Japanese style in interior design ideas Photo 120

In European countries, accustomed to the cozy interior with furniture, massive wardrobes and chests of drawers, heavy doors from an array and a variety of decorative elements, Japanese style is able to surprise and impress with its refinement and Minimalist. This ethnic style in the last decade is not leaving the top positions in the list of the most popular styles of interior design, as it It combines the perfect color composition and strict minimalism, laconic shapes and innovative solutions, natural and asceticism. Japanese style in the interior at first glance seem impersonal and no individual, but after a few moments it becomes apparent ascetic and restrained beauty of the room.

The origin of the style

Japanese style - a folk style of residential apartments and houses in Japan. Moreover, as the Japanese are rather conservative nation, they were able to maintain and improve the principles and traditions of interior decoration, invented about 5 centuries ago. Bamboo sliding doors, low tables made of natural materials, light curtains and composition of dried flowers - elements present and in modern Japanese style, and, according to the descriptions of historians, in an environment of houses lived in the Middle Ages Samurai.

The origin and characteristics of the Japanese style is obliged to the specific climate and natural environment of the Japanese Islands. On a relatively small territory of the island, regularly exposed to earthquakes, people can not build a stone house. Indeed, in this case, they would risk to be buried under the rubble at the first eruption of an underwater volcano. Yes, and to erect a building big area the Japanese did not make sense. Firstly, the area allocated to each family of the shogun did not differ a great area, and secondly, people understand that an earthquake could happen any day, which will destroy the results of all their works.

Japanese style is characterized by the use of natural materials and a minimal presence in the interior of the metal elements. This feature of design houses in the Land of the Rising Sun is because the metal deposits on the islands is very small. In the last century it was in Japan was very expensive, so the Japanese thought that wrong this scarce resource to expend on the production of household items.

And of course, the origin and formation of the Japanese style of interior had a significant influence attitudes and beliefs of the people of this country. Restraint, practicality, love of beauty and harmony and the ability to see the beauty in the details - these traits inherent in Japanese, are reflected in the ethnic style.

Since the traditional Japanese house was a small square, Japanese style is perfectly suited for a small one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. This style allows you to use every square meter with maximum benefit and at the same time create a sense of space and harmony.

Design principles and traditions

The interiors are decorated in Japanese style, both similar and different from each other. Total in them - this is the feeling of space, the absence of any extra elements and contrast, and the individual - a combination of colors, decorations and functional features of the separation zones. This etnostil - this is one of the few styles that combine minimalism, functionality, and a strong personality.

The principles and traditions of interior design in Japan, formed over centuries and have remained virtually unchanged. And the main principles are the following 8 in this style:

1. All unnecessary - unnecessary. Plenty of storage space, a minimum of furniture and decorative "trinkets" and the presence in the house only the necessary things - the most important principle of Japanese style.
2. Only the smooth surface. Floors, walls, furniture and appliances should have a smooth shiny surfaces. And they should not be put decorative ornaments, obscure napkins or put things.
3. Only light natural materials. Rice paper, bamboo, light woods, ceramics - materials, which the Japanese have traditionally used for interior decoration.
4. Harmony is achieved through contrasts. Yin and yang, fire and water, black and white - the balance of opposites is one of the basic principles of Japanese philosophy. This principle is reflected in the design of the housing situation, so for this ethnic style characterized by a combination of contrasting colors.
5. The more light, the better. Large windows, light walls, sliding doors with white frosted glass light-scattering Akari lamps - constant attributes of the Japanese home, designed to make the room bright and visually add him space.
6. At least walls and doors. Japanese style is characterized by the division of space into functional areas by screens, paper partitions, lighting and contrasting colors. In traditional Japanese houses did not have separate rooms - all the space was divided into zones only paper partitions.
7. Live and dried plants - the best decoration of the interior. Traditional decoration of Japanese interior are the ikebana, bonsai, ceramic figurines, tableware for tea ceremony, vases, fans, and cancer. And other decorations, in addition to bonsai and ikebana, must be present in the environment to a minimum.
8. Life is on the floor. In Japanese homes all the furniture is low, and most of the chairs, armchairs and beds do not have any legs. Residents "Land of the Rising Sun" used to sit and sleep on the floor, so the big soft chairs and sofas with lots of pillows will not fit into the atmosphere of the apartment in the ethnic style.

