Modern decoration of townhouses

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Minimalist townhouse decoration

What a cottage is, everyone knows, but townhouses in our country appeared relatively recently, in the late nineties. Meanwhile, these two concepts have much in common.
In the course of the article, we will tell you more about this. We will not leave aside the issues of interior design, we will present several examples where the design of the decoration of the townhouse can be seen in different versions.

Townhouse - modern home

As you know, a cottage is a low-rise detached apartment house intended only for one family. In contrast, a townhouse is a block of several cottages.
Each of them has a separate entrance, and is designed to accommodate several families. This feature distinguishes a townhouse from ordinary apartment buildings with a common entrance.

It looks like a small townhouse

So:

• Townhouse is a successful combination of a country house and a comfortable two-level apartment. In addition to a separate entrance, each apartment in such a house has a separate garage, parking, as well as a small plot of land, not more than four hundred square meters.
• The apartments in the townhouses are quite spacious, with an area of ​​150 m2, with a vertical layout of the premises: the lobby-living room, kitchen and utility rooms are located downstairs, and the bedroom is for children (seeHow to decorate the walls in the nursery: consider some options) and the cabinet is in the second level. As for the bathrooms, they are on all floors.
• Often, developers offer turnkey finished townhouses. But most often, owners prefer to do it with their own hands and at their discretion, buying an option with a rough finish.
  Or they simply invite a designer to create an individual interior or design rooms in a certain architectural style.

Provence style living room

The price of an apartment in a townhouse is significantly cheaper than a separate cottage. Savings are obtained due to utilities, common inter-apartment walls, as well as smaller plots of land.
That is, a townhouse gives a person the opportunity to get comfortable housing in the country with all amenities, and for less money.

Decorating an apartment in a townhouse

In our country, townhouses are built of brick, or gas silicate or foam concrete blocks. European frame-panel options, somehow we did not really take root.
And brick and block masonry can participate in the design of any room without any finishing. In the example below, you see a loft-style townhouse.

Living room on the ground floor of a townhouse

So:

• The use of brickwork in the design of the premises is inherent in many other styles: Provence, modern, high-tech. Of course, all four walls are not left without plaster (seeTypes of plasters for interior decoration: choose correctly).
  A good aesthetic effect is obtained when one brick wall is combined with smooth walls covered with paint or decorative plaster.
• With the same success, one wall can be faced with decorative stone, or panels with 3D effect. For the design of a common room, which has a fairly large area, this is a great option.
  Eco panels made of cane or bamboo, or plaster versions, will make any room elegant.

3D panels in the design of the living room

• Large rooms are most difficult to make cozy. They are often divided into zones using ceiling structures; materials different in texture and color; decorative partitions made of wood or drywall.
  Glass blocks do an excellent job of this task.
• This material is familiar to us for a long time.Previously, it was used mainly in public buildings, only as fragments of external walls, since glass blocks did not have special aesthetic qualities.
  Today, the situation has changed radically. Not everyone knows how many diverse, and incredibly beautiful options are now available.

Glass blocks in the design of the townhouse

• And these are not only blocks with different textures and color of glass, they can be decorated with drawings on glass, internal inserts of photographs or objects such as dried flowers, shells or starfish. Such a variety allows you to make a mosaic partition, or to execute a panel on it.
• But even blocks of colorless glass look great in the interior. Take at least the interior in the photo above.
  Here, the partition with a through niche is made of drywall. The size of the niche is designed so that its length and width are multiples of the size of the glass block.
  It turned out something like a window, because the glass blocks transmit good light.

Interior panels LETO

• A great solution for finishing a common room can be Wall panels from MDF with a decorative coating. And this is not necessarily a laminate with a wood pattern, or veneer.
  There are options for panels coated with PVC film, or decorative enamel.
• The surface of the panels may have a leather texture or, for example, look like bronze or silver. The latest equipment is used to decorate such panels, but manual work is also found.
• Wood panels can be used not only for wall cladding, but also for ceilings. The manufacturer's instructions with a description of the installation technology when buying is usually attached to the product.
  And the panels can be mounted in different ways: by glueing, grooving, or using lock joints.

Decorative aluminum panels

• In the following image, you see that the zoning of the room is made by decorative metal panels. They are practically weightless, transmit light, do not interfere with ventilation and simply incredibly decorate the room.
• For bedroom finishesFor example, you can use other types of panels: fabric, felt, leather. Usually they adorn the head of the bed.
  This can be one large panel, or several smaller plates that can be used to clad the entire wall. A great option for finishing one wall will be a wallpaper with a 3D effect.

Bedroom in a townhouse

• When embarking on the decoration of an apartment in a townhouse, do not forget about such material as ceramic tiles. The modern design of the tiles today is at such a level that allows you to use it not only for decorating bathrooms and kitchens, but also in decorating any other rooms.
  Look at the photo below, and you will understand everything without words.

Ceramic tile in the design of the townhouse

There are many other options for decorating a townhouse. This is wood wall decoration, fabric draping, cork lining, use of bamboo trunks, wood cuts in decor, creation of multi-level ceiling structures.
On our site there is enough material on the design of country houses: read articles, watch videos and make your choice. And we really hope that it will not turn out to be erroneous.