You can create a truly cozy nest in your bedroom using design techniques, and the first thing you need to do for this is choose the interior of the room.
One of the most harmonious is the gentle and elegant Provence style, which has not lost its popularity for several centuries.
The history of the Provence style and its features
“Provence” is a kind of mixture of rustic and classic styles. It arose in the Middle Ages in the south of France in the region of the same name.
The distinctive features of this style are the use of soft, muted colors in the design of the room, which is dominated by delicate natural shades: lavender, pale green, cream, white, powdery, light blue, golden, olive, and ivory.
There is always a gray tone, which often acts as the main background.
Preference is given to furniture made from natural materials, made in a classic style.
The use of natural textiles in delicate colors is encouraged.
A room in the Provence style looks cheerful and optimistic; a calm and relaxing atmosphere always reigns in it.
Ideally, the bedroom for which this style is chosen is spacious enough. Although even in a tiny room it is quite possible to realize such an idea.
The main thing is to use only natural materials and the lightest shades, which will help visually enlarge the room and fill it with light and warmth.
Choosing bedroom furniture in the Provence style
Before choosing bedroom furniture in the Provence style, you need to take careful measurements of the room. This interior is not minimalistic or ascetic, so the larger the room, the better - because all the interior items can be organically arranged in it.
To furnish a bedroom, you need to purchase a bed made of wood, or a light metal model with a forged headboard.
A rustic-style wardrobe with a large mirror will also fit perfectly into the overall concept of the room.
You will need a wooden chest of drawers with bent legs and a couple of Viennese chairs.
In the corner you can place a large soft chair in a classic style, upholstered in light textiles with a floral pattern. An antique chest installed under the window will also look great.
It is desirable that all furniture have an aged vintage look, even if it is brand new.
Small bedside tables with night lights installed on them will complement the interior.
Materials that should prevail in furniture and other interior items are natural wood, forged elements, bronze, natural stone, plaster, rattan.
The choice of colors is obvious - pastel colors and delicate floral patterns.
Can dark shades be used?
Even in sunny France, black accents are allowed. Windows and doors painted in this color will highlight the beauty of furniture with forged elements. A dark element of furnishings will complement the design.
One vertical surface is painted black. It will become the background of a light set. To make the room look complete, add dark decor and accessories.
Original, but not so daring colors - indigo, plum, dark blue. They are used to paint small furnishings and bed textiles. At the dacha there is a railing.
Ceiling arrangement in the bedroom
The ideal solution for arranging the ceiling in a bedroom made in the Provence style is to use wooden beams or a structure that imitates them. A cassette ceiling in white would also look good. It should resemble as much as possible the ceiling in a village house.
What you should categorically refuse is the use of suspended and two-level ceilings with spotlights installed on them. Also, you should not experiment with colors, choosing a white shade.
Lighting: selection of lamps and chandeliers
The bedroom is a place of privacy, so the basic lighting should be soft and diffused. Antique-style Provençal chandeliers have glass shades attached to a rectangular or round frame. The voluminous frames are decorated with openwork forging and climbing vines. In combination with wooden beams, the lamps emphasize the originality of Provence. Fabric lampshades and laconic trapezoidal porcelain caps create intimate twilight. Chandeliers, decorated with glass beads, crystal pendants and decorative candles, diffuse light and bring coziness. Small sconces and table lamps with forged elements provide directional illumination for reading. A floor lamp with a wide lampshade, decorated with floral designs, lace, and small ruffles, highlights the seating area near the chair.
Arrangement of the floor in the bedroom
Ideal options for arranging the floor in a bedroom in the Provence style are natural plank flooring, or laminate, a cheaper and more accessible analogue of this material. This floor can be very light or have the color of natural wood.
Large ceramic tiles in terracotta shades and polished natural or artificial stone will also look good.
Be sure to use a variety of rugs - by the bed, in the center of the room, under the chest. They can be made in the form of a rustic homespun path.
