He reached us in bright colors, with stained-glass windows, with exorbitant grandeur and grace. The nature of the interior in the Gothic style is expressiveness, a little ostentatious luxury, lightness, striving for the highest. It is worth remembering the situation of the western churches of the nineteenth century, then you can already quite clearly imagine what the “Gothic” style is like - brickwork, colored glass, painting, pointed turrets, a fireplace and other medieval beauties. You can not create Gothic decor in only one room of the house. This is such a majestic style that it will not fit in one room. Moreover, it is impossible to create a gothic interior style in a small apartment with low ceilings and small windows. It must certainly be a house or a two-story apartment so that you can “build” a real castle inside.
To create an interior in a real Gothic style, you will need to follow some rules:
- The walls are uneven that is, each area is decorated in its own way. This does not apply to different rooms, but to one. Simply put, one space, say, a living room, is divided into several areas - a fireplace area, a guest area, a dining area, a relaxation area, and so on. The fireplace area and the space around the windows are usually finished with brick or stone masonry with the effect of antiquity. For the rest of the zones, wallpaper with an ornament of the corresponding color is chosen: for the dining area - bright colors, for the recreation area - calm. Finishing materials - stone, brick, wood. Metal is rarely used in such interiors, only for the manufacture of Gothic attributes - carved furniture handles, candelabra and other things. Directly on the walls, windows or above the doors with the help of stone or brickwork, semicircular, pointed openings are created. Sometimes the walls along with the windows are decorated with textiles - heavy curtains of the desired color.
- The ceiling creates the main castle effect. As already mentioned, a room with only high ceilings can be decorated in the Gothic style. The main techniques for finishing the ceiling are the creation of the effect of masonry, the use of stucco, sometimes additional decorative vaults are created. Very often in Gothic interiors, the ceilings were painted with various ornaments, openwork prints, and Gothic patterns.
- The floor also needs to be made old. From modern materials to create a similar effect, a parquet board or ceramic tile is suitable. The color is preferably dark, because the owners of castles in the century before last were greedy people, and the caretakers of churches simply did not have the means to take care of the light floorboard. In modern Gothic interiors, you can also decorate the floor with carpets or rugs.
- Gothic style is the perfect harmony of the whole environment, and furniture in the interior- not an exception. Any piece of furniture should be so suitable for a particular place in the room that it should seem like it, along with the wall or floor, is made of the same material. Each shelf, wall cabinet is limited to sculpting on the walls or drawings. Any wooden furniture must have carved components, and the same pattern as the drawings on the walls or ceiling. As for the furniture itself, there is also a special style here - high carved legs, high backs by beds or chairs, majestic benches, throne-like chairs. If this is a desk, then it will definitely be oak, heavy, made “for centuries”, with a drawer, as well as with a hidden drawer hidden from prying eyes. Yes, Gothic knows how to keep secrets. All furniture is massive, natural, characterizing constancy, devotion, but at the same time - with invariable secret doors, cabinets, caskets. Even chests, still used as furniture in modern Gothic interiors, are a reminder that you can not only sit here, but also hide something.
- Attributes and decor elements arouse interest even among those who are not lovers of the Gothic style. The main elements by which you can determine the presence of Gothic in the interior are a Gothic rose on a stained-glass window and a fireplace with a metal grate. But you can complement the image of the room with other details - easel painting, church sculptures, crosses, bookshelves. Do not forget about household items - chandeliers, lamps, door handles, armrests, wooden coasters, pillows - everything should correspond to the Gothic castle style. By the way, it is not difficult to create a Gothic interior in modern processing, in this case it is worth ordering an interior design in Moscow or contacting specialists in your city.
- Lighting plays a significant role in the design of the Gothic style in the interior. Many mistakenly believe that gothic is necessarily an oppressive environment, blackness, an active hint of belonging to a religious group, and so on, but this is not at all the case. The Gothic style is, first of all, architecture, and this is the very rare case when the style does not have a main idea, but only its own character. Therefore, in the modern world, the Gothic style can be made in a different light - light, spiritual, intellectual and even a little theatrical, but without unnecessary colors. And it depends a lot on the lighting. Most often, large pendant chandeliers are used - heavy, with imitation of candles. Wall lamps and floor lamps are also used. Material - metal, wood, glass. Form - chains, oil lamps and any others stylized as candelabra. In the early period, the Gothic style was characterized by heavy light sources, in addition to windows, in neo-Gothic - more elegant, sophisticated lamps.
