The role of an armchair in the interior

The simplest and most valuable pleasure in our life, filled with vanity and just an incredible number of completed and not completely completed cases, useful and useless contacts, is the opportunity to close your eyes, sit down and relax in a very limited and preferably individual space.

soft yellow armchair in the interior of the bedroom

Couch? But it is rather intended for general use. It usually tries to settle all the households at the same time, that’s why it will not be possible to feel here “in a limited space”. But the chair in the interior – this is exactly what you need. This piece of furniture is quite capable of arranging a cozy relax corner in any of the rooms: in the bedroom, in the living room, in the nursery, in the office, and even on the outdoor terrace.

What is it – the chair of your dreams?

“It is important to decide whether the chair in the interior will be used for its intended purpose or it is intended purely decorative mission”

Choosing a model of the chair, you need to remember that this cozy piece of furniture should fit into the style of the room and at the same time become a contrast accent to it. Your task is not to allow overload and restriction of movement in the room where the chair will be located. Another nuance, which is also important in the selection – this is the role that will be assigned to the interior of your chair. It is important to decide whether the chair in the interior will be used for its intended purpose, or it will be purely decorative mission (that is, this subject will be akin to museum exhibits, where you can not sit, but only admire its beauty and admire the refinement of forms from afar).

bold design solution: a bright armchair in a room decorated in pastel colors

The criteria for choosing a “pet” should be:

1. Appearance.
2. Comfort.
3. Durability.
4. Practicality (nemurkost upholstery and strength of the structure).
5. Mobility.
6. Ease of maintenance.

Armchair and styles

If your house is decorated in the spirit of Provence

In this case, you need furniture of the simplest design. Its appearance should resemble a peasant, but at the same time make the interior cozy. If you are looking for a chair for a room with a decor in the spirit of Provence, then its frame must be made of wood. If the armchair has carving as a decorative finish, then it must be very thin. In the living room you can use such an option as a rocking chair, which is located near the fireplace or near a bookcase. Harmoniously fit the armchairs in this interior and more massive construction, with forged trim elements.

wide armchairs without legs, as a bright piece of decor and functional furniture for a good rest

Armchair for Empire

Empire style is a style that requires a serious approach. To accurately reproduce it in the interior, you need to very accurately choose the stylistic appropriate: furniture, curtains, carpets, decorative elements and bedspreads.

Ideally, furniture designs for Empire should be made of expensive wood, only in this case the presence of “those times” will be felt in the situation. You will need a chair made of mahogany. Expensive look emphasizes brocade and silk upholstery. And do not be afraid of fabrics with gilding – they will only add to the decor of luxury.

If we talk about the shape of the chair in the interior of the Empire, it will always have a backrest, legs and armrests with bizarre bends.

two soft chairs with a padded stool and a low coffee table in the living room, decorated in a classic style

Armchair for Art Nouveau

A distinctive characteristic of modernity is the smoothness of the lines. A wavy line is found literally everywhere: in decoration, in accessories, and in furniture facades. It serves as a basic element of the decor of the ceiling, doors, walls.

Of the mandatory stylistic attributes in the interior should be present a cast-iron table and forged candlesticks. Naturally, the chair for such a room will need a solid, massive, amazing grandeur. Its main decoration will be forged items. Relevant for the modern and wicker chairs. They will create a feeling of exquisite ease and comfort.

The original design of the chair perfectly fits into the interiors in the Art Nouveau style

Armchair for baroque

If you ever had time to see photos of rooms decorated in the Baroque style, then you could not help but notice how important in such interiors the role of detail. So, with the choice of the design of the chair in this interior will have to work hard. In baroque, there is always a lot of carving, gilding, mosaics – this also needs to be taken into account when creating the exterior of a “cozy corner”.

