Antique kitchen interior: photos, design features, choice of colors and materials, examples of antique-style design, video

In recent years, an interesting trend has become increasingly visible in interior decoration: the more modern finishing materials appear on the market, the higher the demand for natural ones. And it’s not even that people are not sure about the harmlessness of laminate, vinyl or plastic. Tiredness from the techno and minimalism present everywhere is taking its toll.

The antique kitchen interior gives a feeling of calm and orderliness

You can only take a break from the fast pace of life at home. Only here is it possible to surround yourself with those things that bring joy and make you forget about your problems.

A kitchen corner in an antique style, decoration and furnishings of the kitchen made from natural materials, are the best way to help a city dweller, tired of the hustle and bustle, solve this problem.

Characteristic features of an antique kitchen interior

For obvious reasons, antique design does not allow the use of plastic and glass furniture, chrome fittings, synthetic carpeting, LED and neon lamps, as well as ultra-modern household appliances on display.

Antique kitchen styling options

Speaking about ways to decorate an antique kitchen, it should be noted that there is no single retro style. The decoration of a medieval German kitchen and the furnishings of a cookhouse in a Russian hut at the end of the 19th century differed significantly from each other. Therefore, before you start selecting materials, furniture and accessories to style your kitchen antique, you should decide on its “national-temporal” affiliation.

The interior of an antique kitchen suggests many styles

From the total number of retro-style branches existing today, four prevailing options for decorating kitchen premises can be distinguished:

The Norman castle style is a product of the dark Middle Ages, which is characterized by the use of rough-hewn stone, forged elements, dark solid wood and Gothic forms in furniture decor.
Biedermeier, also known as the burgher style, is the embodiment of European bourgeois sentimentality, a direction that is characterized by: high-quality wooden furniture in light colors, embossed striped wallpaper, textile accessories with floral motifs, porcelain figurines and other cute trinkets.
English country is a style that involves the widespread use of mats, wicker or simple wooden furniture painted in light colors, as well as decorative textiles decorated with embroidery, draperies, ruffles and frills.
Slavic rustic style is an abundance of carved wooden objects, ceramic pots, cast iron pots, samovars, painted tiles, Gzhel, chintz with small flowers or checkered patterns and homespun linen curtains trimmed with homemade crocheted lace.

General principles of antique kitchen styling

The color scheme in which the interior of an “antique” kitchen is designed should be as natural as possible - ecru, sanjan, terracotta, beige, muted versions of blue, grass green and brown tones, complemented by milky, pearl gray and fawn form the base of shades acceptable for decoration kitchens in retro style. The use of lime whitewash is important for finishing kitchen walls; wooden eurolining or block house; matte, antique effect, tiles or decorative plaster.

When styling your kitchen antique, don’t forget about household appliances and plumbing fixtures

Corresponding to the given style, beautiful, practical and durable covering for the kitchen floor is porcelain tiles. In addition to gres, the floors in a retro kitchen can be laid with thick tongue-and-groove boards or oak parquet, which will have to be given a slight artificial wear for authenticity.

Advice. If funds for repairs are extremely limited, it is permissible to cover the floor in the kitchen with high-quality linoleum that imitates natural wood.

The antique kitchen ceiling can be extremely laconic, painted or bleached, or decorated with false beams and clapboard.

Retro style kitchen furniture

When starting to furnish, you should remember the main point: at the beginning of the 20th century, and even more so in the 19th, such a concept as a “set” and its material embodiment was simply absent in nature. In those kitchens there were sideboards, chests of drawers, buffets and dining tables with “secret” pull-out drawers. Therefore, if there is a great and sincere desire to make the interior the way it was then, you should not look for a set. Simply replace the usual upper drawers with shelving-type shelves, that is, completely open, and the lower section with cabinets with hinged doors, characteristic of that time. And at the same time, the finishing of the upper section can be strikingly different from the lower: in those days this was the norm.

To create a retro style in the kitchen, you don’t have to buy a set; the furniture can consist of cabinets, chests of drawers and a sideboard

What options are there for those who want to have a unique retro kitchen as part of the furnishing process? There are actually five of them:

turn to your grandmother’s and great-grandmother’s “stocks” (furniture that lives out its life in dachas) and restore it;
visit antique shops and stores;
immerse yourself in the Internet and explore thematic sites and communities;
buy completely new items, stylized for a specific era;
think over and order furnishings according to an individual project.

