A leisurely and measured village way of life is what a city dweller lacks. Therefore, it is no coincidence that the popularity of design in the style of rural housing is growing. A rustic kitchen interior in a private house or apartment will be a great way to make your home more comfortable. Let's figure out what features characterize this direction, and what rules you need to know to decorate the interior.
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What's behind the name?
You need to understand that the name “rustic style” is a collective one. Each country has historically developed its own way of life and its own traditions, so there are many ways to decorate the interior in a rustic way. Some designs turned out to be so iconic that they became famous outside the countries where they were formed.
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Popular destinations include French Provence and American country, chalets from the Alpine region and Russian village style. At first glance they are very different, but if you look closely, you can identify features that make them similar to each other.
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The easiest way to decorate a kitchen in a country style is in a country house, where the rooms are quite large and the kitchen often has an open plan. It is much easier to create a beautiful interior if the ceiling is high and has beams (and they are not decorative), and the walls and floors are wooden.
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It's easy to replicate a rustic style in a city apartment kitchen. There are many techniques that allow you to enjoy the comfort of rural life. Thus, the basis of the composition can be a door of a characteristic “barn” look made of solid wood. It will create the right mood and become the starting point for choosing furniture and other decor.
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Country style: historical background
Country style began to acquire typical features and popularity at the beginning of the 20th century. In the years when wealthy city dwellers began to acquire suburban dwellings. However, rustic style became an international brand not so long ago - in the second half of the 20th century. During the same period, it ceased to be considered an exclusively American, cowboy design direction. And it “stratified” into currents - French, Tuscan, Slavic...
In our overly rational, technocratic age, country music has not lost its appeal. On the contrary, from country dachas it moved to city apartments and, above all, to kitchens. After all, a bit of lived-in, natural, slightly sentimental “hillbilly” is a beneficial outlet and a means of replenishing strength.
Style features
Owners, choosing a rustic style to decorate their kitchen, strive to create a sincere and comfortable environment. This must be done without compromising the functionality of modern housing, so when working on a project it is advisable to remember the constant features of the style:
- The predominance of natural materials in finishing (mainly wood), furniture, and decor.
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- The color palette is as natural as possible, distributed between light, dark and pastel shades in different ways, depending on the design option. There are no bright contrasts or accents.
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- The desired atmosphere is created by simple-shaped objects with a certain touch of antiquity: shabby, slightly worn, with a rough texture.
- Handmade (or actually handmade) style furniture is encouraged. At least one similar item is desirable.
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- The interior is replete with textiles: towels, napkins, pillows. It’s good if there are handmade products: an embroidered tablecloth, a hand-knitted cape.
- The kitchen will be decorated with original details. In a Russian interior it could be a samovar, a Zhostovo tray, a Gzhel, wooden toys; There was a request for Soviet-era services. Thanks to this decor, even standard Ikea furniture will look colorful.
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The interior of a kitchen in a village does not look boring thanks to the combination of different textures, plant and floral motifs in textiles. For each direction, the desired atmosphere is created using a color palette and textures.
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In a modern kitchen it is difficult to do without props and artificial materials, but we must strive to minimize them. A rustic interior is always simple, casual, even slightly careless, so the plastic and chrome surfaces of everyday life here will look alien.
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Features of decorating kitchen walls in a rustic style
To decorate the room in country style, exclusively natural materials are used. The walls are the background against which the rest of the interior is recreated, including furniture, textiles and decor. Therefore, they are made as neutral as possible. However, it is not prohibited to create accent zones. The surfaces of a rustic kitchen can be finished with decorative plaster, wallpapered, painted, tiled, stone or wood paneled.
The simplest solution is to apply moisture-resistant paint of a light natural shade with a velvety matte texture or textured paint with mineral components to the leveled surface, as shown in photos of country and Provence style kitchens.
Walls lined with stone look good in a country-style kitchen
Antique decorative plaster with the effect of an old coating is selected. The most successful option are compositions that create a matte textured surface or imitation of bark beetle. Mother-of-pearl walls will look inappropriate.
Helpful advice! Different sections of the wall can be made using different color saturation, creating the effect of a surface burnt out under the sultry rays of the sun.
When choosing wallpaper for kitchen walls, the most rational option is washable vinyl or non-woven products. However, for the dining area, paper options with a chintz pattern or a rural motif are suitable, which look especially touching in a country-style interior.
The hallmark of a rustic kitchen can be an accent wall lined with decorative stone or clinker brick, which will give the room a characteristic simplicity, naturalness and old-fashionedness. Such materials are also often used to decorate a window or doorway. In the interior of a country kitchen, you can use metlakh or ceramic tiles to decorate the work area.
Country kitchen walls can be coated with moisture-resistant paint in a natural shade
Important! You should not decorate all wall surfaces with brickwork, as this will create the effect of a small and cramped room.
The walls of rural kitchens are often lined with wooden paneling or MDF panels that imitate wood. You can finish the entire surface area or its lower part. The lining is selected from pine with a beautiful texture and a thin seam. It is painted in white, beige or pastel colors, which makes the atmosphere in the room lighter and more relaxed.
