Plants in the interiorGreen! In this living room, designed by Singapore's SCDA design bureau, we see huge, full-length windows opening into the lush garden. You can have exactly the same! "Hack" the window into a tropical paradise, pasting a blank wall with photo-wallpaper with a view of lush vegetation. Photo wallpapers, company "Phoenix". Large-format printing, the company "Maksimu'S", from 350 rubles. for m / square. For greater persuasiveness, photo walls can be completed with window frames (Eurowindows company). Garden culture. Let the walls speak. Do not cover them with furniture! Choose light and low seats in white cotton covers. Such furniture usually stands on the terraces of houses in hot countries. In a city apartment, she too will create a relaxing "resort" atmosphere. Our choice: a sofa from the collection Refolo from Charlotte Perrian for Cassina brand, salon "Flat interiors", from 6 500 cu. Above the set. Sisal mat is a tropical alternative to wool carpet. Floor covering of sisal on a rubber base, Fresco, company "Vertical", from 1 483 rubles. for m / square. Floor coating of coconut palm fiber, the company "Armada", from 241 rubles. for m / square.
It's cold and hot. The combination of white walls and floors of dark wood is a combination in the hot countries that gives a feeling of lightness and coolness. The partition with the storage compartments makes the space dynamic and helps maintain order. The result is a sense of freedom! Megapolis will help to build such a construction. You can buy a ready-made storage system, for example, Sistemi from Cappellini, Salon "Object". Wenge board, company "Parquet Hall", 8 937 rub. This bed in the Japanese style seems especially cozy due to the difference in the floor level: the mattress lies in the recess. Although you can do otherwise - arrange a bed on a low podium. Beds in the oriental style are found in the collection of the brand Woodesign, the company Mobil-Line. Tray of dark oak Rado, Ligne Roset, salons Ligne Roset, from 300 cu Bonus! Accessories from natural materials will be an excellent "additive" to the floors of dark wood. Similar bowls and dishes are looked for in the galleries Arte di Vivere, Salonas Villeroy & Boch and WMF. Wooden boxes are in the salons of Ligne Roset and Old Java.
Stone walls in the bedroom? Why not! Use shale: the surface laid out by him can be considered for hours, noting all the new nuances. Slate "Silver Shine", the company "Meghamramor", 35 cu. for a tile of 305 x 305 x 10 mm. A good addition to such walls will be a concrete floor with impregnations of pebbles. Contact Sovprompol.Svetofiltr. In the tropics, the lattice partitions are designed to gently dissipate the sun's rays and save the inhabitants of the house from the heat. In our conditions, they will help zonate the open space. Before you - a great role model. This bedroom is located at the end of the room, and the light enters here through a wooden "sieve". Absence of windows turns from a minus in plus, after all soft mysterious twilight is that is required in a rest zone. Decorative grilles made of pine, OBI, from 570 rub. for the panel 150 x 70 mm. "Heavy" finishing materials are well combined with teak furniture (look for it in the salons of La Maison Coloniale and Old Java). This tree has a warm honey hue and softens the interior. You can take items from less noble wood - it's not material that matters, but its color. A bed and a curbstone on a photo - "native" from IKEA.
Natural effect. You can arrange a "window" in the kitchen using photo wallpapers. But there is a more elegant (and moisture-resistant!) Technique: print a photo on the film and fasten it between the two panes. Having installed a lamp for such a panel, you will kill two birds with one stone: let the nature in the house and get additional illumination for the working surface. If there is no desire to admire the bamboo thicket, decorate the kitchen with a photograph of a sandy beach or underwater kingdom. Given the proximity of water, this option is fully justified. Wide-format printing, www.postershop.ru, www.maximuc.ru, 350 rubles. for m / kv.Ne hot! Having photopannel the composition center of the kitchen, choose items that will not "argue" with him. The ideal solution is white furniture (kitchen, IKEA, Series 7 chairs, Fritz Hansen, Neuhaus gallery, from 526 cu), which looks calm and visually expands the space. Brilliant sex will profitably shade this "white silence". Here it is - concrete, but you can also use plates from polished marble "Verde Guatemala", the company "Megamramor", 50 cu. for the tile 300 x 600 x 20 mm. A small flower. To put a "hot" accent in the interior will help accessories. Choosing them, mentally refer to the atlas of tropical flora - you need things no less vivid than exotic flowers. You can find such ceramics in the collection of Taitu brand, salon "Furniture Exclusive - Volkhonka, 9", as well as in Villeroy & Boch stores and WMF.
Plant life. If there is no possibility to break the garden under the window, arrange it directly in the bathroom, as in this house designed by the Singaporean architect Su Chan. The container into which the bamboo is planted is recessed into the floor. Plants and pebbles for mulching can be bought at the "Garden Center on Voykovskaya". Pots for plants - in the TD "Your House", OBI, from 350 rubles. Economic miracle. A light sub-shell for a bowl (similar to the Jacob Delafon brand, Terem's salons, AquaForum) and a simple mirror without a frame create a sense of purity and spaciousness. If there are not enough places in the bathroom, the items "2 in 1", for example, cabinets for bath accessories with mirrored doors, will save it; they can be bought at IKEA. The jungle's name. The floor and the console in this bathroom are made from a very durable Malaysian wood changal. The use of dark wood is an unmistakable technique that allows you to bring an exotic spirit to the interior. In addition, such wood is strong and tolerates moisture well. Board from the Wenge array, 2000 х 190 х 22 mm, Farecom, company "World of parquet", 195 у.е. for m / square. Board made of solid ebony wood, 1200 x 120 x 22 mm, shops "Parquet Hall", from 200 cu for m / square.
A find for a spy.Designing this bathroom, the architect Elizabeth Watson Brown came up with an unusual replacement for curtains - a panel of marble slabs, located at the "seat" level. Prying eyes have no chance! But the owners, lying in the bath, can observe the surroundings - for this there are two small windows. The main thing is to accurately calculate the location of the "viewing points", otherwise you will not be shameful. And trees grow on the stones. So, you can safely supplement such an interior with blinds and a bench made of wood, the Decortex company, from 88 USD. per m / sq. Towels by Mastro Raphael, salon De Luxe, Stone Age. Marble is a chic alternative to tiles. In addition, it is much closer to nature than tiles. "Honey" marble "Crema Valencia", company "Megamramor", 60 USD per tile 300 x 600 x 20 mm.
Photos for this material were taken fromalbum Tropical Minimal. Its authors - Daniel Miller and Richard Powers - traveled a lot of hot countries and everywhere looking for (and finding, photographed) interiors, in which interwoven tradition and modernity. His work, dedicated to tropical minimalism, they tried to make the most practical and complemented it with useful information that will help the reader recreate the liked interior at home. You can order the album on the site www.amazon.com.
