Provence style kitchen: 55 photos and design guide

Content

Color spectrum
Finishing: floor, walls, ceiling
Furniture
Kitchen appliances and plumbing
Lighting
Decor, textiles and accessories

Provence style kitchen is good because it is available on any budget, suitable for both small and large premises, both for a country house and a city apartment. And it will never go out of fashion, because the basis of the Provencal interior is based on a classic style, only more comfortable and relaxed.

Here are some of its salient features:

Natural colors;
Traditional and natural materials in the finish;
Noble wear and dilapidation of the interior;
The use of classic wooden furniture, as well as wicker or wrought-iron furniture;
Soft and diffused lighting;
The abundance of textiles from linen and cotton;
The decor in vintage style;
Use of "village" and traditional "Provencal" prints: cockerels, sunflowers and lavender.

In this material, we will describe how to create a Provence-style kitchen interior from scratch: create a color scheme, choose decoration, furniture, lamps and decor. And here you will find 55 inspiring photos of kitchens of city apartments and country houses.

Color spectrum

The interior in Provence style, as well as the southern coast of France, is rich in colors. True, not bright and flashy, but natural. Here are some of the most characteristic colors:

Terracotta (terracotta tiles - a traditional finishing material in Provence);
Ochristy (it has been mined in France since the most ancient times);
Blue and blue (colors of the sea, sky and woad growing in France);
Shades of lavender: lilac, purple;
Yellow (color of the sun, sunflowers and straw);
White, ivory, creamy (it is the color of white clay, stones, sand, whitewashed wood from the sun);
Green, pistachio and olive (shades of green often decorate houses in Provence, for example, window shutters and doors often paint in pistachio color).

If you want to create the most authentic interior in the kitchen in a country housethen you can use these colors in large quantities. However, in the kitchen in a city apartment, Provence colors are appropriate in lighter proportions.

The small kitchen in Provence style must be bright. Walls, ceiling and large furniture are better painted in white (this will increase the space and compensate for the lack of natural lighting), the floor should be arranged in a beige, brown or terracotta shade. But in the decor and accents is better to use lavender, olive, ocher and other Provençal paints.

Provence white kitchen

White small kitchen in Provence style

To create a nice looking color scheme, it is necessary to combine warm colors with cold ones. Well, then, in what colors it is necessary to arrange the basis of the interior - in warm or cold, - depends on the orientation of the room in the cardinal directions:

If the kitchen faces south or southwest, and its sunlight floods most of the day, it means that the interior should be filled mostly with cold shades (blue, blue) or neutral (green, light gray).

Small kitchen in Provence style in blue tones

If the kitchen is dark and lacks natural light, which most often happens in our northern country, then the interior should be filled mostly with warm and light colors. Moreover, the style of Provence, they are peculiar to no other. Ochres, terracotta, white, beige, lilac, pink and yellow (in small quantities) are the shades that will replace the Provencal sun in your kitchen.

Finishing: floor, walls, ceiling

The real kitchen in the French province looks dilapidated and inconspicuous - rough plaster on the walls, rough terracotta tiles on the floor, and cracked whitewash and wooden beams on the ceiling.

Provence-style kitchen in a country house

Provence-style kitchen design in a country house

If it is still possible to recreate such decoration in the kitchen in a country house in Russia, in a city apartment it is already more difficult. Yes, and look "old-time charm" here is either not appropriate, or too artificial. What to do? The main thing is to use traditional and natural materials.

Walls

Ideally, the walls should simply be plastered or painted with matt / semi-matt paint. It is both authentic and practical at the same time.
The wallpaper should have a classic pattern: floral prints, monograms, blue-white scenes / patterns, stripes or a Vichy cell. Examples of wallpapers in the style of Provence in the interior of the kitchen are presented in the following selection of photos.

Also for wall decoration fit wooden lining (see photo), it is better to light shades to visually expand the space.

The brickwork can organically fit into the interior, provided that it is real. However, artificial aging of bricks and their painting are quite allowed and welcome. Another important tip is if the kitchen is small, brick masonry is better to revet only one wall or some of its fragment, otherwise the space will visually become smaller.

