Interior design ideas

Creation of special space for storage of things helps to get rid of superfluous furniture, saves a place, keeps light and open space in your house.
The competent lay-out of an apartment assumes not only one and even several wardrobes, for example, male, female, and children????????s wardrobes. If owners presume to allocate a high-grade room under this premise, the variants of its arrangement are really unlimited.
If everything is reduced to the minimal re-planning, any formed corner or not involved space may be used for the wardrobe, and be they can be anywhere: between hall and kitchen, between kitchen and sitting room, between dining room and bedroom.
It is not so necessarily (though it is tempting!) to expand the case to the sizes of the whole room, and for creation of the compact wardrobe the area of 4 meters will be enough; more often it is founded on the territory of former corridor, sometimes - on a place of a guest bathroom, and it is possible “to cut off” rectangular (or even triangular) piece from a bedroom, sitting room or dining room. And frequently, even the built in cases may be used as wardrobe rooms.
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For the last years some changes in definition “lux” in interior and furniture design, which are not connected with a fashion, are being observed. The “lux” category is defined any more by cost and skill of manufacturers, but with other criteria which have been recognized secondary: reproduction of moral values, successes in research of materials, ecological compatibility and others. All these qualities are not evident, but they considerably raise value both each subject of furniture, and a uniform of interior design composition. Thus the important components of quality of elite furniture gain originality, novelty, beauty and, first of all, functionality.
It appears so that the furniture of “lux” class serves not only to image of the owner, but it also carries out functions of furniture in general - it provides coziness and comfort in the house. Today functionality of furniture means bilateral communication between the designer and the consumer. Designers do not chase extreme novelty of forms any more, and aspire to make stylish beautiful furniture as much as possible ergonomic. With this purpose new creative decisions are created and samples of classical design are staticized.
Do not hesitate of luxury. In fact furniture is not only for a body, but it is also a hobby.

Conceptually the furniture can be divided into two kinds: furniture for a life, and other furniture, “for eyes”- as a hobby.
Elite furniture - criteria of estimation
There is furniture of absolutely other grade. Furniture is a sign on taste and social status of the owner. Such furniture is not on sale in ordinary shops and it is not made at factories by million parties. It is called furniture of “luxury” class.
In opinion of the inhabitant for furnish of luxury furniture the original concept and use of natural materials - a tree, leather, natural fabrics, nonferrous metals are characteristic. And it is quite natural - transcendental cost of the goods is really “charming”.
The attitude to furniture is not always defined by a material status, and more likely world position. Those, who wish to transform a place of residing at the house into the dream, hardly will save on an interior.
Despite of current of time and development of the furniture industry (improvement of technologies and materials), and its further improvement (introduction on the furniture market of the new companies and countries) Italy remains the world leader on the market of elite furniture.
“Elite” - the luxury - has not always been the defining characteristic of the Italian furniture. But today the furniture of a class “luxury” differs not only, and not so much by price, but on many other qualities. Among other furniture markets researchers of the of the Italian furniture market features mark it????????s (paradoxically!) availability.???? In other words: the increasing numbers of people are capable to decorate the life with rather qualitative furniture. When we say “furniture”, we mean everything, including, lighting devices, accessories, textiles, table silver - all movable subjects of interior design.

