The design of the Romanesque kitchen was created in Italy, where the original requirements for a comfortable workspace for cooking, taking into account centuries-old traditions, were formed. The style of the Romanesque style has a long history, because its creation took a long period of time, connecting the life of ordinary people and the aristocracy.
When arranging kitchens, Italians combine the traditions of antique luxury and the simplicity of country life, creating a comfortable and cozy place where the hostess and her assistants spend a lot of time preparing food for a large family.
Modern kitchen, arranged in Romanesque style, allows you to organically combine high-tech appliances that help you quickly cook a variety of dishes, and archaic kitchen utensils, without which it is difficult to cook traditional food according to national recipes.
Room decoration
Important! The Romanesque style assumes the presence of powerful walls, an overhanging ceiling, a marble floor, heavy doors with an arched opening and the same windows decorated with stained glass.
For the decoration of the room, marble, granite or brick is chosen so that everything in the kitchen looks majestic and durable. Contrasting textures are often used in Italian-style kitchen designs.
There you can see exposed brickwork, decorated with decorative elements. Bare brickwork does not disturb the overall harmonious space as long as there are shiny metal accessories in the kitchen. It helps to visually highlight the brilliance of stainless steel and enhance the beauty of the marble countertop of the worktop installed in the middle of the kitchen.
On a note! The room where the Romanesque kitchen is located may have roughly plastered walls.
To give the room a noble look, the lower part of poorly processed walls is sheathed with dark wood panels. The textured plaster remaining in the upper part is perfectly combined with a beautiful stucco ceiling cornice.
An apron is always laid out in the work area using mosaic tiles in shades of white and green.
The ceiling can be designed in country style. The volumetric wooden beams located along between the white areas of the plaster will look original. They are needed to create the illusion of a medieval room. If the ceiling is high, then a massive forged chandelier is installed in its center, hanging on a long chain.
Multilevel ceilings also have a right to exist in this style. They create the effect of a roughly laid vault of a room deep in a medieval castle. Such ceilings significantly reduce the overall height of the walls. Then they refuse from the chandelier and use side lamps.
The floor in such an interior must be solid and reliable. In private houses, it is most often made from stone tiles or its imitation. Decorative materials are used for zoning the kitchen. To create the effect of a medieval room, areas of the floors are laid out with imitation paving stones or unglazed ceramic tiles.
Apartments use dark wood. Wooden floors are made from wide oak or ash floorboards. The floor is painted with dark brown paint. In the dining area, a hand-made lint-free rug is placed on the floor.
Passages are made in the form of arches lined with rough stone, red brick or their imitation. The arches are made high, up to the ceiling, to emphasize the stylistic originality.
Which headset to choose
The right furniture completes the medieval ambiance. To create a mixture of antique and provincial image, expensive gilded furniture is placed against the background of roughly finished walls.
On a note! All furniture is decorated with decorative carving, embossing and stucco molding, luxurious inlays, wrought iron elements, stained glass.
Kitchen furniture consists of solidly made items and can be light in color. Ivory color is common, which looks spectacular against the background of dark walls. Available in bold green or lavender colors. Rich natural tones are common in Mediterranean interiors. This could be:
The darker the furniture fronts, the lighter the walls should be and vice versa. For an economical option, choose plank furniture decorated with carvings and forged finishes.
Roughly trimmed chairs with padded seats and high backs are arranged against the wall and dining table. They can be painted with bright paint or varnished.
Stools made of cedar, spruce or oak will look good in such kitchens. Sometimes in the interior of the kitchen in the Romanesque style, rough benches are used. Wicker baskets are placed on them, braided bottles for decoration.
On a note! A special feature of the Romanesque kitchen is the island work area, which partially serves as a dining table.
It should fit into the overall interior of the room in color and finish and be illuminated by a wrought-iron chandelier hanging low right above the center of the table. The tabletop of such a table is made of natural marble or artificial stone, which makes it eternal in use.
The dining table for guests is often located in the living room. It should match the color and style of the rest of the furniture in the kitchen, if these two rooms are combined.
On the walls there are a large number of wall cabinets with transparent or translucent inserts on the doors. They are decorated with decorative elements stylized as antiquity.
Romanesque kitchen furniture is often custom made. The headsets are created so that they organically integrate the household appliances necessary in the kitchen.
Romanesque kitchen design
Luxurious furnishings are balanced with details of the commoner lifestyle. A collection of decorative plates or antique copper pans is placed on a wall free of furniture.
A large number of copper and earthenware, located in an open space, hanging on the walls, standing on benches and open shelves, numerous baskets remind of the life of ordinary working people.
Above the stove is a massive hood, which is an integral part of the Romanesque style. Spices are stored on the shelves in small clay pots - these are also decorative elements, of course, which also have practical applications. On open shelves or in wall cabinets with glass doors, there are metal cans of tea and cereals. The walls are hung with bunches of garlic, onions, which wait in the wings and perform a decorative function.
The logical conclusion of the style is created with the help of textiles. Linen embroidered tablecloths and napkins, chair covers, decorative pads on benches are used.
For side lighting, sconces are used, made in the form of forged lanterns. They create a cozy atmosphere in the kitchen and match the overall style.
On the front door, instead of a modern handle, a forged ring is used. The door is decorated with wrought iron hinges and locks.
On the window in the interior of the kitchen, a Roman blind looks good, which is lowered and raised with the help of special devices. The cornice for her is made of dark wood, matching it to the color of the floors or wood panels on the walls.
