Mobilicasa studies the details: Columns in a modern interior

A column is an element of the interior that speaks of the wealth and solidity of the owner of the house. The three main parts of the column: the base, the trunk and the capital (upper part) are familiar to our view in monumental historical buildings.

Whether columns are appropriate in a modern interior, where applicable, and what role they play, read below.

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Column Styles

1. Loft: without capitals, made of masonry, or rough plastered.
2. Hi-tech: mirrored, “air” twisted-wire columns, with integrated backlight.
3. Country: wood, particleboard, drywall, imitation stone.
4. Baroque: natural stone, concrete, Venetian plaster.
5. Art Deco: austere marble, granite, concrete with a clearly defined portico and base.
6. Neoclassic: motifs borrowed from classicism and antiquity, made of modern materials (gypsum, drywall, polyurethane, etc.)

Types of columns

Paired - the most used version of the columns, giving the room a special look.

Half-columns - elements of columns, widely used for zoning space or focusing attention on a separate part of the room.

Colonnade (from 4 columns or more) - a solution that requires significant financial investment and an equally large space.

Paired in a modern interior are applicable for:

• Allocations of an alcove or branch of an adjacent room;
• Fireplace, door or window decorations;
• As an element of the stairs.

Half columns are appropriate:

• In the bedroom: at the head of the bed, at the dressing table or near the window.
• In the home office: at the entrance or on an accent wall.
• In the living room: for zoning the space, creating an atmosphere.
• In the home bar: to decorate the bar.

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Tips for placing columns in a modern interior

1. Remember that tall and narrow with a small base and a small capital visually expand the house, increase the ceiling. Low and thick, on the contrary, narrow the space, create the effect of a nook.
2. If the column plays the role of the supporting structure, durable materials must be used: granite, marble, basalt, concrete.
3. If the column has a decorative value, brick, facing booth, drywall, veneer, gypsum, polyurethane can be used.
4. Consider options for wide or half-columns with niches in which you can place souvenirs.
5. With mirrored panels visually enlarge the hallway or hall.
6. Overhead half-columns look good in the dining room or in the home library.
7. The elegance of a spacious bathroom is accentuated by paired white columns.
8. Wooden rectangular or metal - support and decoration for the stairs. Inside such columns you can hide the wires and pipes going to the second floor.
9. Wide rectangular - perfectly zoned the space of the studio apartment.
10. In a country house, columns made of natural wood in combination with wooden beams never lose their relevance.