The Slavs called small houses, which were usually located near St. Petersburg, dachas. A dacha is a small wooden hut that was graciously given to peasants for some merit. In a modern format, these are comfortable apartments where you can relax, unwind, merge with nature, and engage in gardening or landscaping flower beds. From here, it becomes clear that the interior of the dacha plays an important role.
Beautiful design of a gazebo in the country
Kitchen interior with beams in the country
Cozy living room with fireplace
Exterior decoration of the house
The rustic style in the interior of a dacha is based primarily on the use of natural materials such as wood and stone. This rule must also be observed when designing the facade. In this case, the house itself will serve as an element of decoration of the summer cottage.
Thanks to modern materials, this is easy to do. For example, the facade can be decorated with siding that imitates wooden beams or logs.
The price of siding is quite affordable, while it looks quite natural, in addition, the material will protect the walls from the negative effects of the environment, and even use insulation under the panels.
Another traditional rustic element of the facade are shutters, which also perform not only a decorative, but also a practical function - they additionally protect the house from intruders. To give your shutters even more rustic flair, you can paint them accordingly or even use carvings.
You can also use weather vanes and other traditional village decoration elements in decorating your house.
Note! A rustic style will not always be appropriate; for example, modern country houses made of block containers have recently become widespread, which are unlikely to fit into the given style of the landscape of the site.
Arrangement of a small house
The country interior of a small house can be cozy and functional. The main thing is to choose compact furniture and place accents correctly.
A well-designed room will allow you to arrange a kitchen, a living room, and a hallway in one room. At the same time, the atmosphere remains light and relaxed.
The kitchen can be decorated in a corner using a corner set. The bedroom and living room can be combined. Bunk beds are suitable for children.
Cozy kitchen
Beautiful kitchen in the country
Simple interior of the second floor of the cottage
Layout and zoning of a small room
If the room is very compact, and there are a lot of plans, it is worth arming yourself with the support of a designer. It is best to give preference to simple and ergonomic designs that are spacious and concise.
The main elements for zoning are a folding bar counter, a screen, shelving, floor shelves, and a pencil case. The interior is being formed in stages. The main rule is that you need to take into account your needs, and not chase an unreasonably pretentious design.
Cottage interior in Provence style
Country house interior in rustic style
Bright, beautiful kitchen in the country
Fireplace and stove in the interior
Today, an incredible number of different types of fireplaces and stoves are available. Conventionally, all elements are divided into two categories:
- classic;
- modern.
Classic fireplaces and stoves are relevant in the same “old-fashioned” compositions - shabby chic, Provence, country, Scandinavian style. Bio-fireplaces and original electric-type designs are relevant for loft, modern, and modern neo-classical styles.
Furniture for a country house
If the cottage is small, a double bed and a large closet will be enough. The rest of the decoration will be purely decorative. An ottoman or a folding sofa is another functional and affordable thing in the country.
A dining table and chairs are indispensable not only in the kitchen. This set can also be placed on a terrace or veranda.
A sliding wardrobe will be needed if the owners often visit the dacha and need to store a lot of things. Small chests of drawers, bedside tables, and pencil cases will refresh the interior.
Beautiful interior design of a large dacha
Modern design of a summer cottage made of timber
Modern kitchen interior in the country
Features of attic design
The attic can be turned into a full-fledged living space. It is best to use a miniature room as a billiard room or children's playroom.
Typically, such huge locations are deliberately constructed in order to then be decorated in the appropriate style. Often part of the roof is designed like a wall, complemented by wide, light windows.
Painting is selected according to the principle of zoning in order to hide sharp transitions and slopes on the walls. Built-in furniture will not clutter up the space. You can order a kit specifically for the attic.
Cottage interior with fireplace
Patterned tiles in the kitchen
Modern cottage with large windows
Interior
The interior of a country house in a rustic style also involves the use of natural materials. For example, its characteristic feature is the use of simple wooden furniture, with which forged products go well.
In addition, when arranging the house, you should adhere to the following design rules:
- The finishing should be simple, without any pretentiousness; even some roughness is allowed. For example, you can use open floor beams (or pseudo-beams), rough plaster, etc.
- The main finishing materials should be wood and stone.
- The decoration should contain natural colors.
- When decorating your interior, you should use a large number of handmade crafts and other unique accessories.
- The interior should have an abundance of textiles - decorative pillows, simple curtains, various kitchen towels, and patchwork bedspreads.
