Living room in the style of the chalet will be a cozy addition to your apartment house or villa. The style of the chalet came to our design a very long time ago. It is a native of the Alps and is an interior with the presence of simple furniture, made in a rustic style made from natural materials. This style is a manifestation of provincial beauty, coziness, warm atmosphere, pleasant evenings by the fireplace. Now especially popular and popular chalet in the interior of a country house.
Living room in the style of a chalet is an excellent variant of interior design for connoisseurs of provincial beauty.
A spacious guest room in the style of the chalet promotes the rapprochement of man and nature. In accordance with the requirements of style, large windows in wooden frames let in the room a sufficient amount of daylight.
The chalet-style living room is a great example of how a rustic style can also be refined and elegant.
In this article, read:
- 1 Basic rules of registration
- 1.1 Furniture in such living room
- 1.2 Fireplace in the living room
- 1.3 Bed in the living room
- 1.4 Optional Accessories
- 2 Features of the chalet style. Video
- 3 Interior of the chalet-style living room
Basic rules of registration
To make a living room in the style of a chalet, you need to apply all its features to your room. Features of the chalet style are:
- fireplace;
- animal skins;
- wooden furniture;
- fixtures;
The color scheme for furniture should be gray, brown and beige. The room should have the presence of wood or wood cladding. The walls and ceilings are characterized by the use of natural materials - wood, glass, stone. Must be here and a sofa in the style of the chalet (as well as the bed). Any accessories that will be added to the decor should be made of clay, wood or other natural material. If a bedroom is chosen for the interior of the chalet, then it must have a wooden bed, and all decor elements are made with appropriate style features.
The room for the guests in the attic is decorated in the style of a chalet. The ceiling and walls of the wooden frame perfectly fit into the overall design concept.
Stylish modern furniture looks harmoniously in the interior of the living room in the style of a chalet.
Rough, untreated wood is the best choice for finishing walls and ceilings. An interesting detail is also a fireplace made of natural stone.
To begin the design of the living room in the style of the chalet, you need to decide on the use of flowers. Room decoration involves colors:
- yellow;
- brown;
- chocolate;
- cream;
- coral;
- amber.
Dilute such a warm range of hues can be gray, tender blue, white and black colors. These tones can be decorated with all the details of the interior - and the bed, and the walls, and the ceiling, and other furniture. Bright colors can be included in the design, but in small quantities, for example, add accessories to the room pink, blue, red, purple and violet.
The ceiling design should be with the presence of wooden beams or racks and must be decorated in light colors.
Country style is ideal if it is a question of decorating a hunting lodge or a country cottage.
The electric fireplace, simulating the burning of the flame, makes the atmosphere in the living room in the style of the chalet warm and romantic.
A lot of wooden decoration materials, rustic furniture, a fireplace - everything you need to design a guest room in the style of a chalet.
The walls can be decorated in different ways: one can be made of stone, the other can be covered with wooden slats. The option of pasting walls with wallpaper "under the stone" or "under the tree" is possible. You can simply enclose a brick or cover the boards. It is not superfluous here, and lamps, decorated with wood or stone.
Floors are made of boards or parquet, you can use and laminate, the colors are selected in brown or gray tones. It is better if your floors will imitate an antique floor covering.
Panoramic window allows owners of the house and its guests to get as close to nature as possible. What else do you need to take a break from the city bustle?
The stylish interior of the living room in the style of the chalet is designed in accordance with all requirements.
Furniture in such living room
As furniture in the style of the chalet (bed, sofa, tables, curbstones) are selected only necessary for everyday use things. For example, necessarily a soft large chalet sofa (or a bed), one or two massive armchairs, a coffee table made of wood- The chalet sofa should be leather or made of pleasant warm fabrics, for example, velor or suede. On top of the sofa as a decor, you can put a pillow, the color scheme which should not be evident, since everything should be in one shade. You can add a warm blanket made of animal skins or bound by yourself.
From the furniture in the living room you can add armchairs, they can be soft and cozy in tone to your sofa or woven "under the old days" (for example, a vintage rocking chair). Also, the living room in the chalet style must include a bed. The presence of a small coffee table made of wood "antique" will add a touch to your interior. A wooden table can be varnished, this is up to you. In addition to the table, you can hang lamps, wooden shelves or a slide for books in the living room, you can also put a grandmother's chest or an old and yellowed chest of drawers - all this will be an excellent addition to the chalet style. If the room is large, you can put a large dining table with "old" wooden chairs. This will give the living room an atmosphere of antiquity.
The guest room in the chalet style is decorated with various decorative details. One of the most interesting elements can be called a carpet that mimics the animal's skin.
Furniture for the living room in the style of the chalet is chosen predominantly of light shades. An interesting design solution is the furnishing of the room with soft furniture.
Soft, voluminous sofas in the living room in the chalet style are decorated with colorful pillows.
