African style

Recently many people, Choosing a suitable style for decorating an apartment or at home, give preference to one of the most exotic, original and mysterious - African.

Before starting the creation of this ethnic interior, you should choose the main direction, which will be a kind of key to further work. For example, Some try to reproduce the features of the interior of traditional African dwellings as accurately as possible in the room. Other, against, They want to bring only a few shades to the design, characteristic of this continent.

An important role is also played by then, What will the design will be repelled: from the features of the Egyptian or Moroccan interior or ideas, which are common to all African styles. Only by making a choice of the right direction you can start work on the repair and design of the interior.

The main characteristics of the interior in the African style include:

• contrast,
• energy,
• Colority,
• Expressiveness,
• Ordinary,
• grotesque,
• dynamism.

This design is distinguished by the rudeness of textures, the desire for primitiveness and laconicity of decor and the relative simplicity of forms.

The situation should remind of the hot sun, desert or impenetrable jungle. The main shades are:

• herbal,
• brick,
• sand,
• Swamp green,
• Orange,
• terracotta,
• yellow,
• brown.

The interior may also have a rich black color. In combination with red and yellow, it recalls the bright flame of bonfires of African nights. As accents, the use of shades of blue in the interior.

The design of the room must imitate the landscapes of the world, Therefore, in the process of repair, natural materials should be used, eg:

• skin;
• leopard and tiger prints;
• nail;
• figures of totem animals.

In the African interior, samples of decorative art of primitive tribes should be present. To create the necessary atmosphere in the design of the premises, you need to use:

• Palm bark;
• clay;
• The skin of reptiles;
• Rotang;
• bamboo;
• wenge;
• Sandals;
• Palisandr;
• cane.

The interior in the African style cannot be represented without heavy wooden furniture of gross shapes. Many people prefer products, decorated with hand thread. In the ethnic style, forged and wicker furniture looks good, as well as decor items, made in the same technique.