- Textiles for interior decor in the Gothic style is chosen for reasons of high fabric density. That is, light flying fabrics will not work. Preferably - brocade, velvet, curtain fabric. They can decorate both all the furniture in the house and windows, and forged cornices will go well with the latter.
The article has already mentioned the Gothic rose.
This is, in a way, just a form of a window with stained glass, which can be located both on the walls and on the ceiling. Professionals advise in apartments with not very high ceilings to make a stained-glass “rose” in small sizes, but if the height of the room allows, you can give free rein to your imagination. As drawings for stained glass, you can use not only mosaic ornaments, but also images of kings, knights, dragons, beautiful girls and other things that can be attributed to Gothic. The main colors for stained glass windows are purple, blue, red, green, yellow, gold, as well as all the dark shades of the listed colors.
In addition to easel painting, caskets and chests, vases can also be used in the interior - real old ones or a skillful fake. The knightly theme will be most welcome in a Gothic interior. You can custom-make armor or a sword, then hang them on the wall along with coats of arms or other knightly paraphernalia, albeit fake ones.
During the heyday of the Gothic style, oriental embroidery was popular. This concerned not only clothes, but also household items, interior accessories - pillows, canopies, carpets, curtains and other room decoration. So, with a special desire, you can combine the Gothic style with the oriental.
The Gothic style is an architectural and artistic style that originated in the 13th-15th centuries in Western Europe. Then the era of the Italian Renaissance dominated, and the Romans called the Goths the barbarians, and their style was originally barbaric, that is, outdated, primitive, receding into the past. It is assumed that it was Raphael who first used the name "Gothic" in the 16th century.
The Renaissance, it would seem, forever ousted the Gothic style from the minds and hearts of people, but in the 18-19 centuries there were romantics who showed a special interest in this style. In the modern interpretation, the Neo-Gothic style appeared, which became one of the popular stylistic trends of modernity.
Today, few will choose the Gothic style, only those who are particularly elegant, show interest in the cultures of past eras, and are able to skillfully show their condition without ambition. Traditional elements of the Gothic decor, the sophistication of stained-glass windows, luxurious furniture, antique items - all this creates a special charm in the room, the expressiveness of the Gothic image.
Many other design trends, as well as time, left their mark on the Gothic style, but its uniqueness lies in the fact that the main components of the interior remained, only the used household items changed, and many materials were replaced with modern ones.
Characteristic features and features of the Gothic style
Of all the known styles for interior decoration, the Gothic style is one of the most interesting and unique. Its beginning was laid in the Middle Ages during the reign of Queen Victoria in Great Britain. There is an opinion that this style is gloomy and is suitable only for people who are closed in themselves. It is completely erroneous, because Gothic in the interior is the elegance of aristocracy and a rich color palette.
The clear outlines of this style in design were formed in Europe during the period of the 12th-15th centuries, which was preceded by revolutionary changes in religious trends, art and socio-political foundations. Even now you can see the majestic works of architects of those times in the form of ancient castles in Western Europe. Gothic perfectly emphasizes status and combines:
- severity;
- restraint;
- richness of forms, colors;
- lots of decor.
For a long period of existence, the Gothic style in the interior has undergone various changes and has come to our time in an updated form. So it appeared more light shades, which makes it possible to make a more diverse design.
He also adapted to city apartments and small country cottages, despite the fact that he loves a lot of space. Modern hotels, hotels and restaurants often use this style to decorate halls and rooms so that guests can plunge headlong into the era of knights.
Gothic in the interior is a highly aesthetic style; only natural materials (wood, marble, glass, animal furs) are used in the work on it. They allow you to convey the spirit of the Victorian era and create a unique atmosphere in the house. Features of the Gothic style are:
- Color spectrum. The period of the Middle Ages is shrouded in secrets and mysticism, therefore dark shades are characteristic of the style: brown, burgundy, black, blue, dark green, purple, violet.