Helpful advice! A combination of painted or brick-lined walls with wood trim will look harmonious.
Options and varieties of wallpaper in country style for the kitchen
There are many types of wallpaper that are ideal for creating a rustic interior in the kitchen. For this room, you should choose moisture-resistant products that have increased resistance to negative external influences in the form of temperature fluctuations, high humidity, soot and fat that are formed during the cooking process.
Wallpaper for a country style kitchen must be moisture resistant
The ideal option for decorating a kitchen in a rustic Provence style is light, plain wallpaper in white, beige, green, yellow and blue, which provides a natural backdrop to create a characteristic rural setting. Darkened versions of these shades would look appropriate. When using muted tones, you will need sufficient free space and good lighting.
Suitable options for country style are considered to be materials that imitate stone or brickwork, “log-like” products that reflect the effect of peeling plaster, wallpaper that looks like fabric or shingles. They can be used to decorate an accent wall. Wallpaper with a pale floral or floral motif, checkered or striped, looks appropriate. Such products should be made in pastel colors, without rich, eye-catching inclusions. Different options for wall decoration with wallpaper can be seen in the photo of kitchens in a rustic-style apartment.
Helpful advice! It is recommended to decorate the wall next to the dining table with photo wallpaper with a landscape motif.
For country kitchens, light, plain wallpaper or with a neutral pattern is suitable.
Good colors for country-style kitchen walls are wallpaper with patterns like “straw mats,” “burlap” and “small chintz,” which create a particularly warm and soulful atmosphere.
Color palette
When decorating a kitchen in the style of a Russian village, the palette is based on shades of natural wood. The choice of exclusively dark colors is quite rare. The combination of dark furniture with the same walls is reminiscent of a chalet style and does not fit well into small rooms, making them even smaller.
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For a small kitchen, you need to choose a combination of not very dark furniture and lighter walls. Additionally, muted shades of green and blue are used, as well as the entire range of beige: milk, cream, ivory, vanilla, caramel, creme brulee.
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White color can become the background color; This technique is used to visually expand the space. Shades of gray are rare, but black is almost never used. It is replaced by dark brown color,
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To dilute the color palette, use more saturated shades of natural origin: terracotta, sand, chocolate. To decorate a kitchen in the Russian style, you should be careful when choosing pastel colors of blue and green. They fit well into Provence or country, but here they are often an accent.
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Bright, but not flashy, colors are allowed to be used in decor. Dishes, souvenirs, curtains, pillows and tablecloths can be colorful and include red, yellow, and green shades.
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Selection of finishing materials
The final look of a rustic kitchen design for a country house largely determines the choice of finishes. The best results can be achieved using natural materials. Since wood and stone are not always practical, and they can hardly be called budgetary, more affordable analogues are chosen for finishing.
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Floor
A wooden floor will fit into the interior of any kitchen. A simple plank surface can be easily sanded and treated with a protective compound. The varnish coating is a completely alien detail in a rustic style.
Natural stone and ceramic tiles are characteristic of rural kitchens in Europe, and are found in Mediterranean or chalet style kitchens. Russian-style stone is rarely used: it is expensive and requires special care.
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If the kitchen space is combined with the living room, a combination of wooden flooring in the recreation area and tiles in the work area would be appropriate. The floorboard can be painted, or left with minimal processing, for a deliberately natural look. In the living room, solid wood flooring can be replaced with parquet boards of a suitable shade. It is cheaper than natural wood, but outwardly indistinguishable from a board.
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Choosing textiles and decor
Kitchen textiles are varied, including:
- curtains;
- tablecloth or table runner;
- potholders;
- towels;
- aprons.
The fabric will add coziness to the kitchen interior. The appearance is selected according to the direction: plain or with geometric patterns for Scandi, with flowers and plant motifs for Provence, painted with Khokhloma for Russian rustic.
The windows do not have to be decorated with floor-to-ceiling curtains; light short tulle, cafe curtains, Roman or roller blinds will look no less impressive.
The photo shows a large kitchen-dining room
The following is used as decoration:
- kitchen utensils: wooden spatulas, boards, frying pans;
- food: onions in a net, bunches of garlic, herbs in pots;
- houseplants;
- wall decorations: clocks, paintings, panels.
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Furniture
The main requirement for furniture is that it should have a simple shape and a slightly shabby appearance. Items made of plastic will have to be abandoned. The following requirements apply to furniture:
- The color is chosen depending on the size of the room and the rest of the design. A kitchen set with a dark bottom and a light top will fit into any environment.
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- The material of the kitchen set is wood; in a budget option - MDF or chipboard covered with veneer. Decorations include glass inserts, carvings, stylish fittings, and paneled facades.
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Decorative surroundings
Country style is quite decorative in itself, thanks to the texture of the main finishing materials.
The harshness and brutality of wood and stone is softened by attracting textiles: muslin, chintz curtains, linen tablecloths, embroidered towels, patchwork rugs on chairs and on the floor.
