The chair is an integral part of the interior, talking a lot about the taste of its owners. It can become a decoration of the house, and can completely destroy the style of the room. How to choose the right chairs for modern design?
Chair in the interior: characteristics and design features
The existing variety of types and forms of chairs can be divided into three main groups:
- usual,
- bar,
- semi-chair (chair-chair).
Each chair has legs connected to the seat in one way or another, and the back is the main difference from stools. The bar is distinguished by greater height, and the semi-chair has armrests. The chair-chair in the interior is usually used as a single object, replacing a full-sized chair, especially in small rooms.
In order to correctly determine the appropriate size, it is best to sit directly on the selected product, but there are also general patterns of selection, which can be oriented. What should I look for before making a purchase?
Seat
- Height. In a seated person, the feet should be on the floor, and the knees should bend at a right angle. For tall and very small people need chairs of different heights. In large families, it is convenient to use the adjustable height of the seats, for example, using a gas-lift mechanism.
- Depth. The length of the legs is also different for everyone. It is bad if the edge of the seat rests on the popliteal fossa. As a rule, the depth should be at least 45 cm.
- Width. For a full person, too narrow chairs are inconvenient, so the optimum width of the seat is at least 40 cm. If you purchase a chair-chair for the interior of your apartment, please note that the width between the armrests is limiting, if it is insufficient, comfort will suffer.
- Rigidity. The seat can be hard, semi-soft or soft. A “pillow” about 4 cm thick, covered with fabric or leather, is built into the seat of the semi-soft chair, the soft one has a pillow more than 4 cm thick with or without a spring block, the hard one does not have a softening pillow at all.
Weight
Very lightweight chairs can be moved, pushed under the table and pulled out from under it, and this is definitely a good quality. However, heavy versions look much more solid and give weight to the interior, both literally and figuratively. In addition, they are safer - it is almost impossible to fall from them, they cannot be rocked on them, which is especially important for families with children.
Tip: The back of the chair can be of any height, but it must be comfortable and fulfill its main purpose - to support your back.
Design
Design features allow you to divide all manufactured models into two main types:
- whole,
- collapsible.
In addition, they differ in storage capacity:
- stackable
- folding.
Solid chairs - the most familiar option, it is convenient in fairly spacious apartments. Small apartments, where you have to save space, it is better to equip collapsible chairs that can either be folded or stacked and put away in a closet or on a balcony.
Types of materials for chairs
From what material was used to create a chair, depends on its strength, reliability and how it will look. But we choose this piece of furniture in the first place precisely because of how it looks in the interior of the apartment.
Wooden chairs
Wooden chairs in the interior of any home will give it solidity and thoroughness. The color and texture of natural wood will fit almost any style and create an atmosphere of special warmth and comfort. There are three types:
- carpentry (made of straight pieces of wood);
- bent (from wood, treated in a special way, which give a smooth shape, for example, Viennese);
- glued (from veneer of precious wood).
The price of the product depends on the type of wood and the method of manufacture. All possible types of chairs are made of wood.
Metal chairs
This is a very durable and durable material, it is usually used in combination with wood or plastic, making them seats, or supplying an all-metal product with a pad. Metal corners, tubes, shaped or forged elements can be used as the basis. Forged metal chairs in the Provence style interior emphasize its simplicity and at the same time refinement. Chairs made of chrome-plated metal parts are suitable for minimalism and high-tech styles.
Plastic chairs
Since the early sixties, this material is gradually gaining popularity, and with the invention of all of its new types, this popularity is only growing. Strong, durable, not fading, painted in any colors, plastic chairs "started" as equipment for cafes and hotels, and now they have also won apartments.
Another advantage of plastic is that it can imitate glass. Transparent chairs in the interior are used in cases where you do not want to clutter up the volume of the room - they are almost invisible, and at the same time comfortable. With their help, you can get interesting decorative effects.
Wicker chairs
Wicker chairs have several features. They are very light, their seats gently spring back, providing a comfortable fit. In Russia, such chairs were woven from willow, they were cheap and were accessible to everyone. If necessary, a chair or even a chair could be woven independently.
Now wicker chairs have become one of the almost obligatory elements of the “village” interior styles and have gained great popularity - in the “stone jungles” of big cities they give an opportunity to recall nature. Chairs made of synthetic materials are gaining popularity - it is comfortable and pleasant to sit in them, and they do not cling to clothes, unlike willow and rattan rods.
Combi chairs
In many models, you can find a combination of different materials, for example, the base and legs can be made of metal, and the seat is made of plastic or wood.