You can also use animal skin - for example, sheep, cow, etc.
Surface design
First of all, you need to choose a high-quality and stylish finish. It is best to use natural components (wood, ceramic, clay) with a rough texture.
The walls are suitable for a cool light color with finishing in the form of plaster, floral wallpaper, stone or brick, plaster or wood.
A snow-white ceiling can be finished with wooden elements, plaster, beam construction, or tension elements without gloss.
Choose a floor in natural tones, in the form of terracotta-colored ceramic tiles, parquet, laminate, stone, polished or rough.
The floor of the attic bedroom will be decorated with a small rug of the same tone, which does not draw attention to itself, but only emphasizes the coziness.
Wall decoration
When arranging the Provence style in the bedroom, special attention should be paid to the decoration of the walls, which are a very important part of the interior. The classic design option is the use of rough plaster, through which the brickwork can be seen in places.
In modern city apartments, decorative plaster or textured wallpaper are most often used to decorate walls. The walls can also be painted white, light gray or cream.
When choosing wallpaper, preference should be given to a pastel shade with a discreet floral pattern. Ideally, this pattern will be repeated in textiles on the windows.
Wallpaper
Add rustic motifs from the French countryside using original wallpaper. To ensure that the rolls you choose match your style, remember their main characteristics:
- they do not tolerate gold or silver inserts; any mother-of-pearl or shine is, in principle, unacceptable for this style;
- wallpaper should contain colors typical of Provence: cream, olive, white, turquoise, beige, light pink, and other shades;
- absence of geometric shapes or any three-dimensional patterns;
- presence of texture and ornament.
Use vinyl or non-woven wallpaper; you can also take a closer look at ready-made options with a paintable texture.
Rustic motifs of the French countryside
Traditionally, the French used exclusively paper wallpaper.
Textured plain wallpaper will look great in a small bedroom with massive furniture, serving as a neutral canvas. Wallpaper with flowers will add a good mood every morning when you wake up, a romantic mood every evening.
Another interesting motif is an exquisite pattern that is reproduced in a chaotic manner on the canvas. However, remember that Provence does not imply images of geometric shapes in the decor.
An unobtrusive floral pattern is best for the bedroom. You can combine it or play with sizes. For example, flowers around the perimeter of the room will be small, and at the head of the bed - large.
Choosing curtains for a bedroom in the Provence style
A design element such as curtains can completely complete the created design, as well as make it more harmonious and cozy. You can’t do without curtains in a bedroom furnished in the Provence style.
Designers advise giving preference to natural lightweight materials that will drape beautifully and fall in soft folds. The most suitable textiles: chintz, cotton, linen.
Curtains can be plain, but it is better to choose products with delicate floral colors; it is recommended to sew decorative pillows for the bed from the exact same material, or use it for upholstery of chairs, armchairs, and ottomans.
Checkered or striped curtains decorated with ruffles and ribbons also look good.
Color spectrum
An interior in the Provence style should look elegant and simple, so contrasting and rich deep colors look unnatural and rough in it.
To create the perfect interior, you should choose from the following shades:
- for walls - sand, pale yellow, beige, milk, coffee with milk;
- for the floor - terracotta, light brown, wood, light gray;
- for the ceiling - eggshell color, white;
- for textiles and furniture upholstery - pistachio, olive, powdery, light lemon, lavender, wheat, light green, blue.
When choosing the main color, you should remember that the interior of such a bedroom should look cheerful, not dull. Floral prints, bright edging, textured surfaces, and so on will help to place the right accents and emphasize the elegance of the Provence style.
What rooms is it suitable for?
The birthplace of the direction is the French village. Therefore, recreation areas designed in this way are more often found in private homes. There is unlimited natural light and large areas.
But you can bring features of French country into city apartments. They look especially harmonious in children's rooms and teenage girls' rooms. Although the family recreation area will look gentle and cozy.
