Recently, the loft style has been in great demand in modest-sized apartments. Why is he so interesting? It turns out that it is attractive because it allows you to use very simple things, which, moreover, look very organic.
And it’s easy to make loft-style furniture with your own hands, and this again means saving money on your home budget. Let's find out what you can do for an interior in this style yourself in a matter of hours, what pieces of furniture can be made even by a novice craftsman?
DIY loft style furniture
Characteristics and main features of the loft style
Loft style design is an excellent choice for creative people.
There are several ways to implement the idea of home improvement, but the apartment or house will look original and creative in any case. Nowadays, the loft style has moved to standard apartments with high ceilings and large spaces, because not everyone has the opportunity to rent or buy an abandoned workshop, factory or factory, but you can create the appropriate atmosphere in your apartment or house.
Loft style is a harmonious combination of conciseness and functionality
Although the loft style design is more suitable for spaces such as an office or den, dining room or living room, it is sometimes used to decorate a bedroom or children's room.
The loft style interior is very logical, it contains geographical, national and historical subtleties
The loft does not have the usual internal partitions, much less doors; this style does not imply autonomy, but a single large space, divided into functional zones.
The main features of the style are a large amount of natural light, huge windows and a very high beautiful ceiling. It is important to consider that the ceilings and walls are not finished, as is traditionally done in all other styles.
Brick on loft-style walls plays a key role; it is used in almost all possible applications
A loft-style project is perfect for a country house, where you can go on weekends to relax from the bustle of the city
Kitchen
Most often, a little space is allocated for the kitchen in an apartment with a loft-style design, especially when it comes to a studio or one-room apartment. A corner of the living room is often reserved for the kitchen area . The decoration of a loft-style kitchen is no different from the rest of the room - wood, brick, etc.
As for furniture, glass products with chrome elements or metal parts would be appropriate. Modern appliances should occupy a central place in the kitchen:
- large refrigerator;
- dishwasher;
- oven;
- microwave;
- coffee machine and other equipment.
A corner of the living room is often reserved for the kitchen area
There should not be a lot of kitchen furniture. It is better to furnish a kitchen in a loft style in the spirit of minimalism. An exquisite antique table, buffet or set of carved wooden chairs will become a bright note.
Furniture facades and appliance doors made in the same style or from a similar material will help harmonize the kitchen space.
Basic loft directions
There are three main directions in the loft style, each of which has its own specific features and brings its own unique flavor.
- Bohemian style. While retaining the dominant features of a factory environment, the bohemian style is an apartment where people with a developed creative imagination live.
In addition to the rough decoration of the walls, the main distinguishing feature is the placement of paintings, musical instruments, sculptures and other art objects, depending on the activities of the inhabitants. Furniture often has retro elements with scratches and chips, but retains its elegance and status.
Even in very small quantities, a fresh and bright green color can highlight any interior.
Comfortable upholstered furniture is an indispensable criterion for a large living room
- Glamorous style. The predominant feature that distinguishes this style trend in the decoration of loft houses is the color palette. In contrast to the restrained gray and white color scheme, the chicly decorated rooms attract attention with dynamic and rich colors.
They create an interesting contrast against the background of rough surfaces. Luxury items will definitely be present, for example, very expressive chic chandeliers, modern upholstered furniture with openwork decor, elegant tables, exclusive carpets, cabinets and chairs with exquisite Baroque or Rococo elements.
Bright and positive living room design in loft style
- Industrial style. In the most recognizable industrial atmosphere of the premises, used as mezzanines, pipes, trusses, heavy workshop doors, wires and chains lie in the open air.
Metal racks installed. The kitchen apron and countertop are made from the same material. There are no saturated colors here. The furniture is characterized by strict geometric shapes; Excessive ornamentation and delicacy are not allowed.
Stylish men's interior in loft style
For cafe
You've probably seen or heard about restaurants and cafes that practice open kitchens. Guests from the hall, through transparent glass, can observe how the chefs prepare dishes for them, monitor the process and the correctness of its execution. This move is used by restaurants that value their customers who have nothing to lose.