Excellent, if the legs of the model you like are not just carved, but made in the form of animals. Mystical motives are also very popular. The upholstery of a chair for such a decor should be expensive, for example, satin or velvet. It is very desirable to supplement the composition with tapestries and other accessories made from the same fabric.

red armchairs, as bright accessories in the living room in a vintage style

High-tech armchair

In high-tech, the main emphasis is on the combination of space and light or light and pattern. Furnishing of the interior is minimized, however, as well as decoration, so the main stylistic load lies on the materials used.

Those few pieces of furniture that are honored to be present in the environment should have clear lines. As for the chair in the interior of high-tech, it is characterized by a low deep seat, as well as armrests and legs of chrome-plated metal.

White armchair fits perfectly into a single color solution of the interior

Armchair in Art Deco

This design direction was born more than a century ago, but today it has not lost its relevance. In general, this style is used in the decoration of apartments and luxury houses.

Armchairs for art deco often choose wooden, but handmade. The surface of such a chair will be covered with textile silver or gold. It is possible to install a chair with leather upholstery, thanks to which the product will also stand out against the general background.

bright children’s: the orange print of the chairs harmonizes with the orange print of the carpet

Armchair in the interior: upholstery and accessories

“The most advantageous will be if one of the colors of the upholstery of the chair coincides with the tone of the walls in the interior”

To ensure that the chair in the room was not only functionally comfortable, but also became a real decorative element in the situation, it is necessary to correctly pick up its upholstery and draw parallels with the general style.

The upholstery of the chair can be chosen for curtains: they can serve as a full-fledged guide. Fabric curtains and chair upholstery can be identical in the case when they are parts of a single design collection. However, such exclusive things are worth, respectively, and therefore appear in every home can not.

blue armchairs “enliven” the white interior of the room

In other cases, such an approach will simply be inappropriate, since absolutely different requirements will be imposed on the functionality of the fabric. For example, the fabric on the curtains should be light and airy. Now imagine that the material with such characteristics, you will summarize and the chair in the interior. Naturally, you will not have to sit on it, because the coating will not withstand a serious load. Yes, and “museum value” in the decor of it, frankly, will not work. Therefore, drawing on the fabric of the chair may not be a copy of the picture on the curtains, the main thing is that both elements are combined in a color aspect and do not conflict. The winning combination will be a combination of curtains in stripes with an armchair in a box, a striped chair with curtains-vignettes, curtains in small florets with an armchair in large buds.

Choosing the upholstery of armchairs under the walls, guided solely by the color palette of the latter. The lighter is their background, the lighter you need to look for the upholstery of the chair – in this case the room will get an additional visual space. Bright colors will make the room a little chamber. The most advantageous will be if one of the colors of the upholstery of the chair coincides with the tone of the walls in the interior.

an armchair of unusual shape will bring to the interior a note of originality

For rooms whose walls are decorated with colorful wallpaper, the chairs are selected according to the same rule as for curtains. In the upholstery picture, one of the tones present on the wallpaper can be repeated.

But this reception will please those who are not ready to globally change the room interior. “Unsuitable” upholstery of the chair can be hidden under the cover, and pick it up in such a range that it combined in color with one of any accessories available in the decor. If the interior of the room is strictly kept within the minimalism, then you can afford it A chair with a bright upholstery and unusual shape.

If you want to add a seat in the strip home interior, then do not try to choose products with too contrasting color duets. Bright and flashy tones will quickly start to annoy.

competent selection of color accessories creates a single concept of the design of the living room

To fit your chair into the big picture, it needs to be properly decorated. For this use pillows and blankets. A good idea is to sew the covers onto cushions made of curtain fabric or its companion material. Also, one of the shades of the room decoration can be used for sewing covers. Such an accessory in general will help to include the chair in a single interior chain. A similar effect will be produced by a black, white or gray plaid on the chair if the room has furniture or other elements of the environment in such colors. The original approach can be considered the use of chairs with completely different upholstery. This technique is often used by creative designers.

Conclusion

As you can see, the chair in the interior is not the last element and, after all, it needs to be given worthy attention. In this case, you will get a really comfortable place to relax and an accentual compositional element of the situation.

Photo gallery – an armchair in an interior:

Author: Daria Degtyareva