- Stained glass. This type of arts and crafts was already considered a sign of wealth and influence in society in the Middle Ages. Stained-glass windows were mainly decorated with large and arched windows. In the modern interpretation of the Gothic style, they are appropriate on the glass inserts of interior doors, cabinets, wall panels.
- Enhanced lighting. The color palette of the Gothic is usually dark, so a lot of light is needed to emphasize all the advantages of the interior. Traditionally, this is a large wrought iron chandelier and, if necessary, wall lamps made in the same style.
- Comfortable furniture. Furnished design objects should not only be made of natural materials, but also give comfort. That is why tables, chairs, sofas are massive and rather large and rough, but not devoid of artistic carving and forging on the protruding backs, armrests and other parts.
- Abundant decor. Gothic style is favorably emphasized with dense fabric curtains, forged lamps, glass vases and metal utensils, tapestries with historical images, paintings and objects of knightly prowess.
In the Gothic style, there are many patterns on the walls, curtains, furniture upholstery. Large mirrors in massive frames with decorative design expand the space favorably, emphasizing the symmetry of the design. Decorating windows with stained-glass windows, it is possible to create an interesting play of light in the room. Such special lighting can in no way make the interior gloomy or boring.
Materials and finishes
For interior design in the Middle Ages, mainly wood, iron and animal skins were used, since they were widely available. In 2018, designers continue this trend, but make small adjustments. So massive glass tables, instead of wooden ones, successfully played in the Gothic style. Glass is also actively used for the manufacture of decorative elements - vases, dishes, ashtrays, figurines and more.
The Gothic floor is made of wood or natural stone (marble, granite). The ceiling is usually decorated with wooden beams. Walls can be decorated in different ways: textured wallpaper imitating masonry, plaster, paint, textiles. The main thing is that there is no contrasting transition between the walls and the ceiling. Decoration with relief and sculptural openwork is also welcome.
Today, flooring with marble and decorating walls with mahogany or stones can be a very expensive investment, but the building materials market provides excellent alternative coatings that imitate textiles, wood, and natural stone with high realism.
It can be a worthy replacement for both stone and wood. The Italian manufacturer of wall decorative paints and plasters San Marco offers environmentally friendly and safe materials for interior decoration that have the same properties. To create a unique Gothic style in the interior of an apartment or house can help:
- - decorative paint with a metallic effect has good adhesion to the treated surface and fits perfectly into the Gothic style. The color "tin" is best suited for thematic styling of the room, it is moderately dark, but actively plays with the light due to metallic overflows.
- - decorative paint with sand, creates unique sand whirlwinds on the wall.
- - textured plaster, which allows you to create various effects, for example, aged concrete or formwork. The decoration on the walls will look creative and moderately rough for the Gothic style. Plaster can be applied using different techniques.
- - facade plaster imitating natural granite. The material has increased strength, and therefore is ideal for decorating open courtyards, verandas, balconies in the Gothic style.
- - decorative coating with maximum realism imitates aged marble.
“If you use plaster with the effect of antiquity, then historical tapestries and frescoes will be the most successful addition, and wall paintings will successfully emphasize the plain paint of a noble color.”
Furniture and decor details
Massive, but elegant dark wood furniture best characterizes the Gothic style. The bed is characterized by a high headboard and artistic carvings, while the chairs are characterized by a raised back with patterns and carved legs. Often, pieces of furniture in this style are decorated with forged metal parts. The upholstery is distinguished by beautiful embroidery, patterns with a large number of curls. Usually it is lighter shades than the walls, which makes the interior softer and more sophisticated.
“To maintain a unified style, it is appropriate to use forged elements on all pieces of furniture, as well as on mirrors and chandeliers.”
The Gothic style in the interior, although it appeared in knightly times, is not without a nice-looking decor. Traditionally, rooms are decorated with large mirrors, frescoes, bronze vases, goblets, crockery, unusual sculptures made of wood or metal, paintings with historical themes. Alternatively, you can complement the interior with bright textile drapery.