Brick in the kitchen in the style of Provence

Design project of the kitchen in the style of Provence with the use of brickwork

Brick apron in the interior of the kitchen in the style of Provence

Brick will look great in the kitchen apron

Speaking of an apron. The most practical, affordable and reliably Provencal version of its finish is ceramic tile. Any “village” design options will do: imitations of terracotta, floral / vegetable tiles, izratsy, square and in the format of "pig". Below are different examples of the lining of the apron for the kitchen in the style of Provence.

Ceiling

The best finish of the ceiling is ordinary whitewashing and painting. If over time or as a result of flooding, the ceiling begins to crack, it does not matter, because it is in the Provence-style kitchen that this defect turns into dignity.

Well, if the ceiling is not too low, then you can decorate it with ceiling beams. The main thing is that they are made of natural wood.

Ceiling beams in the kitchen in the style of Provence

The ceiling of this “Provençal” kitchen in the city apartment is decorated with white lining and wooden beams

Pay attention to the article: Ceiling in the kitchen - 7 ways to design.

Floor

For flooring, the ideal solution would be a tree or ceramic floor tiles. In the Provence style kitchen, glossy surfaces are unacceptable, so the tile should ideally be matte and somewhat coarse, and the laminate - with the effect of decay. And here are photo examples of wooden flooring and floor tiles in the kitchen in this style.

Furniture

Dining room and kitchen furniture in the style of Provence is certainly wooden, wicker rattan or wrought, classic style, preferably aged or deliberately coarse.

Facades must be with panels, perhaps with glass inserts and even ... metal mesh as in the photo below.

By the way, all Kitchens from Ikea with framed facades fit perfectly into Provencal interiors.

A characteristic feature of the Provençal style are open cabinets and shelves. Keep in mind that they and all their contents need frequent wet cleaning, but visually facilitate the interior.

The dining table can be massive or, on the contrary, very light. Chairs, stools and semi-chairs can be wooden, rattan (wicker), metal (including wrought-iron), made of bent plywood, possibly with soft upholstery. And the chairs can be variegated. In the next selection of photos you can learn interesting ideas for dining furniture for the kitchen Provence.

Kitchen appliances and plumbing

Of course, the best Provence design will emphasize appliances and plumbing in the appropriate style:

Instead of a chrome-plated mixer, it is better to choose copper or bronze with an old-fashioned two-device device (see material: Choosing a kitchen faucet);
The perfect wash is white ceramic;
Appliances should be chosen "antique". Fortunately, today almost every manufacturer can find retro models.

Lighting

During the day there should be a lot of natural light, so make sure that the furniture and the curtains on the windows do not interfere with its penetration into the room.

Artificial lighting in the Provencal kitchen should be uniform and soft. To achieve this, instead of one powerful chandelier, use a variety of small appliances (in addition to the main chandelier). For example, it can be spotlights, wall sconces or simply table lamps and floor lamps placed around the room.

As for the appearance of fixtures, we recommend to give preference to forged, simple metal, wooden, wicker or fabric fixtures. Well fit and lamps with glass and porcelain shades.

By the way, it is better to hang the chandelier not in the center of the kitchen, but directly above the dining table. So the dining area is visually separated from the work area and will become a truly ceremonial one.

Decor, textiles and accessories

It is the details that create coziness, so every detail should be chosen with an eye to the interior.

The design of the Provence-style kitchen is inconceivable without the abundance of diverse textiles: linen tablecloths or coarse cotton, light white curtains or curtains with a classic print, pillows, chair covers, towels and napkins. Traditional motifs for textiles are floral or floral print, a Vichy cell and a rare stripe. Ideal types of curtains: classic, Roman, curtain cafes.

By the way, the curtains can be not only on the windows: freely walking curtains can be hung on the bottom of the headset (see photo) or table-island.

Utensils fit the most ordinary - from ceramics, porcelain, wood, cast iron, aluminum (with enamel or without it).

Perfectly complement the interior wicker baskets, aluminum buckets and wooden boxes in which you can store household items or fruit and vegetables.
Excellent on the Provencal kitchen will look "old" Wall Clock. Usually they are round, with a Roman dial, possibly with inscriptions in French or traditional Provençal patterns (lavender, roosters, etc.).