The main materials for textiles are:
- Linen;
- Cotton;
- Sackcloth;
- Chintz.
The floors can be covered with self-woven floorboards.
Advice! The main piece of rustic interior design in a home can be a wood-burning stove.
Natural interior styles in the country: furniture pieces
So, it's decided! Your country interior is a Provence or country style, similar to it. What do they all have in common? Good quality, durability, practicality and convenience of furniture sets. Natural materials in the base - wood, metal, leather, rattan, bamboo, wicker, and in exceptional cases - glass. As a decor - headboards decorated with carvings, colorful drawings using stencils, forged elements - everything that you can create with your own hands, complementing this or that piece of furniture.
The color of the table in the living room, bed in the bedroom, chairs and other elements of the furniture set, even if they are of different types, should be the same. Most often it is a shade of rye or whiskey, cognac or chocolate, even auburn. If you want a lighter option in Provence, for example, use white, milky, coral, light pink, and start painting furniture facades. The details of the method are not difficult to find out, and the pleasure from working with your own hands is maximum. Scuffs, roughness and unevenness, minor mechanical damage with an “antique” appearance are welcome!
Furniture that you put together yourself from handy materials is optimal for rustic. These could be edged boards, huge tree stumps, even pallets from the local market. Different in size, a little awkward, they will serve faithfully, turning, for example, into a table or a sleeping place if necessary.
Cottage interior in Provence style
Interior of a recreation area at the dacha
Design of a living room and dining room in a country house made of logs
Tiles with a pattern in the kitchen Kitchen with a wooden bar counter Country kitchen in rustic style
Decoration of the stairs and floors of the dacha
Classic style bedroom Cozy living room with fireplace
Yard decoration
When designing a yard, you should keep in mind that a country-style country interior should first of all be decorated with various characteristic decorative elements, such as:
- Rocker arms;
- Carts and carts;
- Straw Scarecrows;
- Reels;
- Cart wheels and other equipment.
An excellent element of decorating a village yard is a well with a “crane”. If there is no well in the yard, then you can install a decorative structure.
In addition, we should not forget about paths that can be made using sand, gravel or even wood. Another attractive and bright element of the yard, which fits perfectly into such a landscape, is a wicker fence in the country, with which you can divide the space into separate zones.
Country style directions
The rustic style has a huge number of different directions, which reflect the national characteristics of different peoples of the world. Some of these designs have become wildly popular in our country, so it’s worth familiarizing yourself with the main types of designs. It must be said that to a large extent all the features relate to the interior of the dwellings.
Provence
A very popular rustic style trend is Provence. It is distinguished by the design of the site and interior in the spirit of the south of France, and more specifically for the historical region of Provence. This design of a dacha is associated with grace and sophistication.
The materials used to create a courtyard are typical for the Mediterranean: natural stone, rough plaster, hardwood, terracotta tiles or sand-lime brick. The color scheme involves the use of only pastel tones and shades. The most common colors are lavender, turquoise or ocher. Any natural colors are also suitable: light blue, pastel green, white, gray. Most often, with the help of various design techniques, a feeling is created that all the colors have faded and faded.
The softness of colors is the basis of the Provence direction Source pinterest.dk
An important characteristic of furniture is graceful and smooth lines. It should be painted in light colors or made of light types of wood. Any forged elements, such as shelves or metal kitchen utensils, are perfect for this style.
Garden decoration
When designing a garden, you should keep in mind that the outwardly rustic style of the landscape should resemble a slightly neglected, but at the same time, very cozy corner. Its feature is simplicity.
For example, grass should not grow in perfectly evenly trimmed lawns, but in separate lawns, as it pleases (within acceptable limits).
Trees and shrubs should also grow naturally. The fence enclosing the area can be covered with hops, which will give the area a “half-deserted” appearance.
However, there should not be any clutter here - every detail is always in its place.
In addition, there should be no exotic flowers or plants in the garden. As a decoration, you can use wildflowers that you are familiar with and have loved since childhood. Shaded areas are usually decorated with ferns and hostas - these plants can also make the garden more cozy.
Advice! In the garden, it is advisable to perform gentle pruning of the crowns to create the effect of natural growth of the fruit tree.
Trees in the garden should be predominantly fruit trees, as they will delight you with gorgeous blooms in the spring and a harvest in the fall. In such a garden you can install a wooden gazebo, for example, stylized as a log house, and next to the gazebo there can be an artificial pond.
Lighting can be installed around such a resting place, which will allow you to spend time not only during the day, but also in the dark.