Color palette

Japanese restraint is fully manifested in the selection of colors for the decoration of the home. Here, there are not too bright colors and flashy graphics, interior design, usually drawn in a light palette color palette. Residents of the Japanese islands prefer warm bright colors - cream, pale yellow, beige and olive. apply darker warm colors to create a contrast.

As a rule, in the interior of one room must be present for at least two colors - basic, in which decorated with all the essential elements of the situation, and extra shielding base color and creating contrast. Successful combinations of colors are assembled in the table.

base color	complementary color
White	Brown, red, burgundy, the color of Wenge wood
Beige	The color of dark wood, warm shades of dark red, brown
Olive	Dark brown, light brown, white
Light pink	Cherry, black, dark brown, the color of Wenge wood
Peach	The warm shades of brown, black
Sand	Black, gray, brown and red
Light coral	Purple, black, maroon, brown, white
Light Gray	Shades of dark red, black, color, dark wood
Orange	Black, red, brown, white, cherry

In modern Japanese style often combine three colors - one main and two contrasting. Typically, the walls and ceiling, as well as some of the furniture made in the basic color and decorative elements - in one or two extra. The following combinations are most commonly used:

• White with black and pink;
• Beige with brown and red;
• Bright shades of yellow with black and gray;
• Light brown with white and black;
• Warm shades of brown with white and beige.

materials

The Japanese islands, and for the walls, floor and ceiling, and for the creation of furniture and interior decorations using natural materials - rice paper, bamboo, wood array of light and dark varieties. Metal and plastic are used to a minimum.

When making a room or apartment in the ethnic style is better not to use plastic and metal elements. Advantageously, in the room all, in addition to technology, it must be made of natural materials.

Walls

The walls of the room, decorated in Japanese style, always monophonic. They may be present elements of decor - wall monochrome drawing, murals, or minimalist Japanese fan pattern. Neither our traditional colored wallpaper or paint for interior applications for walls in Japanese style will not fit.

The ideal goal for the walls to be rolled coverings made from natural materials (rice paper, wood veneer, etc..). Such a coating hides all the irregularities of the walls and totally unpretentious in operation. But apart from coil coating, as a finishing material can be used and plain white wallpaper, beige or other warm light color. On one of the walls in this case are glued Mural patterned in Japanese style.

Floor

Modern linoleum and tile Japanese prefer the classic wooden floors. And in this style better not to use parquet or floorboard, but simply to lay a floor board light or dark rocks and cover it with varnish.

In the kitchen and hallway floors does not dim. And in the living room, bedroom and other living quarters on the floor lay the mat - reed mats, stuffed with rice straw or wool. And to lay the mat should be so that the corners of three or more mats are not in contact with each other - it is believed that it will attract in the house of trouble.

If possible cover all the floors in the living area of ​​the apartment no tatami, the mats can be put just beside the bed, chairs and other furniture.

Ceiling

The ceiling is made in the same color as the walls. It should be flat and monotonous, so to finish the best use of stretch ceiling paintings. Moreover, glossy and mirrored ceilings in the Japanese style - this is nonsense, as well as paintings on the ceiling surface. Smooth matte ceiling in the color of the walls - the best solution for the design of housing in the ethnic style "Land of the Rising Sun".

Furniture

Furniture in the house is decorated in Japanese style, it must be made of natural materials and is made in a minimalist design. The smaller the furniture is in the room, the better. The surface of tables, dressers and chairs should be smooth and varnished, and match the color to your room environment. As a rule, the Japanese furniture is chosen such shades, which will create a contrast and at the same time in harmony with the color design of the room.

As close as possible to the floor - one of the basic principles of Japanese interior style, so the sofas, chairs, beds and tables in a Japanese house have low legs or do not have them. In the center of the house (living room) must be a table for the tea ceremony, which can be as a decoration to put a beautiful ceramic service.

