Mankind came up with paintings to decorate a house many years ago. To transfer visual images, thoughts, emotions to the canvas with the help of paints, brushes began literally at the beginning of the last millennium, while the drawings on the walls with the help of improvised tools were still carried out by cavemen.
In the modern world, a variety of graphics, paintings, arts and crafts, allows you to choose the right image, a whole series of them for any room. Loft-style interior paintings have many interesting features that emphasize the unique design.
A loft appeared in America in the 40s of the twentieth century, when due to a sharp increase in prices for renting industrial premises, many owners of factories and plants were forced to move production outside the city. Artists, musicians, actors, other people of art began to occupy the vacant workshops, hangars, attics, equipping their workshops and studios. The cost of renting a part of such a building was slightly lower than the price of a well-equipped dwelling of a similar area, high ceilings, panoramic windows, and plenty of light were a pleasant addition. By the mid-1950s and 1960s, such housing had acquired elite status. Now in these rooms quite wealthy people live, luxurious offices, night rock clubs are equipped.
The paintings of this era did not pretend to create a radically new style of painting or graphics, but as clearly as possible reflected the surrounding reality, the attitude of various artists to it. The vast majority of paintings is characterized by the coldness of colors, the severity of lines, the absence of unnecessary details. Many of them also fit neatly into a minimalist interior. It is important that what is depicted in the picture does not create discord with objects located in the interior itself, so that it is not "superfluous".
Other design features of paintings in the loft style:
the colors are predominantly light, cold, but individual bright compositions are allowed as single contrasts;
a portrait in red-brown tones is suitable for a black-and-white interior, and gray-beige abstractions organically fit into the surrounding of red brick walls, refreshing it;
paintings should be in harmony with other loft decor - ceiling oak beams, shiny pipes, numerous wires, concrete walls, panoramic mirrors in simple frames;
minimalism in design - the less lines, colors, details on the canvas, the more primitive the image, the betterdetailed paintings by realist artists are completely inappropriate here.
The location of each element of the interior should be carefully planned - all unnecessary should be removed immediately.
Canvas Options
Pictures for the loft interior are performed on almost any material:
on traditional linen canvas;
rough processed or completely smooth board;
any fabric stretched over the frame;
on transparent frosted glass;
plain or photo paper;
on the remains of wallpaper;
on primed cardboard, fiberboard, particleboard.
Many options for paintings are easy to do with your own hands, even without being an artist. Collages from pieces of glossy magazines, children's drawings decorated in a home-made frame, abstractions of threads and nails stuffed along a certain contour, color stamps and macro photos will decorate the interior in a loft style.
Selection of paintings
Artistic paintings are selected depending on the taste preferences of the owners of the house, apartment and set the mood for the entire room, periodically updated, replaced by others. When choosing interior paintings by size, the area of the living room should be taken into account - not everyone can boast hundreds of square meters, ceilings, as in a palace. The smaller the dwelling, the more small decor items are placed in it, but very tiny pictures do not look very appropriate.
There are no excessively strict rules, but it is preferable that the paintings create a bright contrast with the surrounding space. Since the main colors of the interior in the loft style are white, gray, brick-brown, it is easy to place a huge variety of art paintings, almost any poster, on their background. The main thing is not to overload the interior with unnecessary details, especially small ones, not too expressive.
Retro, vintage, baroque - paintings of these styles look very shocking in standard "post-Soviet" interiors. Nevertheless, individual elements in the design of loft paintings will be quite appropriate.Volumetric paintings of iron parts, the remains of motorcycles, pipelines, alarms are often very advantageously played out, especially in rooms of a sufficient area.
Portraits
Most often these are reproductions of famous artists of the middle of the last century, such as:
Kazimir Malevich;
Mark Shagal;
Pablo Picasso;
Gustav Klimt;
Vincent Van Gogh;
Frida Kahlo;
Salvador Dali;
Zinaida Serebryakova;
Paul Gauguin.
