Eco-style in the interior is a fashionable trend. See how to decorate a room, a table, make vases, compositions, ornaments from natural materials. Eco-style is now in great demand. After all, it is impossible not to love nature, and if you make panels, pictures, set the table in this style and make household items from natural materials, then you will get moral satisfaction. It is useful to be near such things, as they are environmentally friendly and made from natural materials. Many of them can simply be found by going for a walk.
How to set a table in eco-style?
When you are resting in the country in the summer or going out into nature, see if there are intricate driftwood or logs lying around here that you can take with you. At home, you can make various items from them for table setting and set it up so that those present will feel as if they are in a forest corner.
Take a birch twig and cut it into several pieces. Then such blanks will need to be fixed in candlesticks and decorate the table with these attributes.
You can put fresh flowers here. It will seem that a table made of wood is located at the edge of the forest. This perception will be helped by a table made of wood and stumps, which have been turned into chairs.
If you know how to carve wood, then turn this material into such a beautiful dish.
It has branches, in each of them you can put a certain product. Pour different types of nuts, seeds here so that you can have a tasty and healthy snack during the day. Lumps can also be turned into amazing environmentally friendly dishes.
You will need to bring them from the forest, wash, dry. After that, the workpieces are cut into pieces, remove the core from each workpiece and nail a wooden circle as the bottom.
Here's what other wooden utensils you can make with your own hands.
The main thing is to sand it well so that it is smooth.
If you need eco-friendly vases in which you will serve fruit, then take this:
- several branches;
- sandpaper;
- white acrylic paint;
- brush;
- glue gun;
- saw.
Remove the bark from the branches, then sand them with sandpaper. See how you need to saw branches into fragments, so that then from these parts to create a single whole. Connect them with a glue gun. Now you can paint the vase. Craft some of these items if you wish.
Use a paint that is environmentally friendly. So that food can be stored in the finished product.
Watch a workshop on how to make eco-style napkin rings. The simplest thing is to remove the birch bark from the fallen trees. At home, you will wash and dry it. If it is uneven, then place a weight on top when drying.
Now you will need to cut it with a clerical knife into strips 5 cm wide. Connect each blank into a ring, fastening the opposite edges with a stapler or glue gun.
You can also make napkin rings from logs. Remove the bark from it, cut into 5 cm wide circles. Then remove the core. This can be done with a chisel. Draw a circle inside the block with a smaller diameter than the workpiece itself. Put the chisel on this mark, hit several times with a hammer. Moving in a small circle, proceed in the same way, remove the core, leaving only wide sides.
You can zigzag the outside of the rings with a hand jigsaw. If you wish, paint the items with varnish. But it must be environmentally friendly. You can simply sand them with sandpaper and leave them as they are.
You can decorate the blockhouses with artificial moss so that the guests come to the ancient feast. Roll napkins into rolls, tie them with green thread. Then these accessories will look like scrolls.
You can decorate pieces of logs with artificial or real moss and place them in the center of the table. Pay attention to the fact that no living creatures settle in these environmentally friendly materials, otherwise they may come out at the most inopportune moment. Therefore, rinse the natural moss in hot water and dry it in advance, and decorate the blocks.
You can make wooden candlesticks. To do this, you need to saw a log into 10 cm high pieces, make a blind hole in each, in which you put candles. Therefore, the diameter of the hole should be almost the same as the diameter of the candle.
If you have scraps of branches, pieces of bark from your handicrafts, then make such an environmentally friendly vase from them. First, take another one made of plastic or metal. Turn it upside down. When applying natural material here, fill the outside of this container. Elements are glued with a hot gun. Then leave the silicone to cure. When this happens, carefully remove the wooden vase from the base and you can use it.
Here is such an environmentally friendly wooden tableware, you can make items for serving with your own hands. Decorate the venue or just the room with a wall panel, also made from natural materials.
