Ecology of life. Manor: The special atmosphere of the Dutch province fascinates lovers of traditional suburban architecture. Dutch houses may remind you of American ones, since it was the Dutch colonists who had a lot of weight in American culture (especially in the Northeast of the country). So, a Dutch house looks a little like a house American dream, it is also built of wood according to frame technology and has attic floor as a level for bedrooms and bathrooms.
The special atmosphere of the Dutch province fascinates lovers of traditional suburban architecture. Dutch houses may remind you of American ones, since it was the Dutch colonists who had a lot of weight in American culture (especially in the Northeast of the country). Thus, the Dutch house is a bit like the American dream house; it is also built of wood using frame technology and has an attic floor as a level for bedrooms and bathrooms.
Even modern Dutch houses have a special energy of tradition, but they are more comfortable and functional, have an expanded glazing format, which attracts lovers of modernism and minimalism.
High ceilings, narrow windows, elongated shape
DENOLDERVLEUGELS ARCHITECTS & ASSOCIATES
This is how you can describe the main visual parameters of most Dutch houses. True, if they are especially large (estates, landhaus), they do not look as elongated as the project in the photo above. Houses in the center, for example, on the street near the canals in Amsterdam, also have an elongated shape.
Traditional style
BRAND BBA I BBA ARCHITECTEN
A traditional Dutch attic house has one or two levels under the roof and the first main level with two living rooms, a dining room and a kitchen. The house has only 3 to 6 bedrooms, it has a fairly large format with spacious rooms.
The facade of the house is painted in neutral gray, white, blue shades, the roof is gray, black, pale brown, there are shutters on the windows in white frames, siding is sometimes used together with plaster for decoration.
Modern style
BELTMAN ARCHITECTEN
IN modern version used panoramic glazing in black frames, which is emphasized by the strict lines of the terrace and geometric landscape design. Plaster and decorative panels various types, but in neutral colors.
Ultra-modern style
2ARCHITECTEN
Ultra-modern Dutch designs move away from mansard type floor planning. Such houses retain only a neutral color scheme in exterior and interior design, but otherwise similar to many German or English projects.
A little gothic
ARCHITEKTENBURO J.J. VAN VLIET B.V.
In the traditional style there is another variety with particularly sharp roofs that make the houses look Victorian. Sometimes half-timbered finishing is used on the exterior. Such houses are usually located not in the province, but in the suburbs and have either a townhouse format or a separate standing house in a narrow area.
Reconstructions
MAAS ARCHITECTEN
Sometimes it happens that an old brick or frame house receives a new extension that repeats the main architectural elements.
Stylish modern
FWP ARCHITECTUUR BV
The Art Nouveau style in Holland always uses a neutral color scheme - with pale wood, pale gray shades, many half-tones of gray and black, distinct white edges.
Minimalism and functionalism
REITSEMA & PARTNERS ARCHITECTEN BNA
In minimalism, more often than in other projects in these climatic latitudes, we see panoramic glazing from floor to ceiling.
Traditional roofing
KABAZ
Also in new and old, newly built and renovated Dutch houses we can find traditional reed roofing.
Towards nature
Dutch-style house designs are unmistakable. Amazingly beautiful facades, expressive brickwork, unusual windows... This Joyce & Jeroen house on an old street in The Hague, the Netherlands, is no different from its neighbors from the facade. However, the studio Personal Architecture in 2012 she gave him a glass back wall and a modern elegant interior. We invite our readers to evaluate the bold ideas of architects.
Employees of Personal Architecture said that they had to strengthen the foundation and structure of the building so that the reconstruction would not turn into a banal redecorating. This opened up vast possibilities for design.
The combination of an ambitious vision for the project and boundless trust from clients helped create the idea for the renovation. Decisive factors, of course, became the wishes of the customers, including the desire to preserve the ancient brickwork, the shape of the windows and the unique layout of the house. However, there is concern about the result of the combination of ancient building structures and modern construction technologies was still preserved.
The main facade of the house was restored, and the rear wall was completely demolished, replacing it with an 11-meter-high glass wall. Thus, thanks to the witty architectural solution a three-story high space appeared in the house, allowing free access to light and air movement.