An excellent solution for creating an open interior would be the design of a cafe in the loft style . What are the features of its implementation within the walls of a public catering place?
Use muted colors for a calm atmosphere
- Open bar and, if possible, kitchen. This allows the cafe staff to quickly establish contact with visitors.
- Simple but comfortable furniture, conducive to relaxing, enjoying delicious food, and communicating with friends. It can be bright (red, striped, orange). The main thing is that the interior decoration is made in light colors, and some decorative elements match the color of the furniture.
- Tables should be simple but comfortable. Choose wooden, rectangular or square designs without glass inserts.
- Convenient lamp above each table. Individual light creates a feeling of closed space and even intimacy while being completely open.
Advice In the interior of a loft cafe, leather sofas or chairs upholstered in leather will look best. This material is easy to care for, and it looks very attractive and expensive.
Very unusual bar counter
VIDEO: Chic loft interiors
Loft style
Choosing a loft
Who is the loft style suitable for?
The loft style is considered a style for strong, strong-willed, modern and creative individuals.
It is often used in interior design for young couples without children, purely masculine interiors and office interiors with young, dynamic and close-knit teams.
It is believed that loft is a fairly inexpensive option for interior decoration, but this is not true: high-quality natural materials and exclusive accessories are quite expensive, and budget options look cheap and quickly lose functionality and appearance.
Style color scheme
The color palette is often filled with strict shades. Bright colors are rarely used in decoration; this function is performed by decorative details. Beige, terracotta and brown colors are suitable for decorating the loft interior. But the classic colors are grey, white and black.
Grey
A modern shade often used in decoration. The color of cold concrete looks harmonious in the interior. One of the surfaces or the entire area can be decorated in gray. Also, shades of gray are used in interior items such as furniture, textiles or decorations.
Black
Black color can be present in partial decoration, such as one of the walls, ceiling elements, fireplace, window frames or doors. Most often, black color is used to fill the interior of a room, in furniture, lighting and decorative elements.
White
With white color the room will be even more spacious and brighter. Ceilings made of white sand and colored bricks can echo the light interior or contrast with dark floors and furniture.
The photo shows a loft-style living room with white walls.
Materials used for finishing
Materials such as artificial wood, plaster tiles, facade stone or brick are used inside to create a certain atmosphere, while others are of primary, fundamental importance. The latter include concrete, reinforced concrete structures, plasterboard, self-leveling flooring or rough boards and wooden partitions.
The embodiment of environmental friendliness, naturalness, home life brings the loft style outside
Laminate on the wall is quite possible, but not in large quantities, one or two walls is enough. Brick can be decorative, but if you have a real brick wall in your room, then you are just a rare and lucky person.
It’s worth noting right away that the loft style in the interior does not apply to budget options. It just seems like the room has brick walls, concrete, hardware, and weird lamps, and it's all cheap.
Durable, elegant and at the same time simple wooden furniture
After all, this option requires certain investments of material resources. For example, a brick wall is treated with a special compound to reliably protect the owners of the house from a layer of dust and dirt.
Floor
The most “correct” floor covering for the loft style is a poured concrete surface. However, along with traditional concrete flooring, natural stone or wood is often used. When choosing the latter, wide boards coated with matte varnish will look great.
The floor can be covered with porcelain stoneware, or, in extreme cases, with an inexpensive laminate. When choosing a baseboard, consider the color of the walls, which should match the color.
Ideal combination of floor color with furniture colors
In the classic version, durable wood is often used. It can be laminate, parquet or any other modern material.
To decorate the floor in the living room, tiles that imitate wood are ideal. In the kitchen and bathroom, you can use other materials of natural origin: stone with natural or ceramic coating.
