Baroque style in the interior of the apartment: 8 tips for creating + photo

If ordinary everyday life brings you boredom and fatigue, and when you come home you feel that you are missing something, then it is time to bring a little celebration to your life! As you know, nothing is so uplifting as a change in familiar surroundings. We offer to start small - with the transformation of the interior of your home. This article will focus on one of the most pompous and solemn trends in the world of design - baroque. We will examine in detail how to use it correctly. baroque style in the interior of the apartment and give some tips for creating an amazing environment with your own hands.

1. The history of the formation of style

Baroque style is preferred by people who lack the sense of grandeur and luxury that reigned in beautiful Italy in the 16th century. If you dream of falling asleep and waking up within the walls of a luxurious palace, this direction is right for you. The key event that gave rise to the emergence of style was the numerous reforms that overtook Italian churches. To strengthen its position and demonstrate to people its dominance and unwavering power, the country's supreme power decided to restore many old churches and build new, more grandiose in terms of architecture, palaces. At that time, the import of numerous new materials was flourishing, among which were expensive fabrics, precious stones and metals. It was them, together with the unimaginably beautiful stucco molding, that were actively used for the interior decoration of buildings.

Exaggerated luxury and excessive use of various decorative elements it was not immediately understood and accepted by people. For a long time, the style was considered absurd, pretentious, incorrect and difficult to perceive. In this regard, he was given the corresponding name. The term "baroque" was used by pearl seekers when they came across irregularly shaped pearls. But over time, the “wrong pearl" has become a favorite style of dignitaries and nobles. After all, it seemed only to them that it was possible to decorate their bedchambers in this way in view of the enormous costs that were required to purchase rare materials.

In Russia, baroque gained its popularity at the end of the 18th century, as the architecture of St. Petersburg of that time very clearly testifies to. Nowadays it’s very it is difficult to find modern interiors that can be called 100% pure baroque. Style includes a lot of details, requires a thorough study of history and high costs. However, taking into account the main principles that allow you to accurately convey the mood of that era, you can easily recreate such a situation at home.

2. The main characteristics of the baroque style in the interior

So, Key style features:

• Mandatory Availability large areas. For rooms with an area of ​​less than 85 sq.m. It is not recommended to use this design method.
• The foregoing is associated with the need for free placement of large-sized pieces of furniture, which are the main attributes in any room and create its appearance.
• Availability a large number of painting objects - paintings and frescoes relevant topics and era.
• It is recommended to use for decoration of walls and ceiling. stucco molding, with the help of which they create complex patterns, all kinds of borders and baguettes, sockets and candelabra. All these elements can be distinguished using gilding.
• The use of expensive and heavy textiles.
• Symmetry in terms of the arrangement of furniture.
• A rich and rich palette of colors. Shades matching the color of the gemstones are preferred.
• The entire color composition in the room should be based on contrast. Dark furniture with rich upholstery against the background of light walls looks the most advantageous. If you prefer dark tones for wall decoration, then the opposite is acceptable.
• The floor and ceiling is a continuation of the walls, which seem to flow smoothly into a horizontal plane. For this, special finishing methods are used, which we will talk about below.
• A large number of decorative items. It can be old, massive clockwork, all kinds of stone figurines, which should deliberately emphasize the material situation of the owners of the house.
• The shape most suitable for baroque is an oval, circle, square or rectangle. This applies to both silhouettes of furniture and the shape of the room.
• At the same time, smooth, luxurious lines should be present. This will emphasize the ownership of the premises in this direction. They can appear as an ornament on the wallpaper or intricate legs of chairs or armchairs.
•  A lot of natural light.

After the Baroque style became very popular in many countries of Europe, it underwent some changes and acquired additional characteristic features. Many designers note that you can highlight three major style directions

• Sicilian Baroque - its distinctive feature is a special way of registration balconies. The structure on which it is placed must be decorated with forged elements, and the finish is selected from expensive materials such as marble. In this style, a large number of curved lines are very clearly visible - curved, convex, spiral-shaped. Mandatory presence of masks with smiles, like wall decorations and small sculptures depicting children.
• Portuguese baroque - arose on the basis of European elements, very similar to Sicilian baroque with its large number of stucco, carved and forged elements. It is customary to clad floors with real marble, decorate ceiling vaults with frescoes, and encrust large mirrors with precious stones or metal.
• Russian baroque - we can say that this direction came to Russia with the beginning of the reign of Peter I. It was in this style that the famous Peterhof was rebuilt.

Let us consider in more detail some of the characteristic features of the style depending on the room.

3. Style color palette

Allowed colors will delight lovers of bright, deep and chic shades with its variety. Basically, the whole pomp of the atmosphere is based on the use of very interesting dark tones that create a unique contrast against the background of walls and floors. The most appropriate way to emphasize luxurious textiles or interesting wallpaper - This is to add a large number of gilded elements. To the most popular shades include:

• A characteristic and recognizable combination of baroque - white or milk + gold. You can use other pastel shades, such as sand, cream, cream, ivory, peach. This selection of colors is once again aimed at giving the interior even greater splendor and demonstrating the status of a homeowner. Such a situation cannot be called modest.
• For lovers of chamber interiors it is permissible to use deep velvet, blue, burgundy, chocolate or muted swamp shades.
• The key to successful registration will be the use of contrasting combinations. Within reasonable limits, it is permissible to combine warm and cold shades of textile against light walls decorated with gold trim.

