Retro style lamps

Retro style attracts attention with its unusual design, which incorporates the best moments of vintage and antiquity. Lamps in this style are made of materials that enhance the feeling of contact with historical events. "Retro" lamps are able to combine modernity and history, simplicity and chic. Such interior items will be a detail that will liven up the space and add a bright accent.

The retro style is the quintessence of complexity and simplicity, originality and mediocrity. It covers the gap until the 20th century, the monochrome 60s, the fiery 80s and the transitional 90s. Designers are often faced with the problem of how to properly furnish a room in vintage style. Especially it concerns the choice of lighting, because a lot depends on the light.

Despite the nuances, experts love to use stylized objects, they are unusual, while possessing a number of features:

• Variety of forms. Fixtures create standard or extravagant. More often the correct geometrical proportions meet. The choice of form depends on the design of the room.
• Conciseness, clarity of designs. Versatility allows you to choose lighting items in rooms with any functional purpose.
• Minimalism. It is expressed in the absence of a large number of parts and decorations. Thanks to this concept, lamps in the “retro” style look simple, but with taste.
• The opposite of minimalism detail. Some chandeliers, especially from crystal, have intricate shapes, unusual design, ornate designs.
• Lamps are made in several sizes - impressive dimensions and neat little wall.
• The main materials are porcelain, wood, plastic, less often metal and crystal, and nickel and bronze are used for finishing.

The species range of lamps in the "retro" style is extensive. Manufacturers offer many modifications, forms, stylizations.

Consider the popular ones in more detail:

• Chandeliers antique. Chandelier - suspended ceiling lamp that creates shadowless lighting. This type of lighting device is in great demand among buyers. The chandelier is usually mounted in the middle of the ceiling, providing optimum illumination of the entire space. As for the style of "retro", the lamps are made in the form of a wooden wheel, forged, with candles.

• Torches add to the interior raid of medieval mysteriousness. They will not fit into any interior, such devices assume the corresponding design.
• Retro style lamps on the chains look original and fresh. Chains add to the lighting fixtures beauty, bohemian. But their construction is simple - lamps in the cartridges hang from the ceiling on long cords or on chains.

• Floor lamps - spotlights, installed in certain places, for example, next to the reading chair, near the head of the bed with a night light function.
• Lanterns They are an unusual lamp that resembles an ordinary street lamp, but with a touch of vintage.
• Sconce - Wall lights. Good at lighting corridors, they create a uniform light."Retro" sconces are made of plastic, metal, simple form or exquisite.
• Neon sign - a concept lamp that will emphasize the era of the 70-80s, combines brightness, an emphasis on the spirit of "disco" and functionality. Signs are suitable for lighting kitchens and bars.

The size of the lamps in the style of "retro" range from compact small wall lamps to chic huge chandeliers. Large lamps are equipped with halls, living rooms. Their power and size will allow the light to reach all corners of the room.

Small appliances are installed as independent light sources in small rooms, bathrooms, corridors, and walk-in closets. They can work in tandem with huge chandeliers, creating auxiliary lighting.

The most popular material for the manufacture of lamps in the style of "retro" - wood. This material is able to give a shade of antiquity, it harmoniously blends with any finish.

Wooden lamps will concisely fit into the following style directions:

• Rustik - cozy rustic style, where the massive chandelier from a rough raw bar of a tree or plafonds in the form of a usual board will become the central element.
• The atmosphere of mountaineering and the unique warmth of mountain houses - these words can be described chalet style. A tree is appropriate here, but it will resemble similarities with hunting trophies.
• Scandinavian style different massiveness, thoroughness. The chandelier is chosen for these epithets - from an array of durable wood, allowed carving.
• Techno-style implies clarity and some complexity of forms. For example, a ball of wooden arcs or a rectangle of planks.

The tree is distinguished by its simplicity in processing, a wide range of colors, the richness of its texture, the individuality of the product, environmental friendliness and stylistic diversity. The disadvantages include flammability, susceptibility to mold, fungi and parasites. To prevent deterioration of the properties and to preserve the tree in its original quality, it is impregnated with special solutions and reduces the humidity in the premises.

“Retro” lamps are made of metals (copper, brass, bronze). Such lighting devices are large, they vividly reflect the vintage style. Metal chandeliers are suspended from high ceilings, beams.

Crystal - another version of the material for the "retro" style.Previously, a crystal chandelier was an indicator of wealth, status and taste of the owner. Crystal lamps are suitable for large rooms, due to the multifaceted parts creates a light, airy, bright light.

Plastic is a budget option. It is inexpensive, easy to use, unpretentious. Plastic is not very popular, however, when combined with wood and metal, original accessories are obtained.

"Retro" style does not like bright, catchy shades. Here the colors are calm, even faded and blurred. The color palette emphasizes the historicity and vintage of the interior, as if it had faded under the influence of time, and in some places it was erased. Popular colors are gray, greenish, dusty blue, beige, ivory, white.

To dilute the pastel shades and break the monochrome, the designers add deep rich tones that match the shades of natural materials. The tree is covered with matte varnish or stain, thus, the lamps get a noble, visually pleasing surface.

Metal devices also do not need additional decoration with paint - they already have the color necessary for the “retro” style.

"Retro" lamps should perform two functions - to emphasize the design and illuminate the room.

To connect this functionality together, experts give some useful tips on choosing:

• Chandelier - for a spacious, large room. This accessory can provide light throughout the area.
• Lamps, wall lamps and floor lamps are suitable for small spaces, creating a point light sources.
• Devices are fixed at a height of at least 2 meters from the floor.
• Matt shades create a soft, intimate, subdued light that is perfect in bedrooms and rest rooms.
• To create a directional light, for example, in the kitchen above the worktop, you should pay attention to the chandeliers and sconces. In them, the light is directed strictly down.

Properly chosen lamp in the "retro" style will create a calm, cozy atmosphere at home, setting up relaxation and rest.

The original device is fully suitable for the overall design of the room, you can make your own hands. An interesting option in the next video.

“Retro” lamps meet all the requirements of designers when designing the furnishing of residential premises: functionality, originality,aesthetic perfection. With the right choice and placement of accents, they become highly artistic composition. The following selection of photographs will vividly illustrate how ancient lamps transform a modern interior.

This lamp is remarkable in that it combines two coarse materials - metal and rope. The metal frame is covered with a cord, and the chandelier itself is suspended from a thick rope. This duet creates a unique vintage style that will perfectly fit into the "retro" kitchen.

Put a stylized street lamp in the room - not everyone will take this bold step. But the effect is worth it. Such lighting will provide unusual, soft comfort. The lamp will be suitable for an office or a hall.

Floor lamps in the style of "retro" concise and have a simple design. They do not attract much attention to themselves, they fulfill only their direct purpose. Floor lamps and night lamps create a muffled light, providing a calm environment.

Ideal lighting is created by wall lamps in elongated rectangular rooms (in the corridors). They scatter light at the right level, filling the entire space with the necessary amount of light.

The original wooden lamp is concise, but with a twist. Everything is simple in it - beam, ropes, lamps. This is the essence of country style.

Metal chandelier, on chains with lamps, stylized as candles - a chic piece of furniture. She is elegant and solid at the same time. Its wrought-iron elements fascinate, and the lamps resemble the palaces of medieval Europe. Such a chandelier will be a great addition to the dining room, where a large happy family gathers around the table.

Here it is, the queen of living rooms and halls - a crystal chandelier. Huge, elegant, with a lot of decorative elements. She looks solemn and suitable for meeting guests.