It would seem that the article about the rustic style, which is already on our site, fully reveals all the rules and design tricks used during its implementation. What will this story be about? The fact is that the country style and the rustic style, with all their similarities, are somewhat different from each other. Than? The same as the Russian village differs from the American farm. However, the country garden is the embodiment of style, the ancestor of which at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries was Europe. He was also brought to America. The country spirit still reigns in farm houses filled with interior items and family items that have been passed down from generation to generation.
The origin and embodiment of country style
The foundations of country style were laid by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) - the famous English landscape designer. It was based on modest cottage gardens intended for growing vegetables, spicy herbs, aromatic herbs and flowers that adorn the interiors. The purpose of the landscape designer was to saturate utilitarian kindergartens with high-level aesthetics, which would give them a unique style.
Utilitarian kindergartens acquire a unique style, saturated with aesthetics
Country style takes on a special flavor depending on the country in which it is embodied
The idea was quickly picked up, as a result of which Europe acquired rural-style gardens, an indispensable part of which were exquisite flower beds and decorative gardens. The most interesting thing is that the country-style garden in each of the European countries was immediately supplemented with features characteristic of its culture:
- English aristocracy gave the country style a special, refined severity;
- rural gardens of France embodied a certain courtesy and lightness of being, while lavender, which covers the expanses of Provence, is not forgotten;
- Germany was distinguished by burgher pragmatism and a touch of sentimentality.
Having reached America, the country style in landscape design of this country began to be associated with the sounds of banjo, mustangs and everything that is inherent in a real American ranch.
In the modern country style, which is also loved in Russia, several “Americanisms” are often used: a decorative horse-drawn carrier, a cartwheel and a fragment of a fence made of poles.
Principles of landscape decoration
Each style is characterized by basic principles, and they are in country:
- the garden does not require careful maintenance: a certain degree of neglect will give it a special charm;
- The highlight of the landscape style of the country is a large number of flower beds, including cultivated wild plants (to dream of variegated, red-faced plantain, etc.);
- for the design of the garden, any household item of the summer resident, which can no longer be used for its intended purpose, can come up.
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The main principle of creating a country style is that the owner of the site has a fair amount of imagination and a healthy sense of humor.
A slight degree of neglect gives the country garden a special charm
As a basis for a flower garden, there can be any thing, if you approach the issue with humor
The main elements of country style
The Japanese style is easily recognizable by the rock garden, the Chinese - by the decorative arbor with lanterns and a roof, which has a special shape. What attributes form a country and garden interior in a country style? Let's take a closer look.
Decorative garden. The combination of aesthetics and functionality, which is not provided for by other popular styles, is what country needs. Well-groomed, but small-sized beds with greens can be decorated with plants such as feverfew or marigolds.
The garden should be well maintained, small and complemented by flowering plants
Outbuildings. Simple objects (old wheels, funny figures), decorative compositions or ornament can revive the wall of the building. Flowering climbing plants also become a decor.
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Farm buildings can be decorated with decorative elements and flowers.
Flower beds. The use of flowers of different types and timing of flowering, placed in carts, watering cans, pots or other household containers - a characteristic for country reception. Do not forget that the Russian countryside style perfectly fits the front gardens with mallow, sunflowers and golden balls. The bench and the jasmine bush, located next to the flower bed, wonderfully complement the general surroundings.
Picturesqueness and variety of flower beds - a signature feature of country style
Garden paths. Zones of the garden should not have strict boundaries, and the paths between them are usually made natural. For their creation suitable, for example, granite screenings. Even strict concrete paths can be diversified by doing it yourself, decorating their borders with stonecrop or thyme. The track can be decorated or even painted.
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Even a concrete walkway can look quite picturesque
Small garden forms. When decorating a country-style cottage, one should use natural materials: wood, clay (terracotta, for example). Wattle from a rod, pergolas from poles, a wooden well looks great.
When applying small forms, it is necessary to observe the measure, sometimes you can completely do without them
Water bodies. In the country garden, a small village pond, covered with iris on the edges, will look good.
A small country-style water mill looks pretty good and organically - you can take a note
It is important to observe the measure and not mix styles. The lurid gnomes and poisonous frogs can ruin everything.
Correspondence of country houses with the general style
Natural materials used in its decoration and decoration: wood, linen, cotton and wool, ceramics, help to add the necessary color to the interior of a country house. The atmosphere of home comfort, in which there is no place for pomp and pretentiousness, attracts warmth and comfort.
The lack of pomposity and pretentiousness does not exclude that interior decoration may not be cheap
The houses designed in compliance with the traditions are equipped with fireplaces or hearths, because a lively fire that attracts the eye is necessary to create the desired atmosphere of the house in which you are always welcome.
Country is easy to recognize by the abundance of wood products and slightly rude, but solid and functional solid wood furniture. Simple furniture is the basis of a country interior. However, even a ceiling is made of wood here. Sometimes decorated with beams and whitewashed, it looks solid and strong, as it should be in the ceiling in a solid village house.
The abundance of natural materials makes the atmosphere more comfortable.
Numerous accessories perfectly complement the picture. Everything is used - curtains with ruffles or embroidery, tablecloths and bedspreads, knitted napkins and quilts, wicker baskets, tin cans for tea or coffee, clay vases and decorative plates, antique utensils, flowers in pots.
Country style, like any other, is formed by numerous accessories - after all, in trifles, all the power! :)
One more sign of country style in Russia can be considered fragrant pies with a golden brown crust, homemade jam or honey in small vases and a samovar with medals that is full of heat.
