Italian style in the interior: features, color, decoration, furniture (60 photos)

Italian style in the interior is a subspecies of the Mediterranean style and is an eclectic of Baroque and spacious country. According to the climatic diversity, the Italian style is also divided into categories and has been successfully used by designers to design the interiors of not only houses, but also city apartments.

Origin of style

Italian style originated on the southern shores of the Mediterranean and suffered some modifications. The prerequisites for its appearance was the increase in the number of settlements and the development of the suburbs, from which a large number of wooden finishes and solid-wood furniture are used in the Italian style.

In the photo there is a kitchen interior in turquoise with majolica on the kitchen apron and with a combined flooring with laminate and tile.

Italian heritage, painting and frescoes, reproductions of masters, stained glass are used today to create a unique style. The ancient past and the Roman Empire, the Renaissance left in the Italian interior columns, arches, pilasters, sculpting, sculptures, a tendency to pairing and symmetry. Warm shores, vineyards and the sea were the main instigators of the color palette.

Today in the interior there is a continuity of classics and the preservation of antiques, handmade decor and books, which are included in the modern Italian style of apartments.

Distinctive features and colors

The Italian interior is similar to the Rococo style, it has the features of a classic, but still has some characteristics.

1. The abundance of textures and the harmonious combination of exquisite decor with massive accessories, the combination of wood with gilding and glass.
2. The combination of French castle style and rustic style, sophistication and practicality.
3. Eclectic Baroque with a country style and detachment from the simplicity of a rustic interior.
4. The use of natural materials in the decoration (Venetian plaster, stone, solid wood) and natural palette.
5. Trees and tall potted plants are often used to create the effect of a summer garden, arches, columns, and irregular lining of arches.
6. A large window, glass doors and light tulle remind of a long Italian summer and a warm sea breeze.
7. From the colors preferred cream and beige shades, blue, purple and green for the accent.

In the photo the interior of the living room with decorative beams and forged hanging chandelier in the central zone.

Varieties of style

The concept of the Italian interior remains the same, but is expressed at different angles based on the geography of the origin of the style.

Italian country style

Impregnated with naturalness and freshness, only wood is used for decoration, heavy solid wood, doors with scuffs and iron fittings, beams, solid wood bed, low sofa.

Masonry, marble, natural textiles, the lack of bright colors and homemade decor creates an Italian country style.

In the photo is an Italian country bedroom interior with massive dark furniture and wooden paneling on the attic floor of a country house.

Italian Mediterranean style

It features arched openings, high ceilings, frescoes, a combination of ocher and soft yellow color, soft lighting, forged lamps, wicker decor, vessels, fresh flowers, carved frames and figurines.

Italian classic style

Inclined to ostentatious luxury, different natural furnishings with carvings, frescoed ceiling decoration or stucco with a volume chandelier, arches or columns. Utensils in the canteen, watches, paintings, frames and homemade accessories are used for the decor. Here, large windows or access to a balcony, a veranda, bay windows, free space and combined areas, interior doors and partitions are rarely used.

Italian Tuscan style

Comes out of the province of Tuscany and combines the features of Italian, French and Spanish styles. The interior is inspired by nature, warmth, architecture, vineyards and cypresses. Primary colors: brown, olive, ocher, blue and yellow.

For walls use aged plaster, molding or frescoes. The beams are not hidden, tile, marble, granite are laid on the floor. The furniture is decorated with paintings, the decor is a vase with fruit, painted utensils, lace.

Modern Italian style

It preserves the traditions of the classic interior, but uses modern materials for decoration (wallpaper, decorative plaster, finished frescoes), laminate and decorative stone. Wood can be replaced with MDF, and marble with acrylic. Beams can be made of PVC construction and use false modeling, columns. From the furniture used modern sofas and coffee table with a bar and chest of drawers.

The photo has a modern interior with wall sconces, which are the only sources of light according to the canons of the Italian style in combination with stone floors and white walls.

Apartment interior

Kitchen

Italian Mediterranean style cuisine has distinctive features that make city cuisine look summer-like. It is important when decorating the apron to use mosaic, majolica, tile with ornament in green and blue colors.

The floor should be monotonous of stone, tile, laminate. The furniture should be matte, wooden or painted with MDF facades. The dining table is made of wood, the tabletop is made of marble. Combined with forged wicker vine on the background of plastered, painted walls or plain wallpaper in beige, pistachio and orange color.

Living room

In the Mediterranean-style interior, the living room should be with a wide window or it should be decorated with curtains so as to leave the window as open as possible. For the floor board is used with scuffs and roughness.