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History
Chairs have been thought up by people long time ago. Among archeological finds of Ancient Egypt harmonious stools and thrones with a straight back and a quadrangular seat, rectangular tables on four legs and round on one support, have been found.
In Slavonic countries all people, including approached to the imperial person, sat on a bench. The chair served as a throne, and tsar sat down on it only in “special” cases. Rich people upholstered a bench with a thick both dense rag and felt, and pulled green cloth from above. The owner always sat in a “red” corner, and the mistress took a place on edge.
In the Western Europe in XV century people have thought up to attach a back and armrests to stools. During solemn receptions chairs with pillows stood out only to members of royal family. The nobility sat on stools, less well-born court - on harmonious seats, other people stood. King at the choice granted ladies with “the right of a stool” - to sit at his presence. Chairs of an epoch of a baroque are as beautiful, as well as inconvenient. The groove became covered with a mix of chalk with glue and special additives and the thinnest leaves of gold from above were attached. ????????????????????
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Chairs
Chairs can have firm or soft sitting, a straight line or writhed back - designs can differ essentially. The main thing is that the chair was convenient and functional. Sometimes chairs are replaced with strict high armchairs with armrests. They can be completely upholstered with a clap. High chairs in a fabric of white or deep dark blue color look festively and stylishly in combination with a glass rounded corners table.
Table
As we not ancient Romans, who used to have a dream during a meal or a friendly chat, we can????????t do without dining table. It can have any form: round or oval (such table is better to be placed in the center of a room), rectangular or square - up to your choice. The main thing is that it should be steady enough. If you invite the visitors to your house, there must be a place for everyone. The Sliding table will help to solve this problem. Inside of it a small bar, which, if necessary rises on a level of a table by means of the special mechanism, may be applied.
If the place allows, you can decorate a room with a small little table: serving trolley, finishing coffee or journal table. It will not only decorate dining room, but it will also render you the invaluable help at guests???????? reception. It can be the Chinese little table from the polished tree or octahedral, reproducing forms of the traditional Muslim architecture, covered by magnificent ornament in groove, list or incrustation techniques. Put some floor pillows in east style the table. Especially fashionable today little tables - from the tempered glass on legs-supports in the form of the stylized figures of animals- may be also used. In some models legs are moulded from clay and are covered with glaze.

It is not important, where the dining table is exactly settled down- in a cozy corner of kitchen or in a separate room. The main thing is that it gathers your relatives and friends, whether it is an easy breakfast, a Sunday dinner or evening tea. Therefore let the interior of your dining room be comfortable for each member of family.
Sitting room - dining room
In spacious houses the separate room can be allocated under a dining room. In the beginning try to be defined with style of a premise, to consider it in the???? complex of room sizes and the form of your room, to coordinate it with a decor of windows and walls registration. The interior of a dining room includes an abundance of decorative elements, such as various vases, utensils, pictures and floor hours. You can stop the sight at modern designs; choose classical set in English style or furniture, rich with a decor in rococo style…
If the separate room under a dining room is not allocated, its style usually corresponds to style of those premises “inside of” which it is. Often lunch zone is stipulated in a sitting room. Its area should be equal to the area of a table with completely put forward chairs. The dining room is separated from a zone of rest by means of decorative partitions, arches or contrast color scores. For this purpose pictures or photos, a bookcase, a mirror, a wooden lattice with twisted plants may be used.
Division is often carried out on a floor level. For example, the lunch group and a bar can be raised on a podium and are brightly shined, but it is necessary to us to go down on pair of steps as we shall get in absolutely other world, where in soft light cozy a deep sofa, a coffee table, book shelves, the TV are located. At overlapping zones it is necessary to think over and create vacation spot and entertainments of visitors as much as possible. Therefore in an interior of sitting room collections of souvenirs, photos, pictures or the hunting trophies should be located near to upholstered furniture and the piano may be placed near the TV.

Stone - is one of the first natural materials, used by people for construction. Building technologies have removed it on the second plan. Now it is applied, basically, for finishing and repair works. But not everyone presumes to revet a wall of the house with artificial stone, as it expensive and demands labor-consuming additional works on strengthening a surface of walls and stone preparation.
However, the human ingenuity has no limits. Now there is an alternative - the manufacturing techniques of an artificial stone are developed. The name “an artificial stone” concerns more likely to its origin, than to appearance. It is almost impossible to distinguish natural stone from artificial one and only an experienced expert can do this only from very close distance - modern technologies allow to simulate that both the form, and color, and a structure of a natural material. The following material serve as its main components: cement of the highest marks (Portland cement), easy natural filling materials (expanded clay) and natural high-quality dyes.
Now, let????????s have some words about process of decorative stones manufacturing. The mix from all components is filled in special forms, one of which repeats the form of a natural stone, and another one - is absolutely flat. Original “Easter cake” on an equal surface as a result turns out. Its area deviates from 5 cm???? up to 0,5 m????, and thickness - from 1 up to 10 cm. Owing to such form the artificial stone is very simple in installation. First of all, it is a three times lighter natural (depending on a kind of a product the weight of 1 m???? makes from 20 up to 45 kg), therefore it is not required to strengthen a wall special with iron armature. Secondly, as the stone it has a smooth back surface and it is not necessary “to warm” a wall (as volumetric natural). It well lays down practically on any surface and fastens by means of a usual cement mortal with addition of glutinous structure, that can be done independently and no any special skills are required.

