Our small apartments are often puzzled designers, because in large apartments it is much easier to create something really intersex, there is where to unfold. But this studio apartment in Russia, where everything is kept to a minimum looks very stylish and cozy.
And this is thanks to the efforts of the artist and designer Natalia Akimova, who combined and maximized the space of a one-room apartment in a stylish and elegant way.
Natalia Akimova graduated from the Architectural Institute of FESTU. In 2011 graduated from the University of the Department of Design, specializing in artist-designer. Now Natalia is the leading designer of New Technologies.
The project of this one-room apartment reached the final of the competition for architects, designers, and decorators, as the best project.
The layout of the apartment is not standard. In the interior there is no such thing as a "living room", so wished the future owner of the apartment. Between the kitchen and the bedroom there is an invisible connection - there are two modules on the sides of the bed on the bedroom side (there are built in bedside tables) and on the sides of the dining table from the kitchen (they have a refrigerator, oven and microwave, folding furniture).
The whole design single-family apartment is consistent in a consistent black and white color scheme, which exudes a special class. Beautiful intricate patterns on the walls and a subtle splash of color here and there give this space a special personality.
The idea for a small living space, a tiny apartment in black and white fascinates, creating a compact design. Smart combination of black and white are used throughout the house, as if each space flows into another. This leads to a reduction in the severity of the fragmentation and the apartment seems much larger, airy and more spacious than it really is.
A beautiful entrance with a small hallway, in which a couple of shelves and coat hangers fit, leads to the kitchen, which simultaneously appears and the dining room. Large pendant cabinets are beautifully combined with a black background, and the gorgeous white kitchen countertop offers the perfect contrast. Wooden floors and seats add heat to the amazing kitchen.
In the bedroom, decorated in fashion trends, you can zvidet hidden storage space and smooth shelves, which disappear in the background. Cool glass doors hide a spacious cupboard, while the lighting in the bedroom and natural ventilation create freshness.
A compact bathroom with a floating sink seems ideal for this one-bedroom apartment!
All studio apartment and the decor is designed to occupy as few square meters as possible. Smooth and concise, and refined, it offers a wonderful inspiration for those who want to decorate small living spaces.
There is an opinion that black and white interiors are boring, faceless, too official and more suitable for non-residential premises. Today in I will try to refute this error and prove that such a combination can be very successful for small apartments.
One of my arguments in defense of black and white combinations will be the fact that these two colors are equally well combined in the interiors of any style - be it classic, art deco, minimalism or hi-tech. The second, no less convincing argument, can serve as their flexibility in relation to other colors. Suppose a strict monochrome living room you are fed up and wanted to change the situation to something more cozy in warm colors. There is nothing easier! As you know, black and white are colors and can be easily integrated into any palette. Thus, without expensive investment in repairs, by replacing (or adding) home textiles and decor elements, you can quickly convert the black and white interior into any other one at will.
About the possibility of changing the black and white range to other colors, I did not speak casually. Psychologists believe that people's desire for black color is most often caused by the desire to hide, to be isolated from the outside world. Creating a black and white interior, people subconsciously build protection against stress and pressure from the outside. It is possible that after some time the need for such a barrier will disappear and in place will want to do something cozy and colorful.
In order for such a transformation to be possible, it is worthwhile to consider in what proportion the black and white will participate in the design of the room. Traditionally in interiors of small-sized apartments white is taken as a basis, if black dominates (for example, as the color of walls), then everything can be much more complicated. It is worth remembering that black, unlike white, does not reflect light and therefore acts depressingly on people. And in general it seems bad that the owners of small apartments will make themselves interiors in black tones.
Our faithful assistant is white, he visually expands the space, fills the rooms with air, gives a feeling of freshness. The best reception for living rooms - white walls with paintings with black frames, a little decor and dark furniture - is a game in contrast, stylish and at the same time understandable to the eye (not tiring) classic composition.
It is also worth adding that black and white interiors can turn into an ideal backdrop for some particular piece of furniture or a brightly colored decor element, for example, a stylish designer chair. The greatest effect can be achieved by adding to the rooms yellow, orange, bright pink, red, blue, purple. In today's photos, there are several interesting examples of the arrangement of such color accents.
