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The interior created according to the laws of the Japanese style can be described as a kind of designer ode dedicated to the perfection of simplicity and functionality. In the Japanese home, absolutely everything is aimed at ensuring the harmony of the human body and spirit.

It is almost impossible to recreate the impeccable interior in the Japanese style in our realities, because our climate is not the same, and our views on home improvement are different. But to introduce into it some elements reflecting the Japanese spirit and meeting the basic design concepts, the task is quite solvable.

Basic rules

Japanese minimalism

To make the room that you design match the Japanese style You should follow a few basic rules:

1. Minimalism. The first and basic rule. Minimalism must be respected in everything that fills the room. This means that the room should be spacious enough. Avoid excess, unnecessary things - buy only the most necessary. The rule of minimalism provides free movement of positive energy flows, which is vital for the Japanese.
2. Functionality. To some extent, it is a continuation of the first rule. To avoid being cluttered with a multitude of objects of space, one should acquire multifunctional objects or transforming objects. For example, in the bedrooms of Japanese houses it is supposed to be a chest, in which the owners clean the folding mattress for sleeping, the so-called futon.
3. Proximity to nature. To create a Japanese interior is mandatory to use only natural materials. This strict rule applies to furniture, textiles and finishing materials.
4. Mobility. The fourth rule to follow is the ability to easily and quickly transform a room. Historically, in view of the small area of ​​the wonderful country of the rising sun in Japanese homes, small apartments. Therefore, the Japanese use the same room at different times of the day in different ways: the living room is free to turn into a bedroom or a dining room and vice versa.

Color Solution

Japanese Style Interior Design

B indoors, stylized Japanese style, is unacceptable is the use of variegated and bright catchy colors. The color scale is accepted to choose in pleasant to the eye quiet, not striking, natural tones. Especially in demand are delicate beige, cream, white and light gray shades. As an additional contrast and shading color for combination with the main tone, black is often used.

Rich chocolate tones and mahogany color are considered highly undesirable.

Finishing and decoration of the room

Ikebana in the interior

Paul. It is advisable that the floor be wooden. In order to save money, bamboo laminate can be used as a floor covering. A mat (tatami) must be laid on the floor, which should be updated every six months.

Walls. They are sliding screens (wooden frames covered with rice paper). We can replace rice paper with wallpaper, stylized as bamboo or Japanese ornament or with a picturesque oriental pattern. The walls of the room can be draped with a natural monochromatic fabric. They should be kept in the same color with the floor, only for the walls the color is used a couple of colors lighter.

Ceiling. Optimal is a matte stretch ceiling, preferably monophonic. But as an option, the suspended ceiling with illumination from special plates made of frosted glass will do.

Multiplicity of lighting points

Lighting. Lighting in the room should be enough. The light should not be bright, especially in the bedroom. The muted light of the Japanese since ancient times is called the lunar. Floor lamps or sconces with lampshades on which traditional Japanese drawing is applied are well suited as lighting devices. The colors of the lamps should match the color of the room.

Curtains. Japanese curtains are rather narrow sheets that move horizontally like a screen. The analogue of Japanese curtains are Roman blinds.

Furniture. It is characteristic of Japanese furniture: clear geometry, simplicity of lines, lack of artistic decorative details. As a rule, the furniture has a smooth surface and must certainly be low. The ideal solution for a small room is a built-in wardrobe with sliding door-screens and a low table for tea ceremonies.

Japanese fan

Accessories. Despite minimalism, typical of Japanese homes, rooms are decorated with a large number of objects and traditional decorative elements, such as bonsai, exotic ikebana, figurines of Japanese gods, floor vases with landscape drawings or images of a pagoda, cranes or sakura blossoms . The most spectacular wall decorations are large Japanese fans, as well as samurai swords and daggers. Images of hieroglyphs on bedspreads, paintings and lamp shades look harmoniously. The most striking decoration of the room is a Japanese sliding screen, with which you can zone the space.

Creating the atmosphere of a Japanese dwelling at home, it should be remembered that everything in it should be aimed at creating an atmosphere of peace, rest, relaxation and meditation.

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