The interaction of empty spaces, floors, internal terraces and a transparent wall creates a kind of intrigue between the exterior and interior of the house. Roll call of classical architecture and modern solutions seen everywhere here.
New spiral staircase, connecting all four floors, brings fresh dynamics to the interior, and, in addition, allows, if necessary, to delimit the space between the owners of the house and guests. The old flight of stairs in the foyer was left as a reminder from the past. Competent redevelopment allowed us to increase the area of the house and get more rooms. Finally, the project is crowned with an original roof terrace with a jacuzzi.
This house promises customers a lot of new and unusual things. And for passers-by, it is no different from other buildings on Merlenstraat.
At first sight, this estate in the town of Rossum in the south of the Netherlands captured the heart of cosmetics company owner Raymond Kloosterman. Together with his wife, he purchased this house with large plot, despite the terrible condition of the property and large investments in its restoration. And so many years later, when the family already had four children, they decided to renovate it again.
In front of the German designer Erik Kuster stood not an easy task: combine classics and modernity, balance the luxury of living in nature and the owners’ passion for certain elements of urbanism, echoes of the chalet style and the laconicism of the Zen view of the world. And, of course, the spouses wanted to have cozy home, which suits them “like a second skin”, but does not look like a museum.
What came out of such an undertaking you will see on this journey - 28 photos of the interiors of a Dutch house and the surrounding landscape.
There is a wonderful garden around the house - Raymond's pride. The owners love their garden so much that they do not want to separate it from their home. That's why the best solution there were huge windows that allowed you to see all the blooming and green beauty in detail.
It's a stone's throw from the house to the river. To enjoy nature without interrupting family lunch, the terrace was built right on the water. It serves as a summer dining room and a favorite place to relax in warm weather. All furniture is designed in country style: rattan, leather and wood.
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living room interior:
The living room amazes with the abundance of light. Not only big windows, but the light colors in the interior make it so bright. A modest decorative rosette on the ceiling and an elegant grand piano in the center of the room hint at the owner’s love for the classics. Flowers, candles, wicker baskets, elegant fireplace, large coffee table made of rustic boards - all this gives the living room a special, incomparable warmth of country style.
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dining room interior:
In the dining room, the designer used a bold technique - a surprisingly harmonious combination of black and white. Achromatic classics are complemented by wooden table and chandelier self made from white lampshades and tree branches. Additional charm of the old Dutch style can be seen in the decorative sink made from an aged wooden pallet.
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kitchen-dining room interior:
The spacious kitchen-dining room is a classic trio of black, white and brown, diluted with a few bright accents (for example, a tea corner with colored ceramics and a large clock). Against the backdrop of modern kitchen furniture The massive antique table with carved legs. Above it is an amazing color accent that follows the shape of the table: a huge hanging lamp in a lampshade made of rich fuchsia fabric. Through panoramic windows a beautiful garden is visible.
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Netherlands
- this is the place where the Dutch style was born and developed, one of the practical and beautiful interiors in country style. In some countries, the Kingdom of the Netherlands is often called Holland, which is incorrect. South and North Holland are only two of the twelve provinces that make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands, although they are the most developed. Thanks to merchant shipping and the fact that South and North Holland communicated with foreign countries more than other provinces, they gained great fame outside the borders of their country.
Like the interiors of other countries, the development of the Dutch style was influenced by natural factors and country location.
The Netherlands means "lower lands". This name is justified, since the entire territory of the country is located below sea level and at the mouths of large European rivers: the Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt.
In the north, the coast is washed by the North Sea. This Northern European country has always been forced to struggle with the elements of water, with adapting the coastal lowlands for life.
Hydraulic structures were constantly created - dams and dikes,
gateways and channels.
On the lands reclaimed from the ocean, buildings with a unique appearance were erected.
The Netherlands has little forest and mineral resources. The soils in the country are practically unsuitable for cultivating crops, so livestock farming developed: meat and dairy.
In addition to livestock farming, the main industries developed in the Netherlands were shipping, fishing and trade.