Panels in eco-style: master class, step-by-step photos
For the whole winter, you will keep pleasant memories of a summer walk if you bring some natural materials with you. Here are what, as well as auxiliary items, will be required:
- wooden sticks;
- rowan twigs and leaves;
- palette knife;
- synthetic brush;
- canvas on cardboard;
- acrylic paint;
- embossed paste;
- acrylic lacquer.
If natural materials are dirty, then wash, dry and let dry. Using a spatula or palette knife, apply the paste to the easel.
Where larger and more voluminous objects will be located, the layer of this mass should be slightly larger, about half a centimeter. It is better to draw a sketch of the future canvas in advance in order to then glue natural materials to it in the right order.
Press them lightly into the paste and stick. The leaves need to be smoothed out with movements to the edges from the center to remove air from under them.
During the night, the work should dry out, in the morning you can already cover the composition with paint. Use ivory first. It should be applied with a wide synthetic brush. After completing the first layer, after 20 minutes go to the second.
Let this layer dry as well. Then paint your masterpiece with brown, blue paint. Thin the paint a little and pour it into the grooves and cracks that are on the canvas.
When the paint is dry, brighter accents can be applied. First, apply a little white on a slightly damp pile and walk it along the most prominent parts of the landscape. Then paint some of the elements in gold in the same way. Again, you need to wait for this layer to dry, and then you need to go to mechanical processing. To do this, take sandpaper and run it over the sky and water.
It remains to do the final work, and the panel will be ready. Go over its surface with a wide brush, on which the acrylic varnish will be. If you want the work to be more shiny, then you can apply it in 2 or 3 coats.
Eco-style in the interior - design ideas
In general, this word has Greek roots. Eikos means "habitat, home". In the modern world, this style involves filling the home with natural materials that give a feeling of unity with nature.
No wonder another name for eco-style is naturelle. Here are the materials used to decorate a home according to this principle:
- wood;
- glass;
- clay;
- stones;
- natural fabrics.
The following colors are used for this:
- beige;
- White;
- Brown;
- delicate pastel.
A room decorated in eco-style should have a lot of light. Even if the dwelling is not very large, due to the use of light colors it will seem that it is spacious. This will be helped by the streams of light penetrating here.
Against this background, brown furniture made of natural materials looks great.
In order to feel the unity of man with nature in the dwelling, decorating such a room, the designers propose to embody the imagination of the customers. You can make a fireplace or a decorative stove, decorate them with natural materials.
Twine chandeliers can be made by hand. To do this, you need to inflate a balloon, coat it with PVA glue and wind a thread here in a chaotic manner to fill most of the space. From above, this material is also lubricated with PVA glue, the ball is suspended. When the glue dries, the ball is blown off, punctured, and removed.
Now you need to cut a small hole on top where the light bulb and wires are inserted. All this is fixed and suspended from the ceiling.
When decorating the walls in eco-style, natural materials are also used. This can be cork, wood paneling or ordinary paper wallpaper with or without a discreet pattern. You can paste over a part of the wall with ceramic tiles.
To make an eco-style floor, use terracotta tiles or natural stone colors. It is great if there is an opportunity to lay a wooden parquet here. Nowadays, cork or bamboo floors are in great demand.
Eco-style furniture is made of solid wood, and the countertops are made of marble or natural stone.
If you need a lightweight environment, then rattan furniture is perfect.
The arch can be made of wood, covered with veneer. If possible, you can lay it out of bricks. If there are no doors in the opening, cover the area with curtains made of bamboo or shells.
Eco-style fabrics use the simplest fabrics that were previously popular in rural life. But even now these are valued and considered exquisite items. These are curtains made of mat or matting, linen, coarse wool, canvas.
Also popular is unbleached canvas, from which they sew not only curtains, but also make upholstery for furniture, create tablecloths.
Pay attention to cute accessories too. Arrange wicker baskets, clay or glass vases in which to place fresh flowers, tree branches. You can also put a wicker chest, arrange a small decorative fountain, place salt shakers and straw fruit bowls on the table.
