A wooden furniture is a classic option that cannot be compared with the most modern materials, plastics, and polymers, with their ability to imitate any surface. But a solid wooden cabinet becomes more elegant and original if it is decorated with carvings.
It is the carving that allows you to make the interior exclusive. Any piece of furniture made by the hands of a master is considered to be the author’s, and as a result, the whole interior turns out to be such.
Carved furniture in the kitchen
Carved furniture in an apartment or in a house in the kitchen is rarely placed. As a rule, she finds a place for herself in the living room, study, bedroom. In this case, carvings decorate the backs of beds, armchairs, and chairs, details of tables and cabinets, small decorative interior items are especially popular: whatnots, jardinieres, various shelves, and so on. And in private houses, carved furniture and details of such decor adorn verandas and summer houses.
This is how carved furniture in the kitchen looks like
But in the kitchen, carved furniture will be very appropriate. And this is primarily buffets – an unchanging Russian tradition. Large and small, with carved bizarre legs, carved kokoshnik on top. And utensils on the wall with sidewalls in the form of skates were in every village hut. The large kitchens had wooden sofas with carved backs.
The tradition of carved kitchen furniture also existed in Europe. There, the facades of cabinets and small wall cabinets, the backs of chairs, and wooden chests were decorated in this way. Furniture facades made of solid wood with carved decorations are a classic option for decorating a kitchen.
Advantages and disadvantages
The use of carved details for decorating the kitchen has many advantages:
- returns to its roots and preserves traditions;
- gives a feeling of warmth and a special cozy atmosphere;
- makes the interior individual and unique;
- gives a lot of room for creativity;
- you can constantly add small details;
- wood is an environmentally friendly material, and it is easier to breathe in such rooms;
- carved interiors have a great pedagogical effect: young people often get excited about the idea of learning artistic creativity.
But it is not without drawbacks:
- such furniture is difficult to keep clean: it requires some effort;
- wood easily absorbs odors and moisture;
- wooden furniture does not go well with artificial materials, and therefore it is necessary to carefully consider the decor of the apron and ways to preserve wooden work surfaces;
- if the kitchen has a lot of wooden carved surfaces, then most modern household appliances will have to be put away in cabinets;
- it is very easy to get carried away and overdo it with carving, turning the kitchen into a museum;
such furniture is expensive; - ordering furniture according to drawings and drawings, its manufacture takes a lot of time;
- It can be difficult to find a good master.
Kinds
We have been engaged in carving since the times of Ancient Russia. For centuries, basic techniques have been formed, a classification has developed.
The following types of carving are used for decorating kitchen facades:
slotted carving: when working, chisels and cutters are used; openwork products are obtained;
Slotted carving of furniture in the kitchen
saw thread: a saw and a jigsaw are used here; also a type of openwork carving;
flat carving: it is performed with a chisel and a knife; thread elements are deepened into the background;
relief carving: all carving elements rise above the background;
blind thread; has an uncut background, a high pattern without smooth areas;
overhead carving: the pattern is made with a slotted carving and glued onto a flat wooden surface, sometimes it can be of a different color.
slotted carving: when working, chisels and cutters are used; openwork products are obtained;
Slotted carving of furniture in the kitchen
saw thread: a saw and a jigsaw are used here; also a type of openwork carving;
flat carving: it is performed with a chisel and a knife; thread elements are deepened into the background;
relief carving: all carving elements rise above the background;
blind thread; has an uncut background, a high pattern without smooth areas;
overhead carving: the pattern is made with a slotted carving and glued onto a flat wooden surface, sometimes it can be of a different color.
In the manufacture of decorative details, all types of carving are used. Sometimes, for decorating the interior, they take products made using the technique of sculptural carving.
Modern workshops that now produce such furniture do it on machine tools.
Most decorative elements are used for cabinet doors, drawer fronts. For kitchen cabinets, including sets, the technique of laid-on and blind threads is used. And corner posts are often made using sculptural carving techniques.
In the technique of openwork carving, the backs of chairs and armchairs, wall shelves, and walls of open shelving are made.
It is not customary to decorate countertops with carvings, but large kitchens can have large tables decorated with wood-on-wood mosaics, which look incredibly stylish and unusual.
How to decorate
When using carved elements in the kitchen, you need to follow some rules:
- all carved details must be made from the same type of wood;
- do not use more than two types of thread;
- mirror panels should be installed on the back walls of cabinets decorated with wood carvings, they increase the illumination of the room and thus shift the focus to decorative details;
- in the upper cabinets, the doors are replaced with glass or decorative grilles made of MDF false panels;
- the exclusivity of the furniture will be emphasized by the combination of carving, stained glass and glass with a pattern, moreover, this technique visually enlarges the room;
- to decorate the walls, you can use paintings and photographs in carved frames or wooden molding frames.
