Joyful and vibrant personalities prefer a riot of colors in everything, including the interior. That is why the Mexican style is often chosen, which is considered by many designers to be exotic and difficult, since it is difficult to acquire decorative elements for it. But nothing is impossible.
Mexican style in the interior: features
This style of interior is ethnic. It is characterized by a harmonious combination of details from European trends and national Indian motifs. In addition, the decoration contains elements of American, French, Greek and Spanish cultures.
The main thing in the interior in the Mexican style is the presence of bright and saturated colors. This is exactly what the stylistic orientation decides. At the same time, every room in the apartment can be bright and saturated.
The most typical color is a combination of blue with red, green, yellow and purple, as Mexico is associated with sand, sun and clay.
This style does not accept conventions, so all colors can be combined into rich mixes without following the rules of compatibility. At the same time, it is allowed that the rooms are decorated in different colors, for example, one room is blue and the other is orange.
Wall decoration
Mexican-style interior decoration most often involves the use of textured decorative plaster. If desired, this finishing material can be replaced with wallpaper for painting. In this case, it is recommended to zone the room with their help. It is best to use plain or striped wallpaper.
You can also perform Mexican styling with the help of terracotta color tiles, which are best combined with a bright rich decor. This finishing material can be used for decoration:
- door arch;
- stairs
- protrusions;
- niches;
- furniture;
- fireplaces;
- borders;
- columns.
Ceramic tiles can be used for accents in living rooms and as a background in the kitchen or in the bathroom.
Many rooms in this style have stone walls with wooden floors. The angle between the wall and the ceiling is often decorated with a cornice, which must be painted in the color of the interior.
Floor finish
The floor should be a continuation of the style, so it is better if its color contrasts with the ceiling decoration. For example, a wange-colored wooden floor will look great in a room with dark beams.
As finishing materials, you can choose an ordinary floorboard or tile, but only terracotta color. However, the first option is preferable. In the absence of financial ability, you can choose materials that mimic wood. Carpets with ethnic motifs can be used as additional floor decor.
Ceiling decoration
The presence of beams is considered typical for the Mexican style, and it is recommended that they be placed in the most monitored places. When choosing them, you must be guided by the following rule - beams should contrast with the main color of the Mexican interior in the apartment, that is, a bright room - dark beams, and vice versa.
Particular attention should be paid to the choice of a central chandelier. It is better if it is with forged elements, stained glass or textile lampshade, with a fan. The sconces imitating candles will be useful in a set for it.
What kind of furniture suits a Mexican-style room?
The Mexican style is as close to nature as possible, therefore it is better to choose wooden for furniture. But refinement is not the place. Furniture should not be a decoration of the room, but just a household item. Its surface can be either matte or polished - it all depends on the personal preferences of the owner of the house.
Tables and chairs can look rude, most often the tree is used raw, which gives more authenticity to the Mexican-style interior.
Furniture can be independently styled to Mexico, using bright paint. Such items will be most relevant in a children's room or kitchen. Little fidgets will surely be delighted with such a riot of colors. Bright wooden furniture can also be placed in the veranda.
If rough wooden furniture is not pleasant, then it can be replaced with refined wicker. She is more presentable. Many craftsmen use trims and leather, painted in the necessary shades, for making. For countertops and stands, ceramic tiles are best suited. When choosing a headset, you must definitely choose a color scheme that would be combined with the overall design. Wicker furniture is appropriate in the dining room and living room.
For the bedroom fit furniture with forging. A low bed with a wrought headrest will look good. You can enhance the Mexican effect with a colorful striped coverlet.
Furniture should be open, especially for the kitchen. All items needed for cooking should be at hand, nothing should interfere with this process.
Decoration Features
For decor, it is better to use geometric shapes, spirals, zigzags. With their help, you can recreate the traditional Aztec paintings, which can be considered the founders of the Mexican style. For a similar Mexican ornament in the interior, it is better to use contrasting elements, for example, a combination of bright saturated colors with black. Closed geometric figures made in a white and black palette are suitable for decorating borders.
When designing a room in the Mexican style, one should not forget about paintings and posters. A triptych with a meander pattern can be placed in the living room (there is a theory that such motifs have a magical effect, reflecting the course of human life and supernatural grace, which will eventually become dominant), in a kitchen a poster with chili peppers (a typical Mexican vegetable) of red or green color. In the last room, wicker rugs, decorative baskets, bright tablecloths with ethnic ornaments, various ceramic gravy boats, decorative bottles and other similar items will also be useful.
Statues of ancient Maya, Indian masks in bright colors on the walls, Mexican sombrero and a painted guitar (it differs from the usual one in small sizes) will look good in the living room. There will be many cleanings in such rooms, because there should be a lot of decor.
The Mexican style in the interior of the kitchen will be incomplete if it does not have a hut-stove, fireplace or their imitation.
Mexican Style Plants
Mexican-style plants are an indispensable decorative element. With a minimal amount of furniture in different colors, there should be many colors. Such a combination allows the interior to be unusual in combination with modernity.
Plants are primarily garlands of flowers. They can be placed at the entrance to the house, on the walls. In the hallway, on the stairs or windowsill, it is better to put pots with large plants. When choosing, it is worth considering that the combination of palm trees and cacti with large noticeable needles is classic. If the host does not like living plants, then the cactus motifs, combined with the blue color, can also support the spirit of sunny Mexico. It can be painted walls, posters, tapestries and other similar elements.
Details and nuances of design
When designing an interior in the Mexican style, special attention is paid to the choice of textiles - there should be a lot of them. It can be sofa and floor pillows, bedspreads, rugs, curtains. Textiles should be rainbow with traditional ornaments. Saturated colors, bright stripes, ethnic patterns are perfect.
Mexican style is suitable for people whose life is dominated by fun and optimistic mood. Bright colors will decorate the gray everyday life and everyday life of the owner of the house. And the opinion that the interior in the Mexican style is appropriate only for country houses is fundamentally wrong. Bright colors will be appropriate in a noisy bustling city.