We are from the jungle

Interior in the "tropical" style

Passing the gallery

Leading headings: Marina Volkova

A photo: Maxim Shapovalov

Magazine: N4 (159) 2011

Alfredo Britto is a designer by profession, although he could become a botanist or an entomologist — he is so interested in the flora and fauna of the tropics. He made his apartment in Miami look like a forest in the Amazon Delta

Designer Alfredo Britto is fascinated by the culture of the Amazon. He has been to this region more than once and retained the most vivid memories of him. Therefore, having bought an apartment in Miami, he immediately decided that he would realize his long-held dream of life in the jungle in the interior design. “I must say, the climate on the south coast, where Miami is located, somehow even resembles the tropics,” says Alfredo. - Wet enough, palm trees everywhere. In the interior, I wanted to convey this feeling: as if you are surrounded by untouched nature, untouched by man. ”

Getting into this apartment, at first you get lost - so much is all around: the interior decoration is spectacular, hyper-saturated. The walls and the ceiling are in golden brown. The designer believes that these tones create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort. “You relax right away in such an interior,” says Alfredo. “Dim colors, which I call the colors of the earth (ocher, coffee, chocolate shades), are non-aggressive, they soothe and are associated with comfort.” The furnishings were picked up for a long time and carefully, mostly they are all sorts of classics - Empire with Egyptian motifs, there is something from Art Nouveau, something from victorianism. The author calls the interior eclectic with a bias in ethnic, colonial style. In the bedroom, for example, the ethnic mood is created primarily due to the curtains of leopard colors, and in the living room - the coffee table with the base of ivory tusks and paintings depicting zebras.

Designers are often asked how legitimate it is to mix furniture in style. Empire с аксессуарами в африканско-малайзийской стилистике. Он уверен, что тут нет ничего предосудительного. Как ни странно, они неплохо дополняют друг друга: простые, выверенные формы Empireной мебели оттеняются вычурностью азиатских статуэток и текстиля в духе сафари. «Не стоит бояться и перенасыщенности, - комментирует дизайнер. - Если грамотно продумать интерьер, даже самый избыточный декор не будет смотреться вульгарно».

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