You can decorate the kitchen with carvings without installing furniture with carved details.
Carvings are decorated with cornices, two or three shelves, possibly a crockery, picture frames. Carved bread bins, vases are placed in a conspicuous place, two or three small carved shelves are hung, a carved lampshade for a chandelier is also possible, figures carved from wood, which can be placed in different places.
On the windowsill you can make an interesting carved bench-stand for flowers.
If there is carved furniture in the kitchen, then you should think about whether small carved objects will overload the interior?
How to care
Such furniture in the kitchen is not easy to keep clean. This requires not only special knowledge, but also a lot of time and effort.
The first step is to determine what kind of cleaning fluid to use if water and a rag are ineffective: to do this, wipe a small piece of wood in an inconspicuous corner, let the surface dry and look for a reaction. But it is worth using chemistry only in exceptional cases, for example, to clean greasy stains on spice shelves.
It is very important to wipe all surfaces with a damp cloth as often as possible, do not allow dust to penetrate into the pores of the wood, this makes it lose its decorative effect, but in order to clean the carved surfaces, it takes time and patience, so sometimes you can use soft dust brushes.
Lacquered facades should be wiped with a special agent to keep the surfaces shiny. The countertop requires special care. It should not be put hot on it, the spilled liquid must be immediately removed, do not leave products on the surface, the smell of which can absorb the tree.
How to harmoniously fit carved furniture into the interior of the kitchen
Wooden carvings are used in many kitchens.
Classic style
- Headsets are designed according to established rules: the upper doors are replaced with glass and a decorative wicker lattice or frame with tapestry fabric, glass panels on the back walls;
- massive legs are made using the technique of sculptural carving, the handles are dark and also carved;
- Many hanging shelves for the bar counter and a headset of the same style as the headset;
- chairs with weighted carved legs and curved or Viennese backs.
Ethno
Kitchen in Russian style. The main detail of such a kitchen is a carved buffet set in the middle of the wall. Above the sink is a wooden crockery with walls decorated with sculptural carvings or hinged kitchen shelves. Kitchen chest, the sides of which are decorated with applied carvings.
It looks like carved furniture in the kitchen Ethno
As a decor, you can install figurines carved from wood, a wooden bread box on the countertop of the sideboard. Crafts made from natural materials, processed branches, knots, roots, twine bottles and other design ideas for the kitchen will be appropriate here. In such kitchens, windows are decorated with carved interior trim.
African style kitchen. Low carved furniture – cabinets, shelves, on which kitchen utensils are placed along with decor items: various sculptures carved from wood and stylized as African traditions, wooden masks on the walls.
Wall cabinets as the upper furniture tier. All dark wood furniture, decorated with one type of carving, without the use of slotted and sawn. It is better to put kitchen appliances in cabinets.
Chalet
Rough massive furniture;
cabinets decorated with sculptural carvings, benches with carved backs, beams on the ceiling will harmoniously complement the interior.
It may look like carved furniture in the kitchen Chalet
Country
It is not necessary to introduce a lot of carved details here. For country-style decor, there can be carved backs or cornices on cabinets.
carved furniture in the kitchen Country
Baroque
Quirkiness is the main thing in this style. Therefore, curved, twisted legs and backs, unusual handles, convex lush facades, carved cornices will be very useful here.
Beautiful carved Baroque furniture mostly has a golden texture
small white kitchen
A small wooden suite made of a light wood with facades decorated with moldings, with a carved cornice “to the ceiling” will fit well into such an interior and make it warm.
Biedermeier
In the traditions of this style, the use of furniture made of ash, maple, pear. It can be decorated with veneer and sculptural carvings. In the technique of such carving, the legs of ottomans and footstools can be made.
The carved furniture in the Biedermeier kitchen has a very presentable look and looks quite expensive.
Vintage
Vintage is brightness and charm. There are a lot of bright colors here, so a set of juicy warm woods, decorated with molding and carved details, is suitable. Trellised doors on the upper cabinets, convex lower cabinets, cabinets under the window, and on the walls adjacent to the sets with carved legs and applied carvings as decoration.
Carved furniture Vintage
Gothic
Tall, dark, narrow cabinets with carved cornice turrets are ideal for this somewhat unusual kitchen style.
Art Deco
The name of the style is translated as “decorative art”. One of its distinguishing features are geometric patterns on furniture facades. They can be made using the wood carving technique.
This is how carved Art Deco furniture looks and is installed in large rooms
Antique
Furniture in the kitchen of this style can be decorated with columns carved from wood. The facades of the headset are decorated with applied carvings of the corresponding theme.
Wooden furniture, decorated with carvings, keeps the warmth of the hands and the kindness of the master. It contributes to the creation of a special microclimate: the subtle smell of wood, bizarre carvings—something familiar and at the same time unusual fabulous emanates from such interiors.