Style loft - one of the most progressive areas of modern design. He is at odds with, cultivated by many, pathos and glamor, demonstrating his high status and wealth through luxury items in the interior. Loft is minimalism, conciseness and cozy simplicity.

Content:

• Freedom of creative thought
• Closer to the point
• Finishing: step by step
• Authentic color
• "Talking" details

Freedom of creative thought

The style of loft in a living room can be described in only two words: "not trivial." That is why the living room in the loft style is a huge field of creative and design possibilities that can not always be taken into account in other styles.

First of all, we are talking about a combinatorial possibility, because in the interior of the loft it is possible to skillfully combine new repairs and old things, saving significant amounts from the family budget.

So, from modern materials, you can safely apply metal (especially forged things) and glass. And "old" in the interior you can leave one of the brick walls: natural, untreated, such as it is. Or, if such a wall is not available - make it an imitation (due to photo wallpapers or stylized brickwork) artificially.

Another convenience loft - it's its flexibility, the lack of frames. As for the selection of finishing materials, furniture and accessories, there are practically no boundaries and canons. And it is very convenient in terms of the development of creative thought and design fantasy in the interior of the loft.

Closer to the point

The living room can be considered a semantic, uniting center of the whole apartment, since it is here that in the evenings all members of the family who are engaged each in their own other dwelling places gather: women in the kitchen, the man in the office, children in their bedroom.

To style a loft for registration of such room it is necessary to get used. It may not suit everyone, because it is characterized by a number of special, specific features that are common to the traditional concept of proper repair:

• deliberate effect of "unfinished finish": plaster on the walls, beams or ventilation shafts under the ceiling;
• Exterior elements - in the interior: graffiti, brick walls, etc.
• a lot of free space, open space;
• a combination of high-tech elements (innovative technology) and vintage (rare accessories and furniture) in the interior;
• unusual color design;
• frequent amalgamation of the living room with kitchen, study or dining room. This design solution of the living room combined with the kitchen plays in favor of the idea of ​​saving and preserving space.

Finishing: step by step

Finishing all the surfaces in the loft room is stronger than in any other style, striving for minimalism. Designers call it creating the most stylish interior and minimal costs.

As mentioned earlier, brickwork is typical for the decoration of walls. Alternatively, concrete walls with chips and cracks or wall-papers simulating old, peeling plaster or a street wall can be used.

The ceiling in the living room loft is usually ordinary, white. Only necessary - dyed. No stretch of glossy films - maximum simplicity.

In addition, you can use a wooden ceiling with beams or a solid gray ceiling with ventilation pipes and another "touch" of industrialization.

The floor can be concrete, wooden or covered with linoleum. The color scheme does not matter, but as a rule, in the loft style, natural, discreet colors - gray, brown, sand, wet asphalt are used.

Windows - one of the main features of the loft. They should be huge and occupy the largest possible area of ​​one of the walls. Ideally, if the windows are panoramic, reaching to the floor. In apartments where there is a loggia, this idea will be much easier to implement.

Window frames paint in contrasting colors, such as black, or choose a shade in the tone of the walls, for example, brick.

One of the basic rules of loft design - windows should be "bare" - i.e. not curtained curtains. In extreme cases, you can use blinds, but the classic loft welcomes the dominance of light and space in the interior.

Authentic color

Since the loft style is very flexible and allows its creator to improvise, the color scheme of the interiors decorated in it is quite monotonous: from bright, contrasting combinations to cold and discreet ones.

The main, most traditional, colors are:

• white;
• Gray;
• beige;
• brown and all their shades.

But also in moderate proportions can be used:

• the black;
• deep blue;
• purple;
• green;
• burgundy;
• silver;
• olive;
• fuchsia;
• Orange.

Sometimes you can meet very "flashy", at first glance, a combination: a black and white interior, designed like a chessboard or the color of a zebra; interiors made in the style of American posters or comics. But all this looks very appropriate within the style, and even can be cozy for a certain circle of people.

"Talking" details

Loft combines the features of many other design directions, and it is the details that give it special, highlighting the "framing" among others. Therefore, the more thoughtful and non-standard will be the approach to their choice, the more lofty will be the original version of the interior design.

So, loft is characterized by a large amount of glass in the room: shelves, countertops, plafonds.

Also, it is necessary to have metal, forged items: door handles, legs of tables and chairs, a bed head, handrails of chairs or stairs (in a private house).

Each piece of furniture in the loft style interior should be unusual, exclusive - not from the point of view of its high cost, but uniqueness. It can be author's, designer pieces of furniture, accessories or retro items from the flea market, which are given a second "life". Among such items may be:

• lanterns-flashlights;
• Cuckoo-clock;
• rocking chair;
• old copper statuettes;
• ancient records;
• glass, faceted vases.

Living rooms in the loft style are hospitality: there is plenty of space, air and light, where there is enough space for everyone. At first glance the loft seems very specific and even strange, but with a skilful approach it is possible to get a very cozy and modern interior.