Chandeliers in popular styles

A chandelier is a unique element of lighting and the interior of any room. Depending on its appearance, it can not only complement the design, but also become its visual center, setting the style for your bedroom, kitchen, living room.

There is nothing surprising in the fact that today there are a huge number of whole trends and directions in decorating this interior detail. Finding a chandelier that is suitable in terms of quality and visual appearance is not so difficult. Sometimes it is enough to have an idea of ​​how you would like to see your home.

Recently, various modern styles are gaining popularity. This is due to the fact that in these areas it is much easier to choose the type of chandelier that will fit into almost any interior. In addition, the choice is facilitated by the huge variation in the overall design and decor of the fixtures.

For example, chandeliers in the chalet style, also known as the "hunting" style, are gaining popularity, which is directly related to its decoration features. In general, lamps of this style are characterized by deliberate rudeness and massiveness in appearance. Alpine shepherds were once considered the founders of this trend, decorating their houses with lamps, the creation of which was inspired by natural objects.

Now this tradition is fully observed. A chalet-style chandelier can resemble almost anything: a rough block of stone, a large shard of ice, a piece of wood. When creating such an element of decor and lighting, animal horns, most often artificial, parts of dark wood or wrought iron, can be used.

Vintage remains popular as well. This direction never loses its relevance, as it always wins due to the elegance and smoothness of the forms.

The chandelier can be decorated, for example, under a classic street lamp. Copper, brass and bronze are often used in the manufacture.

For connoisseurs of lightness, natural beauty and health safety, the so-called eco-style is suitable.

So, for example, you can find lamps, the frame of which is made of various types of wood, bamboo, woven from a vine or straw, carved from bone.

Less well-known, however, is also quite popular, is the shabby chic direction.

The problem is that not every salon or specialty store can offer you shabby chic pendant chandeliers.

Such lamps can be decorated with a soft woolen finish, since the design of a room in this direction requires a combination of upholstered furniture and its surroundings.

For example, crocheted lampshades decorated with patterns in the form of flowers are quite popular.

Much simpler and more affordable are minimalist chandeliers. As a rule, these are ceiling lamps that not only save free space, but also attract attention with their laconicism. Smooth and light forms, the lack of an abundance of decor - all this allows you to use such chandeliers to decorate your room in any modern design.

Of course, not only retro directions are popular today. Industrial, techno or even futuristic styles have found their place in the manufacture of lighting elements. These can be LED lamps of very unusual shape, performing a purely decorative function, or full-fledged chandeliers in a modern design such as "UFO" or "Saturn".

In addition to popular modern styles, which began to acquire relevance only relatively recently, there are classical trends. They have been known in the culture of interior and lighting design for many years, but they still have not lost their relevance, having only slightly adapted to modern trends.

Chandeliers in the art deco direction remain quite well-known. This style successfully combines sophistication and sophistication, while the chandeliers do not look deliberately massive and pompous at all. Their decor is dominated by inclusions of motifs of Greece or Egypt, and of the colors, black or chocolate brown are preferred.

The Baroque style, which originated in ancient Italy, also does not lose its relevance among connoisseurs of classical design. It is characterized by such a feature as a combination of unusual textures, lines, colors. As for the ceiling lamps, the Baroque chandeliers attract attention with a successful combination of pomp and lightness.

Most often these are multi-tiered chandeliers, the main material of which is real glass. Variations of multi-colored glass and crystal can also be used.

Crystal shades provide a soft yet bright and eye-pleasing light, making these chandeliers the ideal choice for a spacious living room.

Another classic trend is the Stalinist Empire style, which is often also called the Imperial Empire style. This is a rather unusual solution for decorating lighting elements, but it has also earned its popularity.

The Stalinist Empire style is characterized by the achievement of the grandeur and pomp of style at the expense of classical materials and techniques. Chandeliers of this type are distinguished by strict lines of forms and symmetry of the arms. In decoration, the use of elements of a military theme, the shape of wings, bay leaves, and eagles is popular.

The Gothic style, which came to us from medieval England, offers a wider choice in terms of decor. These can be chandeliers in the form of a wooden or metal hoop, separate lamps are attached to it, which attract with their simplicity and minimalism.

In the decor, preference is most often given to openwork ornamentation, the use of elements such as grape or oak leaves, ivy and vines.

Much more specific is the cyber-punk style, which has found its application in the design of lighting elements. In this case, the chandeliers are abundantly decorated with various mechanical elements, gears, dense wires, hinges.

Many professional lighting manufacturers are inspired by ethnic and national influences. It is not surprising that, as in the case of the general design of the room, you can choose a chandelier in a specific ethnic style to crown the entire interior.

Of course, today there are many ethnic trends in design. The most common ethnic styles of lighting fixtures:

• Chinese. This is a style that is striking in its almost complete absence of any permanent concept. Such chandeliers can have a strict cubic shape, or, conversely, a very elegant and smooth appearance. In the decor, as a rule, there are various specific motives such as hieroglyphs, leaves and bamboo shoots.
• English, aka British style, attracts with clarity and simplicity. These are classic, elegant lamps decorated with pastel shades of fabric.

• Since centralized lighting is not very popular in the United States, American the style of the chandelier is laconic. It can be a crystal or crystal lamp with a copper or brass frame.

• Popular now Scandinavian the style is also called cold sea style. This is fully justified by the peculiarities of such a design of the lamps. It is characterized by unusual color schemes, such as a cloudy sky, natural raw amber or a sandy shore. Chandelier shapes, on the contrary, are distinguished by simplicity and minimalism, which is a very successful combination, which attracts such a Mediterranean style.

• Arab the style of the lamps is literally flashy luxury and high cost. At the same time, it is not necessary to use expensive materials like natural gold, since the effect is achieved by combining decorative elements and shapes. Most often, Arab chandeliers have shades in the form of domes or balls, decorated with an abundance of various curls and pendants. Curly perforations of plafonds are also common;
• Moroccan style - these are chandeliers that are literally woven from the thinnest strands of silver, brass or bronze. Such an exquisite filigree is designed in the form of complex shapes like a hexagon and decorated with a stained glass window made of multi-colored glass;
• Greek the style of lamps is inextricably linked with antiquity and the era of myths. As a rule, these are rather massive forged pendant-type chandeliers, which are fixed with chains. Plafonds are made in the form of torches, bowls, and elements in the form of laurel leaves are often used for decoration.

Finding the right chandelier for your home is not so difficult, despite the large abundance of different styles and trends. In order for the lighting element to look harmonious and complement the overall interior of your home, do not forget about the following tips:

• It is not always necessary to focus on centralized lighting of the room. You can save space and choose a chandelier to suit the overall style, and supplement the lighting with a wall sconce or a floor lamp. However, do not forget that you need a chandelier and a floor lamp in the same style;
• In the living room, you need to choose a large chandelier model. Gothic options or an empire-style multi-tiered lamp are perfect;

• When choosing a chandelier for the bedroom, one should not forget about comfort and coziness. The ideal option is considered to be art deco, shabby chic or English style. As a rule, it is these chandeliers that easily fit into almost any room design option;
• Do not forget that there are diode chandeliers for the home, which can perform not only a decorative function. They can be a great option for a small room like a corridor;
• Suspended ceiling chandeliers are generally only suitable for rooms with high ceilings as they may require too much extra space. However, some minimalist styles like art deco can be used successfully even in small spaces.

In the video below, see a selection of amazing chandeliers made from scrap materials in a shabby chic style.