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During your search buy a villa Or you plan to invest some money to renovate the villa. You will encounter some difficulties in choosing furniture that is suitable for your home so that everyone who looks at it can appreciate the aesthetic “taste”. Therefore, you need to differentiate between interior styles to get a more sophisticated view of different interior styles.
Classic style
Classic interior style originates from Greek and Roman design style. In Vietnam, the concept of this style is often understood as works designed in European style, elaborate with many details. This is an incorrect understanding when compared to the original English translation, although it is widely accepted. This style is based on the principles of arrangement, balance and coordination of elements according to strictly defined principles. In the traditional Classic style (Classic style) never follows any modern trends, but it completely focuses on tradition and antiquity. The parts that are being completed are covered with new paint or varnished with different creative colors, plated with gold, silver. On the other hand, in the Classic Reinterpreted Style (classic interpretation) is a breakthrough from the classical style (classis style) but Classic Reinterpreted is a bit more modern. The interior designs become simpler with each design, creating a fresh look, but with a classic look. The colors of this style are a mix of both classic and modern. Silver and gold are mixed with cream and natural colors. These forms preserve the structure of the old forms or elements or sometimes the elements in general, and some elements of an interior design style are combined with modern elements, creating a fusion of old and new.
1.- Symmetry and balance
Classic style interior design is a content that focuses mainly on symmetry. The classic designs are inspired by Roman and Greek architecture. During this time, the most popular things were designs that were organized and balanced. Nowadays, any interior design focuses mainly on arrangement and symmetry in living space to achieve a reasonable classical style house.
A symmetrical arrangement can be created by dividing it down the middle, with each half being a replica of the other. However, in some cases, the furniture does not necessarily have to be identical, but in some way reflects the opposite wall, using tone and color palette. Classic design is all about creating perfect symmetry. Every detail is important in classic designs. From the placement of art to the type of lighting chosen, this style requires absolute attention to detail.
2. Color:
Classic interior designs often focus on a color palette inspired by nature such as gray or yellow tones or something more natural. However, yellow and white tones are the two most used tones in the classic style. White is the element that helps the golden carvings become more prominent and more splendid. Besides, colors in dark tones such as brown of wood are also often seen in classic interior designs. In the designs of the traditional classic style (classic style), the focus is not on modernity, so everything must be carefully chosen to create perfect harmony with traditional colors. Color should not become the highlight of the traditional space, instead it should become the background and create an overall warmth for the space.
In the Classic Reinterpreted Style, you can add modern colors. This style allows you to decorate your interior with modern items. You can choose some bright colors for your home appliances. In the traditional style, dark wood tones are always the first choice: for example, oak, mahogany… it will be difficult to achieve a sense of depth if you replace it with bamboo or light wood. However, to achieve the effect of expressing the classic style, it is not necessary to cover everything with wood, just a small detail: wooden ceiling beams or stair railings are enough to bring a cozy feeling in the house. Use the most neutral colors (beige, brown, dark brown) as the main color, especially when combined with brown, blue, red and green tones. Keep the colors in the same tone, if you want the space to be brighter and more modern.
3. Highlights
The highlight will act as the main gathering point of the room. Classic designs often have big accents. Accents can be objects used in the room. It could be a large fireplace, or a giant table placed in the middle of the room, or even a giant winding staircase or a large framed painting. Once the focal point is chosen, all other items are just decorations to enhance the prominence of this main design element.
4. Decorative details:
The characteristic of classic interior design is the elaborate and highly artistic decorative details. The combination of soft curves and graceful curves has created a luxurious, noble and splendid interior design. The traditional style limits sharp angles and lines or strong straight lines, but instead uses soft, antique angles and curves. In this style, perhaps an indispensable detail is the decorative lines and moldings running from the floor to the ceiling and surrounding each architectural element. For example: moldings, moldings, … running along the wall or perpendicular points between the wall and ceiling, floor and wall. And this is the key to the classic style – regardless of whether the furniture in the room is a bit messy, just add these elements and you will feel the classic style in your home. The classic style emphasizes comfort and functionality. From the architecture to the furniture, you need to use your senses to arrange this space. Windows are a visual convention in the arrangement of furniture in the classical style.
