Interior decoration styles and textiles design: Nordic

We begin a series of 8 posts in which we are going to talk about different interior decoration styles and textiles design, beginning by the Nordic.

In the last years, nordic decoration style has gained presence in several homes, becoming a trend.

This decorative concept appears in the 50s, in the Scandinavian countries.

It is a decorative style influenced by the difficult climatic conditions in these countries.

The intense cold creates a clear need: to spend a lot of time at home.

Nordic decoration proposes a creation of warmth, comfortable and cosy spaces.

Furthermore, given the exterior lightness shortage, to potence at maximum the light is searched, reason why light colours, like white, are determining.

White has a lot of limelight in walls, roofs and floors, like that, it is possible to create natural light reflexes, apporting brightness.

Additionally, white colour adds an amplitude feeling, a very interesting aspect.

Interior decoration styles and textiles design: Nordic
Interior decoration styles and textiles design: Nordic

Interior decoration styles and textiles design: Nordic

Moreover, to play with other neutral colours, such as grey, beige, brown or black, is another personality feature of Nordic decorative style.

In this way, little but elegant warm colours decorative textiles, can create an awesome contrast.

Warmth nuances are very important because they create an excellent visual feeling and give a touch of originality textile.

Another interesting factor in nordic decoration style is the wood, especially the one from Scandinavian countries.

Pine tree, oak tree, maple tree or beech tree put a robust touch in furniture, and even in decorative details of the own architecture.

Spaces harnessing and fluency of those, due to people spend more time at home, make order an important key.

To add a distinctive element in the Nordic style, our proposal of decorative textiles for home is our collection Pintores.

It is a series of textiles whose forms and reliefs make that those multifunctional textiles, don’t go unnoticed.

Photo credit: MNTX

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