The sea inside: the secrets of marine style in the interior

Alena Podmasco

Sea. Simply by uttering this word, people experience pleasure. Memories of warm sand, the sound of waves, magnificent sunsets, a trip on a yacht instantly emerge in the mind. How to create an atmosphere of proximity of the sea in a private house or city apartment, idecor.techinfus.com/en/ was told by Alena Podmasco, stylist of Leroy Merlin company.

Fashion for marine style in the interior began more than 100 years ago. And during this time, fans in this direction are becoming more and more. It is not surprising - such an interior is refreshing and inspiring, creates a feeling of carelessness and relaxation, looks gorgeous and captivates guests. And the implementation of the basic principles for creating such an interior is available to people with any income level. What are these principles?

1. The use of the main “marine” colors - white, blue and blue; and the main "marine" patterns - stripes of different widths.
2. The use of natural wood or its high-quality analogues in the interior.
3. Harmoniously selected decor in a marine style.

Knowing these principles, you will see that there are a lot of ways to create a marine atmosphere in an ordinary city apartment or in a country house.

Marine style in detail

Start with home textiles. If the general tone of the interior decoration allows, change the curtains to blue or white with blue stripes. The maximum effect can be achieved by choosing curtains with linen texture. For the nursery, you can choose a lightweight version - for example, blue translucent curtains with a thematic "marine" pattern.

In the living room, put a dark blue plaid on the sofa and add bright pillows. Blue, yellow, brown, green and orange look good, but for our purposes they will not work. Here the principle of a contrasting “marine” scale applies - you can add red to shades of blue and white. Also, pillows with thematic prints will perfectly cope with the task: underwater inhabitants, seabirds, anchors and ship images.

For the bedroom, you can choose a set of satin bed linen of your favorite shade of the color of the sea wave. White cotton with a blue or blue sea pattern is also suitable. Blue and blue-green night lamp shades will create an atmosphere of intimacy and a feeling of the underwater kingdom in the room. A panel with the image of a wave above the bed or opposite it will help you to easily fall into sleep.

Complete the interior with white wicker baskets, and put seashells brought from travels in glass vases. Now every time you come home, you will already take a step towards the sea.

Marine interior from scratch

Perhaps you have already intuitively strove for the sea, and the main motives for decorating your home allow you to confine yourself to only light decorative changes. If you start to create a marine interior from scratch, then determine the scale of the changes. In the marine style you can decorate the whole house or apartment, and you can radically change only one zone - a living room, a nursery, a bedroom, a kitchen or a bathroom.

Living room

If in your living room there is already parquet or laminate, and the walls are white or blue, then to complete the marine style you can only add decorative elements to the room and bring something truly marine to the interior. Select a part of the room by the window with a wooden podium and decorate it with a handrail of wooden slats with a rope stretched instead of a handrail. If you live in an apartment building, then from such a corner the lights of a big city will appear as glare reflecting on the surface of the waters.A coffee table with an overseas sink lying on it, a deep blue sofa, curtains and marine-style textiles will greatly enhance the atmosphere of large water splashing outside the window.

If the living room is in a private house, then rattan furniture or any, even roughly processed wood, is suitable for decoration.

Children

A marine-style nursery may not be so calm, but rather remind you of sea discoveries and adventures. Try to design a bed in the form of a stern anchored near the shore of the ship and build beams under the ceiling to which you can attach sports equipment. Or pull a curtain-sail, which will divide the nursery into a recreation area and a zone for games or training.

Bedroom

In the bedroom, marine style can reveal all its relaxing qualities. The main thing is not to overload the room with decor and an abundance of flowers. Wooden floor - parquet, laminate or even painted white boards, if it is a summer house. For walls, curtains, bedding and decorative elements, it is ideal to choose 1-2 primary colors in the “marine” range. In this case, you will get a calm, slightly cool and very peaceful atmosphere.

Usually marine murals adorn the bedroom. Most often they are placed on one of the walls on the side or opposite the bed. In the dim light of a night lamp, such a wall can create an unusually realistic feeling of immersion in relaxation and sleep.

Kitchen

Psychologists say that blue dulls appetite. Therefore, a marine-style kitchen is especially suitable for those who monitor weight. If, on the contrary, you want to maintain a good appetite, choose warm shades of the sea wave - right down to grassy green with a light blue tone.

The kitchen is a technological room, so the principle of a wooden floor is not necessary here. It can be safely replaced with porcelain stoneware with a “wood look” color or even with Mediterranean-style tiles. In this case, the principle of the presence of natural wood can fulfill kitchen cabinets, a table and chairs.

A kitchen apron is perhaps the most suitable place for the embodiment of marine fantasies. There may be Mediterranean tiles, and glass with photo printing, and tiles with drawings on the marine theme. Or a mosaic of azure hues, so reminiscent of a splash of waves. Little life hack: try using a transparent blue mosaic interspersed with gold foil. With proper lighting, you will get not just waves, but also the sun playing in them.

Bathroom

The design of the bath in a marine style will look logical. After all, this room, like no other, brings us closer to great water. Add to the classic white plumbing a blue mosaic on the floor and walls - and you are already as if visiting Poseidon. A round mirror in a white or white-blue striped frame, or even decorated in the form of a helm, wooden cabinets and shelves, towels and bathroom accessories in the “marine” range, decorative starfish and sinks complete the picture.

If you are ready to complicate your task a little, but to create a truly unique interior, then wall tiles, which add up to a large picture of a marine theme, are also suitable. And the floor can be laid out with real sea pebbles - its relief will not only remind you of the sea beach, but it will also be nice to massage your feet. However, a more practical option would be a bath mat with a relief and a pattern that imitates pebbles - small under a sink or covering the entire surface of the floor.

In memory of the sea, vacation

When the main interior is ready, the most interesting time comes - filling it with those pleasant little things that give the house a character and personality. Copper or brass fixtures in a marine style, paintings and photographs depicting large water, sea atlases and maps, thematic decorative figures, photo frames, decorated with stripes of blue and white colors, shells or patterns in a marine style. The main thing is to choose what awakens your memories and excites your imagination. Then even the native walls will help you feel closer to the big water, prepare for the new summer and new sea voyages.