Development in the country began in the 17th century after liberation from Spanish rule and the emergence of the world's first bourgeois republic. The rapid construction of cities began, where oil-processing, soap-making, brewing, cloth industries and, along with them, wholesale trade developed.
A flourishing was also achieved in Dutch painting.
Too much dear earth for development and its shortage led to the construction of houses closely pressed against each other.
They were made narrow, very elongated in depth.
Their facades were decorated with high pediments.
Behind the house there was usually a small courtyard. Along the banks of river branches and canals there were houses in one long row.
Driveways were built along the canals, and the embankments were planted with greenery. The houses looked picturesque among the water and greenery.
The houses were not luxurious palaces; on the contrary, everything in them was rational and economical.
However, outwardly modest, inside they were distinguished by comfort and coziness.
It was not for nothing that Peter I, who visited Holland in the 17th century, decided to build Russian capital— Petersburg based on the models of Dutch cities.
A Dutch house with a plastered and whitewashed facade against a backdrop of garden greenery looks attractive.
The interior decoration is not inferior to the exterior.
Colors used in interior design in the Dutch style: white, eggshell color, yellow, blue, a little red, ocher, brown, beige.
WALLS
Plastered and painted in colors: light ocher or pale blue.
The main thing is that the walls look light. They may not be perfectly smooth; they are plastered with coarse structural plaster and the effect of clumsily plastered walls is created. But at the same time, the comfort and atmosphere of an old village house is created.
Decorating walls with brick and artificial stone is widespread.
It is used both outside,
and inside the house.
Brickwork is used in the interior to zone space.
Natural stone or light brick is also used.
The walls, like the ceiling, are often decorated decorative beams and balusters.
It is better not to use wallpaper.
Preferably natural wood parquet is used or, as an alternative, laminate that closely resembles natural wood.
Boards made from solid wood are also good on the floor.
Ceramic tiles of different sizes, similar to natural stone, are often used for flooring.
It is important that the floor is dark in color.
CEILING
Dark, to match the floor, wooden beams and the balusters will serve as decoration for the ceiling.
They are often “aged” and decorated with wood carvings. 
WINDOW
Classic Dutch windows are a frame of small glass with partitions that divide the window into squares or rectangles.
Windows are often decorated with glass painting or stained glass.
LIGHTING
Maximum used daylight.An openwork bronze chandelier is appropriate in a Dutch interior.
TILES
Interior decoration with magnificent tiles is inherent in the Dutch style.
They decorated stoves and fireplaces
and just walls in the rooms. The Dutch one is very elegant.
Skillfully made tiles look very elegant.
Blue Delft and Rotterdam carpet tiles are a unique decoration for a Dutch-style home.
The tiles were painted with scenes: landscapes, images of ships, windmills, pastures and scenes from the life of the Dutch.
TEXTILES and CARPETS
Gingham curtains
and curtains that do not block the penetration of sunlight.
Lace napkins on the shelves
Tablecloths on tables
Homespun rugs
Oriental carpets and tapestries 
Canvas covered with picturesque compositions
FURNITURE
Made from natural wood, decorated in " architectural style" This means that in appearance The furniture reproduces the façade of the building.
The glass doors of the cupboards are divided into squares of glass, just like the windows on the façade of the building, and the sides of the cupboards are decorated with turrets and columns.
The Dutch invented a tableware rack, where beautiful blue and white dishes are placed on open or glass shelves.
Wooden chests of drawers and tables should look darkened with age or painted with paint.
There are hand-painted furniture facades.
Chairs with wicker seats.
Wicker chairs.
Chairs and armchairs covered in leather or cloth.
Dutch style furniture is often rough and massive, but comfortable and comfortable.
It cannot be said, however, that there is no place for luxury models among Dutch furniture.
The legs of tables, chairs, armchairs and sofas are made slightly curved.
Wood carving is widely used in furniture design, which gives it uniqueness and sophistication.
There are also pieces of furniture inlaid with glass, leather or metal.
ACCESSORIES
Wicker baskets
Copper products: pots,
candlesticks
and other copper interior items.
White and blue dishes in the cabinets and decorative ceramic plates on the walls
Fragile porcelain figurines
Silver things.