Photos of the Gothic style
All of us, being still in childhood, play knights with princesses. But, over time, we all grow up, and adventures end there, and adult life becomes, as a rule, routine.
With such a way of interior design as Gothic, we can at least mentally return to childhood. And it is not at all necessary that the design be gloomy and gray, as if in the Middle Ages. On the contrary, it will be bright and airy, regardless of whether it affects only one room and the entire apartment.
Gothic furniture
Everyone knows that Gothic in the interior tends to rise. At the same time, you should not limit yourself to windows, or only ceilings. Everything can be elongated here: doorways, furniture, etc.
Not just elongated, but even pointed forms are welcome here! Wood details are carved, which is a real art. At times, it can turn into a slotted version, which looks even more original.
Wood lace is intertwined with the motifs of churches, arches, turning into arcades, certain geometric shapes. Two-leaf cabinets, book shelves, sideboards with legs with panels, chairs like medieval ones with high backs and hard seats are also quite appropriate here.
See how it all might look and how it might be on the proposed photos of the Gothic style in the interior.
Here, too, one cannot do without wooden wardrobe trunks, which are decorated with bronze rivets, and in some cases they are covered with leather. In the Middle Ages, such chests, standing under the walls, were an excellent seat.
Be sure to use screens. Beds of a rather large width, they are placed on hills, decorated with twisted columns in the corners. They are also equipped with canopies.
Able to protect on a cool night from a draft. Anything made of wood is massive. This applies, as a rule, to doors, furniture, stairs. At the same time, all these products will be light and elegant, since the carving is patterned.
To make furniture, it is customary to choose dark wood, or to process it with a special method, in order to obtain the desired tone for the Gothic style in the interior.
A gothic-style room will be softer and more comfortable if it has many, many decorative pillows. Thanks to this, the coolness of the furniture will be smoother.
Color spectrum
As mentioned above, it is completely optional to use gloomy tones and forms here. The colors here should be used really bright and saturated. For example, it can be brown, red, blue, yellow, green.
Well, if the designer is skillful enough, the Gothic style can be successfully implemented even with white or beige, while the style is completely preserved.
The walls are made plain, without a pattern. They may have cloth/velvet as upholstery. Also use drapery, tapestries, wood covered with fabric, mosaic with a classic pattern of shamrock, lily, rose, crucifer.
Thanks to the ceiling painting, you can bring a bright accent to the interior of the bedroom. The same applies to stucco, covered with silver, gilding.
Note!
The details are very important!
In order for the gothic style in interior design to be felt as soon as you enter the threshold, it is important not to forget about the details. Here you can use trays, jugs, etc. Forging can decorate doors with furniture.
There are absolutely no paintings in the Gothic-style rooms, but instead of them there are stained-glass windows and tapestries. Coziness will be given by a fireplace with a wrought iron grate, as well as chairs-thrones.
Do not be afraid of details made of metal, bronze. For example, a forged chandelier, tall candlesticks will only complement the interior, giving a certain individuality to the home.
If all the housing is decorated in the Gothic style, it is worth remembering that each room should have an individual character and design, its own mood.
Thanks to the variety of colors, the style will look completely different, especially if you get creative with the issue of design.
Note!
Photo of the Gothic style in the interior
Gothic style in the interior with easily recognizable features causes ambiguous opinion among design art adherents: some tirelessly admire the appearance of majestic castles in the Gothic style, others do not accept excessive gloom in the appearance of the house, but no one can be indifferent to such a dynamic design concept that embodies the era of tapestries and the Middle Ages.
The history of the development of the Gothic interior genre
This unique design trend originated in France in the 12th century. During the Middle Ages, the design of mansions was welcomed with knightly armor, made of wood and metal with a deliberately rough finish, round windows framed in lead and many details of the furnishings elongated upwards. The heyday of the Gothic direction of art occurred in the 15th century. During this period of time, architects radically changed the idea of \u200b\u200bbuilding houses. Their ascetic features were transformed beyond recognition thanks to talented architects who managed to turn unremarkable houses into remarkable castles:
- decorate the facades with an abundance of glass and metal elements of ornate form, massive metal ones;
- radically change the configuration of residential premises - double the height of the walls by installing high columns with a massive base, fan vaults, coffered ceilings, maximize the boundaries of the rooms to create a feeling of maximum spaciousness;
- to install numerous large-format windows in rooms, regardless of their purpose, be it a bedroom or a bathroom;
- replace interior doors with arches lancet shape;
- use natural materials for interior decoration - marble, granite, precious woods, tiles.