In the kitchen, hang braided onions, bunches of fragrant herbs.
Add a bold accent by hanging hot red pepper pods. Arrange the wooden or ceramic napkin holders that will hold the cotton napkins.
If you love animals, then set up a bird cage, terrarium, or aquarium.
Particular attention should be paid to lighting. Use halogen or fluorescent fluorescent lamps. These will harmonize well with the glass countertop. And you can put it on a base made of birch logs.
You can cover the most common folding chairs with a white transparent material and they transform before your eyes.
If you have an old sideboard, do not throw it away, but restore it. This will need to be sanded and painted. See what a unique style such antique pieces of furniture and interior design create.
Don't forget the plants. Even a few twigs will make the interior look more iridescent. And if you sew pillows with a floral pattern, these will also perfectly fit into the created eco-style.
Decorate the room for the New Year with a garland, also created in eco-style. After reading the next master class, you can make such items to decorate the premises with them not only for this holiday, but also for others, using this idea.
How to make a garland for an eco-style interior?
To create it, you need to stock up on the following:
- thick paper;
- beer cardboard;
- craft paper;
- black acrylic paint;
- sprigs of spruce or thuja;
- decor items, such as chipboard negative;
- lace napkins;
- tracing paper;
- knitted snowflakes;
- wood texture.
First you need to make the elements for the garland in the form of flags. To do this, you need to cut out triangles measuring 11 by 10, 5 cm. These blanks must be cut out of craft paper and cardboard.
Print or hand-draw the phrase "Happy New Year!" You can write what year is coming. Then cover these letters with black acrylic paint and let them dry.
Also prepare the items with which you will decorate the garland.
Apply a dab of white acrylic paint to the twigs to make them look like they're covered in snow. Put pieces of slightly crumpled craft paper on some flags, place twigs tied with twine here. You will place a napkin on top of the other flags. Place twigs or decorations here to match the texture of the wood.
On each such blank, you need to place your own letter on top.
Also, burlap rags and chipboard negatives will be an excellent element for decorating a garland in eco-style. Glue them onto the beer carton triangles.
Tie the flags to a twig at a distance of 10 cm from each other. You can attach the string itself to the beer cardboard using paper clips.
It is necessary to arrange the elements so that as a result they form a Christmas tree.
You can sprinkle the wall behind which the garland will be located with artificial snow. Now you can enjoy the result of your work.
Where to plant flowers - eco-style ideas
Plants are an irreplaceable element of eco-style. Let them accompany you everywhere. If there is nowhere to put flowers in the room, and you really want to surround yourself with them, then you can use various other places for landscaping.
In the summer, flowers can be right in the open air. Place them near the barn, and if possible, right on the roof. In order not to spend money on pots, you can place plants in the most unexpected containers. Use:
- drawers from a wardrobe or sideboard;
- wicker boxes;
- carton boxes;
- basins;
- old pots;
- and even a broken guitar.
You need to pour soil into each of these containers, and so that it does not dry out, add a hydrogel. You can arrange an interesting watering system. To do this, pour water into a large container, lower the ends of the ropes here, and dig the opposite edges into the ground of each container.
If you want to feel yourself in a fairy-tale world and at the same time update old furniture, then you can use the following eco-style idea. In this case, the saying applies that everything is overgrown with moss. Let it occupy the entire space of the table, armchairs, bench. It will sit softly on this one. You can also stick artificial moss here.
If there is not enough space at home, but you want to have fresh herbs on hand, then you can plant them right in the shell. Such a container will nourish the plants and will not take up much space.
Also, the shells from the eggs will turn a small space into a blooming one. Plant violets and succulents here and you can thus decorate the room for Easter.
If you do not have suitable vases, place the flowers in glass jars. To decorate these containers, wrap them with birch bark.