Many portraits created by modern hyperrealists or amateur artists will also fall into the theme. These can be wide-format images of a person or parts of him, waist-length portraits or full-length, including group ones. Suitable photos of households and just some beautiful people in the framework.
Graphics
The following motives are suitable from graphics, including photographs:
modern metropolis in gray-blue tones;
black and white contours of trees, silhouettes of people, animals, birds;
wide-format multiplication table, black-and-white stand for eye examination;
works by artists Robert Banksy and Andy Warhol.
Large bright posters depicting famous rock musicians, pop stars, politicians will be very appropriate. Screen printing, screen printing will complement the interior in an original way.
Abstraction
A colorful or black and white simplest abstraction is easy to draw on your own simply by picking the colors you like. This may be an uneven gradient transition from one bright color to another, a heap of cubes, balls, curls, blurry faces overlapping each other. One way or another, the concept of abstraction in the interior fits some paintings by famous cubists, fauvists,
From reproductions of paintings by artists, the following are suitable:
The Black Square by K. Malevich;
"Yellow-red-blue" by V. Kandinsky;
"Fiery evening" by P. Klee;
“Painting” by H. Miro;
“Harlequin with a guitar” J. Braque;
"Island" D. Ismailov;
"Love figures" D. Balla.
Paintings in all colors detailing the working mechanisms, various textures, space scenes also look good.
Modular pictures
Segmented or modular paintings are gaining popularity every day. They consist of several parts, of the same or different size, shape, representing diptychs, triptychs or polyptychs. To create them, any image is "divided" into several separate fragments. On the wall, the parts are mounted at an equal distance from each other or slightly randomly, but the image should still be guessed.
Diptychs and triptychs imitating rusty metal canvases are very popular.
Map Image
A modern or ancient geographical map of the world will decorate the central part of the wall. The card is printed from an old book or the Internet using a laser printer, attached to a wall with double-sided tape, or inserted into a frame. The map looks interesting, where the texture of the continents and islands is made as if of brick. Modular, abstract maps of the world, individual countries, continents, lands of "Middle-earth" or "Seven Kingdoms", bright, slightly worn "antique" will fit perfectly into the industrial interior.
A map of the starry sky is also a good solution. It is performed on a solid canvas, from separate modules, in the form of two separate hemispheres - the southern and northern skies.
Wooden paintings
Paintings on wood are performed by decoupage, string art, burning, drawing with pencils and paints, UV printing. Such images do not require frames, and the quality of the wood does not have to be good. The canvas, whipped up from boards from old Euro pallets, will look even more organically than a well-polished fragment of the array.
Volumetric carved panels painted by hand, with the image of industrial, space scenes, also look appropriate.Modular paintings with carved ornaments will create a harmonious ensemble with wooden furniture. They can also be slightly artificially aged.
The image on the wooden surface of the world map, for full compliance with the interior, is done "antique" - pale, with missing fragments, on a cracked canvas eaten by bugs.
Pictures for the kitchen
The kitchen has one bright canvas, a series of pictures designed the dining area. They are placed above the dining table on the wall, hanging shelves. If in the kitchen room there is such a complex element as a ventilation duct that will be in the order of things for the loft style, one or two paintings decorate it. This can be images of vegetables, fruits, bouquets, various pimples stuck on a canvas or board.
Empty frames contrasting with the walls can also be an independent element of the decor. As an option - insert blank sheets of paper into them or stretch a shiny contrasting fabric.
For the interior of the living room
In the interior of the living room, large canvases are most appropriate. A colorful diptych will become a bright frame for a flat-screen TV, and a series of small paintings will decorate the mantelpiece. Around the sofa you can hang colorful photos, pictures in the form of an oval, rectangle, abstract figure.
All images are placed at eye level of a standing or sitting person - the middle of the work is then located at a height of about one and a half meters. If they are hung in a row, then they are aligned on the upper or lower edge. Large canvases are illuminated with individual lamps, LED strip.