Spectacular and very expressive living room with white parquet flooring
Natural wood on the floor in a very interesting color
Ceiling
In the attic, the ceilings are always high by default. However, it happens that in some apartments their height is insufficient and you don’t want to give up the idea of decorating a house in an industrial style. In this case, you just need to paint the ceiling with white paint, this always works correctly.
Snow-white ceiling without any frills
Spot ceiling lights and large window openings provide uniform and volumetric lighting
White should be chosen not in a milky shade, as in a rustic style, but in a cold, snow-white color. In fact, the actual elevator-style ceiling is largely what the owners see when they walk into the apartment behind the builders. But, if the room is very small, again, it is better to abandon this idea and go for simple traditional white ceilings.
Advice! An excellent decorative element for a real loft are massive wooden beams attached to the ceiling. Copper or metal pipes running through the room along the walls or ceiling look good.
Wooden beams on a whitewashed ceiling will perfectly complement a loft-style interior
Once in a loft-style room, everyone will find something interesting and unique for themselves.
A beautiful wooden beam ceiling that doesn't require a lot of money to create
Cozy bedroom with high ceilings
Brick wall inside an industrial looking kitchen.
Walls
As for the walls, they are often made in different colors. For example, three walls in one room can be brick, and one is decorated with wood or simply plastered. If the room is not very large, then different walls and proper zone lighting will help to “expand” the space.
A successful combination of brickwork with other colors in the bedroom interior
Loft-style brick walls without any treatment are still the most popular. This is a great technique for creating the right mood. The brick can be painted white, but this should not make the masonry structure invisible.
Advice! It’s good to artificially age the bricks first and add small irregularities. If there are no natural brick walls, you can use decorative ones.
Furniture and furnishings, such as a shabby sofa, an antique table on wheels, a robot with an interesting design, give this room a special flavor
Classic loft-style interior with large and spacious areas
Walls
Since the open plan does not tolerate walls, they are replaced by glass blocks and plastic partitions. In the kitchen, instead of a wall, there can be a bar counter with high chairs. Load-bearing walls should have a pristine industrial appearance: rough, somewhat unkempt with areas of exposed concrete, brickwork or galvanized iron. Under no circumstances should they be covered with wallpaper.
If you are creating a loft in an ordinary residential apartment, then the walls are laid out with decorative bricks, wooden boards or plywood sheets. They can be painted with white or gray matte paint.
How to decorate an apartment in loft style
Historically, lofts were created on the territory of industrial buildings, but a full-fledged interior in this style can be created in a standard apartment.
This will help you:
- Color combinations. The main colors are gray and terracotta (brick). They pair well with basic shades of white, brown, and just about any bright, vibrant colors in furniture and accessories.
- Rough finishing of walls or materials for brick and concrete Ideally, if you already have concrete or brick walls in your apartment, this will significantly save money on repairs. Otherwise, in the assortment of almost any brand of finishing materials you will find concrete or brick wallpaper for the bathroom, tiles for the living room;
- Furniture and accessories in an industrial style. Use metal or distressed wood grills, chairs and tables. And furniture can also be made simply from pallets, barrels and boxes. Almost anything is suitable for decoration: pipes, cables, mechanical parts, posters and neon signs.
Kitchen
If the kitchen is isolated from the living room, then when decorating it in a loft style, it is advisable to use brick in the interior. For this purpose, artificial materials look decent, imitating any brick surface.
A fairly simple but very interesting option for kitchen zoning
The kitchen set looks gorgeous against the brick background
Industrial vehicle structures are metal or wood beams on ceilings that are usually plastered. The kitchen apron is made of metal sheets or plain tiles, which look static and unobtrusive. The furniture is installed in a simple geometric configuration without unnecessary decoration. It can combine wood with glass and plastic. The most modern technology is allowed.
Advice! A TV equipped with a plasma panel will look good in the interior being created. Install a hob and coffee maker. If the kitchen is combined with the living room, then using the details described above it can easily be separated from the common space.