Mirror in a dark carved frame
Hunting trophies
Old geographic Maps. Care and love for maps lives in the blood of the descendants of brave sailors.
The globe will not be superfluous in Dutch interior.
Famous Dutch paintings and engravings, framed in baguette.
Homes are decorated not only with landscapes, still lifes, portraits, but also with images interior decoration Houses. Dutch artists saw beauty in everyday things, in everyday little things. Their paintings depict such a quiet and cozy life of simple things, filled with special meaning. An example of such a painting “The Old Lady by the Fireplace” by J. Vrel, mid-17th century
or “Room in a Dutch House” by P. Janssens Eming, 1660s, “Kitchen” by P. K. van Slingeland, 1648. These works are filled with feelings and sensations of the value of ordinary Everyday life people in a simple and cozy home world.
Tulip vases,
and a variety of ceramic and porcelain products
Wall clock in lacquer case
Works of Chinese and Japanese art and decorated the home with them: vases, trays, lamps and more
In the Netherlands they love and know how to grow fresh flowers. The country is famous for its tulips, with hundreds of different types.
Everything in the interior of a Dutch house is subject to a game of contrasts: dark floors and light walls, light window sills and dark flower pots On him. At the same time, the house is in perfect harmony with the surrounding nature.
Active navigation and trade of the Netherlands with many countries influenced the life and way of life of the local population. The exoticism of distant countries, the sophistication and sophistication of France, Italy and Flanders (close neighbors) have found their place in the culture and everyday life of the people of the Netherlands.
(as, indeed, in other ethno-styles) this is not just a set of certain objects and things, but an atmosphere created by the painstaking work of the hostess. A Dutch home is a comfortable space to live in, furnished simply but elegantly. At first glance, everything is ordinary, but sophistication and artistic taste are imperceptibly present in the external and internal appearance of a Dutch home. How to develop your sense of style, how to create a subtle and sophisticated interior of a Dutch house in your apartment? Let's try to figure it out together. In this article you will find the answer to the question: how to decorate an interior in the Dutch style?
- The Dutch are not only descendants of wonderful sailors and merchants, but also very hardworking people. They literally reclaimed pieces of land from the sea, which they furnished beautifully. Many houses in the Netherlands have their own mini-marinas for boats and yachts. There are many old houses, but they are all maintained in good condition, both the facades and their interior decoration.
- It's hard to believe, but the Netherlands was once under Spanish rule! But by the 17th century, this state gained independence and began to develop along its own path.
- At this time, active construction in cities began in the Netherlands. Many architects worked to create the Dutch style in the appearance of residential and public buildings. The distinctive appearance of Dutch cities was formed from the original and innovative ideas of architects and urban planners. Gothic, Renaissance and Classicism combined to present to the world what everyone now calls Dutch architecture. Many features in appearance houses, one of them is windows with several (often nine) partitions.
- The proximity of the sea in the Netherlands predetermined the development of navigation and trade. Merchants on their ships went to distant East Asian countries and brought from there rare and outlandish things: woolen carpets, silk, Chinese porcelain and bronze items. But not every European had the opportunity to buy these goods for their home, since due to the long overseas route from where they were brought, they were very expensive. Therefore, craft workshops began to emerge in Holland that tried to reproduce fine Chinese porcelain. This is how it appeared in the interior blue and white dishes, which not only became an alternative to Chinese products, but also firmly secured the right to be the calling card of this country.
The dishes were painted with blue paint and were traditionally depicted sea vessels, fish, windmills, everyday scenes from life, as well as floral ornaments.
A feature of the Dutch style is that the interior decoration of the house contains interior elements that repeat the appearance of the facades of unusual Dutch houses. You can also find such drawings on dishes.
But this does not mean at all that dishes of other colors were not produced in Holland. Quite popular are simply white kitchen utensils, sometimes with a blue or blue rim.
- Dutch housewives beautifully display plates, mugs, teapots and vases, and this technique has worked flawlessly for centuries. Namely, it creates a cozy and unique atmosphere in the house. Remember that open shelves always attract attention and, if you want them to really serve as interior decoration, keep them clean and in perfect order.