Huge floor paintings will decorate the interior wonderfully, but they should be placed in such a way that it is convenient to watch from a distance equal to at least one diagonal of the canvas - for this the room should not be too close so as not to be “butt” to the wall. When floor structures are not fixed, their safe placement must also be considered.If possible, everything that should not be excessively mobile is strengthened with the help of specialists.
Loft-style designs often include a fireplace. Most often it is “fake”, but some amateurs equip quite capable. The mantelpiece in most of the interiors is quite roomy - it contains black and white photographs of the family as part of it, as well as photos of recent years from the best resorts in the world.
If there are mirrors in the room, multiple reflection of the paintings in them should be avoided - this leads to a huge reduction in space.
The choice of paintings in the bedroom
In the bedroom, it is not advisable to place many paintings, especially those made in aggressive colors - red-green, yellow-purple, black-orange, preferring pastel shades, monochrome compositions, sepia.
A large canvas is placed over the head of the bed. If this is a newlyweds bed, the theme of the picture should be about love - colorful hearts, verbal confessions in different languages, graphic images of a pair of swans, lovebirds.
The bedroom often has a dressing room - a small room, a niche behind the partition. This screen also usually has its own pattern, combined with the general background, but the paintings outside it are also selected contrasting.
It is advisable to place the paintings in places inaccessible to the sun, otherwise they have a chance to burn out too quickly.
For children
The children's room in the loft style, in terms of the choice of paintings, gives a huge scope for creativity. Picture decor here can be made not only beautiful, but also functional. Here a realistic, detailed map of the world, posters with letters and syllables, for teaching kids, a multiplication table or road signs will be appropriate. The brightest children's drawings, a panel of cones and daisies are inserted into a frame, placed on a shelf, and collages from pieces of glossy magazines are placed on the back of a bunk bed.The interior can be supplemented with silhouettes of the heroes of your favorite cartoons or large black and white photos of the children themselves.
Location options for paintings
You can place pictures, posters, photo collages anywhere, it is important that they do not clutter up the interior, interfering with normal movement. The most convenient places for these purposes:
shelves - any fit: wall mounted, in cabinets, shelving, above the fireplace. They will accommodate not too large images in the frame. It is possible to place a whole conceptual series;
walls - in any rooms, corridors, above stairs;
ceiling - a wide-format image of the starry sky or any discreet abstraction is placed here;
ledges, niches - paintings within the framework are simply put there or mounted on the wall;
floor - huge images in heavy frames are placed on the floor, in a position leaning against the wall.
It is not recommended to place them where there is a chance to hurt and drop, for example, in the hallway, nursery.
Conclusion
Any house, city apartment, decorated with at least a few paintings, looks very cozy, which is especially important in the spacious rooms of loft terriers. Abstract, picturesque, graphic canvases, if correctly selected, create a unique charm, giving the design a finished look.
It is also important to comply with the intended color scheme. Choosing the colors for rooms with windows facing north or north-west, you should choose warm, as light as possible colors. When it comes to windows to the south, southeast, cold, light or moderately dark colors that are not in violation of the overall harmony of the interior are most acceptable.
Mankind came up with paintings to decorate a house many years ago. To transfer visual images, thoughts, emotions to the canvas with the help of paints, brushes began literally at the beginning of the last millennium, while the drawings on the walls with the help of improvised tools were still carried out by cavemen.
In the modern world, a variety of graphics, paintings, arts and crafts, allows you to choose the right image, a whole series of them for any room. Loft-style interior paintings have many interesting features that emphasize the unique design.
