Dutch-style house projects: an old respectable Joyce & Jeroen mansion and a modernist design from Personal Architecture, Hague, the Netherlands.

dutch style in the interior will definitely be appreciated by those who prefer not to choose complex designs, but at the same time want to see their home cozy and warm enough. The Dutch style is created using predominantly natural materials, which gives the rooms a special charm of the Dutch provinces.

The northern and for many mysterious country has always been known for its history of navigation and luxurious tulips, and therefore the interior of a Dutch-style house must be filled with marine and floral elements and compositions.

Secrets of attractive style

Dutch design has one distinctive feature, which can already be determined from the photo of rooms decorated in a similar style. This is the decoration of the house both outside and inside with red brick. Use this environmentally friendly pure material can be for decoration separate zones in the kitchen, hallway, living room.

It is not recommended to use brick in the interior of a bedroom or children's room, as it muffles (and even neutralizes) the feeling of comfort. One more feature Dutch direction in the interior can be called the use of ceramic tiles of different sizes.

Dutch style can be used for interior decoration country house or cottages. There will be no particular problems with the use of this direction in the design and arrangement of a city apartment. You can often see Dutch design in high-end restaurants and cafes. When choosing this style, it is necessary to proceed from considerations of comfort and coziness, but do not forget about practicality.

Color palette

In the Dutch style must be present different shades brown, burgundy, beige, yellow and blue. A Dutch-style kitchen looks great if you use brown tones for its design.

The bedroom involves the use of lighter, beige shades. The living room looks cozy if you arrange it in yellow and use brickwork to decorate the space by the fireplace, windows, separate areas that need to be highlighted.

Dutch bathroom design is the use of tiles in beige shades with splashes of blue or pink of different shapes and sizes.

Basic materials

When choosing a Dutch style for your home, keep in mind that preference should be given natural materials. For the floor, it is best to choose parquet made of natural dark wood. Laminate is considered cheaper options, but it should also imitate natural wood.

For the floor, you can choose high-quality ceramic tiles with a surface similar to natural stone. Be sure to consider the main rule - flooring should be as dark as possible, this will help create the necessary contrast with the furniture, ceiling and walls.

Compared to the floor, the walls are light when choosing a Dutch design. You can choose not only pure White color, but also the lightest shades of beige, yellow or blue.

Wall plastering is widely used, which recreates the effect natural stone. Especially popular with designers brickwork using dark red brick. With its help, you can also divide the room into zones.

The Dutch interior will not be fully sustained if you do not pay attention to the ceiling. Preferably on the ceiling wooden beams that match the color of the floor. This approach to design will give the interior a certain charm. You can deviate from this rule if the ceiling in the house is low. In this case, it is better to use a pure white color, which will help expand the area of \u200b\u200bthe room.

Whenever possible, when choosing a Dutch style, use as many natural finishing materials. Not only tiles and bricks are widely used, but also glass and wood of various species.

Furniture selection

Furnishing an apartment in style typical house Holland provides for the use of a little rough and extremely massive furniture quite simple geometric shapes. The severity of such furniture somewhat smoothes the use for it. external design leather and glass. The legs of the sofa, chairs and cabinets should be curved.

The main feature of the Dutch style is the obligatory presence in the room of a wooden cabinet for dishes, the shape of which was invented by the indigenous people of the country. Behind the glass doors in such a cabinet there must be plates and cups made of light blue porcelain.

An integral part of the interior in Holland is the presence of a fireplace in the living room, which is best finished with ceramics or bricks. A fireplace in winter will give an unusual feeling of family warmth. The Dutch style also includes the use of an aged wooden chest of drawers.

A massive table and sturdy wicker chairs fit perfectly into the interior of the kitchen. And for the bedroom, designers advise choosing more elegant furniture sets.

Accessories in the interior

Since Holland is considered and was considered a country of sailors, it is desirable to include in the interior under the style of the country geographic Maps, globes, objects related to the sea. The Dutch are recognized connoisseurs of flowers, and therefore you can safely use vases with bouquets, jugs in the design. Look good in the living room and metal candlesticks.

