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London style interior

London style interior

Creative owners of houses and apartments quite often look for such housing options in which they can show their imagination and create an extraordinary design. Such unusual and unique solutions include creating an interior in the style of London. Its main advantage is the lack of a general scheme, according to which it is necessary to carry out registration. Each variation of direction has its own character and creates its own special atmosphere. The main rule for creating the chosen style is the use of thematic elements (or materials, textiles with a thematic print), which at first glance will show you modern London. Therefore, with such a stylization of the interiors, you need to be guided by the main recommendations of designers and not be afraid to bring your personal ideas into the created design.

Style features

The main feature of the London style is its non-standard presentation. When changing the main colors of the gamut, choosing a different decor or textile, you can make it both simpler and quite eye-catching. Therefore, before implementing the stylistics in the apartment, it is recommended to pay attention to such qualities of the direction:

  • Easy styling.

Even in a room decorated in restrained colors, you can create a London style using themed textiles and decor.

London style in the interior

  • Universality.

In the hallway, such a style creates a restrained design, in the bedroom it emphasizes the harmonious atmosphere and comfort, in the living room - it distinguishes the London elegance of a spacious hall.

Playing cards on the wall

  • The possibility of implementing the "easy" and "rough" direction.

Light colors, cute decor and textiles will create a light interior that will help households to spend every day in the world of amazing London. When using dark tones of decoration (including gray brick on one of the walls) and a small number of accents, you can create a restrained design that contributes to the calmness, judiciousness of the owners.

Hide on the floor

Colors used

A rather extraordinary London style can include both neutral and bright colors. Due to this combination, it turns out to be distinguished, includes catchy accents and at the same time creates neat transitions between different parts of the room. The colors used for this direction include:

  • red: it is impossible to imagine the views of London without bright buses, telephone booths, so it is the red color that will accent in the gamut of the style in question;
  • gray (or a combination of black and white colors for wall decoration): the cloudy weather in London is transferred to the interior through the use of such colorings;
  • white: helps to dilute dark and bright colors, allows you to visually make the created design “easier”;
  • blue: it is one of the colors of the British flag, therefore it can be used as splashes (decor, textiles), it additionally sets off the red color;
  • light brown: a valid color scheme that allows you to "soften" the hard red-gray range.

Red color in the interior in the London styleClock over the sofa Parquet on the floor Floor lamp by the sofa Skull on the wall Chest of drawers

Furniture Features

You can choose furniture for the London style according to two main criteria: restraint or thematic. The first option involves the installation of light furniture in a bright thematic interior. This combination allows you not to overload the overall look, but to achieve its simple stylization. If desired, light furniture can be supplemented with bright bedspreads, sofa cushions. As for the light shelves, cabinet and tables, they can be decorated with various themed figurines. The second way of choosing furniture is based on the search for extraordinary models that will help to stylize a room with a plain, low-key finish. For example, in the living room or bedroom, you can install a bookcase, designed for a telephone booth. In the child's room, a bed stylized as a red bus is permissible. But there should be no more than two such bright unusual products in any room: otherwise the interior will be overloaded with stylized objects.

London-style white furnitureRackets on the wall Telephone box in the interior Desktop on the podium Drawer in the living room Bookcase against the wall

Kitchen interier

You can decorate in the style of London any room in the house. In the kitchen, implementing such a style is quite easy using one of the following schemes:

  • white finish of three walls and floor + photo wallpaper with views of the streets of London (with buses) + light burgundy suite + modern appliances with glossy black surfaces (the refrigerator can be black or white);
  • gray painting of walls + apron with views of London (with or without buses) + red suite + gray or white flooring + red doors (stylized as a telephone box);
  • white or gray wall decoration + red and white furniture + kitchen apron with views of London (with red telephone boxes and buses) + glass or white table + burgundy or red chairs;
  • gray wall decoration + black and red furniture + kitchen apron with red spots + light gray floor + black-red or gray-red dining group.

London style kitchen

The installation of lamps with soft warm light (as in most pubs in London) will help to complement the thematic design.

Red apron in a white interior Cooker hood Windows in the ceiling Shelves on the wall in the working area Table island in the kitchen

Living room design

In spacious living rooms, dark trim is appropriate. So, the main colors of the walls can be brown-coffee or blue-blue. One wall can be made of brick (in dark gray or red-brown color). A dark flooring will help complement this finish. Furniture itself should be chosen in neutral colors. White and light gray sofas, ottomans or armchairs will look good in a dark living room. It is recommended that you choose a coffee table for the relaxation area in dark brown. For a small room, it is better to choose a light blue finish with a stylization of one wall: a sticker on the photo wallpaper with views of the old city streets in light gray. Properly equip such a room will help installing a white sofa (with thematic sofa cushions), a small bright shelving with themed statuettes. With a light design of the hall, it is possible to arrange a recreation area along a stylized wall or in the center of the room. In dark rooms it is better to have a sofa opposite the stylized wall.