Modern furniture companies create beautiful and functional retro-style kitchen furniture

Family “stocks” can greatly surprise you: sometimes real treasures are hidden in dachas and other unique “warehouses”, to which you just need to apply quite accessible restoration methods. If there are no such stocks or the furniture is no longer in the same condition, antique shops will help, but this is a rather labor-intensive (in terms of searching) and expensive method. Although at flea markets everything will cost pennies.

At flea markets you can sometimes find absolutely unique furniture that will highlight the style of the interior and become its highlight.

If you want rare antiquities, but do not want to furnish the kitchen with “trash” that has fallen into disrepair, you should look in stores for high-quality stylized sets. Retro is at a premium today, so many companies offer items that perfectly replicate the era of your choice. At the same time, you can even save money, since expensive solid wood is now being replaced, for example, by MDF with polyvinyl chloride. Although such material for retro is absolutely frank bad manners.

Furniture for an antique kitchen

The furniture in a retro kitchen should be of good quality, solid, preferably made of solid oak, walnut or beech, or, in extreme cases, pine or MDF boards lined with natural veneer. The facades of such furniture are, as a rule, decorated with carvings, stained glass and inlays, and all the fittings for cabinets and sideboards are made of noble bronze or brass.

Advice. The retro style is not characterized by the use of pencil cases and prefabricated “walls” - massive tables and stools, free-standing buffets, bookcases, display cases and sideboards perfectly convey the spirit of bygone times.

Retro style plumbing

When decorating an antique kitchen, you shouldn’t forget about the plumbing. The appearance of taps, mixers and sinks must correspond to the overall stylistic decision, so there should be no chrome or nickel in a retro kitchen. Copper or bronze taps with valves instead of levers, brass or stone sinks are the best option for such premises.

It is better to purchase furniture for an antique-style kitchen from natural materials - for example, solid wood

Let's talk about tables separately

If you like to receive guests or gather with the whole family for dinner, you should be especially careful when choosing a table. Ergonomists have calculated that a person needs at least 70 cm of space to feel comfortable at the table. These figures should be taken into account when ordering a dining table.

Types of tables

Round and oval.
No wonder this table symbolizes unity and equality. At such a table, a large number of people will find themselves in the same conditions. The difficulty is that it takes up too much space and does not move towards the wall. The oval table has the same characteristics, but can accommodate even more people.
Square and rectangular.
This table is comfortable and functional. Installed in the center of the room, it is suitable for a large family, and when moved to the wall it will take up less space. The square table in the corner can only seat two people.
Triangular, polygonal and irregular shapes.
These tables are not suitable for every family, but they attract attention and can be used for special occasions.

On a note!

Master cabinetmakers have created antique dining sets for the kitchen! In our catalog you can choose sets consisting of tables, chairs and benches: “Mark”, “Tor” or “Grand”.

Small details are important too

The feeling of antiquity, reliability and deep symbolism in the kitchen is created not only by high-quality, rough solid wood furniture. Small details also contribute to maintaining the unique image of an ancient room. When creating an interior in this style, craftsmen use forged elements - cabinet handles, shelf sides and door hinges. The doors of the cabinets are decorated with stained glass or frosted glass, reminiscent of the frosty windows of a village hut.

We create the severity and angularity of a country house with the help of a massive ceiling protruding above the top drawers, or a cornice that hides additional lighting.

Interior accessories for a vintage kitchen

In creating a characteristic atmosphere of antiquity, specific interior accessories play a special role, such as:

designer retro lamps;
picturesque bundles of garlic and hot peppers;
pots with herbs;
strangely shaped glass jars;
decorative textiles with checkered or small flowers;
Cast iron frying pans and copper ladle hung on the walls.

To conclude this list of tips, it should be said that when decorating an antique kitchen, you don’t need to mindlessly copy other people’s ideas and design finds. The needs of each person are individual, and therefore a truly comfortable and cozy home is one that ideally matches the needs and tastes of its owner.

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