Seating chairs in the interior
The appearance of the chair is determined by where you are going to put it. The dining room, kitchen, balcony, bedroom, nursery - everywhere there is a place for this familiar piece of furniture, and everywhere it will be different. Chairs in the interior of the kitchen must withstand high temperatures and humidity, it is easy to wash and be durable. Hard seats are appropriate here, since upholstery on semi-soft and soft ones can easily get dirty. For the living room, the main criterion is compliance with the design, for the nursery, safety.
Chairs in the interior of the kitchen
If the kitchen is equipped with a dining area, the choice of chairs should be approached very carefully.
- Chairs should be easy to clean, they do not need semi-soft or soft seats with fabric upholstery, if hard does not suit you, choose upholstery made of leather or washable fabric, which is easy to care for.
- The back should not be too high so as not to cause inconvenience.
- Too fanciful and complex forms are undesirable - they can interfere with movement during cooking, it is more difficult to care for them.
A very interesting option, especially for small kitchens - chairs made of transparent plastic. They do not visually clutter up the room, and they look very interesting, adding to the interior a game of light highlights from a smooth surface. As a rule, plastic chairs can be stacked, which is convenient if you need to free up more space or do a cleaning.
Kitchen chairs in the interior should, above all, be comfortable, not distracting from eating. However, this does not mean that they should be boring. Chairs, designed by well-known designers and being commercially produced, can fully meet all the requirements, give the room originality and charm and will look great in the kitchen, in the living room, and in the studio space.
Unusual and exclusive designer chairs in the interior of the kitchen can be very beautiful by themselves, but they will rather interfere than contribute to the processes in the kitchen, besides, due to the richness of the furniture, they are unlikely to be clearly visible.
Chairs in the living room interior
It is not always possible to do in the room for receiving guests with a classic sofa and a pair of chairs. Not all and not in all cases it is convenient, for older people, for example, it is quite difficult to get down on a low sofa and then get up from it. The main requirement for all items in the living room, which is essentially the face of the house - matching the chosen style.
Chairs are no exception. The material from which they are made may coincide with the material of the rest of the furniture, and may contrast - but this contrast must be justified and aesthetic.
As a rule, the backs of chairs intended for the living room are 10–20 cm higher than those of other species. High dining chairs in the interior of the living room look elegant and expensive. If in the kitchen the chairs are mainly utilitarian, then in the living room you can safely experiment. It is rather an element of decor, with their help you can arrange the necessary accents.
Design masterpieces can become the main art objects in the living room and fulfill the same role that the paintings of famous artists perform in the interiors - to attract attention, give a topic for conversations, to introduce an element of exclusivity.
Design of chairs in a modern interior
Style decision
There are endless styles in which chairs can be made. Almost always they have something in common with the styles of the design itself, but all of them can be divided into several groups:
- classic;
- modern;
- vintage styles.
From modern styles, minimalism and hi-tech are most popular, non-standard forms and the latest technological solutions satisfy the tastes of most users.
Color solution
It all depends on whether you want to “hide” your chairs, leaving them with a purely utilitarian function, or you want to pay attention to them, turning them into an interior accent. In the first case, you should choose colors that are close to the background color - the walls or the rest of the furniture. In the second, on the contrary, the color can be contrasting and even very bright.
It is not necessary to do all the upholstery of chairs of the same color, it is enough to highlight only one with an accent tone, leaving the rest in the background. The laws of mental exposure also work for kitchen furniture, gentle pastel colors soothe, the red part of the visible spectrum excites the appetite, and the blue part muffles it.
Same or different chairs in the interior?
The usual option is a lunch group that allows you to sit down a family. These are four or six chairs, as a rule, absolutely identical. Win-win option, but pretty typical. Try to abandon the standard scheme and combine different chairs in the interior of the same room. The result can be great.
Quite often, there are one or two chairs in the family with a story that it is a pity to throw out. For example, they are from real wood and today are at the peak of fashion, but it’s impossible to combine them with other furnishings. To "fit" an exclusive item in the overall context of the interior, try to follow the advice of designers.
- To highlight one chair in the interior, paint it in an accent color. For example, wooden chairs are usually not painted, leaving the texture of the tree in sight as a supplement to the interior. Painted wooden chair in the interior of any style immediately attracts attention, especially if the color is bright.
- Want to fit an unusual chair into your existing dining group? Replace the upholstery so that it is the same - and the chair of another shape will look great in a group. You can also combine an exclusive item with a group using a color or a uniform material.
- Put a number of chairs next to different shapes, painted in one color. The receiving group will add an interior of originality and good mood.
- The use of different shades of the same color can also serve as a unifying tool.
- A boring dining group can be radically transformed if you choose your upholstery for each chair, or by painting the same objects in different colors.
- Collect different shaped chairs, paint in the same color and hug the seats with the same material.
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