Organization of lighting in the bedroom in the Provence style
The main feature of the Provence style is a certain weightlessness of the interior, filled with light and air. This effect is achieved not only by choosing the right color scheme, but also with the help of thoughtful lighting - it should be maximum in such a bedroom. This means that the windows should not be tightly closed with dark thick curtains; sometimes light and light curtains are enough.
No less important will be artificial lighting created by lamps and sconces.
In such a bedroom, a massive chandelier installed in the center of the ceiling and made in the form of a bronze candelabra with candle-shaped bulbs will look great.
If the room is large enough and there is a need for additional lighting, you can also use wall sconces made in the same style as the main chandelier.
Small elegant lamps on the bedside tables will complete the picture. Important: you should completely abandon spotlights along the entire perimeter of the ceiling, which are suitable exclusively for modern interiors.
Accessories
The final step in creating a Provençal design in the bedroom will be decorating it with various little things. These can be figurines, gifts, plates, photo frames, and paintings. There are no special recommendations for the number of items. Decorate without sparing!
That's all. Provence style in the design of the bedroom is successfully brought to life. All that remains is to get rid of the debris caused by construction work and carry out wet cleaning.
The use of textiles in the Provence bedroom
Textiles in such a bedroom must be present in abundance in the form of curtains, curtains, rugs, upholstery, pillows, bedspreads, and lampshades.
You need to choose only natural fabrics that can be found in rustic interiors - wool, linen, muslin, chintz, cotton. Expensive materials such as velvet and silk are not suitable for this style.
You can add elegance to the room with decorative pillows with embroidery, lace curtains, bedspreads with floral patterns and fine stitching, ruffled pillowcases, macrame napkins, chintz and linen chair covers. You should not use synthetic fabrics of bright colors, as well as fabrics decorated with stones and gold embroidery.
Decor
An abundance of accessories and decorative elements will not spoil the interior of the Provençal style, which accepts many decorative items, but do not overdo it.
Vintage boxes, paintings, tapestries, mirrors in wrought-iron frames, porcelain figurines, painted plates will blend perfectly with the interior.
How to decorate a bedroom in Provence style
Creating an elegant bedroom interior in the Provence style is impossible without using all kinds of decorative elements that will emphasize the elegance and simplicity of the room.
The main decorative elements of such a room include beautiful bed linen made of light-colored natural fabric, a bedspread with ruffles, and a set of pillows.
The use of ceramics is mandatory: flower vases, figurines of shepherds and shepherdesses, candlesticks, and so on.
Small paintings in elegant wooden frames with cute pastoral scenes or views of nature will help decorate the walls.
One of the main decorative elements of a bedroom in the Provence style can be a massive human-sized mirror in a carved frame, leaning against the wall (you can also simply hang it on the wall).
Real horseshoes attached above the door or in other places in the bedroom will help add zest to the room. Bronze and forged objects will look great in such an interior - for example, candelabra, floor vases, frames of mirrors and paintings.
An excellent solution would be to install a fake fireplace in the room - it should be filled with plaster frames with photographs, porcelain figurines, vases with flowers and candlesticks.
All kinds of angel figurines made in soft pastel colors will look very harmonious in this interior.
There can be a huge number of options for decorating a bedroom in the Provence style.
When choosing the most suitable one, you should take into account the size of the room, the presence of good natural light, your own financial capabilities, and some other parameters.
If you follow all the advice of professional designers, it is quite possible to independently arrange the interior of a room in this noble and gentle rustic style of the southern French province.
DIY ideas
It is not for nothing that the Provence style is popular when decorating a bedroom. A feeling of comfort, peace and coziness is necessary in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Bringing such an interior into reality does not require special design skills and expensive furniture, since when decorating a room you can use hand-made items.
For example, you can use textiles in a stylized way. We make pillows, bedspreads, and curtains in the same color palette.
We hang numerous paintings and photographs on the walls.
We arrange flowers in pots around the bedroom.