Netherlands

- this is the place where the Dutch style was born and developed, one of the practical and beautiful interiors country style. In some countries, the kingdom of the Netherlands is often called Holland, which is incorrect. South and North Holland are only two of the twelve provinces that make up the kingdom of the Netherlands, although they are the most developed. Thanks to merchant shipping and the fact that South and North Holland more than other provinces communicated with foreign countries, they gained great fame outside their country.

Like the interiors of other countries, the development of the Dutch style was influenced by natural factors and country location.

The Netherlands means "lower lands". This name is justified, since the entire territory of the country is below sea level and at the mouths of major European rivers: the Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt.

In the north, the coast is washed by the North Sea. This northern European country has always had to fight with the water element, with adaptation to the life of coastal lowland lands.

Hydraulic structures were constantly created - dams and dams,

gateways and channels.

Buildings with a peculiar appearance were erected on the lands reclaimed from the ocean.

The Netherlands has few forests and minerals. The soils in the country are practically not suitable for the cultivation of crops, so animal husbandry developed: meat and dairy.

In addition to animal husbandry, the main industries that developed in the Netherlands were navigation, fishing and trade.

Development in the country began in the 17th century after the liberation from Spanish rule and the emergence of the world's first bourgeois republic. The rapid construction of cities began, where the oil-pressing, soap-making, brewing, cloth industries and, along with them, wholesale trade developed.

A flourishing was also achieved in Dutch painting.

Too much dear earth under construction and its shortage led to the construction of houses closely pressed to each other.

They were made narrow, strongly elongated in depth.

Their facades were decorated with high pediments.

There was usually a small courtyard behind the house. Along the banks of river branches and canals, houses stood in one long row.

Driveways were arranged along the canals, embankments were planted green spaces. Picturesquely looked at home among the water and greenery.

The houses were not luxurious palaces, on the contrary, everything in them was rational and economical.

Although outwardly modest, inside they were distinguished by comfort and coziness.

It was not for nothing that Peter I, who visited Holland in the 17th century, decided to build the Russian capital, Petersburg, according to the models of Dutch cities.

The Dutch house looks attractive with a plastered and whitewashed facade against the backdrop of garden greenery.

The interior is not inferior to the outside.

Colors used in interior design in the Dutch style: white, color eggshell, yellow, blue, a little red, ocher, brown, beige.

WALLS

Plastered and painted in colors: light ocher or pale blue.

The main thing is that the walls look light. They may not be perfectly smooth, they are plastered with large structural plaster and creates the effect of clumsily plastered walls. But at the same time, the comfort and atmosphere of an old village house is created.

Wall decoration with bricks and artificial stone is widespread.

It is used both outside

as well as inside the house.

Brickwork is used in the interior for zoning space.

Also used natural stone or light brick.

The walls, like the ceiling, are often decorated decorative beams and balusters.

Wallpaper is better not to use.

Mostly used parquet natural wood or, as an alternative, a laminate that resembles natural wood as much as possible.

Good on the floor and boards made of solid wood.

Often, ceramic tiles of different sizes are used for the floor, similar to natural stone.

It is important that the floor is dark in color.

CEILING

Dark, matching the floor, wooden beams and balusters will serve as a decoration for the ceiling.

Often they are "aged" and decorated with wood carvings.

WINDOW

Classical Dutch windows are a frame of small glass with partitions that divide the window into squares or rectangles.

Often windows are decorated with glass painting or stained-glass windows.

LIGHTING

Natural lighting is used as much as possible. An openwork bronze chandelier is appropriate in the Dutch interior.

TILES

Interior decoration with magnificent tiles is inherent in the Dutch style.

They decorated stoves, fireplaces

and just the walls in the rooms. Dutch is very elegant.

Artfully made tiles look very elegant.