Suitable plaster, wallpaper for painting with imitation bark beetle, wooden doors with a massive texture of cracks. Forged chandeliers, wicker chairs, low sofas are suitable for the Italian interior.

The photo shows the interior of the living room with a wide window, patterned curtains on the background of a single-color wall decoration, wicker decor and porcelain tableware.

Bedroom

In the Italian interior, the bedroom should not be overwhelmed by the drapery of curtains, for this style light curtains, taffeta, plain draperies are suitable.

For the walls pick up a straw and sand shade, natural floor finish, wooden furniture with legs. The style of the bedroom can be seen in the absence of unnecessary decor, curtains to match the walls, classic floor lamps, frescoes.

Children's

The interior of the nursery should be different from the bedroom, there is a combination of bright colors, patterns. The furniture is painted white, the ceiling is plastered or wooden, the bed with legs and the forged headboard.

In the photo there is a modern Italian interior of a nursery with a wooden table, a chalk board, modern furniture, flowers and home-made decor.

Bathroom

The Italian-style bathroom is distinguished by wooden bedside tables, white, green, gold and blue finishes. Tile, porcelain, mosaic, fresco and decorative composition of tiles are used.

Porcelain stoneware under the stone or dark oak color is laid on the floor. Accessories - mirror, wooden towel rails, plants, candlesticks instead of sconces.

Home interior

It is easier to create an Italian style in a country house due to its original spaciousness and easy access to nature. Arches and high ceilings, large mirrors, forging and stone, plants and wooden beams will reveal the Italian interior.

An important attribute of the living room is a large window that can be made by combining two window openings.

The spacious kitchen should be an island type of solid wood with a large dining round table.

The bathroom must have a large mirror and a wrought-iron chandelier.

Bedroom and nursery do not differ from the interiors of the apartment in the Italian style.

On the photo is a bedroom in the attic with wallpaper and wood trim, a bed with legs and not overloaded with decor. The source of light is crystal wall sconces.

Finish

Walls

For the decoration of the walls in the Italian style using natural shades of yellow and gold, beige and brown tones. Monophonic wall-paper, liquid wall-paper which create effect of transition of color and soft plaster, facing by a stone, the wooden panels varnished and plaster are applied.

Floor

In the Italian interior, the floor should be either of marble stone, which gives a reflection, or of wood (laminate, parquet, board) with the effect of aging and abrasion.

Ceiling

For the Italian-style ceiling, beams, plaster, uneven clay texture are used, there are no moldings. The ceiling is rather high and simple; it is decorated with a wide pendant chandelier with a wrought-iron or wooden frame.

Features of the choice of furniture

Furniture for the Italian style is selected massive, wooden and low. The sofa and chair can be with forged decor, there are also rattan chairs.

In the living room must be a low table near the squat sofa and a pair of chairs. Chest of drawers, stools, cupboard, shelving, wardrobe is placed freely from each other and not along the walls. Furniture can be sanded for artificial aging.

The photo shows a classic Italian interior with a bronze chandelier, paintings, Venetian plaster and classic furniture of natural color with a coffee table. The furniture is arranged spaciously without accumulations in one zone.

The choice of textiles

For the design of the Italian window you need to use lightweight fabrics without additional decoration and garters. Fastening only on forged or tubular cornice. Basically it is better to give preference to natural textiles made from flax or cotton.

Plain curtains, translucent organza, tulle, taffeta will do. Also, the window is often left without curtains, you can use blinds. The colors of the curtains are battered in natural green and yellow, as well as white or beige.

Lighting and decor

Lighting should be unobtrusive and soft, scattered from the main source. Local lighting of 5-6 wall sconces is also applied, which give shading in the center of the room. Also suitable ceiling lamps, forged chandeliers.

The photo shows the interior of the house with an arch, a fresco, a forged chandelier and a plastered wall. The kitchen used ornamental tiles and countertops made of decorative stone marbled.

For decoration are used:

• ceramic dishes (vessels and plates, amphoras and earthenware cups);
• candlesticks from metal and ceramics;
• a bowl of fruit;
• carpet;
• paintings in frames;
• frescoes and reproductions;
• modeling and mosaic pilasters;
• live flowers and plants in pots.

Photo gallery

Italian style can be embodied in the interior of not only the house, but also the apartment with a wide window and the necessary accessories. The style also has several varieties, among which you can choose a more suitable variant for antique or modern rhythm. Below are photos of examples of the interior rooms in the Italian style.