Hasna has renovated an old house with her husband. With a limited budget they wanted to give the interior a calm look with an oriental living style. And judging by the pictures, she succeeded very well. I think it's great that we can let you look inside here, thanks Hasna!
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If you're talking about an Eastern living style, you can have it reflected in different ways. For Hasna, there was no doubt. Despite the oriental touch, the calm atmosphere is also a must for her. She has implemented this calm oriental style in all living areas. We'll show you some pictures of her interior, I'm curious what you think.
The TV hangs on the wall and a nice decorative fireplace has been installed under the TV. The oriental style of living here mainly stems from the two coves that were made (by the contractor) on either side of the TV. By hanging beautiful wall lights in here, you get a calm and luxurious look. This wooden ladder, the aluminum bowls and the vase complete the look here.
The wooden ladder that is here can be found with the Kwantum, for example, and aluminum bowls and candle plateaus can be found with the Xenos.
A round dining area (nice and practical because it takes up less space) is kept light and cosily decorated by the aluminum vase on the table. The ornaments on the wall were made by her husband. Beautiful large plants dress up the space well and immediately give a very nice look to the whole.
You can find the type of dining room chairs that Hasna has chosen at Kwantum or, for example, at V&D.
As you can see here, you can quickly give a seating area an oriental touch by using the right accessories. The seating area itself is modern and fairly sleek, but the oriental living style is fully implemented due to the table, the wicker baskets and the oriental lamp. And yet everything remains calm through the use of light colours.
The oriental lamp comes from Morocco, but luckily you can also find similar lamps closer to home if you want to implement an oriental touch in your living style. As for the cushions:the rear comes from Kwantum. The middle pillow was plain white. Hasna herself drew diamonds on it with a black marker and sewed the front cushion herself.
The carpet comes from Jysk, the Moroccan table by the couch at Maysoonshop and wicker baskets (in all shapes and sizes) can of course also be found at the Xenos.
If you also want to create an Eastern living style yourself, you can do a lot with accessories. Consider, for example, a real oriental carpet. They come in many colors and sizes and not all of them have the appearance of a Persian carpet as we know it 'from the past'. Although a real Persian carpet is of course also very nice and nowadays completely trendy for the living room. You can also go for the looks of silk carpets. These are not only very strong, but also have an insulating effect.
If you have enough budget, you can design your bathroom in a beautiful hammam style, for example with tadelakt on the walls. Fantastically beautiful, but also very pricey. Hasna shows that even with a smaller budget you can still create a very nice look. Who wouldn't want to stand in this shower corner?
The wall tiles and floor tiles may look 'ordinary', but by placing the accent in the shower corner, the oriental living style immediately comes to the fore here. Mosaic, also known as pattern tiles, is back. Recently I wrote a blog about mosaic examples where such a beautiful floor was laid in a hall. By the way, these tiles come from Impermo, where they have plenty of choice in beautiful pattern tiles.
The bathroom furniture with the light wood contrasts beautifully with the gray in the floor tiles. In addition, the gray is also reflected in the top of the bathroom furniture. Furthermore, the sink has beautiful rounded corners, which gives it a 'soft' look.
This bathroom furniture comes from Badplaats (also available with 2 washbasins) and the bath mat can also be found in the Jysk range. Incidentally, they also have a nice round mandala variant)
To top it all off, Hasna's husband made this window decoration himself. Talk about oriental living style! This was an old window. By making an mdf plate against it with these figures in it, you get the above result. Hasna her husband cut the shapes from an MDF board with an electric fine saw. Then painted the plate and glued it to the window.
What a wonderful result, don't you think?
Also make something like this? I think one of these scroll saws could help you on your way.
Have you made nice adjustments to your house and would you like to give a look at your home to our readers? email me. If you provide beautiful photos and some background information, I will write the article.