Blue Delft and Rotterdam carpet tiles are a unique decoration for a Dutch-style home.

Tiles were painted with subjects: landscapes, images sea vessels, windmills, pastures and scenes from the life of the Dutch.

TEXTILE and CARPETS

Curtains in a small cage

and curtains that do not prevent the penetration of sunlight.

Lace doilies on the shelves

Tablecloths on tables

Homespun rugs

Oriental rugs and tapestries

Canvas covered with picturesque compositions

FURNITURE

Made of natural wood, decorated in " architectural style". This means that in appearance furniture reproduces the facade of the building.

The glass doors of the cupboards are divided into squares of glass just like the windows on the facade of the building, and the sides of the cupboards are decorated with turrets and columns.

The Dutch invented a slide for dishes, where beautiful blue and white dishes are placed on open or glazed shelves.

Wooden chests of drawers and tables should look darkened with age or painted.

There are hand-painted furniture facades.

Chairs with wicker seats.

Wicker chairs.

Chairs and armchairs upholstered in leather or fabric.

Dutch-style furniture is often coarse and massive, but comfortable and comfortable.

It cannot, however, be argued that among Dutch furniture there is no place for luxurious models.

The legs of tables, chairs, armchairs and sofas are slightly curved.

Wood carving is widely used in the design of furniture, which gives it originality and sophistication.

There are also pieces of furniture inlaid with glass, leather or metal.

ACCESSORIES

Wicker baskets

Copper items: pots,

candlesticks

and other copper interior items.

White and blue dishes in the cabinets and decorative ceramic plates on the walls

Fragile porcelain figurines

Silver things.

Mirror in a dark carved frame

hunting trophies

Old geographical maps. Respect and love for maps lives in the blood of the descendants of brave sailors.

A globe will not be superfluous in a Dutch interior.

Renowned Dutch painting and engravings framed in a baguette.

Houses are decorated not only with landscapes, still lifes, portraits, but also with images interior decoration Houses. Dutch artists saw beauty in everyday things, in everyday household trifles. Their paintings reflect such a quiet and comfortable life of simple things, filled with special meaning. An example of such a painting “The Old Woman by the Fireplace” by J. Vrel, middle of the 17th century

or “A Room in a Dutch House” by P. Jansens Oeming, 1660s, “Kitchen” by P. K. van Slingeland, 1648. These works are filled with feelings and sensations of the value of ordinary Everyday life people in a simple and cozy home world.

Tulip vases,

and a variety of ceramic and porcelain products

Wall clock in a lacquer case

Works of Chinese and Japanese art were brought to the Dutch maritime country and decorated with them: vases, trays, lamps, and more.

In the Netherlands they love and know how to plant fresh flowers. The country is famous for its tulips, numbering hundreds of different species.

Everything in the interior of a Dutch house is subject to a game of contrasts: dark floors and light walls, light window sills and dark flower pots On him. At the same time, the house is in perfect harmony with the surrounding nature.

Active navigation and trade of the Netherlands with many countries influenced the way of life and ways of life. local population. The exoticism of distant lands, the sophistication and sophistication of France, Italy and Flanders (close neighbors) have found their place in the culture and everyday life of the people of the Netherlands.

The phrase " dutch houses” is usually associated with the famous castles of Amsterdam. At the same time, it should be taken into account that the architecture of the Dutch capital is special. The houses of the central part of the city are old, tall and narrow. They can have several apartments: one on each of the four or five floors. But it happens that only one family lives in such a ‘palace’. Or even one person.

In Leiden, a university city of 121,000, there are few such mansions. The city is filled mainly with two-three-story buildings, closely adjacent to each other. Multicolored, pretty and well-groomed, they are pleasing to the eye, give the impression of joy and contentment. Multi-apartment buildings(no higher than ten stories) are smaller, and they do not seem to be foreign bodies at all, but fit perfectly into the overall landscape. There is little greenery in the city, but there are many channels. Living by the water is especially prestigious: for the Dutch it is very important beautiful view from the window.

I have been living in Leiden for more than twenty years and during this time I have visited very many houses there. I want to tell about them. But I note that instead of Leiden, with few exceptions, any other Dutch city could appear. The picture is the same everywhere. Not about architecture - you can't blame the Netherlands for its poverty. As for the interior layout.

So, houses and apartments. Let's start with the first. Opening the door, you enter small hallway and immediately you see an unusually steep staircase leading to the second floor. Unprepared people may be frightened: yes, how to climb such a place? And then go down again? In fact, it is not so scary if you take your time and hold on to the railing. Going upstairs, you see the doors of the bathroom and the bathroom (the latter is also downstairs), as well as two or three, sometimes four doors leading to the bedrooms - usually small. Approximately the same on the third floor, under the roof. And it happens that there is only one a large room. Or a tiny attic - then the house is essentially two-story. And again about the stairs. She is not only cool, but often also screw. Climbing up it, beware of the narrow part of the steps. On my first visit to the Netherlands, I knew nothing about this, and it almost turned into a disaster. I was visiting, and the hostess asked me to take her five-month-old baby upstairs. At some point, I almost lost my footing, and in my arms - a child. I will never forget the horror and panic that overwhelmed me. Fortunately, everything ended well.

On the ground floor there is a living room, where, unlike the bedrooms, exemplary order reigns. This is understandable: you receive guests here, so you won’t scatter clothes and papers. The living room is a large elongated rectangle. There is usually little furniture: dinner table, low table(with the same vase of flowers), a sofa and armchairs. Of course, TV and other equipment. And bookcases. True, some of them are placed at the top, while others do not have them at all. But the walls of many Dutch houses are decorated with paintings. Their authors are often the residents themselves or one of their relatives and friends. I will allow myself such a generalization: while Russians love and appreciate literature and themselves manifest themselves primarily in the art of the word, for the Dutch this area is painting. I am not a professional connoisseur, but some works of amateur artists seem to me to be real masterpieces. I’m interested: “Were you exhibited?” "No, why?" Sometimes I risk asking: “Maybe you will sell it?” "What do you?! This is a family treasure!”

The windows facing the street are large and often without curtains. Therefore, walking around the evening city, you can see a lot of interesting things. The kitchen is also on the ground floor; in new houses it is not a separate room, but part of the living room. From the kitchen or living room - access to the garden, its size varies from several square meters up to a hectare or more. Carefully manicured flower beds require a lot of effort and time. You can’t let things go by themselves - the garden will be overgrown with giant weeds. Therefore, some simply ruthlessly fill the ground with concrete.

Who lives in such a house? A logical answer suggests itself: family, i.e. mom, dad and kids. Often it is. Then one, two or three bedrooms are children's, each child usually has his own room. But the children grow up and leave, and the "old people" are left alone in big house. Some choose to sell it and move into an apartment. Others, tied to their long-term dwelling, remain in it until the end of their days.

However, a two- or three-story house can be purchased not only by a family with children, but also by a childless couple. Or even one person. In this case, one of the bedrooms becomes, for example, an office, the other - a library. Clothes are hung up and ironed in the attic. No one will condemn the owner of a large house, living there alone. Why not - if he has the desire and means? By the way, houses (as well as apartments) are not necessarily property, they can also be municipal. The rent, however, is high, comparable to monthly mortgage payments. But poor tenants are eligible for a government subsidy.

That's all about the houses for now, the Dutch apartment is next in line. However, its description will take only a few lines. The living room and several bedrooms are located on the same level. And sometimes - on two, such apartments are called 'maisonette'. Instead of a garden - a balcony or a loggia. There are usually three or four rooms in total, very rarely two. And extremely rarely - alone. Apartments in new buildings can look very chic. Recently I was in one, the living room area was 80 square meters. meters. A giant, beautifully furnished square.

If apartments in new buildings are so interesting, then houses of the 16th-17th-18th centuries are even more so. Not suitable for everyone standard description: salon-stairs-bedrooms-attic. There are buildings with many levels and sublevels, and, accordingly, several ladders - small and large. It happens that on the first floor there are a lot of rooms - earlier there was obviously a workshop or a shop there. Or lived servants. AT village houses special attention deserve special built-in wardrobes: from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century, they served as bedrooms, about the benefits fresh air did not think then.

One house in the center of Leiden particularly struck me. The living room, as usual, is downstairs. And the kitchen and dining room rise above it like a gallery above the stage. Maybe there used to be a small theater there?

How to see all this? To do this, it is not necessary to live in Holland and often visit. On the second weekend of September, a day is held throughout the country open doors. You can freely enter buildings that are architectural monuments and at the same time ordinary residential buildings. This day is popular not only among tourists, but also among the local population. Sometimes in your own city and even on a neighboring street you can find a house full of curiosities. A small country - at first impressions, calm and predictable - never ceases to amaze.

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notable relationship with scandinavian style, but at the same time a much greater penchant for futurism and minimalism, completely unexpected design moves and solutions, and unconditional originality - all this describes modern Dutch interior design as accurately as possible.

Portal The Architect offers a dozen really interesting and original projects interiors residential buildings in the Netherlands implemented in recent years.

Residence Villa Rotterdam by Ooze (2010)

Originally this villa, located in Rotterdam, was an original building from the early 20th century with two completely different extensions from 1991 and 2003. As a result, through the efforts of architects and designers from the Ooze studio, Villa Rotterdam acquired a completely new look: the outside of the building now looks like a traditional Dutch farm, but with windows unusual shape. Cardinal changes also took place inside: the villa was completely redesigned, creatively dividing the space into zones, where designers combined perfectly different styles and materials.

Two-story Singel Loft by Laura Alvarez Architecture (2012)

The main idea behind the design of this apartment in Amsterdam was to create a continuous space. As a result, sliding hazel panels separate the living room from the hallway on the ground floor, and only a staircase separates the dining room from the kitchen. By the way, the kitchen is the heart of the loft, as its owner loves to cook. On the second floor there are two bedrooms and a bathroom between them, as well as a deep 11-meter closet, which was made specifically for this project and acts as both a dressing room and a pantry.

H House by Wiel Arets Architects (2011)

This futuristic house of glass and concrete, located in Maastricht, was created especially for a young and talented couple - an actor and a dancer who are also fond of landscape design and set up a garden behind the house. The interior is marked with an open plan, decorated in light colors and designed in a minimalist style. Instead of bearing walls columns are used here, and all other walls are made of glass. Privacy is achieved through thick curtains. And another highlight of this house is the original staircase suspended in the air.

House G by Maxwan Architects (2007)

Today it is hard to believe that this wonderful house in Geldermalsen was previously nothing more than an old barn. Architects and designers have literally redone everything here: they have changed the number, size and arrangement of windows, updated the facade and made redevelopment. Now, in the living room combined with the kitchen, the owners of the house relax, receive guests and arrange wine tastings for customers. And the main role here is played by an incredible design, which is at the same time a kitchen, a closet, a staircase and a bookcase.

Townhouse Black Pearl by Studio Rolf.fr + Zecc Architecten (2011)

This house in Rotterdam is actually over a century old, with 30 recent years he was completely abandoned. But then talented designers took over him, giving him new life. Outside, the building was painted black, and inside, 5 colors (white, black and three shades of gray) were used, which made it possible to place accents in the space. After a radical re-planning, the Black Pearl was divided into three floors, placing a workshop on them, from which there is access to a small bamboo garden, and several semi-open spaces (for example, a kitchen, a dining room, bedrooms, etc.). And on the roof of the house, from where a wonderful view of the city opens, a jacuzzi was equipped.

Church of Living Apartments by Zecc Architects (2008)

AT northern countries more and more abandoned churches appear every year. However, in order to preserve historic buildings, they are being repurposed for other purposes. So the church of St. Jacobus in Utrecht turned into a residential building. At the same time, the designers tried to make as few changes as possible inside, leaving a strong wooden floor and doors, incredible stained glass windows, arches and columns. And even the pews have found their way into the dining room.

Small Apartment by i29 Interior Architects (2010)

The area of this apartment in Amsterdam is only 45 m². Therefore, in order to create a cozy and comfortable space, the designers made a complete redevelopment and compactly placed all the details of the interior. The furniture is built in to the maximum and seems to be hidden behind a solid wooden facade, and only a few bright color accents(for example, a green sofa) enliven the light color scheme of the apartment.

House Like Village by Marc Koehler Architects (2011)

This residential building, located in a picturesque location on the shores of the bay in Amsterdam, used to be a large dining room, from the huge windows of which a simply incredible view opened. When remodeling the building, the designers kept these windows because they fit perfectly with their concept: to create many small "houses" inside one building. Now all residential areas are separated from each other, and you can go from one to another along a kind of "streets". At the same time, the space still remains open, although if necessary, complete privacy can be easily achieved.

Modern Villa House by BBVH Architecten (2009)

The main difference of this modern villa in The Hague is its huge multi-level terraces, oriented to the reservoir, and, of course, the deep black color of the facade. At the same time, the interior is the exact opposite of the exterior: predominantly white in the interior and bright accents in the form of paintings and multi-colored sofas fill the villa with light and air.

Rieteiland House by Hans van Heeswijk Architects (2011)

The architect and designer Hans van Heesvik built this house in Amsterdam for himself and his family. Thanks to the all-glass façade, occupants can constantly admire the beautiful views and, if necessary, hide behind automatic aluminum panels. Van Heeswiek also took the opportunity to design almost everything in the house himself.

Ecology of life. Manor: The special atmosphere of the Dutch province fascinates lovers of traditional suburban architecture. Dutch houses may remind you of American ones, since it was the Dutch colonists who had a lot of weight in American culture (especially in the North-East of the country). So, the Dutch house is a bit like the house of the American dream, it is also built of wood according to frame technology and has attic floor as a level for bedrooms and bathrooms.

The special atmosphere of the Dutch province fascinates lovers of traditional suburban architecture. Dutch houses may remind you of American ones, since it was the Dutch colonists who had a lot of weight in American culture (especially in the North-East of the country). So, the Dutch house is a bit like the American dream house, it is also built of wood using frame technology and has an attic floor as a level for the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Even modern Dutch houses have a special energy of tradition, but they are more comfortable and functional, have an extended glazing format, which attracts lovers of modernity and minimalism.

high ceilings, narrow windows, elongated shape

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This is how you can describe the main visual parameters of most Dutch houses. True, if they are especially large (estates, landhauses), they do not look as elongated as the project in the photo above. Houses in the center, for example, on the street near the canals in Amsterdam, also have an elongated shape.

Traditional style

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A traditional Dutch attic house has one or two levels under the roof and the first main one - with two living rooms, a dining room and a kitchen. The house has only 3 to 6 bedrooms, it has a fairly large format with spacious rooms.

The facade of the house is painted in neutral greys, whites, blue shades, the roof is gray, black, pale brown, there are shutters on the windows in white frames, siding is sometimes used for decoration along with plaster.

Modern style

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AT modern version used panoramic glazing in black frames, which is emphasized by the strict lines of the terrace and geometric landscape design. The facades are finished with plaster and decorative panels. various types but neutral colors.

Ultra modern style

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Ultra-modern Dutch designs are moving away from attic type floor planning. Such houses retain only a neutral color scheme in exterior and interior design, but otherwise similar to many German or English designs.

A touch of gothic

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AT traditional style there is another variety with particularly sharp roofs that make the houses look like Victorians. Sometimes fachwerk finishing is used in the exterior. Such houses are usually located not in the province, but in the suburbs and have either a townhouse format or separately. standing house in a narrow area.

Reconstruction