Advice! If the site is not connected to electricity, renting a diesel generator for the dacha will help temporarily provide power supply.
Briefly about the features of the Scandinavian style in the design of country interiors
Supporters of minimalism in the interior and a calm atmosphere will be happy to choose the Scandinavian style for decorating their dacha. Its distinctive features are restraint and the absence of numerous decorative elements.
Let us highlight the features of the Scandinavian style, the main task of which is to fill the house with warmth and light, creating the most tranquil environment:
- the predominance of white color (its various shades) in the design;
- the presence of large windows through which sufficient natural light enters the room;
- almost transparent curtains on the windows or even their complete absence;
- the presence of a large number of artificial light sources in the interior - this is a chandelier, floor lamps, lamps, and sconces in one room;
- the color scheme of the interior is also restrained, with a predominance of white, light brown or gray shades, nothing bright;
- As for pieces of furniture, they can be either in tone with the general color scheme or darker - dark brown, rich gray or even black, this “move” allows you to emphasize the whiteness of the interior and the abundance of light in it;
- As for furniture, its use also adheres to the principle of minimalism, and preference is given to multifunctional models - folding tables and chairs, sofa beds, folding chairs, etc.;
- and, of course, we should not forget about an indispensable attribute of the Scandinavian interior - the hearth, which can be presented either in the form of a fireplace or in the form of a heating stove.
Among the undoubted advantages of this style, it is worth noting this point - it is less expensive, since it does not require a large number of decorative items in the room.
Japanese style - cottage with an oriental accent!
Traditional Japanese style is an interior design option that can be perfectly and fully implemented in a modern country house. However, it has its own characteristics that need to be known and taken into account from the very beginning. Taking these features into account will allow you to weigh your own possibilities and recreate the traditional atmosphere of a Japanese home in your country house.
So, what are the features of Japanese interior style? Let's look at them:
- the floor is usually covered with bamboo mats;
- internal walls are often replaced with paper partitions or ordinary screens;
- preference is given to low and small-sized pieces of furniture;
- Japanese style is a desire for naturalness in everything, and first of all this concerns the materials used in finishing. Therefore, you should avoid using glass, metal, plastic and synthetic fabrics, or use them to a minimum in the interior;
- the presence of a small fireplace is a mandatory attribute of the Japanese style; it is designed to bring peace and comfort to the room.
There are also nuances and features when choosing furniture for Japanese-style interiors. Thus, ordinary tables are often replaced by low and light bamboo tables, which, if necessary, can be easily moved or moved to the right place. Chairs are most often absent; their function in Japanese interiors is performed by low ottomans, traditional Japanese tatami mats, and pillows.
This approach to decorating the interior of a kitchen or living room not only looks very original, but will also become a real source of pride for you, surprising and delighting your guests with its uniqueness. If this style is chosen for the bedroom, then you definitely need to purchase cabinets and tatami beds.
As for the color scheme of the design, light colors are predominantly used. Therefore, preference should be given to furniture made of bamboo, or “light” wood species - larch, pine, spruce.
You can use the following as interior decorations:
- paintings with Japanese characters;
- chandeliers and lamps made of rice paper;
- tapestries depicting Japanese sages, etc.
Garden decoration
The instructions for decorating a vegetable garden are extremely simple - the beds should be small and neat. This will create an atmosphere of simplicity and comfort. Most often, in gardens decorated in a rustic style, mixed cultivation of vegetables, herbs and flowers is practiced.
Beds with basil, aromatic parsley or cilantro will look great. In addition, several beds can be set aside for seedlings of cucumbers, tomatoes or other vegetables. There is a place in such a garden for a bright sunflower or wild openwork grapes.
Note! If you want to get a rich harvest, you should set aside a sunny part of the plot for the beds.
Caring for such beds will not be difficult, but in the end you will be able to treat your loved ones with vegetables and herbs grown yourself.
Interesting ideas
In order to make the dacha beautiful and original, it is important to use bold ideas that allow you to turn the interior space into a cozy “nest”. This can be realized by turning your attention to an element such as a fireplace. It is he who is the leader in creating special comfort, and it makes no difference whether the fire is real or its electrical imitation. The fireplace is a key element of the living room, which can give not only comfort, but also warmth; in addition, you can use its imitation by making a fireplace from plywood or thick cardboard (you can use brick or decorative stone for decoration).