In the process of development of the Gothic style of design, the manner of housing design was constantly changing: majestic mansions with an abundance of gilded and bronze interior elements adapted to the lifestyle of modern people. Today, designers create the interior of a Gothic-style house from newfangled and wood, and instead decorate the walls with drawings with medieval scenes made in. Thanks to this, the atmosphere of mystery, genuine luxury, magical charm, characteristic of the Gothic style of interior design, prevails in the houses.
Advice! The Gothic interior style has been used for more than ten centuries for home improvement. Over the centuries, it has been constantly improved as a result of the development of new directions in design and architectural art. Therefore, interior paintings in this style can radically differ from each other: it is advisable for lovers of space to fill the house with the aesthetics of ancient art with minimal use of furniture with rough processing, and admirers of luxury need to pick up old canvases with darkened from time to time, chests or metal figurines.
Signs of the Gothic style
The unique interior genre delights with the skillful execution of frescoes on dark walls and stained-glass windows on the windows, enchants with the predominance of dark-colored furnishings, impresses with original furniture with carved facades made of precious wood and filigree decor.
Interior design in the Gothic style can radically change the familiar look of the house, turning it into a fairy-tale castle. The aesthetic guidelines of this stylistic direction is a list of features:
- saturated colors with a predominance of black, burgundy, purple,,;
- a large number of metal furnishing details - hinged double doors with heavy handles made in the form of large hinged rings, made of heavy fabrics, a massive headboard and footboard in the form of a pointed arch, overall wall and floor mirrors with carved bronze frames;
- the predominance of antiques - antiques, candelabra, figurines, table clocks, chests and other rare interior items, acting as a link between the ascetic antiquity of the Middle Ages and the excess of modernity;
- with a forged portal decorated with floral patterns, intricate interweaving of ornate decorative elements reflecting Celtic motifs or heraldic emblems;
- a mantelpiece lined with tiles and lined with candelabra with burning candles, table mirrors;
- curtains from valuable types of fabric - velvet, velor, jacquard, veil, damask silk, satin;
- large-sized arched windows with lancet tops and numerous metal sashes are necessarily complemented by massive wooden frames with iron bolts.
The abundance of architectural inclusions and frills of medieval art that characterize the Gothic interior style requires large rooms in housing with high ceilings. Therefore, recreating the atmosphere of a medieval castle is much easier in a house with a large living area than in an apartment, where massive interior items in dark colors can create a sense of intimacy and look clumsy. Therefore, designers recommend using the Gothic style in the interior of an apartment for two-level housing, where a harmonious symbiosis of stone wall and floor decoration, furniture with dimensional candlesticks will look organic and fascinate, conveying the manner of decorating castles and houses during the Middle Ages.
Ancient aesthetics in the shape of modern houses
Gothic style in a modern interior is a rare phenomenon that allows you to unify the look of an apartment or a private house. Luxurious apartments, filled with virtuoso details of intricately shaped furnishings with dynamic dark finishes, focus the attention of others on the filigree decor of furniture facades with carved panels, figured overlays made using the marquetry technique, and an abundance of artsy interior details. This noble design style embodies medieval art, which is characterized by the following features:
- the construction of mansions with, equipped with many towers, acute-angled elements of an elongated shape, lancet arches and fan arches;
- and dominant in the interior stained glass windows depicting knightly duels and everyday life during the Middle Ages;
- wood beam ceiling with a deliberately rough finish;
- covering the floor with ceramic granite tiles of a non-standard shape - hexagonal, octagonal or triangular with a non-uniform texture;
- decoration of walls, furniture upholstery, curtains and other furnishings with medieval motifs and plots - the image of a trefoil, four-petal ornaments, a Gothic rose framed by a circle.