In the buffet, on open shelves, original dishes are placed, emphasizing the style. Earthenware jugs and ceramic dishes, samovars, pot-bellied glass decanters, antique bottles, brass mortars and coffee grinders, vintage boxes of cookies and tea.
Cast iron frying pans and copper bowls for jam are sometimes hung on beams, interspersed with wreaths of scarlet peppers and golden onions. The ability to decorate the interior using seemingly ordinary things and ordinary utensils is one of the undoubted advantages of the country style.
However, trinkets are not forbidden - ceramic figurines with a clear family history, straw amulets, painted spoons, rag dolls... Flowers are also always appropriate - decorative sunflowers, cattail cobs, pots of cumin, marjoram, oregano on the windowsill.
Decorative plates of different sizes are hung on the walls, colorful trays as paintings... Or, if the design has an American flavor, black and white posters, framed photographs.
By the way , a hood is often turned into an independent decorative element. It can be tinted, covered with matte paint in creamy white, copper, or wood colors, trimmed with veneer, painted with cockerels and bunches of viburnum, stylizing it as a stove.
Design ideas
In the design of a rustic kitchen, furnishings play an important role. There are many ways to create the atmosphere of a Russian hut, including the following ideas:
- Window decor. It is believed that only light curtains made of cotton or linen are suitable for a rustic-style kitchen. In fact, Roman shades or blinds can fit perfectly into the environment.
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- Lighting. You can choose a lamp with a fabric lampshade, integrate point light sources into a false beam, or purchase a modern lamp that matches the style.
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- Appliances. Retro-style models can cost a pretty penny, so it’s better to focus on built-in models and hide the rest of the items in the closet.
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- One of the components of the coziness of the rural style is a variety of colored runners, carpets and rugs of all types: wicker, knitted, sewn from shreds.
- Beams and furniture can be decorated with bunches of garlic, dried mushrooms and herbs.
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Briefly about the main thing
A rustic kitchen is an attractive way to decorate your home. In each country, the rural style includes different techniques, but there are features that are characteristic of all countries. The furnishings look cozy thanks to the use of natural colors and natural materials.
Wood and stone are the main materials for finishing, but their use is not always justified. For finishing the floor, ceiling and walls, you can choose more practical and budget-friendly analogues. Using the same principles, you choose a kitchen set, table and chairs. The finishing touch will be the decor traditional for rustic design.
How to furnish the kitchen
Designers say that the most varied furniture elements can coexist in the interior of a country kitchen, the main thing is that they match in style and fit in size. Ideally, furniture made from natural wood with an artificially aged surface is used. Shabby chic is simply created for decorating the kitchen and other living rooms in a rustic style. The presence of a visible touch of antiquity, expressed in the abrasions of the furniture surface, not only introduces traces of vintage into the furnishings, but also makes it refined. With the same success, the subtleties of the rustic style can be conveyed if you place it in the kitchen:
- Massive, with a wide ellipsoidal or round top, dining table
- Kitchen chests of drawers
- Buffet
- Wall cabinets and slides for storing kitchen utensils
- Wicker furniture
- Stalls.
It would be nice if the tabletop of the selected table is made of stone, and the facades of the furniture are covered with paintings or carvings. This is, of course, very beautiful, but such voluminous furniture will not be suitable for a small kitchen, because protruding elements and the overall massiveness of the perception of decor will greatly reduce the already limited space. In this case, antique furniture will help convey the stylishness of a kitchen decorated in a rustic style.
white natural stone countertop in a rustic kitchen
As for cabinets, models with open shelves are more traditional for country style. Accessories that convey ethnic motifs will fit perfectly on the upper cabinets. The lower ones - it makes sense to decorate them with curtains with scallops, ruffles or bows.
Household appliances, shining with silver metal and attractive with an abundance of buttons, can be rationally hidden behind furniture facades or equipped with built-in gadgets. In this case, you will be able to maintain maximum functionality of the room without violating the overall style concept.
Is your kitchen spacious enough? Be sure to put a buffet in it. This is a real symbol of rural life. A large mirror, engraved glass doors - all this will make the massive buffet almost weightless in perception.
buffet as an integral part of the interior
You can also indicate the stylishness of the kitchen with the help of a chest. On the one hand, you will get a place to store the necessary things, and on the other, you will have a very comfortable seat.
If the size of your rustic kitchen is modest, take a look at rattan products . They have incredible lightness and airiness of designs. Do not rush to classify wicker furniture as country accessories. Modern manufacturers have developed such beautifully woven shelves, armchairs, and cabinets that it is simply impossible to resist their charm. In addition, rattan is a natural material, and this is also part of the style rules.
wooden rocking chair - an element of kitchen decor in a rustic style
And one last thing. Do not try to adhere to any particular order in the arrangement of furniture. This is completely useless. Furnish the kitchen so that you feel comfortable and don’t worry about anything. Chaotically placed interior details will only add charm to the interior, and the room will look lived in for a long time.
