ENGLISH STYLE: INTRODUCTION
If you want to give your home a familiar and warm air, decorating in an English style is the right choice. Let’s find out together what the characteristics of this style are.
Are you a chic and elegant person and want to give the same touch to your home as well? Think, then, of the English style: warm, familiar and truly unique.
This style also differs in 3 different categories such as modern, classic and country English style. All in full Anglo-Saxon flavor but different from each other.
Furnishing in the English style means giving a British touch to your life, making your abode a real cozy hearth. A place a little out of time but one that speaks of you.
Let’s see what the characteristics of this style of furniture are.
CHARACTERISTICS
When we think of English style, our mind immediately imagines an environment made of very classic and antique dark wood furniture. Of course, English style is not just that.
COLORS
First thing is good to start talking about colors. In fact, all the furniture in this style is made of wood, usually ash, walnut and cherry, therefore dark left natural with veins.
This means that you can indulge yourself with the fabrics of the sofas, curtains and English wallpaper to give that personal touch to your home. Fabrics, however, should also follow the British style and be, therefore of warm shades or with tartan check patterns.
BASIC ELEMENTS
Also for a house in full Anglo-Saxon style you can not do without some fundamental elements.
Wallpaper and boiserie: a romantic and floral wallpaper, even on one wall, will immediately give the British allure that your home needs. Or you can opt for walnut wood paneling;
Fireplace: if you are lucky enough to own one, cover it with white marble and decorate it with a beautiful wrought iron spark arrester;
Pendulum clock: the pendulum clock, perhaps a column, in wood and glass with a brass pendulum is an accessory that should never be missing;
The showcase: the service of cups, porcelain plates and crystal glasses will make a real impression on the traditional English showcases;
Family portraits: round, oval frames in wood or gilded metal, which enclose the family photos, will immediately give a feeling of warmth to the environment.
Chest of drawers or console: if you have an entrance you don’t have to miss a console or a rounded chest of drawers, with handles in brass, and in dark wood.
Furnishing in English style, however, means above all making the living room the main room, the real highlight. This is where you will live most of the day and where you will spend afternoons with friends and family drinking tea, as English tradition dictates.
In fact, this room will be the richest, the one that will never seem empty, furnished with taste and class.
If you own an office or study room, you will need to furnish it with not too important dark wood furniture. The kitchen, on the other hand, can be either all-wood or masonry with neutral colors.
MODERN ENGLISH STYLE
English style furniture is back in vogue as it is reissued in different versions. In fact, the typical atmosphere and mood of an Anglo-Saxon cottage or residence is also a source of inspiration for more modern homes.
Moreover, the basis of whose English style is always rather classical. In fact, it must be created with aged and antique-looking furniture, to which, however, accessories can be added, such as chairs and chandeliers, with more contemporary lines.
In fact, the modern English style relies heavily on elegant appearance, a characteristic of classic furniture, but at the same time simple, just as modern dictates. It may partly resemble the country one even if it differs from this, more rustic, to focus on a more chic and delicate effect.
Therefore the colors are very subdued and delicate, such as beige and brown. The bathroom is not subtracted from this fascinating style, like the one proposed in the English Mood collection by Minacciolo.
The bathroom area is in fact designed as a meeting point between the typical elegance of the classic and contemporary comfort. The wood-enriching design makes each piece of furniture functional without unnecessary excess in decoration.
CLASSIC ENGLISH STYLE
If you are tied to tradition and love classic lines, classic English-style furniture is the most appropriate choice.
However, it is important to keep in mind that in the classic English style, colors are essential and these should be combined with gold-colored details. Then to create an even more cozy and elegant atmosphere, it will be enough to include warm lighting in the room and that’s it.
But furnishing the home in the classic English style does not mean giving it an austere aura. The few, select pieces, can be alternated with furniture with a less pronounced style in order to create a contrast that is sure to impress.
In addition, among the typical accessories for decorating the living area in this style there are: sofas, rigorously of worn out “capitonné” leather, display cabinets, etc.
ENGLISH COUNTRY STYLE
British furniture is very simple, usually made of wood, usually ash, and stained cream or cream. Among the various variations of this style, the most informal is the English country style furniture with which you can create comfortable and vintage environments.
In addition, when furnishing the house in the most classic English country style, attention will also need to be paid to the choice of colors and accessories. For example, for the living area, sofas should have a solid wooden frame and comfortable upholstery made of striped or floral patterned fabrics.
The decor for the kitchen will be clear and the style unquestionably country, and masonry solutions can also be adopted, which are very charming and warm.
Finally, the real secret to achieving a pure English country style is to give the house a lived-in feel. The English style, for example, is perfect for decorating the kitchen, which should be very large and entirely made of wood.
Like the solid oak of the Sandy model by Arrex, for example, which has a country style emphasized by the aged-recovered effect. English-style wall units have glass doors, and countertops are made of cut stones.
Finally, a nice touch, the combination of the blueberry blue paint color with the clear wood tone of the kitchen, for a unique atmosphere of rare elegance.
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