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Secondly, the computer furniture should be established so that it was comfortable and safe to work there. For this purpose it is necessary to choose correctly height of a table-top. The best variant here would be to adjust it within the limits of 680-800 mm. If you don????????t have such opportunity, we recommend you to choose tables in height of 725 mm (under the American standards - 740 mm). Adjust height of a chair so that the legs were placed under a table with comfort and did not become numb (free space for legs should be not less than 60 cm in height, 50 cm in width and 65 cm in depth). Put the monitor on distance of 60-70 cm from eyes. Position of the screen is considered correct if it stands vertically or is rejected from a vertical back on a corner 5-7 degrees. The level of eyes should be on the center of the screen or at the height equal of 2/3 distances from the bottom border up to the center.
For accomplishing these requirements, some manufacturers of computer tables equip them with their special monitor and shelves-supports adjustable on height. Such shelf is especially necessary if you deal with the monitor of the small size (15 inches diagonal). The keyboard should be placed far away from the edge of a table-top so that brushes of hands did not hang in air as it can lead to a chronic stretching of brushes. Well and at last, take care of that nothing could distract your attention. It is not necessary to place the bright or bright subjects near to a table, which may create patches of light on the screen of the monitor.
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Computer has not only strongly expanded opportunities of people, but it has also generated new trades and has forced to rethink the organization of manufacture. It has affected lives of many people. The number of the people, preferring to work at home, is steadily growing. How has their life changed? And what place in new vital way is allocated to a computer? So, it is a high time to talk about computer furniture.
Pleasant and useful
What makes house workplace attractive? It appears that the habitual cozy atmosphere is capable not only to relax, but also to promote the maximal concentration, and thus, to create a necessary emotional spirit as it a convenient armchair, strong coffee and a favorite melody do.
Having conceived to equip the computerized working corner in the house, we frequently pay attention only directly to a computer - its characteristics and the size of the monitor. A question “where to put?” and what computer furniture to choose is solved, as a rule, hastily - if only any computer table was in the house. And in fact computer is bough not “just for decoration”, the majority of users daily spend several hours behind it. Half a year of intensive work, and the person inevitably earns a chronic headache, spoils a bearing, sight… and what to do with children, who are ready to master such marvelous modern “toy” excitedly at any time?
Scientists, referring to results of sad statistics of diseases, have already for a long time repeated that the workplace, equipped with computer, requires the special organization.????
First of all, do not forget, that the principle “the more the merrier” does not work in this case, - computer furniture requires at least six square meters of a floor space, and correct illumination of working place should be provided. Fix light sources at the left of the computer - the same as for reading and writing. Take care, that light was not too bright: hang up curtains on windows and put lamp shade on the lamp.

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Zoning. In a context of the modern house such question, as allocation of separate zones, is also important. In a special measure it is actual for the dwellings of the new type equipped as open flowing spaces, making uniform plastic structure.
Everyone knows that designers and architects have entered new system instead of former square-cluster system with narrow corridors instead of former square-cluster system with narrow corridors. this new system has two basic zones: public and private. Each of them unites different mini-zones - places for food reception, rest and work. It requires greater logicality of the organization of space, greater isolation of each mini-zone. In the room, where there are practically no walls, functional zones start to be emphasized by furnish of a floor, walls, illumination and, certainly, levels of a ceiling. For example, having lifted a head, we can see an oval repeating an oval of a dining table in a table zone. Or the bath allocated somehow differently, a bed, a winter garden, a bar rack, even “road” from one zone to another. Usually multilevel ceilings “are supported” by a floor. It can be a podium, application of different materials for a floor covering or one material - the only peculiarity is that the colors should be different (for example, parquet and a tile, a parquet of two shades).
Even if behind there is nothing to hide a multilevel ceiling, it is regarded as a special interior style. Forms of such designs are quite diversified: classical geometry, fantastic forms, combinations of a curve and a triangle. It can be a stucco moulding and simply abstract compositions. Imitation of constructive elements in a classical interior - is one of multilevel ceiling versions.

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