According to a typical project, the walls were erected within a year from profiled timber, which the architects chose as the main building material. After the winter, which the house withstood according to the technological map of construction, the interior decoration was started.
Style
The design of the house in the Provence style differs from the reference one: the climate of the Moscow region, where the house stands, and the climate of the French province, differ significantly, and the whiteness of the colors of the south is hardly appropriate in the middle lane, which is already devoid of bright accents.
The owners agreed with the designers and gave the go-ahead for the use of rich colors in the interior. The colors themselves are taken from nature, but not diluted with white, they are united by the white background of the walls and natural wood in a light tone.
Furniture
To decorate Provence in a country house, first of all, furniture of this style is needed. But you cannot use it alone - after all, we do not have France. Therefore, some of the furniture is the usual “classic”. Some of the items were bought, some had to be made to order.
Decor
The main theme in the decor is a garden filled with flowers, in which songbirds live. The garden bloomed on the wall at the head of the bed in the parents' bedroom, near the back of the sofa bed in their daughter's room. Irises for the spouses and roses for the girl were painted by Anna Shott, a professional artist. The designers transferred her watercolors to the material, preserving its texture.
Provence in a country house is unthinkable without wrought iron elements. There are enough of them here - the railing of the balcony and terrace, the headboard of the bed and sofa, the upper part of the doorways - all this is decorated with elegant forged lace, made according to design sketches. Together, all these elements seem to transfer the inhabitants of the house to the summer garden.
The birds for the design of the house in the Provence style were also made independently: instead of buying ready-made posters, the project architect chose to make them to order. They bought drawings with images of birds from a famous ornithologist who is also an artist, made a printout on special paper for watercolors and placed them under glass in elegant frames.
Lighting
In the design of a house in the Provence style, it is difficult to do with lighting devices alone, although there are enough of them here: central chandeliers, zone lighting, floor lamps, lamps on tables - everything is available.
However, in summer Provence, almost the main lighting "device" of any interior is the sun shining through the blinds. His drawing, falling on furniture, floors, walls, enlivens the rooms, filling them with warmth and movement.
In this project, the designers also included the sun in the lighting scheme of the house, especially since it stands in a very sunny place. Wooden blinds accentuate the feeling of a summer afternoon in a blooming garden.