Kitchen interior in loft style in minimalist style
Comfortable two-level loft with a small and compact kitchen
Pass-through metal shelving does not hide the kitchen space
Maximum of concrete and wood in one interior
The grayness of concrete walls will soften the color of natural wood
A sofa book, a metal coffee table, a wall panel and pendant lamps above the dining area will be an excellent solution for a loft-style kitchen. The main thing is to remember the harmonious combination of colors of furniture, decor and textiles. They can be the same shade or contrast with each other.
Hallway
A modern entrance is one of the most interesting spaces in which you can create a loft style. Since its functionality is initially very limited, you can equip and decorate it as you wish and with anything.
For example, old mechanisms, engine parts, and even ordinary sewer pipes (fake ones, of course, to avoid their breaking and flooding neighbors) can play the role of a hanger, and the barrel can act as an ottoman.
A garland of “Ilyich light bulbs” can play the role of a lamp, and a rope, beautifully attached to the wall, can serve as a decorative element.
But it is better to make the wardrobe, already so familiar to many corridors of city apartments, as neutral and inconspicuous as possible - at the beginning of the twentieth century they simply did not exist. To visually expand the space, its facades can be completely mirrored.
Living room
Since the living room involves creating a cozy atmosphere, only one wall remains untreated. It could be concrete or brick. The remaining floors are plastered or carefully leveled and painted. Modern wallpaper is usually not used in such an interior, with the exception of knitted, textile and even wallpaper that imitates brickwork.
Leave the ceiling beams at a sufficient height. They may have a wood texture or be painted white. The windows are left without curtains, but the carpets are increasingly covering them with curtains.
Brutal living room with fireplace in dark colors
A red brick arch accents attention and emphasizes the uniqueness of the style
Do not place rugs on the floor and leave them uncovered. The center of the interior is the sofa area with the TV facing the concrete wall.
If space allows, place the fireplace in a corner. The walls are lined with vintage black and white photographs, posters and retro clocks, kept in keeping with the austerity of the basic decoration.
A simple idea: how to create a unique loft-style interior design from simple or old things
Cozy and spacious living room with large open windows
As a rule, a metal or concrete staircase is installed inside the mezzanine
Children's
Considering the industrial orientation of the loft style, it is rarely used to decorate children's rooms. If desired, you can renovate the attic in a softer form. Decorate one of the interior walls with light brick.
Wood, parquet or laminate flooring. A children's room needs an abundance of natural light; the windows will be decorated with light or Roman blinds.
Bedroom
To decorate a bedroom beautifully in this style, you should slightly soften the features of the mezzanine. To do this, it is permissible to lay rugs on the floor and decorate the windows with curtains. In this case, the main emphasis is on the bed, which should be laconic. The frame with strict lines is made of metal or wood. There are bedside tables nearby, and the bed is covered with a simple blanket.
Laminate on the wall instead of a headboard
Bold and original loft style bedroom design
It is beneficial to emphasize the loft style in the interior by adding imitation brick or rough concrete to one of the walls (usually at the head of the bed). A crystal chandelier and rare floor lamps go perfectly with this setting. Even a plasma TV will fit perfectly here. You can hang posters and memorable photographs in black and white.
On a note! If a single space is designed, wardrobes are installed to separate the bedroom, which will isolate the bed from prying eyes.
Decor and furniture are an integral part of any design style
Beautiful and interesting bedroom for a creative person
Classic loft bed
Intimacy and harmony in the loft bedroom interior
Bathroom
The advantage of such a bathroom is that the plumbing pipes can not be hidden, but rather made into an elegant element of decor (see Photo of the interior of a loft-style bathroom).
Instead of a bathroom, a shower cabin would seem more appropriate, but this is not the main thing.
It is better to choose black or brass, “antique” faucets and faucets.
It’s interesting that in the interior of a loft-style bathroom, tiles that imitate natural wood can appear.
Instead of a traditional wardrobe, you can put a chest of drawers.
