The popular styles of modernism, minimalism, and hi-tech are being replaced by calm, cozy, bright interior preferences. For example, the Provence style, combining homely warmth, delicate shades of lavender, young greenery, and blue sky. A sliding wardrobe in Provence style – an atmosphere of comfort, tranquility, unobtrusive luxury with elements of antiquity. What to look for when choosing, what kind of finish distinguishes Provence, how to place a closet in different rooms - this article will answer these questions.
Modern wardrobe in the French old style
Style Features
“Interior of a French village” – airiness and lightness, comfort and simplicity, tenderness and naturalness. Predominant shades of Provence:
- white;
- beige;
- cream;
- Ivory.
It is recommended to dilute the pastel with decor of lavender, violet, pale yellow, light green, pale blue, and olive. Interior items and decoration are selected according to style - this is wicker furniture, natural wood, stone, artificially aged elements, ceramic flowerpots, dried or fresh flowers in large quantities.
A white ceiling, wooden or stone floor, light wallpaper or walls painted in the recommended colors are the distinctive features of the style.
Vivid signs of Provence style
Textiles will help to emphasize the surroundings - ruffles, flounces, floral curtains, an abundance of soft pillows, handmade lace, warm blankets.
On a note! A white wardrobe will fit into any style. Choose this color if you want to change the interior of your home often, but you can’t buy new furniture every time.
Design photo
Looking at photographs of hallways designed in Provence style, it can be noted that delicate pastel colors are used . The main color is white . With its help, the free space expands and the room visually increases.
The Provence style is dominated by delicate pastel colors
The main color is of course white
mint or beige often predominate . They refresh the room and add accents to it.
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Accommodation Tips
A sliding wardrobe most often seems like a bulky object, but large dimensions are not at all necessary. Miniature and neat cabinets are suitable for individual rooms. Here are some tips for placing your closet in different rooms of your home.
In the hall
In a small room used to place outerwear and shoes, a wardrobe will help save space due to the peculiarities of its structure. Sliding doors are much more convenient than swing doors. A corner wardrobe with spacious compartments for seasonal and non-seasonal clothes, as well as a large mirror, will fit especially well into the hallway.
In the living room
The functionality of the living room closet differs from the previous one. Bed linen, everyday clothes, and rarely used items are stored here. Photos in antique round frames, souvenir items, and dishes will help emphasize the chosen style.
Attention should be paid to lighting. Additional lighting will decorate the room and emphasize the beauty of the furniture. An excellent solution for a living room in the Provence style would be a fireplace, decorated, like the cabinet, with forged handles or carvings.
In the bedroom
The romance of Provence is most suitable for the bedroom. Lightness, tenderness, calm shades. Here you can choose a small wardrobe and be sure to combine it in style with other items in the room. A small dressing table will look especially cute, and a spacious chest of drawers will add practicality. All furniture should be light and coordinate with each other.
For the bedroom, soft pink and lavender shades, soft textiles, and floral prints are suitable.
In the nursery
A light and spacious wardrobe is just what you need for a cozy room. Here it is recommended to add an open section for storing toys, books, and school supplies. And behind the compartment doors you can fit all your clothes.
Together with your child, you can decorate the closet in the children's room using decoupage or special paints and techniques.
How to fit into the interior
To prevent the closet from becoming a separate element of the room, it is necessary to supplement the design with some details. You can add floral patterns or lace. The cabinet can be decorated using decoupage technique. It involves gluing a cut-out design onto the surface of objects. Various flowers will look beautiful on snow-white cabinet doors, as seen in the photo.
If the room has shelves, you can put various figurines, napkins, and vases of flowers on them. To create the overall style of the room, you can decorate the bed with pillows or a blanket similar to the color scheme of the curtains. There is another option that involves wallpapering the cabinet doors. It will complement the design of the room when the wallpaper pattern on the walls and the closet matches. All this helps ensure that pieces of furniture do not look like separate elements, but complement the overall atmosphere of the room. The Provence sliding wardrobe looks great in the bedroom and living room in combination with a fireplace. It is also suitable for a hallway; you can decorate it with mirrors and forged handles.
Finishing in Provence style
Sometimes furniture remains in the house - in excellent condition, but already out of fashion. You bought a wardrobe, and the chest of drawers, dressing table, and bedside tables can be remade with your own hands.
Popular techniques:
- Decoupage is the application of pictures that match the style - colors, patterns, ornaments - using special glue. Before this, the surface is covered with white acrylic paint, and then with decoupage varnish, which fixes the result.
- Antique effect - imitation is done using mechanical damage to the surface (sandpaper, hard brush, scraper) or special cracking paints.
Paint the doors yourself, use the burning and cracking technique. Decoupage can be dried with a hairdryer, then the top layer of varnish will crack, which will create a good effect suitable for Provence.
Stencil painting of a cabinet
The advantage of stencil decoration is that, with proper preparation of the surface, the process of applying the design will take a minimum amount of time. Moreover, the quality of the final result will not be inferior to manual work. For stencil decoration, it is enough to purchase or cut out a stencil with your preferred pattern (floral motif) from self-adhesive material.
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Before applying the design, you need to additionally clean the surfaces from dust and grease using household chemicals. And also mark the places to apply the stencil. This will allow you to be careful when working and avoid defects. Then, after gluing the stencil onto the surface of the cabinet (doors, drawers, side panels), cover the cut out areas with a thin layer of paint of the selected color.
Wait until it dries, remove the stencil and clean up any imperfections, if any. With proper dexterity of movement, you don’t have to wait for the paint to dry, but immediately remove the stencil from the drawing. It is important to remember that, before using it again, the material must be thoroughly wiped from traces of paint.
If several designs are applied to the stencil film, you can play with the colors, making the composition more “live.” All wooden furniture in the room can be decorated in this style. The main thing is to take care of spare stencils, since one blank is not always designed for repeated use.
Photos of wardrobes in Provence style
Before buying a wardrobe in the interior of the French province, it is recommended to look at the gallery of possible options in order to choose a piece of furniture that suits all appearance parameters.
One closet will not be enough for the atmosphere of Provence. It is important to select and combine the decor and finishing of the room - the walls, floors, ceiling, and other furniture should be in harmony with each other, and the wardrobe will add the necessary accent and become the highlight of the room.
