How to Decorate an Old Building?
If you have ever wondered how to preserve architectural charm, some buildings that still survive in time and keep the imprint of the 1920s could be the answer. Our challenge, as designers, is to redecorate the interior of such a building. In most of cases, our option is to keep old elements and successfully combine them in a modern, refined design, so that the final result would be chic and bohemian at the same time.
Many rooms that are nearly a century old retain a unique charm that we strive to preserve, even with modern additions. But these rooms need light, both natural and artificial, given by the shades used in the coloring of the walls and the rest of the details that we will consider. An interior designer will always keep the decorative ceilings, the columns in the architecture of the house, the doors and windows as naturally white as possible. This detail helps to create connections between elements, while creating a neutral background that most often brings the key element to a room.
Designers most often preserve a large part of the original structure through restored and repaired decorative columns or old plastered ceilings as well as the original parquet which undergoes a sanding process before being oiled. Regarding existing doors and windows, in certain situations they end up being repaired and painted, which leads to an impressive result.
The challenge that comes along with such a project is even more impressive as the apartment does not undergo a general transformation, but is brought into a functional and beautiful form in which each area has an individual style but complements the color scheme of the room. Decorating the classic kitchen in black and white, the appearance of fresh green plants, painting the walls in lavender and light rose, shades of beige and blue, all of these can be a choice for a current interior design of a building built a century ago.
Furniture elements are always the crowning glory of such a challenging project. Textiles are intended to enhance the feeling of comfort and softness and combine two different styles, one that developed in the last century and the second, eclectic, of the present times. In the end, the interior designer who makes all the aforementioned changes will manage to obtain a unique interior design, preserving the typical complexity of the last century, introducing current elements a way that conveys harmony.
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