Initially, a specific Gothic art direction was used to decorate Catholic cathedrals. Over time, the manner of decorating cathedrals with icons in gilded frames, windows with picturesque stained-glass windows, filling with bronze candlesticks migrated to the interior of private houses. Installing cabinets with, decorating your home with paintings and mirrors with baguettes made of precious metals, lamps with antique-styled metal details will create an easily recognizable interior composition in the Gothic style.
In order to create a characteristic magical aura in a modern interior and divide spacious living quarters into functional zones, it is advisable to install wrought iron partitions decorated with hardwood and ribbon weaving in a studio-style apartment, or install a fake stained-glass window in plasterboard partitions. The aesthetics of ancient art in a modern interior looks unique, prompting guests of the house to endlessly admire the delights of the Gothic design style.
In the XIII century, initially in architecture, and then in the interior, a style appeared that is called Gothic. For the first time, the great Raphael called him that, and in a pejorative sense. He contrasted the style of St. Peter's with Roman aesthetic models, and in a report to the Pope on how the construction was progressing, he called it Gothic, in the sense devoid of true beauty, barbaric.
The Gothic style of the interior has some kind of mysticism - stained-glass windows, striking in their multicolor, on huge windows, lancet vaults. The main distinguishing feature of the style is vertical elements, there are many of them, as if the whole space rushes up, due to which rigor and majesty are achieved. Among other important elements that distinguish the interior in the Gothic style:
- very large windows;
- abundance of light;
- complex vault shapes.
Gothic combines aristocratic elegance with sophistication and grandeur. Since the Middle Ages, the style has undergone many changes, it received a new life in the 19th-20th centuries, but even now its features can be traced in the interior design of expensive restaurants, hotels and some country houses. The style will allow you to create an interior that is unique in its uniqueness, but it is hardly suitable for small-sized "Khrushchev" and panel high-rise buildings - Gothic requires space, height and an abundance of light.
And in a country mansion, apartments there is an opportunity to turn around, but even here you should not reproduce the Gothic interior in its original form - it can turn out to be a mystically gloomy room. Give preference to gothic styling by choosing the main features to emphasize the luxury of the interior.
Gothic style in interior design
Gothic room interior
Unusual apartment design in the Gothic style
Modern gothic interior
First of all, the Gothic style in the interior is space and a lot of light. Therefore, it is better to choose spacious rooms with high ceilings for styling. If you originally conceived the design of a cottage in the Gothic style - pay attention to the windows - they should be high, ending on top with an arch with lancet points. The shape of the windows is elongated, vertical.
For interior design, only natural materials are assumed, among which three should be preferred:
- a natural stone;
- wood;
- metal.
Plastic, artificial materials - this is not for the Gothic. Leave them to the present, and marble, expensive woods will be appropriate here - for furniture that will be decorated with carvings. It can be decorated with gilding, because the main thing in a Gothic interior is chic and luxury. The right choice of materials and the distribution of all decorative elements will create a living room in the style of medieval castles, and a bedroom in the style of royal chambers.
Gothic style in the interior of the apartment
Gothic apartment design
Materials for finishing the room
Naturalness is the main requirement when choosing materials. The walls in the Gothic interior are not the main thing, they are usually plain, but you can decorate them:
- wood panels;
- mosaic;
- tapestries.
This is in the event that stained glass windows are not planned to be made, there is no possibility of creating arches, niches, otherwise the space will be cluttered, and the main style requirement will not be met - air, space. After all, the vertical features that characterize Gothic did not appear by chance - this is a desire upward, into the expanse of heaven.
Floor - it is better to make a plank or stone. The ceiling in the Gothic style involves painting or decorating with wooden beams.
Windows are a special detail of the interior, which is the organizing center when creating a stylized space. The historic Gothic building is characterized by high narrow windows, ending at the top with an arch divided into sectors. Another type of window that characterizes the interior of the Gothic style is the so-called "Gothic rose" - a rounded window, divided by a binding into equal parts in the form of a figured star, a blossoming flower.
In a modern version, such a window can become a decoration of the facade of a country cottage. But most often they are limited to large windows around the perimeter, decorated with stained-glass windows. They will give the facade an unusual look, and decorate the interior. In the historical understanding of the interior of the Gothic style, they should go along the perimeter of the house, letting in a lot of light into the rooms, creating an unusual effect.
