Soft colors, the pleasant touch materials and brightness are the essential concepts in Nordic design, a new taste that is affecting the entire global market.
Here are 10 tips to giveyour home a clean simple and cozy appearance.
1. WHITE COLOUR
The choice of this color brings us back to northern Europe, where the few hours of light underline the importance of choosing reflective colors in order to give a bright effect to the rooms. White can be used to paint walls, or bathrooms, or for tiles.
2. WOOD
Prefer typical wood of Northern Europe areas, it means Oak, Walnut, larch, ash and birch wood. It can be used for tables, chairs, closets, windows but also for wooden floors and wall cladding.
3. BLACK
Use it for chairs, vessels, for photo and paintings frames, but also for the floor or to paint wallS. Black as well as white can be used in all its gradations, giving the room an even more radiant appearance.
4. ATTENTION TO DESIGN
If it is a big or a very small object, it should all be chosen with utmost care.
5. HAVE A DESIGN
ER OBJECT
Doesn't matter if it is a vase, a lamp or a chair, what count is that there is a unique designer piece to give your home the right Scandinavian style.
6. ATTENTION TO DETAIL
Despite the simple and clean appearance, the choice of furnishings must never be left to chance. Everything, every space, should be thought carefully.
7. GEOMETRY
Fabrics,accessories and complements are arranged and selected according to simple and clean geometric shapes.
8. NATURAL FABRICS
Use fabrics that evoke warmth and hospitality, with geometric patterns or that refer to nature world.
9. PINK, TURQUOISE, RED AND...
The Scandinavian style is uncompromising about colors choice that are selected according to muted tones. Pastel pink, turquoise, yellow and red are then allowed Just one more color is allowed: the green of plants. About the choice of materials wood, stone and leather are allowed.
10. THE SHABBY CHIC ITEM
You can not miss an object from the past, like a lamp or a wooden table to give your room a vintage effect.