Carved furniture in the interior

Solid carved furniture able to decorate any interior, but only if you carefully and carefully approach her choice. Otherwise, the space of even the most stylish room will look old-fashioned, overloaded, or even vulgar.

Carved furniture is furniture made in most cases from wood and decorated by carving decorative elements: flowers, plants, curls. Despite the fact that wood of various species is still the main material, carved furnishings can also be created from stone, bone or terracotta.

For beginners, it is best to practice carving on soft woods such as linden or alder. TO the benefits of carved furniture it is customary to attribute it value, after all, most often headsets and furnishings are made of expensive and environmentally friendly raw materials. Such furniture looks quite aesthetically pleasing, emphasizes status owners and adds "high cost" to any interior.

Nonetheless, wood is the material that absorbs odors and moisture. Caring for carved products can be difficult, plus they cannot be placed in the same room with simple furniture made of chipboard or MDF, because the whole interior will be destroyed. Wanting to get an exclusive product, you will have to find a reliable professional, pay a fairly large amount and wait a long time.

Today, furniture can be decorated with carvings for almost any room in the house: kitchen, study, bedroom, nursery and dining room. Despite the fact that wooden structures look best with carvings, it is also possible that the base is created from cheaper material, for example, polyurethane or plastic, after which it is decorated with a carved overlay.

A manufacturing option is also likely. a separate panel of MDF or plywood with carved ornaments from geometric shapes or plant elements. This type of decor is usually used to design cabinet doors, chests of drawers or cabinets.

Certainly much more appreciated. individual handmade furniture: for example, a wall made of an array of dark rocks will not only transform the appearance of the room, but can also be inherited in the future, becoming an antique value.

The classic decision is to create carved facades and curly legs, but, if you wish, you can transform a piece of furniture using this technique in other variations, for example, decorate only the armrests of the chair or the hooks of the hanger in the hallway.

To decorate the living room a carved coffee table, armchairs and sofas, the armrests and legs of which are decorated using curly processing, are well suited.

To the bedroom fits perfectly a bed with a carved headboard, as well as a chest of drawers, cabinets and a dressing table complemented by appropriate decor.

All cabinet area can be filled with carved furniture. This is a desk, and cabinets, and chairs.

On the kitchen carved facades, figured buffets and openwork regiments harmoniously look. Of course, chairs with unusual back and legs should be placed here.

In the nursery the thread is useful for decorating the crib, chest of drawers, cabinets and shelves, and in the hall - to create original hangers, shoe racks and dressers.

Carved decor applied as for decorating flat furniture surfaces, so to create volumetric elements. Therefore, to perform a specific task requires its own kind of technology.

Embossed thread implies the formation of an in-depth background over which images with low or high relief are created. This technique is most often used to decorate cabinets, sideboards and kitchen furniture.

While creating flat-necked carvings it is necessary to arrange the background and ornament in one plane. This variety is characterized by such features as an abstract ornament, an openwork overlay or an oval-shaped contour. Despite the variety of flat-necked carvings, the relief should always be low and not exceed the background level.

Carved, it is also sawn, thread requires the formation of through holes. The furniture structure thereby acquires lightness and openwork appearance. While creating overhead thread First, the details are cut out, and then they are already superimposed on the main background.

Volumetric or sculptural carving Designed to create wooden figures. Contour thread its technique of execution is very similar to engraving. Its essence lies in cutting deepened lines on a flat surface of an object.

Geometric thread requires "deepening" the pattern into a smooth surface. Shaped variety implies the creation of semicircular elements, and notched trihedral Suitable for forming geometric images. Threading can be done manually or using programmable machines.

Antique carved furniture perfect to design a classic interior or country country houseand not overloaded parts look good in style modern or ethno. Style Gothic characterized by the use of dark wood, as well as the creation of catchy volumetric elements.This style of carving can be seen on chairs with high carved backs, “richly” decorated sideboards and paneled cupboards.

The central element of the Gothic interior often becomes a massive antique chest chest richly decorated. The main subjects of artistic carving are architectural motifs, floral elements and geometric patterns.

For furniture Empire style legs are characteristic, which are carved into the shape of animal paws, as well as carved images of mythical characters. Elements of furnishings are made mostly from expensive dark woods, for example, from chestnut. The thread is formed rather intricate, but clear and massive.

Thread baroque It looks very expensive. Ideally, only exclusive woods should be used for furniture - beech, Karelian birch, pear, walnut or ash. Baroque interiors often feature sculptural carvings and architectural motifs.

Style rococo Requires more elegant furniture and neat carvings. It is characterized by the use of exquisite plant patterns, as well as the creation of curved legs in cabriole style.

Furniture in the style of classicism different strict lines and the use of light wood. The present thread is becoming more symmetrical, and botanical patterns are increasingly being used as the plot.

Finally, modern carved furniture in modern, scandi or ethno styles less cumbersome than classic. Carved elements are diverse - abstract ornaments, geometric patterns, and floral and vegetable motifs are possible. The same goes for furniture colors: it can remain close to natural shades, turn out to be white or color.

If it is planned to arrange carved furniture in the office, but do not want to overload the space with dimensional elements, then instead of heavy cabinets you can buy light shelving. The beautiful natural color of wood, identical to the shade of the desk and chair, combines all the furniture in the room into a single composition.

A carved set is also suitable for decorating the kitchen space of a country house. With this technique, in this case, only the facades of the cabinets are decorated, but thanks to the variety of carvings, the finished solution looks very unusual. Present on it and slots of various shapes, and volumetric figures, and flat details resembling platbands.

Very often carved furniture is used for the design of the living room - the main room in the house or apartment. A set made of solid dark wood and decorated with discreet elements, “Sets the mood” for the whole room. It immediately becomes clear that the owners are quite conservative people with good taste, balanced and appreciating comfort.

Carving in this case is used to design a sofa, coffee table and other elements of the headset. Dark wood blends perfectly with the skin and is a great backdrop for color decor.

If you choose wooden carved furniture carefully, it will turn out combine harmoniously with seemingly incompatible elements. For example, in the living room there may be a rather concise and even rough dark wood coffee table with curly legs. It looks very good next to a white minimalistic bookcase, a retro-style armchair of an unusual shape and an ordinary modern sofa, decorated with an abundance of multi-colored pillows.

He does not “argue” with a fireplace with mosaic trim, a carpet with geometric patterns, as well as a bright lilac floor lamp. In addition, despite the variety of colors and textures in the room, it’s a simple wooden table immediately catches the eye, becoming the center of the composition.

The process of creating carved legs for the dining table, see the next video.