Storage spaces in Japanese homes used closets with sliding doors. Doors and side walls of cabinets should be performed in the same color as the walls and ceiling. Closets are placed near the wall in the hallway, living room and bedroom so that they do not stand out in the interior, and "merged" with the wall.

If the walls in the room are no decorative elements, it is assumed that the door wardrobe decorated with bright picture, made in an appropriate style.

Lighting

Japanese prefer natural or as close to natural light. That is why instead of doors and walls they use partitions with rice paper, and the windows in their homes is very large.

Fixtures in the apartment, decorated in a Japanese ethnic style, not hung on the wall or ceiling, and installed on the floor. And, ideally, should be used to highlight Akari - lamps, consisting of a metal frame and a lampshade made of rice paper. They gently diffuse the light and provide a smooth and pleasant to the eye lighting.

Chandeliers Japanese also used, however, to design chandeliers put forward the same demands as the other elements of the interior - restraint, brevity and minimalism. Most suitable for the house in the Japanese style are square or rectangular flat chandeliers, made in one color or decorated with painted hieroglyphics.

Accessories and decor in the interior

Accessories used to create contrasts and accents. The décor elements are used natural materials - dried and living plants, dry branches, the composition of the stones. Also in the house in the Japanese style would be appropriate to the aquarium.

Positioning accessories and elements of decoration should be in the special niches in the walls - tokonoma. Moreover, the Japanese changed regularly, depending on the time of year decorations in the tokonoma, holidays or own mood. And the most appropriate decorative elements in the ethnic style "Rising Sun" are:

• Japanese dolls;
• ikebana;
• Dwarf live plants;
• Figures brushed ceramics;
• Japanese vases.

It is important that the Japanese prefer to decorate your house is not bought-in items and products created with their own hands. And make yourself not only can the composition of dried flowers, but also a mural drawing.

Japanese curtains and textiles

Japanese curtains - a monochromatic fabric cloth covering a window like the panels. In the daytime the curtains are collected in such a way that they become almost invisible. On curtains, unlike other textiles, paintings are not stamped.

Knitted and woven bedspreads, blankets and other home textiles in a house in the style of "Land of the Rising Sun" is quite appropriate. These things are also used to decorate the interior and add accents, so they are decorated with drawings of characters, Japanese gardens and nature. decoration of walls also may be woven panels with themed designs.

Japanese fan

Big fan of cloth or rice paper - the traditional Japanese home decoration. On such cephalic fan depict characters, scenes from mythology or the nature of the Japanese islands.

Japanese fan is hung horizontally on the wall so that it was closer to the ceiling, not the floor. only one fan can be in the same room, the bathroom, the kitchen and the hallway wall decorations are not used.

Japanese partitions

Japanese-style partitions are used to separate functional areas. They are made of bamboo and rice paper and are easily removed and rearranged. The color of walls should be combined with a touch of the walls and ceiling. May be applied to the walls of thematic images.

Also, as the partitions, you can use fabric screens. most often used screen of silk and other light fabrics, capable of transmitting light.

bedroom interior

The bedroom should be placed only the most necessary items of furniture - a bed, a chest of drawers, one or two chairs and a lamp. Chest of drawers, beds and chairs should be low, and if the bedroom has a podium, you can put it on the bed without legs, or just put a mattress with a rigid frame.

A window in the bedroom hang light silk curtains, and as a decoration of the room used compositions from natural materials. To make the room more comfortable, you can decorate the bed and chairs silk cushions with painted hieroglyphics on them. Also, the bed often hang a picture or a fan.

Floor bedroom can either be completely paved with tatami, or leave uncovered. But in the second case of the rice straw mat should be placed beside the bed.

Interior living room

Typical living project in the Japanese house - this spacious bright room, decorated in a minimalist style. The walls in the living room definitely bright and warm colors, and the floor is covered with tatami. Furniture in the room should be at a minimum - a low table for tea parties in the center, one or two compact sofas along the walls and a few low chairs. TV is better to hang on the wall, rather than buying it at a separate cabinet.