Fireplace in living room
The presence of a fireplace in the living room is obligatory, it will give comfort to warm evenings. The fireplace for the living room in the apartment can be chosen decorative or buy a fireplace. In addition, there are electric and gas fireplaces. Which is better to install in the living room?
The electric fireplace works mainly from the inclusion in the network, the principle of operation is regulated by the panel or by the reaction to the sound. Such a fireplace after the inclusion produces an imitation of crackling and burning of the flame, it is suitable for living room in an apartment or in a private house.
The ideal choice of furniture for a guest room in the style of a chalet. Soft leather sofas are organically combined with wooden furniture.
The fireplace panel of natural stone looks stylish in a guest room in the style of a chalet.
Installation of a gas fireplace should be done by specialists. These fireplaces are used only in the interior of a country house. a qualified team should make installation of the fireplace installation, connecting gas to it. Such an installation is difficult in everyday life, in addition, it is necessary to constantly monitor and check the safety during operation of the fireplace.
Decorative fireplace is a body made of plasterboard or other material that is installed in any room. These are logs stacked inside and imitation of fire by candles.
Bio fireplace is very expensive. he works on bioethanol, which gives the appearance of a living fire. However, after using it, there is neither smoke nor smell. Such a fireplace will be perfectly used both in the apartment and in the house.
A natural stone in combination with wood creates an elegant frame for a wood-burning fireplace.
The look is attracted by fur padded stools, which make the living room in the chalet style attractive and charming.
Bed in the living room
If you make out a bedroom in the chalet style, then its bed will be an indispensable attribute. The bed in the style of the chalet is chosen massive, made of natural wood, and natural colors. The bed should have a high head with carved patterns. Blankets and pillows on the bed should choose soft warm colors, so that when you see the bed, you immediately want to lie down and fall asleep. You can make a bed of wrought iron, make a large carved headboard. At the sight of such a bed, you will get the impression that you are in an ancient castle. In the bedroom, hang tight dark curtains, so that they muffle the light, put a wooden table near the bed.
Просторные гостиные в стиле шале могут быть разделены на зону отдыха и спальню. Bed in the living room в загородном доме — достаточно удобно и необычно.
Functional solution for the living room in the style of the chalet - bunk beds made of wood.
The huge sofa is laid out in a full double bed. The chalet style is noteworthy for its cosiness and comfort.
One of the main elements of the chalet-style décor is lighting, there must be a lot of light. How to choose a chandelier and lamps for a living room in the style of a chalet? If you adhere to the main rules of the interior and do everything in a given color scheme, you can see that the lamps should be closer to the Gothic style. The chandelier should be massive, made of wood or wrought iron, natural colors (black, brown), there should be a lot of light bulbs. If you are choosing lamps in the interior of a country house, they should be almost identical in all rooms. Desk lamps made of wrought iron can be of different shapes.
For a bedroom, you can use spotlights, such lighting will bring not only a beautiful light, but also a drop of modernity in a given style. In the kitchen you can place different lamps - above the working area in the form of caps with lamps or over a dining table in the form of twisted branches. To harmoniously pick up the lamps made in one style, they are better to make to order.
Living room in a chalet style in a country mansion in Alaska.
A soft high bed with a soft headboard is the perfect choice for a chalet-style living room.
Optional Accessories
After you have decided where and how to stand furniture in the style of the chalet, you need to remember about decorating the attributes of antiquity. What to choose from the "grandmother's trunk"?
- on wooden shelves on the walls you can arrange old books in shabby bindings;
- on the wall you can hang an old family photo in a beautiful vintage photo frame;
- Old cuckoo clocks can also be placed on the wall;
- ancient paintings with bright, rich landscapes;
- trophies from hunting (weapons, deer horns, stuffed animals);
- Cushion covers, can be hand-tied, fur;
- Flowers in clay and wooden slides can be placed both on the floor and on the windowsills;
- caskets, chests, figurines, various forged products.
In the living room chalet necessarily on the wall fix the TV, you can hang it high under the ceiling, and under it near the floor to install a fireplace - evenings in such a living room will seem like a fairy tale.
The skin of the bear by the fireplace became the most spectacular decorative element in the chalet-style living room.
The chalet-style living room is divided into a sitting area and a small bedroom.
In addition, the TV on the wall will bring modernity in this design and save space - it will not be necessary to select a nightstand under the TV. Nobility in the style of the chalet can be added with the help of solid carpets. You can put a skin of an animal (bear) instead of a carpet. To the room created in the interior of the chalet, it was comfortable and cozy, it is necessary to place all the paraphernalia correctly. And it is better to entrust this business to a professional. Then the living room will show all the sophistication of the interior chosen by you, you will relax and rest under the crackle of the fireplace in the mesmerizing beauty of the vintage chalet-style interior.
The style of the chalet welcomes the use of various cute decorative elements. A good choice are compositions from pillows of various sizes.
An example of well-chosen lighting for a chalet-style living room.