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Features, style features on the canvas
A loft appeared in America in the 40s of the twentieth century, when due to a sharp increase in prices for renting industrial premises, many owners of factories and plants were forced to move production outside the city. Artists, musicians, actors, other people of art began to occupy the vacant workshops, hangars, attics, equipping their workshops and studios. The cost of renting a part of such a building was slightly lower than the price of a well-equipped dwelling of a similar area, high ceilings, panoramic windows, and plenty of light were a pleasant addition. By the mid-1950s and 1960s, such housing had acquired elite status. Now in these rooms quite wealthy people live, luxurious offices, night rock clubs are equipped.
The paintings of this era did not pretend to create a radically new style of painting or graphics, but as clearly as possible reflected the surrounding reality, the attitude of various artists to it. The vast majority of paintings is characterized by the coldness of colors, the severity of lines, the absence of unnecessary details. Many of them also fit neatly into a minimalist interior. It is important that what is depicted in the picture does not create discord with objects located in the interior itself, so that it is not "superfluous".
Other design features of paintings in the loft style:
Canvas Options
Pictures for the loft interior are performed on almost any material:
Many options for paintings are easy to do with your own hands, even without being an artist. Collages from pieces of glossy magazines, children's drawings decorated in a home-made frame, abstractions of threads and nails stuffed along a certain contour, color stamps and macro photos will decorate the interior in a loft style.
Selection of paintings
Artistic paintings are selected depending on the taste preferences of the owners of the house, apartment and set the mood for the entire room, periodically updated, replaced by others. When choosing interior paintings by size, the area of the living room should be taken into account - not everyone can boast hundreds of square meters, ceilings, as in a palace. The smaller the dwelling, the more small decor items are placed in it, but very tiny pictures do not look very appropriate.
There are no excessively strict rules, but it is preferable that the paintings create a bright contrast with the surrounding space. Since the main colors of the interior in the loft style are white, gray, brick-brown, it is easy to place a huge variety of art paintings, almost any poster, on their background. The main thing is not to overload the interior with unnecessary details, especially small ones, not too expressive.
Retro, vintage, baroque - paintings of these styles look very shocking in standard "post-Soviet" interiors. Nevertheless, individual elements in the design of loft paintings will be quite appropriate.Volumetric paintings of iron parts, the remains of motorcycles, pipelines, alarms are often very advantageously played out, especially in rooms of a sufficient area.
Portraits
Most often these are reproductions of famous artists of the middle of the last century, such as:
Many portraits created by modern hyperrealists or amateur artists will also fall into the theme. These can be wide-format images of a person or parts of him, waist-length portraits or full-length, including group ones. Suitable photos of households and just some beautiful people in the framework.
Graphics
The following motives are suitable from graphics, including photographs:
Large bright posters depicting famous rock musicians, pop stars, politicians will be very appropriate. Screen printing, screen printing will complement the interior in an original way.
Abstraction
A colorful or black and white simplest abstraction is easy to draw on your own simply by picking the colors you like. This may be an uneven gradient transition from one bright color to another, a heap of cubes, balls, curls, blurry faces overlapping each other. One way or another, the concept of abstraction in the interior fits some paintings by famous cubists, fauvists,
From reproductions of paintings by artists, the following are suitable:
Paintings in all colors detailing the working mechanisms, various textures, space scenes also look good.
Modular pictures
Segmented or modular paintings are gaining popularity every day. They consist of several parts, of the same or different size, shape, representing diptychs, triptychs or polyptychs. To create them, any image is "divided" into several separate fragments. On the wall, the parts are mounted at an equal distance from each other or slightly randomly, but the image should still be guessed.
Map Image
A modern or ancient geographical map of the world will decorate the central part of the wall. The card is printed from an old book or the Internet using a laser printer, attached to a wall with double-sided tape, or inserted into a frame. The map looks interesting, where the texture of the continents and islands is made as if of brick. Modular, abstract maps of the world, individual countries, continents, lands of "Middle-earth" or "Seven Kingdoms", bright, slightly worn "antique" will fit perfectly into the industrial interior.