As interior decoration can employ the compositions of the dried flowers and branches, ceramic figurines, dolls, fans, wall panels and drawings. But it should be remembered that the decorative elements should be combined with each other and do not take up space. Optimally put them in niches in the walls or in the corners of the room.

Interior nursery

Children in a Japanese house is also executed in a minimalist style, but when creating the situation in the possible to use the room more vibrant colors and interior decoration, designed for girls and boys. For example, you can decorate one wall photo wallpapers or picture with your favorite cartoon character child.

Of furniture in the children's place, as a rule, a low comfortable bed, desk and chair, cabinet or wall shelf, chest of drawers. When making a room for the boy as the base color is most often used gray or olive, but for girls - beige or pink.

Also in the design of child can not forget about the traditional styles of jewelry from natural materials and fixtures. But in the rooms of children of preschool or early school age is better not to put the lights on the floor and hang them on the ceiling.

bathroom interior

Bathroom in the Japanese house or apartment - a place for rest and relaxation. The walls in the bathroom are most often a light self-colored or decorated with a bamboo or rice straw. This room should be divided into three functional areas:

1. Zone dressing, separated by a screen;
2. Area with a shower;
3. Area with a bathroom, a fully concealed in the floor (ofuro).

Ofuro shape may be a square or rectangular and oval. It has done this bath only with wood. According to Japanese tradition, before you go to bed in the ofuro, it is necessary to take a shower.

If in an apartment bathroom small area, you can share it the screen into two parts: dressing area and shower room. And in large and small bathrooms are appropriate decor matte clay and ceramic wall tiles with designs in Japanese style.

As the lighting for the bathroom you can use multiple spotlights, light-scattering and fills the room with a soft smooth glow.

The kitchen and dining room

Kitchen and dining room in Japan - is one room divided into two zones. The "kitchen" area cook, so all necessary equipment installed there. Since the Japanese prefer minimalism and functionality on their cuisines is no place for the massive gears and a variety of cabinets. When making food in the Japanese style uses a built-in kitchen appliances, and one or two large kitchen cabinets made of wood.

In the area for meals is a table with chairs. Like the rest of the furniture, kitchen table should be low, and instead of chairs can be used mats. At mealtimes the table was covered with a monochromatic cloth or mat.

The main color for kitchen design can be both lighter and darker shade. The décor elements in this room, the designers recommend the use of floor vases, delicate-colored sets, wall panels and lampshades made of rice paper.

IMPORTANT: The kitchen is traditional Japanese curtains do not hang. Instead, they use light white or beige cotton curtains.

Tableware

Japanese domestic use in ceramic dishes made in simple rectangular, circular or triangular shapes. For everyday meals use a monochromatic dishes and is served on the table sets the holidays.

In the kitchen have to be a Japanese style dishes such:

• Van - deep, but small dishes with a lid for rice and soups;
• Hati - wide, shallow serving bowls for the main course;
• Tyavan - bowls for the tea;
• Katakuti - cup with a spout for sauces;
• Tyatsu - bowl on a stem for garnish;
• Dobin - teapots;
• Bon - round or square trays.

Interior hallway

Entrance hall, as a rule, is made in a darker color than the living room. In this room there should be a minimum of furniture - one or more compact sofas, wardrobes, shoe racks, and possibly made in minimalist style dressing table with a large mirror.

As decorations for the hall is best to use a bonsai and floor vases with bamboo. The walls of the room can be decorated with paintings of nature, pictures, or composition of dried leaves and flowers.

conclusion

Japanese traditional interior design - this is the most discreet and minimalistic and at the same time one of the most elegant oriental style. It has no flashy luxury and excess parts, and that is why he is so like modern humans. Restrained beauty, harmony in the details, the balance of contrasts and functionality - the main advantages etnostiley "Land of the Rising Sun". This design environment house or apartment will appeal to people who are not in need of excesses and appreciating calm and measured.