Scandinavian style living room

How to arrange a living room in the Scandinavian style?

The living room is a dream ... Refined, spacious, light ... Do you want this? Then you need a living room in the Scandinavian style, a sample of simplicity, environmental friendliness, naturalness.

Features Scandinavian style in the interior

Scandinavian interior to a lot of light, warmth, comfort, orderliness of life. Resourceful Finns, Swedes, Norwegians preferred to decorate their homes in white to fill its space, devoid of sunlight, light and warmth. At the same time, in order to leave additional space for the flow of fresh air and free penetration of rare rays, they used a minimum of furniture and decorative elements in the interior.

Modern Scandinavian style is a functional minimalism with preservation of ethnic features and aesthetic parallels with the interior of a Swedish house. Today, many residents of our continent prefer to finish their living rooms in this style, as it is close to us in terms of climatic characteristics.

Northern design is very simple to perform. It is versatile and simple. The living room in the Scandinavian style in winter is bright and comfortable, in the summer it is cool and fresh.

Distinctive features of the Scandinavian interior:

• light, almost white color;
• uncluttered space;
• materials of natural origin;
• a large number of sources of lighting;
• lightweight, airy textiles;
• small fireplace;
• laconic in details;
• simplicity of accessories.

The combination of all these elements allows you to equip a room of any size, without making large investments. This style is most suitable for decorating the living room and the whole interior of a country house.

Photo: a small fireplace in a Scandinavian style living room.

Finishing and color palette of the Scandinavian interior of the living room

Designers do not recommend using too bright contrasting colors in a Scandinavian interior: they will look defiant and ridiculous. For this style, in addition to white, the following colors are suitable: silver, metal, wheat, caramel, shades of blue, blue, cobalt, light lilac, light turquoise, caramel, beige, milky.

The northern color palette is pale and cool, but it is these shades that visually increase the space. So that the room does not resemble the ice palace of the Snow Queen, it is necessary to dilute the cold colors with cream, yellowish highlights, light-colored trees and rich greens.

The ceiling in the living room is plastered, evenly painted or covered with whitewash. As an option, it can be decorated with wooden beams. The walls are also relevant for facing with light wood panels or painted clapboard, which are perfectly combined with the gray stone that revets the wall above the fireplace and the rear sides of the niches and built-in racks.

Tip: paint the walls white or light up with plain light wallpaper, these options will also suit the living room interior.

Photo: decorating the ceiling with wooden beams

The flooring is matt parquet made of maple, ash, birch, oak or whitewashed wood flooring. Their color scheme is beautiful, full of dignity and sophistication. A great backdrop for such an interior is a parquet of hornbeam, milk or sand tones. In combination with contrasting decorative elements such a floor looks like a single whole with the surrounding interior.

Tip: A cheaper flooring option for a living room is laminate, but choose white, reddish or yellowish material.

The transition from the walls to the floor should be soft, smooth, so you need to use light plinth, corresponding to the overall color of the shade.

Windows in the Scandinavian living room should be visible. They, like the doors, are painted white so that they merge with the general background.

Laconic living room decor in the Scandinavian style

This interior does not like extra details. Furniture must be of the correct simple form. In the Scandinavian living room the following setting is always present:

• sofa, large, comfortable, upholstered in leather, suede, linen, fur;
• 1-2 chairs (depending on the size of the living room can be more), several poufs;
• ceramic stove, fireplace or biofireplace;
• chest of drawers, several shelves, an open rack of natural wood;
• coffee table, low, made of glass.

You can use wooden modular furniture. The rows of open bookshelves are perfectly combined with the asymmetric arrangement of modular groups.

Photo: low glass coffee table

Lighting and accessories in the Scandinavian living room

Lighting is an important part of the Scandinavian interior. It should be a lot: it is a large chandelier, metal, with transparent shades or crystal, and several floor lamps, and wall sconces, and candelabra on the fireplace.

Decorative elements can not be supersaturated interior. These can be caskets, rugs, musical instruments, glass vases, sculptures. Everything is made in natural colors. Allowed single or pair bright accents.

“Revive” the living room space with a Scandinavian patterned rug, the ornament of which repeats the pattern on curtains or furniture covers.

Textiles in the Scandinavian interior

Textured fabrics are chosen for the living room. Velvet and velor for sofa upholstery, fur blanket or plaid plaid are the obligatory attributes of the northern style. Linen and other natural materials of natural colors are suitable for draperies. The windows are decorated with Roman curtains, Japanese screens or classic curtains. Fabrics for windows choose lightweight, almost weightless.

Tip: leave the windows unclosed, their white frames and transparent glass will give your living room extra lightness and airiness.

Photo: roller blinds

Photo: Roman blinds

Photo: Japanese curtains

A living room in the Scandinavian style is an interior that never gets bored. Natural, natural, discreet, it will always be relevant. The decor in the gentle "northern" colors - it is fashionable, stylish and original.