Chalet style design features

Chalet-style design can be realized both in a country house and in a city apartment. If you are a fan of simple and natural interiors, this style is for you.

Concept “chalet” quite well-known and many have a pretty good idea of exactly how chalet-style interior design looks like. Swiss “chalet” like the Russian word “hut” or “hut” – means a small house in the wilderness, built for shepherds or as a pass for travelers.

If we talk about a chalet as a building, then the main building materials are stone and wood, the first floor is made in stone or with stone cladding, the second is mounted using wood.

The name already contains the main design elements in the chalet style:

the use of natural materials for finishing the floors of walls and ceilings: massive stone, wood;
furniture of simple geometric shapes, wooden;
forged iron elements, door handles, candlesticks;
wooden ceiling beams preserving the natural color and structure of wood;
obligatory fireplace;
paintings in heavy frames, with images of nature and animals;
stuffed animals, horns, skins, weapons, you can place anything related to hunting.

The main color scheme of the chalet-style interior design consists of a mixture of natural shades:

shades of brown, from natural light to deep dark;
a range of green herbal shades in the dark spectrum;
burgundy and deep red.

Variegated color accents in accessories are acceptable, provided that only natural, natural tones are used. You can add a little color of lush grasses, a bright sunny day and pink sunset twilight. Such touches will have to be added very sparingly so as not to disturb the overall “simple” background..

We use fabrics for upholstery and cushions only of natural origin, because the main key of chalet-style design is naturalness and naturalness, rather in favor of functionality, reliability and rude beauty, rather than elegance..

The chalet-style interior design floor can be tiled with stone or natural board, without additional painting. An obligatory element of the flooring should be a large, cozy carpet with a high pile or animal skins.

Harmoniously fit in and support the interior of various “grandmothers” things, an old tin lamp, a clay service, wicker baskets and other attributes of rural life.

Chalet-style interior photo: living room.