How to apply
Luxury is a relative concept, although rules are not alien to it. In order to get such an interior at home, you will have to arm yourself with taste and finances. Be prepared for large investments, as executing great ideas in cheap materials will not lead to anything good. Bad taste will also negatively affect the interior composition. The unity of style must be observed in every room. To prevent the overall composition from falling apart into separate pieces, each room seems to be strung together by an invisible common thread and at the same time retains its uniqueness. For example, the kitchen should resemble rooms that are rarely used for their intended purpose, because the wealth of the owners allows them to dine in restaurants more often than at home. The bathroom can feel like a spacious beauty salon where you can relax with slow music or undergo a series of beauty treatments. It is advisable to provide it with a jacuzzi or steam room.
The bedroom is an ideal relaxation corner, where you can read a book in great comfort or take care of yourself in a chic boudoir. The living room is designed for large openings for guests and bears little resemblance to those rooms where groups of friends play Monopoly and watch football matches. A bar counter will become a mandatory element of the interior. The office is decorated in a classic style with an abundance of genuine leather. The main attribute of this room is the library. In spacious cottages there is definitely room for a dining room with a long dining table. However, such scope for implementing the designer’s ideas is the lot of private houses. In one-room apartments or modern studios there is no room for such maneuvers. This is not at all a reason to give up the dream of an expensive design. Although luxury and cramped spaces do not go well together, a number of tricks and techniques will allow you to realize the ideas of a beautiful interior in cramped spaces.
Luxurious bedrooms
The interior of a bedroom is made beautiful by original furniture and correctly selected accessories. Canopies look very impressive in sleeping rooms. Particular attention in bedrooms is paid to mirrors, which serve not just as decor, but also as an important element of the boudoir area.
Exquisite palette of the cold sea in the bedroom interior
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In the photo: Gray-blue bedroom with marine style elements
Elements of Provence, neoclassicism and maritime style, along with exquisite colors of muted cold tones in 2020, make the bedroom interior very relevant. You can endlessly admire the taste and sense of proportion with which the other rooms of this beautiful apartment in Serebryany Bor are decorated.
Modern Art Deco in shades of beige
The interior of the apartment in the Vavilov House residential complex, located in the Academichesky district of Moscow - the center of the city's intellectual elite - is at the same time restrained, luxurious and sophisticated. The premises bear both the imprint of neoclassical and modern art deco. But the space of the apartment is united by a single palette of beige tones, which is perfectly suitable for the private space of the bedroom.
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In the photo: Beige bedroom of an apartment in the Vavilov House residential complex
Understated luxury bedroom with truffle accents
Cozy textile finishing and space-organizing geometry in the decor of relief wall panels add softness to the interior of this beautiful bedroom.
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In the photo: Beautiful interior of an apartment bedroom in the residential complex “Symbol”
Key Factors and Style
The secret of luxury interior design lies in the skillful combination of colors, competent selection and arrangement of furniture, combining textures of materials and polishing the decoration with decor. The chosen style will play a fundamental role in the design. It is he who will provide guidance for the designer. The line of elite styles includes both classic and modern trends. Although professionals often take the interiors of French country mansions as a basis. Their style featured a trio of timeless classics: Empire, Rococo and Baroque. The styles are similar to each other and use an abundance of elegant decor, soft floral patterns on expensive textiles, antiques, stucco and gilding. The furniture is selected from natural wood. The walls are covered with expensive fabric wallpaper with floral patterns. These areas are ideal for apartments with a large number of rooms, which are similar in layout to palaces. Calmer classics prefer deep chocolate shades in combination with white, smooth shapes and lines, soft fabrics of curtains, tablecloths and furniture upholstery. Heavy chandeliers decorated with crystal and gilding hang from the ceilings. The walls are decorated with reproductions of paintings by famous artists. The floors are covered with expensive wood and rugs with patterns in soothing brown tones.
The colonial style is also classified as a luxury style, but its chic manifests itself in a slightly different way. The direction welcomes bright decorative details against a background of calm pastel shades. This style abandoned stucco and an abundance of elaborate details. It increasingly features angular shapes, similar to the details of modern trends. The colonial style is a harmonious combination of classics and ethnicity, because such houses were built on foreign territory. The influence of local culture still seeped into the interior piece of the homeland, which resulted in unusual design details: original paintings on the walls, exotic indoor plants, handmade vases and jugs, curtains with national motifs.
Neoclassicism is a fashionable medley that combines old principles with new design techniques. Eco-style can also be luxurious. Natural materials are always expensive. Of course, panoramic windows, wooden furniture and minimalism in detail bear little resemblance to classic luxury, but the concept of “chic” is also changing over time. Even a log house can look expensive and stylish if it embodies the canons of the Alpine style of a chalet or industrial loft.