Very important don't overdo it with the amount of dark colors and gilding. Although Baroque is designed to demonstrate excessive luxury and prosperity, it is possible to turn the room into a single golden spot. To achieve the desired proportions, you must consider area of ​​the room. The smaller it is, the more modest the decoration should be. The dark upholstery can even be replaced with a lighter one, complementing the composition with decorative pillows of a darker shade with gilded fringe.

• Color spectrum living room should be bright and rich. It is recommended to place furniture with upholstery of saturated color against the background of light walls. Upholstery fabric color is selected in accordance with the color of the curtains.
• Hallway Baroque style should be bright and airy. Cream or white shades with a small amount of gilding will be most suitable.
• Usually, the kitchen in ordinary high-rise buildings they do not differ in large areas, so in order not to make it visually even smaller, it is necessary to use light colors. It can be pleasant shades of green, which in combination with kitchen set the colors of natural wood and gold handles and carved elements will instantly make it clear in what style the interior was conceived.

• For bedrooms It is worth choosing calm, lighter shades that will not once again excite the nervous system and set you up for rest. It is better to leave the walls light, and choose muted blue or purple textiles. In a similar direction, you can arrange a children's room. Only color elements should be less.
• Bathrooms like kitchens, this is one of the smallest rooms. In the interior of the bathroom, dark colors will look very good as rare inserts on the walls or as small color accents.

4. Finishing the floor, walls, ceiling

Baroque style is very expensive in terms of the acquisition of finishing materials, because only expensive, rare and natural materials are suitable. It is good that today the variety of all kinds of substitutes is so vast and believable that sometimes it cannot be distinguished from the original. Let's look at how competent designers recommend decorating walls, floors and ceilings and try to find a more affordable alternative.

• TO wall decoration worth approaching with special attention. Baroque does not accept “bare” walls. Each running meter must adorn a characteristic element. The easiest way to finish are textile wallpaper. You can replace them with wallpaper with silk-screen printing. As patterns, you can use all kinds of monograms, the choice of which is simply huge, ornate lines and spirals. But in this case, you need to be careful. Pasting all the walls with such wallpaper is undesirable. Better organize small niches and decorate their back wall in a similar way. You can make inserts around the perimeter of the room, which will imitate the tapestries. To do this, you need to enclose the wallpaper in rectangular frames from decorative baguettes. They can be painted in any color and covered with gilding. The same inserts can be made of wood panels. An ideal species of wood is rare red or pink. In this case, you still have to spend money. At least sometimes plastic panels with imitation of various surfaces and indistinguishable in appearance, but touching them, it is not difficult to guess that this is not a real tree, and the impression of a chic interior will be immediately ruined. A great finish would be decorative plaster. The main thing is that the walls are not smooth and uniform.
• Floor finish has an equally important role. The main rule is that the floor should merge with the walls. Ideally, it will match in color. Preferred as flooring parquet board made of natural wood or marble tiles. Replace parquet can be more affordable laminate flooring. However, you should not choose frankly cheap, it should have a beautiful texture. Instead of marble tiles, quality porcelain tile.
• Regarding the ceiling There are several strictly stipulated rules. Firstly, looking at the ceiling, an illusion should be created that it is a continuation of the walls. Secondly, the place of transition of the vertical plane to the horizontal should be blurred with the help of a large number of decorative stucco moldings, borders, baguettes, sockets. They, in turn, should be generously decorated with gilding. The frescoes are an ideal decoration for the ceiling vault. Replace such an expensive finish stretch ceiling with photo printing. If the ceilings of your home are small in height, you can go for a little trick with which you can visually raise them. To do this, it is necessary to paint a small part of the ceiling around the perimeter of the room in one tone with the walls, stick a large amount of gypsum stucco on the transition line, and diversify the rest or an imaginary circle in the center of the ceiling with a fresco. Or it’s easier to do it — order specialists to install a two-story stretch ceiling with a small photo printing insert.

5. Baroque furniture

Furniture items that will set the mood for the entire room should be selected with great care. To begin, consider general recommendations:

• Natural wood products are preferred. The type of wood should be selected based on the possibility of performing decorative carvings on its surface and achieving a beautiful shine after polishing. A nut is best.
• A distinctive feature is the high legs.
• The backs of chairs must be curly with carvings or covered with expensive fabric.
  Backrests sofas should have smooth, wavy silhouettes. It should seem that the back is not solid, but consists of several chairs attached to each other.
• The sofa must be complemented twin armchairs in one style.
• The arrangement of furniture relative to the central point, for example, a large window, should be symmetrical.
• Legs, armrests can be inlaid with ivory, precious stone or metal.
• Countertop coffee table can be decorated with mosaics.

