There are not many phenomena in the world that areyou can watch for hours, enchanted. Flame and changeable water are in first place among them. It is not for nothing that the fireplace has become a symbol of comfort and coziness in a modern interior. To sit on a frosty evening, cozying up under a warm blanket, by the cheerfully crackling firewood of the fireplace and watch the tongues of flame - what could be more comfortable! Perhaps only the spectacle of colorful exotic fish frolicking in a large aquarium. The underwater world behind the walls of the aquarium is no less fascinating than the sight of a tamed fire: the shine of the scales of tropical fish in the subdued light of the backlight, the smooth swaying of algae evoke a peaceful mood. Houseplants, miniature fountains, aquariums in any interior add comfort to it, create a special atmosphere, have a beneficial effect on the psyche. The water element, in which beautiful exotic fish swim and unusual plants grow, can become a decoration of any interior. Even in the smallest apartment there is a corner for a small aquarium, which will become a highlight of the design, delighting the owners and their guests. An aquarium is an interior element that immediately attracts everyone's attention, so it can serve as a decorative decoration of the room. An aquarium will become a kind of fragment of living nature that will please the eye and lift your spirits. Combining such elements as water, light, the shine of metal, transparent glass, the calming movement of aquatic plants and beautiful fish, an aquarium has a beneficial effect on the psychological atmosphere in the house. The aesthetic pleasure received from the view of an aquarium can be put to the service of beauty, combining the useful with the pleasant: an aquarium can be successfully played up by placing it as a certain design solution in the interior of an apartment or house. An aquarium in the interior of an apartment can harmoniously fit into almost any style and become an element of zoning the living space or a source of night lighting. An aquarium will help fill a variety of voids in the interior - a furniture shelf, a large niche, an empty wall. When zoning a room with an aquarium, the clear water of the aquarium helps to maintain a feeling of spaciousness.
Outdoor aquariums
There is a great variety todayhome aquariums - floor, suspended, built-in, etc. The most common, convenient and affordable option is floor aquariums. The simplicity of the design and ease of maintenance make them very popular. A floor aquarium is a water tank on a stand-cabinet, closed with a lid-lamp. Most often, its height ranges from half a meter to seventy centimeters, and the width is no more than half a meter. As for the length, it all depends on your capabilities. Such an aquarium can reach two or more meters in length. Moreover, the shape can be very diverse - from the usual parallelepiped to a cylinder. But the ideal aquarium is considered to be one in whose dimensions the proportions of the golden section are taken into account. The mass of water in such aquariums can significantly exceed half a ton, so the stand for it must be stable. Usually, a cabinet is used as a stand, behind the closed doors of which you can place everything you need to care for the aquarium and its inhabitants, and on the open shelves you can place various souvenirs and trinkets reminiscent of the sea, for example, exotic shells or fancy corals. What is good about floor aquariums is that they can be moved to any other place if desired or when changing the interior, of course, having first drained the water. Floor aquariums in the living room interior can be played up as a coffee table, when the stand for the table itself is an aquarium, the life of the fish in which can be observed not only through the side walls, but also through the glass tabletop. By the way, it is not necessary to fill such an aquarium with water and populate it with fish. You can simply create a certain collage to decorate the corresponding interior. A cabinet with a high floor aquarium can serve as a partition to delimit a single space into sectors, separating, for example, the hallway area from the living room. There are a lot of options. Everything depends on your imagination or the imagination of the designer decorating the interior of the room.
Models for all tastes
The most popular models are rectangulartraditional models. They have a number of advantages, one of the main ones being that due to the absence of the light refraction effect, there is no distortion of the interior design. No less popular are diorama aquariums, which can be both floor-standing and built-in. The concave front glass of such an aquarium creates the effect of immersion in the underwater kingdom, which looks stylish and original. There are also panoramic aquariums, which are rectangular containers with beveled corners. This visually expands the viewing angle and increases its area. Such aquariums can be used instead of a screen if the room needs to be divided into functional zones. Tower-type aquariums can be either the usual parallelepiped shape, or in the form of any other polyhedron or even a cylinder. The place of such an aquarium is the center of the room for a comprehensive view or various kinds of niches. Aquarium towers are decorated in the same way. A composition is made of stones and decorative elements at the bottom, in the center of which artificial plants are usually planted, since living plants grow poorly due to lack of lighting. If such an aquarium is installed in a corner, it is better to use a colored background, for example, a picture of a coral reef. A non-standard aquarium can be made to order for a specific room and interior. A large aquarium with thick arced glass can be placed as a partition. Then the view of it will be open from two rooms at once. But such an aquarium will need a special stand with a metal frame, since it will be quite heavy. The stand itself can be decorated to match the style and color scheme of both rooms. The aquarium can also be used as a bar counter in the kitchen, and it does not necessarily have to be large. So that it does not distract attention, the external and internal design can be done in calm colors. The equipment necessary for maintaining the aquarium can be hidden inside the bar counter.
Built-in aquariums
Aquariums-pictures are also an interesting solutionaquarium in interior design. They are usually small containers, fixed in a niche with brackets and framed with a baguette. It is not difficult to find a place in the interior for such a small aquarium. To make it easier to care for, the box is made of laminated chipboard, and the aquarium itself is made of glass. A smooth baguette is suitable for the frame, but if desired, you can also choose a decorative profile that will suit a specific style. The background is clearly visible through the walls of this aquarium, so it is better to design it accordingly. For the background design, you can choose any sketch on a marine theme. A fluorescent lamp is installed to illuminate the "picture". A good solution for using an aquarium in interior design is to fill various niches with it, both those that are a design feature of this room and specially equipped. In this case, the width of the aquarium does not exceed thirty-five centimeters, but the length can reach three meters. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to populate it with fish. To create the appropriate interior, you can simply imitate a rocky seabed with shells and dry stars, complemented by branches of corals and aquatic plants. The landscape for a cozy interior is ready! Such an aquarium does not require special care and looks great in a bedroom or office. If the design is supplemented with lighting, it will become a source of night lighting.
Aquarium decoration
The design of the aquarium, especially a large one, is betterentrust it to a specialist who knows how to properly use various elements for design. Of course, you can try to do it yourself, but then it is better to start with a small aquarium. To decorate an aquarium in the interior, use volcanic tuff, which is suitable for the construction of decorative grottoes and rocks. A universal building material for decorating aquarium designs is white Kenyan stone. To decorate the bottom, use coral chips - fragments of natural corals of different fractions, rolled to a smooth state. Coral sand can be poured between them. For decoration, you can use sea shells and skeletons of natural corals. Artificial decorations made of environmentally friendly materials can serve as an additional decoration. You can also use natural pieces of a real coral reef in the design. This will help recreate the picture of a natural reef, and at the same time provide biological filtration of water, reducing the negative impact of modern premises on the inhabitants of the aquatic environment. It remains only to add that an aquarium can serve as an excellent decoration and addition to any interior. And what role your aquarium will play in the room depends only on you: will it be only a decorative element or will it perform practical functions. But in any case, provide in the interior of the room where the aquarium will be installed, a relaxation corner, from where you can fully enjoy, admiring this magnificence. We advise you to read:
