Loft-style furniture - cozy and modern do-it-yourself

In the 40s of the twentieth century, the industrial style of decorating their homes became very popular in the USA. It gained popularity due to the lack of affordable low-cost housing for ordinary people. In the course for the arrangement were premises that were not originally intended for living - attics, penthouses, abandoned premises of factories and warehouses. The premises were settled down in haste, because they were left in their original form, only making them livable a little. So a new loft style was formed.

The originality of the loft style is that the space resembles industrial, while being modern and comfortable.

In a short time, creative personalities began to fill out their houses and apartments, in this style, - artists, artists, owners of spacious country houses. Loft has been around for over 60 years. It has no territorial and time limits, because the originality, the unusualness of the interiors in this style perfectly fits into the life positions of creative, free-spirited people.

Urban loft style in the interior has emerged as a direction that combines the features of the underground and bohemian

This direction allows you to equip your living space so that it becomes possible to embody the most daring ideas, go beyond what is permitted, to stand out with their individuality. There are many people who aspire to everything unusual, not only in America but also in Russia there are a large number of followers.

Initially industrial interior in loft style of the middle of the last century - housing for the poor

The introduction of the main elements will help to build the right interior in the loft style

• Open space without partitions. Enclose only bathroom, toilet. Even the bedroom is organized in the common area.
• Huge windows to the floor, which are the main source of daylight. As a rule, the windows do not curtain curtains.
• Massive beams on the ceiling, open ventilation pipes, iron fittings.
• Walls are not decorated with wallpaper and decorative plaster. Leave or imitate brickwork, concrete walls. In the decoration there are wooden elements, sheets of plywood and aged metal.
• Floors are most often left with concrete, replaced with wooden old boards. The option of marble slabs is possible.

Modern loft-style accommodation

Who is the loft?

Loft is popular for its versatility.

As part of the style formed three main directions.

1. Bohemian. It is preferred to use the "creators." Artists and theatergoers, hold fashion shows, theatrical shows, place art galleries. In personal interiors, it is used more often.
   

   Bohemian Loft interior design

   

   Loft-boho implies maximum preservation of the theme of industrial premises in the decoration, but the decor is made in a colorful style

2. Glamorous Different from other more delicate color palette.Heavy iron beams and masonry walls mixed with elegant chandeliers, furniture in the Baroque style.
   

   Loft glamor - the usual stone-wooden and pastel colors are diluted with a bold combination of gray and lilac, pink and turquoise

   

   Glam loft focuses on lighting

3. Industrial. Enjoys the most popular. To embody this direction, the space is filled with elements resembling a workshop, storage room with the effect of a not-quite-lived-in space. It would be appropriate here to make furniture in the loft style with your own hands, ventilation forks, external wiring, chains, a combination of rough wood, aged iron and raw stone. Everything is simple, without unnecessary embellishment.
   

   Industrial loft - housing diluted with elements of factory equipment

   

   Simple industrial furniture with the correct geometry without unnecessary elements will be suitable for an industrial loft.

The following elements are considered to be the attributes of a bohemian loft.

• Spacious common space without partitions, with high ceilings, visually divided into zones. It must necessarily preserve the characteristic features of a large factory premises without a trace of fresh finishes.
• The walls, decorated with original paintings, canvases of unknown modernist artists and expressionists, unusual posters, photographs.
• Designer furniture, sculptures, musical instruments. Furniture in the environment, choose vintage or artificially aged, with traces of wear. Most of the elements under the power to make their own hands out of scrap materials. In the course will go wooden pallets, antique boards, pipes and metal parts - parts of beds, spinning wheels, sewing machines, wire spools and even barrels.

We delimit the space: how to place accents?

White loft in the interior is quite original - pastel colors soften the excessive expressiveness of the situation, and it becomes light and airy

As mentioned above, a characteristic feature of the industrial style is a spacious, single room, divided into zones. With the help of pieces of furniture, light screens, carpets on the floor, we distinguish borders.

A beautiful bar counter with a single piece of wood or stone countertop will help to separate the kitchen from the dining room. Open rack visually hide the bedroom from the living room. Loft is attractive because it combines old and new, luxury with the ugliness of the plastered walls.

Loft style means using furniture not only for its intended purpose, but also to separate one functional area from another.

Furniture in this design plays an important role. With its help, accents are placed. When playing with style, it’s not at all necessary to rush to purchase designer furnishings. They can make their own hands, because its essence lies in the fact that the situation in the first place should be functional, and only then beautiful.

Homemade wooden dresser for the bedroom in the loft style

Materials needed for making furniture

When we decided on the style of the house, thought out the color scheme and the interior as a whole, we select the furnishings that emphasize it. It is not necessary that all products are made to order or purchased. A couple of items under the force to make their own, using literally everything that is at hand. These can be pipes, old boards, concrete elements.

The most favorite materials used in this direction are the following.

• Natural aged wood.
• Metal and stone.
• Glass.
• Leather, textiles - upholstered furniture.
• Plastic, imitating wood, marble.

Sofa and bed: do it yourself

Wooden pallets are great for making your own furniture

The central element of the living room is undoubtedly a sofa. You can make it yourself, using wooden pallets that will go to the frame.Assemble the shape of the sofa, sand the surface, sew soft pillows and a mattress. Lay on the frame, and in the armrests make shelves for books and magazines. It will be inexpensive and effective.

Useful pallets and for making beds. Three pallets for a bed of standard sizes will be enough. Making it, following certain recommendations, will be easy. This is done in several stages:

• Sand surface, removing all burrs. Go through the sandpaper.
• Treat with primer and varnish, and you can leave as is.
  

  Preparation and processing of parts before assembly

• Fasten the pallets together to form a frame.
  

  The basis of the future bed

  

  Installation of pallets on the ground

• Put the mattress.
  

  Top base is upholstered with a soft cloth or carpet.

  

  Then the mattress with bedding is placed - and the bed is ready with your own hands.

There is another interesting option - bed-podium. Additional storage locations can be built into it. It is made of plywood or boards, painted or varnished.

Rack and coffee table: make fast and cheap!

Perfectly "flow" into the interior shelves and open shelves, made with your own hands. Beautifully looks metal thin frame rack, painted black. It is this color that makes it almost invisible. The shelves are made of solid pine, oak. To emphasize the structure of the tree, process the shelves tinting. Fill the shelves with books, frames with photos, vases and designer accessories.

Putting the table frame

Styled Loft furniture in stores is expensive. The price of a rectangular coffee table on a metal frame is high.

We fasten the mounting of the corners for the legs

To make it yourself you need to take only two boards of the desired size, four bars or metal pipes for legs, screws, varnish, stain. You can make a tabletop from the pallet. Screw it to the base of the wheel and the table is ready.

Fixing the legs of the table to the base

We paint or coat with stain and then varnish

Do not limit the flight of your imagination, boldly combine the incompatible, mixing styles and colors. Everything is possible in Loft, and you need to use it!

Ready coffee table in the interior

Video: Do-it-yourself loft table. Do-it-yourself furniture.

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