Gothic style in interior design
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Unusual apartment design in the Gothic style
Gothic style color palette
Color for Gothic in the interior is important. To create a room close to the historical stylization, light shades are chosen as the main tone: white, beige, milky. They will allow not to look gloomy in a room that uses the typical Gothic color scheme:
- cherry;
- ruby;
- purple;
- grey;
- dark blue;
- blue-black tones.
Without a light background, the room would look gloomy, dull. Multi-colored stained-glass windows play especially brightly on it, in which various colors can be used: red, brown, yellow, blue.
In stained-glass windows, as well as in the decoration of furniture, decor items, wooden or stone carved elements, gold and silver threads are allowed.
Gothic style in the interior of the apartment
Gothic apartment design
Gothic style furniture
If everything in the Gothic interior tends to rise, then the furniture - even more so. It must be high:
- double-leaf tall cabinets;
- sideboards for dishes on high legs;
- massive beds with high headboards;
- upholstered chairs with high backs.
The table is massive, with a drawer protruding forward. Solid, luxurious furniture is made of dark wood, it can be decorated with carvings, complemented by forged fittings. Cabinet doors in the living room, kitchen can be decorated with stained glass inserts. Often cabinets are decorated with a "Gothic rose", thereby emphasizing the stylization of the interior. Dark carved elements of cabinets, beds, tables can be covered with gold and silver paint.
Important! Any furniture in the Gothic style should have its own secrets - secret drawers, caskets, chests.
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Gothic room interior
Unusual apartment design in the Gothic style
In the living room, armchairs resembling a royal throne with high backs and armrests, round tables with carved legs are appropriate. Complement their marble countertops, mirrors, framed by a massive frame. A mandatory element of the living room is a fireplace with a metal grate in a wooden frame. Ideally, if it is decorated with Gothic ornaments, Celtic symbols. The fireplace can be finished with natural stone, marble, for example.
The bedroom should have a wide bed with carved columns and a canopy or wrought iron bed with a high headboard. Here you can also place a mirror, a table, a tall wardrobe. The stylization will be completed by a wooden chest with forged elements, a wicker rocking chair.
Important! Do not oversaturate the interior, trying to fit all the elements of style into it. Choose a few - otherwise, instead of a luxurious one, you can get a gloomy house that brings despondency.
Gothic style in the interior of the apartment
Gothic apartment design
Modern Gothic Interior Decor
In order not to oversaturate the interior with details characteristic of the Gothic style, you should not get carried away with numerous decorations. Balance the space.
- If the windows are decorated with stained-glass windows, curtains are not needed. However, you can decorate interior doors, furniture facades with stained-glass windows, then decorate the windows with dense heavy curtains on forged or massive wooden cornices.
- Plain walls can be supplemented with trellises or tapestries - gothic paintings are not accepted. Plots of tapestries are best found in medieval themes - knights, castles.
- Upholstery of upholstered furniture - expensive fabrics: brocade, velvet. It is better to choose a dark color scheme - burgundy, dark blue, with a jacquard pattern or a smooth structure.
- "Gothic rose" in itself is already a means of styling, and its location on the facades of cabinets, a fireplace is an element of decor.
Gothic style in interior design
Gothic room interior
Unusual apartment design in the Gothic style
Pretentious and sophisticated items will be appropriate in a Gothic living room - everything should emphasize the high status of the owners: stone sculptures, figures carved from wood or ivory, metal figurines, forged furniture, massive candlesticks.
Gothic interiors pay a lot of attention to light - a massive steel chandelier on low hangers, decorated with wrought iron candlesticks, completes the stylization. It is hung in the center of a high spacious living room and can be complemented by pendant lamps, wall sconces.
Gothic style in the interior of the apartment
Gothic apartment design
The main task of choosing a Gothic style for the interior is to create the atmosphere of a rich medieval castle. Considering that in the conditions of a modern home it is difficult to achieve a complete style match, it is better to choose only some elements characteristic of the Gothic style. They will create an effect of luxury without overloading the space.
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