If you want to feel even in a dream that you are in the forest, then you need to draw trees on plywood and drink them with an electric jigsaw. You will need 4 pieces. Attach each tree to the corner of your bed and you can make your dream come true.
If you want unity with nature in the summer at the dacha, intend to get enough sleep in the fresh air, then you can arrange a sleeping place right in the circle of plants.
Cover the makeshift bed with gauze or a piece of tulle to keep the midges from bothering you.
Some people manage to arrange a mini-dwelling right in the greenhouse. Potted flowers can be placed in the corners of this building. And if you are lucky, the site is located on the river bank, then you can admire the water surface at any time.
Still, it is safer to rest not in a greenhouse, but on the glassed-in veranda of your own home. It's just flooded with light. This is what eco-style requires. And you can always appease your gaze by admiring the plants located behind the glass.
If you do not have your own home, then you can arrange a resting place right on the environmentally friendly wooden windowsill. To do this, you need to put a pillow made of natural material here, put flowering plants. You can sit here to rest.
If the windows of your house face a wonderful natural corner, admire such landscapes already on the massive windowsill, which you will turn into a bed by placing a mattress here.
Even in winter, such landscapes will delight if you have not an ordinary wall, but a glazed one.
Lovers of peculiar forms can arrange their home in an original way and use the tiers not only for beauty, but also for landscaping.
If you work in your own home with a laptop, you can sometimes take your eyes off the screen and gaze skyward through the top of the wall and ceiling. In this case, you need to glaze this part of the space.
But it is necessary to perform the glazing correctly so that precipitation does not flow here during rains and snowfalls.
Give the room a blooming look. You can do this if you sew flower pillows. See how they look great on a solid color sofa.
Take a look at how to make a natural composition out of almost nothing.
Here's everything you need:
- snag;
- light soil;
- moss;
- succulents;
- brush;
- electric drill with a round nozzle;
- glue gun.
For the arrangement of the composition, use the following succulents: haworthia, young, Kalanchoe, araucaria, various types of aloe and tillandsia.
The composition will decorate a room in eco-style. But first you need to create it. Remove any dirt from the driftwood. Taking an electric drill, make several indentations in this piece of wood.
The driftwood may contain larvae and insects. Get rid of them first by soaking the piece of wood in a bowl of soapy water for an hour. Glue pieces of sphagnum moss to the bottom of each indentation. This natural material will maintain a comfortable moisture for plants. Now pour succulent soil into the holes you made and plant the plants here.
Remove excess soil with a brush and you can place the composition in the center of the table or put it in another place.
Also succulents, stones look wonderful in glass containers.
To make such a composition, prepare:
- glass container;
- sand;
- hydrogel;
- gravel;
- seashells;
- beads;
- coal;
- soil for succulents;
- plants.
First, you need to polish the container with a special tool so that the edges shine from all sides.
Pour sand here. If you have white, use it. This looks wonderful in such compositions.
Now you need to place a sand pillow and hydrogel, drainage stones and charcoal in the center.
Place plants here. Fill in the space between them with pebbles and beads.
It remains to decorate the surface with shells and admire the glass composition to your heart's content.
Water the soil periodically to keep the succulents doing well. If they grow over time, then you need to carefully remove such, and put small ones in their place.
In general, such plants are now in great demand. They are unpretentious. But you can create the most unexpected things out of them. Such a plant will always be with you if you make decorations from succulents.
Your earrings will look blooming if you use these plants to decorate them. You can make a whole set, also consisting of a necklace and a bracelet.
Decorate your finger with a succulent ring. Such a thing will also be a wonderful gift.
Here's how much they do in eco-style. You can take on board all the ideas at once or use only a few of them. A cognitive video will help you decide on a new addiction. From it you will learn how you can decorate a room in eco-style using wood chips.
The decor of pots and flower pots in eco-style is described in the second video review.
The third video will teach you how to make decorations from succulents.