Now consider in more detail for various rooms:

• IN living room must find a sofa and paired with chairs or armchairs. The furniture should be quite massive and large, with carved backs, legs and armrests. There is a round coffee table in front of the sofa. Will give the desired accent large high chest of drawers with carved handles.
• The main element in bedroom of course will bed. It should be large and massive, made of real wood. Special attention is paid headboard. After all, it serves as the main decoration. Choose models with high, decorated with carvings or fitted with beautiful fabric, headboard. Do not be afraid to add a four-poster bed. To store things, get a massive, double-wing wardrobe. Facades are best made mirrored or wooden. Don't forget about bedside tables on high legs and a dressing table with a mirror in a beautiful frame.

• IN hallway You need to save enough free space. Do not clutter the corridor big wardrobe. It is better to provide a small but roomy shoe cabinet and a bench.
• IN the dining room the main element will be dinner table. Of course, his countertop should be made of natural wood. It is better to choose models of rounded shapes and complement them with suitable tall chairs. Instead of the usual cases for storing dishes, think about a high sideboard with glass sashes. Handles must be made antique.
• IN the bathroom Highlight luxury and scale with an interesting bathtub shape. The bathtub from artificial or natural stone on high carved metal legs. The same carved handles need to decorate the cabinet under the washbasin. And, of course, complete the image with a massive frame with gilding around the large mirrors.

6. Decor and textiles

The direction of the baroque is very easy to recognize and not confused, for example, with rococo, thanks to the exceptional textiles that are used to decorate almost all surfaces. The most commonly used silk, satin, heavy and bulky fabrics, tapestry. So, Where it is possible apply textile decor:

• For decorating window openings. The windows in the baroque style must be large. It’s not enough just to curtain them tight curtains. You need to use all kinds of garters with tassels at the ends, lambrequins, several layers of different fabrics, which are laid in smooth waves.
• Door leafs can also be decorated with fabric. Small fabric inserts, which are fastened with neat glazing beads, instantly transform the most ordinary door
• On the floor in front of the sofa or in front of the bed you can spread carpet. It is desirable that its appearance resembled Persian rugs. The size of the carpet is specified in a special way. It should leave most of the floor uncovered.
• For upholstery of upholstered furniture, a fabric with patterns in the form of curls or flowers is used. Colors can be vibrant and varied. Poufs and chairs are issued accordingly.

As decor elements You can use various statuettes of large and small sizes, depicting military personnel, children, artists. On chests of drawers and cabinets there are antique inlaid caskets, wrought iron candlesticks, large vases and antique clocks. A large number of paintings are hung on the walls.

7. Competent lighting organization

The premises of the baroque apartment must be spacious and well lit. It is not advisable to install tall furniture in front of window openings that may impede natural light.

As for artificial lighting. In the early days of the style, massive chandeliers and candle holders with real candles. Nowadays, multi-tiered will be an excellent substitute crystal chandelier. The place of its attachment to the ceiling can be distinguished using a decorative outlet. Various pendants and decorative elements are welcome.

To balance the decor and make it logical and complete, place on the walls suitable in appearance and material performance sconces. It is better if they are located on both sides of the sofa or bed. On the chest of drawers you can install small desktop lamp with textile lampshades and pick up a similar one floor lamp on a high carved leg. Its lampshade can be decorated with tassels, fringe or beautiful beads. In a word - there should be many light sources, the lighting should be multi-level, and the lighting devices themselves are beautiful and eye-catching.

8. Baroque style within a small apartment - absurdity or take a chance?

In the first paragraph, we mentioned that the key to a beautiful and harmonious Baroque interior is the availability of free space even after placing bulky furniture. Based on this, many owners of modern, modest living spaces refuse such a pleasure. To do this is not necessary. Just enough to follow small advice in order to maintain the necessary feeling of spaciousness combined with a characteristic finish:

• No need to strive to follow absolutely all the rules and use the maximum number of parts. In other words, use only key recommendations when creating your interior. Let in small living room there will be one sofa, but with characteristic carved high legs and rich upholstery.
• It is not necessary to cover the entire surface of the walls with stucco and gilding. Let modest baguettes or borders decorate the walls in combination with non-woven or vinyl wallpaper, and stucco is better to use on the ceiling.
• Give preference to light colors for wall and floor decoration.

• Allocate funds to purchase a small but beautiful carpet.
• If small bedroom, choose a bed with a smaller bed and a lower headboard. But let it be covered with a beautiful fabric or embroidery. Decorate your bed with small decorative pillows.
• Make up for the lack of space with high floor mirrors. They can be decorated with a gilded wooden frame.
• Pay attention to lighting fixtures. Let them be many, and they will be with textile or crystal lampshades.
• Do not save on flooring quality. Choose an expensive, textured laminate or tile.
• Decorate window openings and door leafs with a fabric matching the color of upholstery of upholstered furniture.

Such simple but effective methods will surely give your premises nobility and bring solemnity.