Loft in a country house
A country house can easily become the embodiment of industrial aesthetics if you approach the interior design wisely.
First of all, houses in which the floors are not completely separated from each other, but only partially, so that you can see from floor to floor, are suitable for implementing the idea. This will enhance the overall industrial feel of the interior.
If the ceiling in a country house is high - 5 meters or more - the second floor can be created artificially by placing a bedroom or office there.
A country house is an ideal place to use the loft style. Unlike city apartments, the house may have large windows along the entire wall, which is typical for the attic style and is undoubtedly an advantage.
There is often a staircase inside the mezzanine; it has a design that allows you to save space and make good use of space. A metal frame in a minimalist style will not overload the room, and shelving under the stairs can be used to store books and useful things.
An integral part of a country house in the loft style is the fireplace. The design can be either in a classic form, in stone and red brick, or in an elegant metal fireplace in the center of the room.
The photo shows the interior of a living room in a country house with a hanging fireplace.
The attic will become a place of privacy in the house. Wood paneling creates a backstage atmosphere.
Hallway
Often the corridors in apartments in multi-storey buildings are small, so by using light-colored walls and floors you can visually expand the space.
A vintage chest of drawers can be a harmonious addition
The hallway should be well lit; use LED lighting, floor lamps or a large chandelier with several bulbs. Despite the fact that a loft-style room should be open, it is better to furnish the corridor with a mirrored wardrobe for outerwear or use a hidden niche for storing things and training. A vintage chest of drawers or a large full-length floor mirror would be a harmonious addition.
Decorative plants in loft style
Flowers in simple ceramic or metal vases will enliven the space. But we need to talk about loft-style plants separately.
Important! When choosing plants, you need to exercise restraint. If there are too many of them, it will spoil the idea of an industrial space, and the room itself risks turning into a greenhouse.
Living plants in the room - a win-win option for decoration and decoration
It will be possible to breathe real life into the brick walls of the “loft” with the help of living plants
High ceilings and large expressive windows are the hallmarks of the industrial loft style
- Not all indoor flowers or plants will look organic in a loft-style interior. For example, bright orchids and spreading ferns will look unusual, but cacti and large monsters will fit perfectly into the style.
Advice! Choose flower pots with simpler geometric shapes. Gray pots made of unpainted concrete look great.
Fabrics for the bedroom are of particular importance. Natural fabrics in calm tones are popular - chintz, cotton, linen
A soft rug for the bedroom is an important and indispensable accessory.
In order for your design to be harmonious, it is important to remember that the loft style in the interior is a design direction that requires a discreet approach to organizing the living space. There is no need to buy a lot of furniture here, including a soft sofa, a bright armchair or a colorful rug.
Forget about heavy curtains, porcelain figurines and souvenirs laid out on shelves, bright pink wallpaper, landscapes in huge carved frames, lace napkins and chintz tablecloths - all this will look ridiculous. Firstly: respectable rigor and conciseness of forms without unnecessary elements.
Furniture and textiles in loft style interior design
Since a loft should combine “abandonment” and a creative approach (after all, people of art often lived in warehouses), it is furniture and textiles that will become the means of expressing this creativity.
The most important thing is to achieve a contrast between the general “dullness” and abandonment and the elitist ugliness of textiles and furniture.
What then could fabrics be? Expressive, bright and even flashy.
If you have an open floor plan and lots of space, you'll need to create "focal points" to avoid the appearance of boredom and emptiness inside. Such stitches allow you to create fabrics with large, expressive patterns.
There are many such visible “spots” in this young interior: carpet, sofa, armchairs. A painting and an art object on the wall are also bright details, but these are no longer textiles.
The most important thing to pay attention to is texture and color:
- Colors that imitate leopard, zebra, and bull skin are ideal for pillows and rugs.
- The cage also fits these accessories
- Leather and suede, especially worn ones, will add brutality and masculinity to the interior. Suitable as a furniture cover, pillows, bedspread.