London style living roomChest by the sofa Living room combined with dining room Photo on the wall Red sofa in a white interior Fireplace Mirror

Bedroom in the style of London

When designing an adult bedroom in the style of London, gray colors are recommended as the main colors. On one of the walls to stylize the premises, you can stick murals with a view of the entrance to the London Underground and a telephone box. To complement this decoration will help similar in design bedding and bedspread on the bed or curtains with photo printing.The rest of the textiles should have a light red or blue color. For a teenage bedroom, light gray or light coffee color should be used as the basis. The original design solution will be the decoration of one wall under a brick. In the teenager’s room, a small bed with a blanket in the form of the British flag can be installed. And also hang some posters with views of London. For the girl’s bedroom, it is recommended to choose a lighter and more discreet textile for the bed - with light gray views of London and red buses. Optionally, in the youth room, you can separately put a light red or light blue sofa to organize a recreation area.

London style bedroomLetters in the interior Black curtains on the windows Brick wall in the interior Radio on the window Lamp on the bedside table

Ideas for designing a nursery

The use of simplified colors will help to eliminate the excessive sharpness of the created design in the children's room. So, the main color can be light gray, white, light coffee or light blue (for a girl’s bedroom - very light red). Curtains in such rooms should be as simple as possible: even linen on the floor with pale blue, pale red will do. Installed furniture can be bright. A red bunk bed, styled like a bus, will look good in such a room. But in the training area it is recommended to install a light coffee or light gray desk and a bookcase (or shelves). The games area can be supplemented with a rug matted to the color of the curtains or a rug with the British flag and similar (or plain) decorative pillows.

London style nursery

When creating a discreet design, you can install a small closet with thematic photo printing in the child’s room.

Desktop by the window Red furniture in the interior Starry sky on the ceiling Chest by the bed Swedish wall in the nursery

The role of textiles in the design of rooms

Since textiles in a room decorated in the London style can become a key element, special attention should be paid to their choice. If the room uses a discreet color scheme,it is precisely the curtains and bedspreads with photo printing that will help to conduct a competent stylization. For example, it can be long curtains with print in the form of the streets of London, Big Ben, bright red buses. A flag blanket on a bed or sofa will also be an appropriate accent of the overall interior. Optionally, for the sleeping bed, you can choose a neutral bedspread and put a few themed sofa cushions (with British flags, Big Ben, buses). If the room has colorful pictures on the wallpaper, then the optimal solution would be to choose plain fabrics in light gray, light red or light blue.

London-style interior textilesPainting on the floor Blue walls in the bedroom Reiki on the ceiling Ottoman by the bed Lantern in the hallway

Accessories and decor

So that not only the design, but also the decor itself is appropriate in a catchy style, it is recommended to use a minimum number of elements as decor. The following items will complement the interior well:

  • map of London;
  • retro posters (with Big Ben, English buses, telephone boxes);
  • wall clock with the British flag (they should be placed on a plain light wall);
  • figurines (thematic products fit: miniature Big Ben, bus).

London-style interior accessories

Bright posters, cards or clocks are recommended for styling rooms, the design of which is dominated by restrained tones. For the interior with a bright finish, you should choose small themed figurines. Also relevant in any of the described design options would be living plants in light gray, light brown pots.

Photo wallpaper in the living room Books on the dresser Sliding wardrobe in a bedroom Red door in a white interior Chest of drawers

Conclusion

To carry out such a stylization of rooms in the house, in which a non-standard direction will be created, is quite simple, using the recommendations of designers. Therefore, choosing the style of London, you must first determine the basic requirements for the finished interior. At the request of the owners can make youth light design or give preference to a dark and mysterious design. Furniture, decor and textiles should be selected according to the general appearance of the room: for a bright thematic decoration you need neutral decorations and furniture.But for plain rooms, stylization will be carried out precisely due to non-standard decor and textiles. Given these rules of stylization, homeowners will be able to create an original interior without much difficulty. At the same time, you can implement the London style in any rooms and parts of the apartment.



Graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design. More than 100 completed design projects.


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