- Ceramic and porcelain plates can decorate a Dutch-style home not only open shelves, but also attached to the walls.
- Vases play an important role in interior decoration. And in a Dutch house this is no exception.
- The Dutch decorate their dishes not only with blue and white dishes, but also with copper pots and teapots polished to a shine. They are often displayed as part of the interior, but they are also used for cooking.
- Open shelves are elegantly decorated with lace and napkins embossed on fabric. The same floral motifs are used. Dutch housewives subtly feel the line between interior decoration and unnecessary frills, which often play a completely opposite role.
When choosing napkins for your kitchen, you should give preference to products made from natural cotton or silk threads and preferably handmade.
Always remember that any well-equipped kitchen will not be cozy and warm without the smells of freshly prepared dishes and home-baked goods.
- The Netherlands is known throughout the world as the country where white and blue ceramic tiles. These are box-shaped clay products. They were made in wooden box forms. The main difference between tiles and ceramic tiles is that the tiles with inside have a recess and points for mechanical attachment of this product to the surface.
Tiles were used for cladding stoves, fireplaces, walls, and building facades. Front side could be either smooth or embossed.
Just like for tableware, “Dutch” motifs were used for painting tiles: flowers, mills, ships. Often a whole picture was assembled from tiles, laying out a plot from individual tiles.
- Of course, in Holland (as the Netherlands is often called after the name of one of the provinces) production has long been established ceramic tiles. And it is widely used to decorate homes.
Tiles are used not only to decorate kitchen backsplashes, but also to lay out the floor and decorate the walls in the bathroom and toilet. A feature of the Dutch interior is the use of ceramic panels assembled from small tiles into one whole in the decoration of the walls. The subjects remain the same: the sea, ships, mills or flowers.
- But the Dutch not only decorated their fireplaces, but also natural stone or strong, well-burnt bricks.
After all fireplace- This is also a decoration of a Dutch house and its decoration should be approached especially carefully.
Of course, to make a room look like a Dutch house, you need more than just a fireplace. Wall decoration, a set of “Dutch” furniture, lighting, textiles and other smaller interior details are important. It is worth noting that creating an interior is not a matter of one day or even a month.
In order to understand how the interior and life in a Dutch house works, you should look there and see everything for yourself.
The peculiarity of European houses is that their owners carefully think through and arrange literally every corner. At the same time, not somehow, but so that it is both convenient and beautiful.
- If you are the lucky owner country house and are planning to decorate its interior in the Dutch style, you can use natural wood to decorate the interior of your home. And then wooden staircase will be a real decoration for him.
- If possible, do it windows to the floor, decorate one of the walls with stone, lay porcelain stoneware or tiles on the floor. Don't forget about the built-in shelves.
- And if you mount wooden (or false) ceilings beams at least in the kitchen, it will become a real decoration for her. This corresponds to the decoration of a home in the Dutch style.
When choosing furniture for your home, first of all, decide on the style that is closer to you. After all, the Dutch interior can be in a rustic (country) style, classic and modern. Most likely, there are other ways. But just don’t forget that the house should turn out beautiful, comfortable and functional. It is also spacious and filled with air.
And, of course, natural light is a must!
- Electric lamps in the Dutch interior they are used not only for their intended purpose, but also to create style and decorate the home. Crystal glass can easily “coexist” in the same room ceiling chandelier and porcelain or metal sconces, desk lamp, spotlights and others lighting. It is important that they all look appropriate in a given room.
When creating a Dutch-style interior, try to use natural materials. And choose lighting fixtures from glass, metal, porcelain and crystal. Do not use plastic lamps. They cheapen the interior too much.
Perhaps you decide to make a lampshade for the lamp yourself. This is also an acceptable option.
As for furniture, in country and classic style it should be made of natural materials: wood, leather, glass, metal.
Dutch furniture is sure to be of high quality and durable, as well as comfortable and stylish.
- Of course, the Dutch style in the interior is original and original. Master furniture makers from the Netherlands came up with and brought to life such a masterpiece of furniture art as dishware slide.