- Felt and felt are suitable for carpets
- Fleece, cotton for roller blinds and curtains.
The main thing is to be able to combine the rough and complex with the bright and brilliant.
When it comes to furniture, it is important that its dimensions match the size of the room. In the same way as already mentioned about the fabric motif, it should be proportionate to the room. Agree, a small sofa in a huge space will simply get lost.
But if you put a brutal leather sofa, it will fit harmoniously into the interior, but will not create a contrast. However, the total amount of furniture in this style is minimal.
Story
Style pioneers
The origin of the loft occurred in large industrial cities of the USA in the 40s - 50s of the twentieth century. When prices for renting land in the city center increased several times, industrialists began to move their production workshops outside the city limits or to its outskirts. Many factories and factory premises were empty. The owners could not find a use for them, so they sold them for pennies.
The new owners of the huge premises began to rent them out as housing for low-income citizens. Well, who else would want to live in a hangar with bare brick walls, ubiquitous pipelines and high ceilings? The hastily furnished housing with an equipped kitchen and bathroom had no walls or partitions, was full of undisguised signs of past use, and looked rather unique. This is probably why representatives of New York bohemia saw something interesting and unique in it, and began to actively inhabit the former workshops and attic spaces.
Artists and musicians, with all their inherent imagination, inhabited the huge open-plan space. They did not remove wooden trusses and beams from the ceiling, did not cut open sewer pipes, and did not cover large window frames. They saw in this a special urban charm that made them feel free and independent.
Spreading loft principles beyond America
Following America, the crisis reached large European cities, displacing factories from central streets to the outskirts. However, the former factory buildings were not empty for a long time. They immediately began to equip them as residential apartments. The fashionable American trend reached Europe and became popular. It was at this time that the definition of style arose. The townspeople created interiors copying the American industrial style.
The final popularization of the loft occurred at the moment when wealthy entrepreneurs and the aristocratic elite began to specifically build residential buildings in this style. New buildings were specially made spacious, with large windows and without walls. They equipped it with open wiring, did not decorate bare walls, and installed a minimum of furniture. Otherwise, the desired style would not be guessed at all. This is how the loft acquired its characteristic features.
Fashionable ideas for loft-style apartments
The interior of the apartment in an industrial style is distinguished by a unique design, maximum amount of light and free space.
Studio apartment design
Features of the attic in the apartment - an open space without internal partitions and doors, old brickwork, an open ceiling cornice, pipelines entangling the walls, play the role of the main decorative accents. The impression is completed by exposed cables and electric lamps without shades, suspended from the ceiling on simple cables.
Interior of a one-room apartment
The main finishing material in the interior was concrete, the electrical network was laid right above it, and they didn’t even hide the sewerage system in the bathroom, covering the riser with a glass door. An exclusive object of the apartment is a table, based on an old glass table, the tabletop is built from wooden panels found on the street. Bright accents enlivened the space: a ridge floor lamp, a creative armchair and an unusual clothes hanger, and bright paintings in the bedroom.
Interior of a two-story apartment
This apartment has two floors and three rooms. It's hard to believe that it is designed for the bachelor life of a bank employee who wants to relax and feel free during non-working hours. The classic loft, born on these principles, was ideal for creating the desired atmosphere.
The project, located in the Zapadnoye Kuntsevo residential complex, was implemented by the designers of the El-ement studio. The area of the apartment is not so large - 84 sq. m. M, but the ceiling height, which varies from 2.5 to 5 m, allowed the authors to implement several interesting solutions in the interior.
As befits a loft: The layout is open, including a combined living room, kitchen and dining room. The presence of high ceilings prompted the designers to create a second floor, which helped isolate the sleeping area from the rest of the rooms without losing the feeling of spaciousness. A curved wooden staircase leads to this level.
For finishing, masonry is used, which is balanced by white panels. The interior looks quite cozy, mainly due to the abundance of wooden elements.