An old sideboard can also decorate the living room, the color of which depends on the style of the interior (light colors for Provence, blue shades for a cottage decorated in a Mediterranean style, brown tones for English classics). Table lamps with shades, kerasin lamps and sconce lamps located at the head of the bed will also create a special coziness. Cabinets and a mirrored door or shelving will help you overcome clutter and arrange books or dishes in their place.
Fireplace and stove in the interior
If you have a fireplace or stove, you don’t have to clutter up your country interior with additional decorative elements, since in addition to the heating function, it is an independent accent.
Fireplaces can be open, which are built into the wall, and closed, heating a large area, covered with heat-resistant glass. The fireplace is decorated with carvings, cast iron panels, and tiles.
The stove not only heats the house, but also creates an original country interior. It can be stationary, tiled, or mobile, which can be installed in any room. You can cook food on a stove and it is cheaper than a fireplace. Most often located in the kitchen.
Features and design recommendations
Today, a country house is less and less associated with garden work; now it is a place to relax from the noise of the city. You need to equip the dacha interior based on its tasks and whether the dacha will be used in winter. In any case, it should be different from the interior of the apartment.
Tips for creating a cozy atmosphere in a country house interior:
- You should not clutter your country house with obsolete things.
- It is important to differentiate between relaxation and work areas.
- It is better to use natural fabric for curtains with the addition of polyester for longer service life.
- For finishing, light colors are suitable, which will look harmonious with the lining. Bright colors can be added using decor.
- You can use old furniture by first changing the upholstery and painting it.
- Fresh flowers and herbs in pots will support the theme of a country interior in the kitchen.
- For the veranda, wicker furniture made of rattan or wicker is suitable.
- It is better to avoid plastic windows, PVC and other synthetics.
- For a cozy winter holiday, it is worth building a fireplace or stove.
- A wooden chest, crocheted pillows, a linen tablecloth and a vintage clock will make the cottage more attractive.
Features of attic design
An attic adds the benefit of additional living space to a home. Here you can arrange a children's room or bedroom. A special look is given to the attic by the sloping roof and windows, which can be of any shape and size.
Boxes under the roof arch will save space; here you can also arrange a playroom with a hammock, parallel bars and board games.
What makes an attic stylish:
- Painting walls according to the principle of zoning and the correct selection of shades that will hide the difference between the walls.
- Built-in and necessary furniture that will not clutter up the space.
- The window should be as open as possible to daylight and beautifully emphasized with light curtains of the length that is appropriate for the shape of the window.
- Sufficient lighting, which is compensated by artificial light sources.
Mandatory elements of a wooden village house
Houses in the suburbs are often built of wood, and if not, then it is sure to be present in the interior of any rustic style. It is worth highlighting three main features characteristic of a house in a village:
- a real fireplace, stove or decorative versions thereof;
- the presence of an attic or second floor;
- a lot of light, mostly natural.
All rustic styles are characterized by the use of only natural materials, so at the design stage it is necessary to eliminate plastic, synthetics and artificial materials.
If the house in the village is small, you need to properly plan it. Each residential building must have the following premises:
- kitchen;
- living room;
- bedroom;
- veranda, terrace or at least porch;
- basement.
If a country house is being built with a Russian stove, then it should be located mainly in the kitchen, but the stove can also be placed in the living room, as well as the fireplace. When a stove or fireplace performs a purely decorative function, gas or electric heating will be required; these nuances must be taken into account at the stage of designing the house.
A village house must have a cellar for storing vegetables, fruits and canned goods.
Country textiles
The textile design gives the home a special charm and coziness with a rural flavor. Various types of products made of fabric and soft materials (curtains, decorative pillows, removable furniture covers, carpet runners, voluminous knitted rugs) are used in different versions of rustic design.
English country cottage | Country style house | Russian hut |
Upholstery fabrics with small flowers Lace knitted napkins on the headrests of chairs and the backs of sofas Lace or thin cotton curtains | Light thin material (cambric, muslin) or dense fabric in a checkered pattern or with floral motifs for curtains. Curtains are decorated with tiebacks | Canvas fabrics for decorative pillows Lace valances on beds Embroidery with cords, bright woolen threads, satin stitch and cross stitch Homespun rugs |
Removable fabric covers are a convenient way to diversify your home decor for each season and fill your home atmosphere with a new mood.
Most textile design samples can be made with your own hands if desired. A specialized hobby (sewing, embroidery, fabric painting, knitting in various techniques, lace making) is a great opportunity to decorate a house in your own way and emphasize its individuality.