A map of the starry sky is also a good solution. It is performed on a solid canvas, from separate modules, in the form of two separate hemispheres - the southern and northern skies.
Wooden paintings
Paintings on wood are performed by decoupage, string art, burning, drawing with pencils and paints, UV printing. Such images do not require frames, and the quality of the wood does not have to be good. The canvas, whipped up from boards from old Euro pallets, will look even more organically than a well-polished fragment of the array.
Volumetric carved panels painted by hand, with the image of industrial, space scenes, also look appropriate.Modular paintings with carved ornaments will create a harmonious ensemble with wooden furniture. They can also be slightly artificially aged.
Pictures for the kitchen
The kitchen has one bright canvas, a series of pictures designed the dining area. They are placed above the dining table on the wall, hanging shelves. If in the kitchen room there is such a complex element as a ventilation duct that will be in the order of things for the loft style, one or two paintings decorate it. This can be images of vegetables, fruits, bouquets, various pimples stuck on a canvas or board.
For the interior of the living room
In the interior of the living room, large canvases are most appropriate. A colorful diptych will become a bright frame for a flat-screen TV, and a series of small paintings will decorate the mantelpiece. Around the sofa you can hang colorful photos, pictures in the form of an oval, rectangle, abstract figure.
All images are placed at eye level of a standing or sitting person - the middle of the work is then located at a height of about one and a half meters. If they are hung in a row, then they are aligned on the upper or lower edge. Large canvases are illuminated with individual lamps, LED strip.
Huge floor paintings will decorate the interior wonderfully, but they should be placed in such a way that it is convenient to watch from a distance equal to at least one diagonal of the canvas - for this the room should not be too close so as not to be “butt” to the wall. When floor structures are not fixed, their safe placement must also be considered.If possible, everything that should not be excessively mobile is strengthened with the help of specialists.
Loft-style designs often include a fireplace. Most often it is “fake”, but some amateurs equip quite capable. The mantelpiece in most of the interiors is quite roomy - it contains black and white photographs of the family as part of it, as well as photos of recent years from the best resorts in the world.
The choice of paintings in the bedroom
In the bedroom, it is not advisable to place many paintings, especially those made in aggressive colors - red-green, yellow-purple, black-orange, preferring pastel shades, monochrome compositions, sepia.
A large canvas is placed over the head of the bed. If this is a newlyweds bed, the theme of the picture should be about love - colorful hearts, verbal confessions in different languages, graphic images of a pair of swans, lovebirds.
The bedroom often has a dressing room - a small room, a niche behind the partition. This screen also usually has its own pattern, combined with the general background, but the paintings outside it are also selected contrasting.
For children
The children's room in the loft style, in terms of the choice of paintings, gives a huge scope for creativity. Picture decor here can be made not only beautiful, but also functional. Here a realistic, detailed map of the world, posters with letters and syllables, for teaching kids, a multiplication table or road signs will be appropriate. The brightest children's drawings, a panel of cones and daisies are inserted into a frame, placed on a shelf, and collages from pieces of glossy magazines are placed on the back of a bunk bed.The interior can be supplemented with silhouettes of the heroes of your favorite cartoons or large black and white photos of the children themselves.
Location options for paintings
You can place pictures, posters, photo collages anywhere, it is important that they do not clutter up the interior, interfering with normal movement. The most convenient places for these purposes:
It is not recommended to place them where there is a chance to hurt and drop, for example, in the hallway, nursery.
Conclusion
Any house, city apartment, decorated with at least a few paintings, looks very cozy, which is especially important in the spacious rooms of loft terriers. Abstract, picturesque, graphic canvases, if correctly selected, create a unique charm, giving the design a finished look.
It is also important to comply with the intended color scheme. Choosing the colors for rooms with windows facing north or north-west, you should choose warm, as light as possible colors. When it comes to windows to the south, southeast, cold, light or moderately dark colors that are not in violation of the overall harmony of the interior are most acceptable.