Hide the TV
Nothing spoils the impression of a well-thought-out interior more than a huge, ugly black TV. If you do not have the opportunity to hide it behind a specially designed mirror or picture, we offer the simplest and cheapest way. Turn the wall it hangs on into a gallery. Paintings and posters will distract attention from the monitor, and its black frame will not look so alien on the wall.
Living room in a Belarusian studio
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Features of organizing space
Luxury housing requires large areas. Furniture is placed on them freely and at the same time they use a minimum set of it, since there is no need to fill every meter of the room. Central compositions are welcome. For example, a kitchen with an island layout, a living room with a main area in the middle of the room, or a bed without a standard accent wall behind the headboard in a bedroom. To visually enlarge the space, a large number of reflective surfaces are used: mirrors and glass.
Copper Accents
Photo: decoist.com
Any copper items firmly hold the lead in the list of fashionable parts and accessories. Be it an unusually shaped lamp, an antique vase or candlesticks. The interior style is not so important, but the loft traditionally loves copper, and this love is mutual. Moreover, real luxury does not shout, but whispers.
Glamor in the interior
One of the options for the most luxurious modern interior is a glamorous style. It focuses not on aesthetics, but on cost. Only the most expensive, branded items are used in decoration:
- Gems;
- Antiques;
- Original paintings;
- Leather and fur;
- Exclusive details that are created in only one copy.
Of course, all this expensive splendor in the absence of taste can be mixed into absurd combinations, so it is better to invite a professional designer to design it. It will stylishly place the glamorous collection around the perimeter of the premises and the interior will look organic.
Color design
The color palette should be dominated by calm shades that are combined with noble, deep tones. The second include:
- Rich wine color;
- Deep shade of blue velvet;
- Juicy chocolate tone;
- Emerald green;
- Bright lilac lavender color;
- Amber yellow;
- Olive;
- Steel gray;
- Light peach shade.
The interior palette should subconsciously evoke associations with expensive things. For example, burgundy red resembles the shade of expensive wine in a crystal glass, and blue velvet was traditionally used in the upholstery of palace furniture.
When choosing colors, be guided by your inner feelings. The furnishings should not only correspond to the canons of chic and show off, but also be comfortable, because the owners will have to live in it, and not visit occasionally during celebrations. It is the color palette that has a huge influence on the formation of the mood and “aura” of a particular room.
Furniture and fittings
The furniture is made only from natural materials. No imitations (chipboard, MDF) can be used in luxury settings. It is advisable to select furniture sets that will be complemented by unique antique items. Handles are made of bronze, brass or other gold-plated metal. This coating is also used in mirror frames and picture framing. Furniture facades are decorated with rosettes, moldings and elegant carved decor.
Don't forget about lighting
Lighting plays an important role in the correct perception of space. In luxury apartments there is usually a lot of it, since such an interior a priori cannot have any shortcomings, the light must penetrate into its most remote corners. Glass and mirrors have already been mentioned above, which are used in chic design, to enhance their reflective effect, lighting is combined with these elements. Not only ceiling chandeliers are used, but also sconces, lamps (floor, table) and hidden lamps that provide diffused light.
A stylish addition to the decor would be to install hidden light bulbs in the ceiling space if a frame was used in the room when decorating the ceiling. This additional lighting will create a mystical twilight when the chandelier is turned off.
Important interior details
The design is always brought to mind with the help of decorative details. They are reminiscent of the finishing touches on an almost finished painting, when the artist takes a couple of steps back, evaluates his creation with a critical eye and adds a couple of brush strokes that make the canvas complete. In luxurious styles, they do not skimp on details, although the overall decoration of the room is already replete with handmade samples and numerous decorations. Sofas and beds must be decorated with pillows made of expensive fabrics with neat patterns. The floors are covered with carpets. For example, Persian, if it is possible to purchase them. Horizontal surfaces should not be wasted, so antique telephones, lamps with statues instead of legs, elegant porcelain or stone vases with fresh bouquets, and family photos in neat frames are placed on them. A life-size sculpture of a person will become a real decoration of any room. In classical styles these can be statues of Greek gods, and in modern styles they can be ordinary people in unusual poses.
Change the sofa cushions
With pillows on your sofa, your room will look much more cozy and elegant. But don't buy just anything. Firstly, the pillow should be large - certainly larger than the standard 40 x 40 centimeters. Secondly, it should be soft and comfortable, filled with down or very high-quality modern filling.
Cozy sofa in a Stockholm studio