Design of a two-room apartment for a bachelor
Distinctive features of the apartment are white brick walls in the kitchen-living room, concrete on the walls in the hallway, glass blocks, industrial-style stools, an antique chest of drawers in the bedroom and original pendant lamps in the bathroom. Decorative accents include neon lettering on the wall behind the DJ console, a metal floor lamp and a bright red door leading to the bathroom.
Loft-style apartment for a young couple
The owners of this apartment initially knew that the loft style would be suitable for their personal space, only in a special interpretation. The designers of the JuicyHall studio had to listen carefully to the wishes of the young couple. The result is a project with a unique aesthetic that once again demonstrates the importance of complete trust between contractor and client.
The Moscow apartment has a small area - 45 square meters, but it turned out that with the right approach this is quite enough for a comfortable life. In addition, the original layout became the basis for the implementation of an unusual idea - to integrate the bathroom into the open space of the studio, which is a common occurrence in the interiors of modern hotels.
Initially, the designers proposed focusing on the classic interpretation of the loft, leaving the concrete ceilings and aging the masonry of the walls. But the clients insisted on a more decorative approach. As a result, the walls were white and the ceiling was finished with concrete. Thus, small apartments are filled with air and space, acquiring a neat appearance.
The house is built on the principle of functionality and includes the following rooms: kitchen, bedroom separated from it by a wall, living room, dressing room, bathroom, hallway. The sofa acts as a divider between the two areas.
During the renovation, minor and sometimes important problems had to be solved. For example, when they brought the kitchen set, it turned out that due to an oversight by the master, it simply did not fit the size of the room. But the designers made the right decision and suggested making half-columns out of brick, placing an I-beam on them, and it turned out even better than expected.
Studio apartment
The space of studio apartments should be used especially rationally, so the best design solution would be the loft style, which implies minimalism in furniture and decor.
Design of a studio apartment in loft style:
No partitions. In such apartments, the kitchen is often separated from the main room by a bar counter or dining table. Openness will visually expand the space and make the room brighter. The racks look beautiful, smoothly blending into the brickwork of the wall. Thanks to this design move, a unified style is created. A suitable addition to a small table made of glass or metal would be wooden chairs, folding stools or bar stools.
The space of studio apartments should be used especially rationally
- Minimum set of furniture - studio apartments often cannot boast of a large area, so you should refrain from bulky walls and huge sofas. Choose a simple, solid-colored pullout sofa that can be placed against the wall or partition separating the guest room from the kitchen. A small angular coffee table, a bean bag chair, or a soft pouf would look appropriate.
- The hallway should be made in warm colors with imitation brickwork made of decorative bricks. Limit yourself to simple furniture. A small ottoman for putting on shoes, a modest wooden shoe shelf, a mirrored wardrobe or built-in storage for clothes with a mirror will be quite enough.
- If your studio apartment has high ceilings, then you can allocate an upper tier for the bedroom. Select decor for the bedroom and other loft-style rooms based on your preferences. The main thing is that it is not too bright and unnecessary. For textiles in the bedroom, use only a matching bedspread and a small bedside rug.
Use a minimal set of furniture
The means of ascending to the second floor of a loft-style apartment (if there is one) is a comfortable staircase with glass, metal or glossy railings and sides. Try to stick to light colors in its decoration so that they match the decoration of the lower and upper floors.
Of course, the bathroom should be separated from the other part of the loft-style studio apartment.
Tip Leave one wall untreated to preserve the style; the rest can be finished with decorative stone or tiles.
In a small bathroom, you shouldn’t go overboard with the plumbing. A toilet, an unusual washbasin with shiny taps, a white or bronze claw-foot bathtub will be enough to create the effect of antiquity.
Checklist for interior design in loft style
If we briefly list the main components of the style, we get the following:
- brick wall / concrete wall / black painted wall
- metal pipes
- metal pipeline
- black metal lamps
- mechanisms and installations as components
- open space furniture zoning
- bar counter and high stools
- large spacious sofa of complex configuration