Black and white for small apartments is appropriate not only in the living room, but also in the bedroom. Successfully look combinations of these colors on curtains, bedspreads, pillows - especially when the basis is white. Items of furniture for such interiors can be black, but not all, sometimes, for a harmonious balance, one black chair is enough.
More courageous reception - the selection of one bedroom wall in black. If the room is light, as in the photo below, there is nothing terrible in this, otherwise it could be gloomy. Adherents of feng shui believe that in the bedroom the black (yin) should not dominate over white (yang) and even one such black wall is an undesirable element.
Kitchen in black and white can look very interesting. For small kitchens of 6 sq. M, I would advise white facades and a black countertop, owners of large kitchens can afford the reverse combination. Pay attention to skillfully chosen color accents - red vegetables and flowers on the first photo and blue plates - on the second.
How successful can be the combination of black and white in a small room, you can consider the example of the bathroom and toilet in this range. Black strict lines of decor on the background of sparkling snow-white sanitary ware emphasize elegance and impeccability of style. Of course, in such interiors must be order and cleanliness.
I started my article with the arguments "for", and I do not want to mislead anyone, I want to end it with arguments "against". Like any beautiful and stylish thing in the black and white range (whether it's a tuxedo, an old car or a grand piano), these interiors are very demanding to their owners. For example, they do not tolerate a mixture of styles and do not like cheap furniture and decoration materials - any curvature and error in black and white design will be noticeable as in the palm of your hand.
The atmosphere and mood of black and white interiors can change greatly when changing daylight to artificial lighting, so usually in such rooms a multi-level light is set with the use of floor lamps and table lamps. And most importantly - any mess and dirt will immediately catch your eye, which makes housing with this interior design more suitable for one or two people and uncomfortable for a family with children and pets. If this does not stop you, let me give one piece of advice: the more you take black, the more strict the rules will be, the white one, on the contrary, is more democratic and mistakes against it will be much easier to correct. Do not regret the white and let your little apartment conquer everyone with its new style and elegance.
Black and white chic
Contrast interior is a trendy trend in design. White and black are the opposite colors, so their combination is most effective. This combination seems quite sharp and complex, but that's what attracts many in black and white interiors. By choosing this tandem, you can create effects such as graphics and clarity (for high-tech styles and minimalism), as well as dramatic and mysterious (for neo-baroque, gothic, a la boudoir, etc. styles).
Black and white interior: rooms and styles
Black and white colors are most often used to create interiors of bedrooms and kitchens. Slightly less often the combination of black and white is used when decorating and decorating living rooms and bathrooms.
Of course, everything depends on the tastes of the hosts, but we would not recommend actively using white and black in the bathroom. If you like this combination, in the bathroom it must be diluted with some kind of warm color - for example, sand, beige,. Completely black and white bathroom will be gloomy, too technical and graphic and, most unpleasant, cold.
As for the styles, then, as already noted above, the black and white combination is most often adopted in the creation of interiors in neo-baroque styles, minimalism.
Minimalism
Neo-Baroque
The combination of black and white is also found in ethnic interiors - especially in those where leather and skins are used (for example, in). These black and white elements are typical for colonial interiors.
Black and white ideas around us
Just combining white and black is not difficult, but not very interesting. Where it will be more exciting to try to bring to the interior a certain zest, a thematic component, a hint, a game.
Black-and-white solutions are all around us. For example, the contrast of black and white is characteristic of the meander - Ancient Greek ornament. Such an ornament can be used for curbs, furniture decorations, in textiles of black and white rooms.
Black and white stripes remind us of a zebra. This topic can be "exploited" in any way: put zebra skin on the floor or under a zebra, paint one of the walls with zebra strips, cover the wall, furniture, a lamp shade with an animalistic print and much more. You can find a whole bag of ideas related to the color of the zebra, and successfully use them in your black and white interior of the bedroom or living room.
Black and white combination is associated with one of the most ancient games - with chess. Chess order has long been a standard in arts and crafts and design. Black and white cells, located in a checkerboard pattern, can be found in your black and white interiors, it is only necessary to put a little imagination.
Prints copying black and white color Dalmatians, can please the child - this is an interesting idea for creating black and white (however, the third is a warm and bright color!).
Of course, we can not forget about black and white photography. It's the place in black and white interiors!
