Design of a house in the style of Provence in the suburbs

According to a typical project, walls of profiled timber were erected for the year, which architects chose as the main building material. After the winter, which the house withstood according to the technological map of construction, they started interior decoration.

Style

The design of the Provence style house differs from the reference one: the climate of the Moscow region where the house stands and the climate of the French province vary significantly, and the whitening of the colors of the south is hardly appropriate in the middle zone, which is already devoid of bright accents.

The owners agreed with the designers, and gave the go-ahead for the use of rich colors in the interior. The colors themselves are taken from nature, but not diluted with white, they are united by a white background of walls and a natural tree of light tone.

Furniture

To create Provence in a country house, first of all, furniture of this style is needed. But you cannot use it only - after all, we are not France. Therefore, part of the furniture is the usual “classic." Some of the items were bought, some had to be made to order.

Decor

The main theme in the decor is a garden filled with flowers, in which songbirds live. The garden blossomed on the wall at the head of the bed in the parents' bedroom, near the back of the sofa bed in their daughter’s room. Irises for spouses and roses for the girl were drawn by Anna Schott, a professional artist. Designers transferred its watercolors to the material, preserving its texture.

Provence in a country house is unthinkable without forged elements. There are enough of them here - the fencing of the balcony and terrace, the headboard of the bed and sofa, the upper part of the doorways - all this is decorated with elegant forged lace, made according to design sketches. Together, all these elements seem to transfer the inhabitants of the house to the summer garden.

Birds for designing a house in the Provence style were also made on their own: instead of buying ready-made posters, the project architect chose to make them to order. Drawings with images of birds were bought from a well-known ornithologist, who is also an artist, they were printed on special paper for watercolor and placed under glass in elegant frames.

Lighting

In the design of a Provence-style house, it is difficult to get by with lighting fixtures alone, although there are enough of them: central chandeliers, zone lighting, floor lamps, lamps on tables - everything is available.

However, in summer Provence, perhaps the main lighting “device” of any interior is the sun, breaking through the blinds. His drawing, falling on furniture, floor, walls, enlivens the rooms, filling them with warmth and movement.

In this project, the designers also included the sun in the lighting scheme of the house, especially since it stands in a very sunny place. Wooden blinds emphasize the feeling of a summer afternoon in a flowered garden.