, it should resemble a peasant one, but at the same time make the interior cozy. If you are looking for an armchair with Provence decor, then its frame must be made of wood. If there is a carving on the chair as a decorative finish, then it should be very thin. In the living room, you can use this option as a rocking chair, which is placed near the fireplace or near the bookcase. Armchairs will harmoniously fit into this interior and a more massive design, with forged trim elements.

Empire armchair

Empire is a style that requires a serious approach. To accurately reproduce it in the interior, you need to very accurately select the appropriate stylistic: furniture, curtains, carpets, decorative elements and bedspreads.

Ideally, Empire furniture designs should be made of expensive wood, only in this case the presence of “those times” will be felt in the setting. You will need chairs made of mahogany. An expensive look is emphasized by brocade and silk upholstery. And do not be afraid of fabrics with gilding - they will only add luxury to the decor.

If we talk about the shape of the chair in the interior of the Empire style, then it will always have a back, legs and armrests with bizarre curves..

Modern armchair

A distinctive characteristic of Art Nouveau is the smoothness of the lines. The wavy line is found literally everywhere: in decoration, and in accessories, and in furniture facades. It serves as the main element of the decoration of the ceiling, doors, walls.

Of the mandatory stylistic attributes in the interior, there should be a cast-iron table and forged candlesticks. Naturally, an armchair for such a room will also need a solid, massive, striking grandeur. Its main decoration will be forged elements. Relevant for modern and wicker chairs. They will create a feeling of exquisite lightness and comfort.

Baroque armchair

If you have ever seen photos of rooms decorated in the Baroque style, then you could not help but notice how important the role of details is in such interiors. This means that you will have to work hard with the choice of chair design in this interior. Baroque always has a lot of carvings, gilding, mosaics - this will also need to be taken into account when creating the exterior of a “cozy corner”.

It’s great if the legs of the model you like are not just carved, but made in the form of animals. Mystical motifs are also very popular. The upholstery of a chair for such decor should be expensive, for example, satin or velvet. It is highly desirable to complement the composition with tapestries and other accessories made from the same fabric.

Hi-tech armchair

In high-tech, the main emphasis is on the combination of space and light or light and pattern. Interior furnishing is kept to a minimum, however, as well as decoration, so the main stylistic burden lies with the materials used.

Those few pieces of furniture that will be honored to be present in the setting should have clear lines. As for the chair in the high-tech interior, it is characterized by a low deep seat, as well as armrests and legs made of chromed metal..

Armchair in art deco

This design direction was born more than a century ago, but even today it has not lost its relevance. Basically, this style is used in the decoration of apartments and luxury houses.

Armchairs for art deco are most often chosen wooden, but handmade. The surface of such a chair will be covered with textile silver or gold. It is possible to install a chair with leather upholstery, thanks to which the product will also stand out against the general background.

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Armchair in the interior: upholstery and accessories

“It will be most advantageous if one of the colors of the upholstery of the chair matches the tone of the walls in the interior”

In order for the armchair in the room to be not only functionally comfortable, but also to become a real decorative element in the setting, you need to choose the right upholstery and draw parallels with the general style.

The upholstery of the chair can be chosen for the curtains: they may well serve as a full-fledged guide. The fabric of curtains and chair upholstery can be identical when they are part of a single design collection.However, such exclusive things cost accordingly, and therefore cannot appear in every home.

In other cases, this approach will simply be inappropriate, since completely different requirements will be imposed on the functionality of the fabric. For example, fabric for curtains should be light and airy. Now imagine that you will upholster an armchair in the interior with a material with such characteristics. Naturally, you won’t have to sit on it anymore, because the coating will not withstand a serious load. And, frankly, it will not work out of "museum value" in the decor. Therefore, the pattern on the fabric of the chair may well not be a copy of the pattern on the curtains, the main thing is that both elements are combined in color and do not conflict. A winning combination will be a combination of striped curtains with a checkered chair, a striped chair with vignettes, curtains in small flowers with an armchair in large buds.

Choosing the upholstery of armchairs under the walls, they are guided exclusively by the color palette of the latter. The lighter their background is, the lighter you need to look for the upholstery of the chair - in this case, the room will receive additional visual space. Tones saturated with brightness will make the room somewhat chamber. It will be most advantageous if one of the colors of the upholstery of the chair matches the tone of the walls in the interior.

For rooms whose walls are decorated with colorful wallpaper, chairs are selected according to the same rule as for curtains. In the upholstery pattern, one of the tones present on the wallpaper can be repeated.

But this technique will please those who are not ready to globally change the room interior. The “inappropriate” upholstery of the chair can be hidden under the cover, and pick it up in such a spectrum that it matches in color with one of the accessories available in the decor. If the interior of the room is strictly designed within the framework of minimalism, then you can afford armchair with bright upholstery and unusual shape.

If you want to complement your home interior with a striped armchair, then do not try to choose products with too contrasting color duets.. Bright and flashy tones will quickly become annoying.

To fit your chair into the big picture, you need to properly decorate it. For this, pillows and blankets are used. It's a good idea to sew cushion covers out of curtain fabric or its companion material. Also, one of the shades of the room decoration can be used for sewing covers. Such an accessory will generally help to include the chair in a single interior chain. A black, white or gray blanket thrown on an armchair will produce a similar effect if the room has furniture or other furnishings in such colors. The use of armchairs with completely different upholstery can be considered an original approach. This technique is often used by creative designers.

 

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Conclusion

As you can see, the chair in the interior is not the last element and, nevertheless, it needs to be given worthy attention. In this case, you will get a really comfortable place to relax and an accent compositional element of the decor.

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