5. Furniture – Materials used:
Furniture and materials in this style, have the appearance, reminiscent of the previous decades, centuries. To match the sophisticated, sophisticated shape, classic style furniture is often made from high-quality materials such as wood, marble, leather, felt … They are meticulously crafted to bring a shiny and luxurious look to the space. Sofas, tables and chairs are often large in size with shiny leather and curved armrests. The characteristic of this style is the sofas with soft cushions and elaborately carved edges, almost no sharp corners appear on the sofa and table. often use antique motifs with soft, flexible curves … The chairs are often covered on the outside and quite solemn so that people can immediately feel the carefulness and coziness. Each piece of furniture or chair brings a feeling of comfort. These decorative details are mostly handcrafted very delicately and are often inspired by geometric shapes, flowers in nature with high artistic value, and have a consistent style. Classical spaces are often decorated with materials made from woven fabrics – this is an important choice in traditional style, such as cotton and fabric. Curtains with colors from fabrics (damask, velvet, …) will bring charm. The trend of woven fabrics in traditional style is flowers, stripes and even toile patterns. Some designs will look to other fabrics such as silk to enhance the classic space. But it is worth noting that woven fabrics should not play the main role in decorating the room. Of course, you can still freely combine furniture to refresh the room but you must control their colors. Use crystal on lighting equipment, copper metal, gold-plated frames for wall paintings …
6. Light:
The classic style is quite elegant and sophisticated. To maintain this sophistication, choose bright lights to create the right mood and atmosphere. They do not have to be modern lighting fixtures, you can find some sophisticated chandeliers. They bring a cozy feeling with soft yellow light, but also add a very artistic highlight to the space. Lighting can change everything in a room, not just the appearance of the room. It can be a decorative feature as well as affect the ambiance of the room. For this reason, be careful with your choice of lights.
Semi-classical design style
Many people mistakenly believe that semi-classical (or neoclassical) interior design is a design originating from the West, but that is not necessarily the case. Neoclassical style is a style that contains modern elements and has a perfect combination for many different types of spaces. The beauty of a semi-classical villa is the perfect proportion that evokes inspiration and luxury for the space, but also modern amenities.
Because of this fundamental difference, the semi-classical style is the style that receives the most attention in the world, just after the modern style. In addition, the decorative patterns of the semi-classical style are not many and dense, rich in traditional classic style, but have a gentle combination with many modern equipment.
Modern design style
Among many interior design styles, modern style is widely loved by many people because of the positive things it brings to the living space. The novelty and freedom in the way of expression have made many people love modern style and decide to choose it when building their house. Modern is a strong break with classical architecture, expressing a new way of thinking of the explosive development of European societies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Different works have similar characteristics in terms of simplicity in the layout of blocks, space, free-plan organization, facade… eliminating the use of decorative motifs of the classical school as well as the use of modern materials such as glass, steel, aluminum, concrete, bricks…
Characteristics of modern style in interior design
Modern interior design style is always the optimal choice for small spaces, because it always gives the feeling of a room larger than the actual area, maximizing space. Minimal textures and bold geometric forms, neutral colors accented with a bold hue, symmetrically unbalanced and polished furniture are the main identifying features of modern style interiors.
The advantage of modern style is that it is comfortable, harmonious between spaces, elegant, soft, not fussy about many details or inclined towards cubic designs.
Colors in modern style
In modern style, colors are used in a neutral way, usually white will be the main background and then add a prominent color to the selected wall to create an accent. However, this does not mean that you have to be too restrictive when using and combining colors. It is simply a matter of carefully combining neutral colors with bold colors to create an impression. There are many ways to choose and combine colors that bring about unimaginable effects. But no matter which color system is chosen, it is necessary to pay attention to ensuring unity, harmony, focusing on the overall feeling as well as choosing colors according to the characteristics of each space.
Materials used
Modern interior design style mainly uses industrial materials such as glass, concrete, chrome or products created from modern technology.
Space division
In a modern interior design project, open spaces are intentionally connected to each other. For example, the living room and the kitchen can be connected in the same space in the case of houses with limited area. This feature is completely different from the classical style, because with houses designed in the classical style, it is often heavy on form, so the combination of two different spaces is relatively difficult. While in the modern style, this is completely simple because the details are always unified with each other.
Light
No matter what interior design style, natural light is always emphasized. In modern style, this element is even more indispensable. Therefore, architects usually always make the most of window design and arrange curtains to maximize light.
Arrange furniture
With modern-style houses, the choice of furniture is mainly based on functional design and elegant lines. The interior details are arranged reasonably, simply and neatly.
Each interior detail is like a work of art, always needing its own space, both outstanding and in harmony with the whole. Absolutely do not arrange it too cramped, causing an uncomfortable feeling of stuffiness. You can choose a bold presentation when boldly using basic shapes, large arrays, and clear colors to bring the best visual effect to the house.
