The antique style is echoes of Ancient Greece and ancient Rome, eras of the greatest minds and opening. This style is considered standard and the ancestor of many subsequent styles.
Instruction
1. The majestic, verified and harmonious style is suitable not for all interiors. Your space has to correspond, the big areas and high ceilings are welcomed. Your room does not correspond to the scale of ancient temples, then will choose couple of receptions characteristic of antique style, and stylize the dwelling.
2. If the area of the room allows, use columns and colonnades if is not present, then to steal wall or corners of the room semi-columns. But do not go too far if there is no place at all, then it is better to refuse columns at all. Make within the walls of niche in which arrange the Greek sculptures. There is place for fireplace, safely bring it in interior. Make ceiling simple, only on perimeter frame with eaves. All elements have taking into account symmetry and rules of golden ratio. The door can replace with arches, and to veil arches curtains.
3. Colors use any, more often in the Greek interiors it is possible to see light shades, in the Roman furniture there are more bright colors. Both in Roman, and in Greek the directions of antique style gilding is welcomed. In finishing of walls use paint, plaster, stone, frescos and paintings.
4. For floor choose parquet, stone or mosaic, all of them can be as monophonic, and with the drawing. Furniture in antique style is executed from tree, stone, with elements of columns and various thread. In form the antique furniture is quite simple, but with interesting elements. In registration of furniture included mosaic, gold, ivory, sometimes upholstered furniture with fabric.
5. For decor of interior get antique vases, sculptures. Issue windows multilayered curtains from ceiling to floor. For giving of cosiness it is possible to bring handmade carpets or skins of animals in furniture of the room. But you should not go to far in parts in interior, the antique style is first of all simplicity. It is better to leave more air in the room, without turning it into the antique museum.