Black and white interior design: black and white balance
If you leave a lot of white, then the room will seem bigger, but the interior will lose its drama or graphics (depending on the planned style and the expected effect). If you overdo it with black, then the room will turn out to be too dark, pressing, depressing - entering the room, you will feel yourself as if you have a heavy stone on your shoulders. In addition, the room will appear smaller.
In any case, first decide what you want more: lightness and spaciousness or mystery and drama. In the first case, take more white, in the second - take black.
However, still dose the amount of black. It is not very desirable to blacken all the walls in the room - a maximum of two, and this will be enough. If the floors are black, then it is better to paint one wall in black or none (black and black bedspreads, black furniture, etc.).
Let black in your black and white interior be no more than 50 percent. And it is not necessary to fill the remaining 50 percent with white - there are other colors that perfectly dilute this noble combination, without depriving the interior of black and white status.
The design of a black and white room: the third is not superfluous
In the black and white interior, the third and fourth shade will not be superfluous. If you want to reduce the contrast of black and white interior, soften it, then you will come to the aid grey colour. Gray color is close to both black and white. It's like a bridge between two contrasting colors - it does not separate them, but, on the contrary, unites them. Using different shades of gray, you can create effects of smooth transitions from white to black and back.
White and black perfectly match with the silver color. Black-and-white-silver palette is recommended for interiors in the style of high-tech and. In the second case, you can use another sensual color - for example, purple or purple, but with small accents.
Accentively in black and white interiors you can enter another bright tone, creating so-called color splashes. Most often, designers use for this shades of blue, green, red. Introduce these colors in a black and white interior, decorating it with curtains, a colored vase, a photo frame, a small number of pillows casually thrown over the sofa with a cloak, etc.
The warm color of the wood will soften and soothe the black and white interior, so there is no need to completely update the furniture in the house if you decided to change the old color scheme of the interior to black and white. However, there is no need to change the parquet to black or white laminate, if, of course, high contrast of the interior is not your main goal.
Black and white interior design: furniture
Furniture can be chosen as white or black. It is desirable that the color of furniture is different from the color of the walls and / or floors, otherwise ill-fitting optical illusions may arise.
It is difficult to combine in one room furniture color wood and black or white furniture. Therefore, it is better to dwell on one option: either painted furniture, or a traditional version of natural woody color. And here black and white furniture to combine among themselves it is possible and necessary. For example, a white bed will feel great next to the black curbstones and the same, and the black chair will enter into a partnership with a white fellow.
In kitchens, this black and white combination is the most common. If the kitchen furniture - with white facades, then the table top is most often chosen black. And vice versa: in the kit for the black kitchen there is a white countertop. Combined and the facades of kitchen furniture: from below - black, from above - white.
It is also possible to combine and dining furniture: put a number of black and white chairs or vice versa.
Black and white in the interior - a spectacular, graceful combination that will not leave anyone indifferent. But assessments will not only be positive, because many in such a contrasting interior will be uncomfortable. When creating a black and white interior, be prepared for this. The main thing is for you to be comfortable and pleasant in your home. If you managed to achieve this, then you made the right choice of color.
In the design of the black and white living room allows you to create an amazing picture of space, based on a subtle game of contrasts. The danger of using such a color solution lies in two important points: do not roll into darkness and turn the front room into a hospital ward.
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Add to the black and white palette of gray or silver - get high tech . Red and blue look organically in modern , and the applied soft pastel brown close provence . Wicker tree give a hint of country , and the body array furniture will bring closer the picture of the interior to classicism.
The design in black and white tones is based on the graphic contrast of black furniture and white background furnishings
Advice! Dto successfully implement the idea, avoid annoying oversaturation in the color filling, find a balance between black and white, allowing you to feel comfortable in the room.
leather sofa and armchairs, with virtuoso stitching of details, will present a large living room with a dazzling luxury framed in black and white walls.
Minimalism of forms and outlines of furniture headset - an ideal find for a small room. Large color blocks of furniture, included in the interior, having a concise design, do not drown out spatial freedom, which is very important for small rooms.
Advice! Зwhile filling the black-and-white living room with furniture, make sure that the percentage of black does not exceed 50% of the total plan, otherwise, as noted by psychologists, it can provoke depression and bad mood among you and your household.
