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AT looking for an ethnic chic lounge inspiration? Marrying clean Scandinavian design with moveable and decorative objects from far-off lands, this style of interior design is becoming more and more trendy.
Discover how to decorate and decorate your living room chic ethnic style thanks to our gallery of 24 interiors integrating this style of design.
Chic ethnic lounge inspiration: the marriage of modern and traditional
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The ethnic style, sometimes called colonial style, represents a mix of styles from many cultures. Where does it originate from? It is with the colonial era that the circulation of a large number of forms and styles of design becomes reality. It should also be mentioned that the evocation of the word “colonial” is always sensitive and it is better to speak of it as style ethnic. In our article, we will focus on the aesthetic aspect of this style of design in its “chic” version. That is, how he evolved and married to another well-known interior design style, the Scandinavian style. With our image gallery, we will try to answer the question how it is possible to recreate it in one of the most important rooms of any living space – the living room.
Stylish Ethnic Living Inspiration: A Rustic Wooden Crocodile Stool
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Nowadays, traveling has become possible for many people. When we go back home, we usually bring decorative objects from the countries we visited and then integrate them into the decoration of our interior. This is about what happened during the colonization, but in another form, politicized. Ethnic style is the result of adaptation to a different culture and climate. Any European who settled in one of the colonized countries, went to meet a different way of life. The materials, the furniture, the decoration, all diversified, by its unique way, of what was already present in the West in interior design. It is from this meeting that the ethnic style is born. A style described as “Simple and functional, which reconciles the beautiful and the useful”.
Introduce the chic ethnic style with little touches
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The chic ethnic style combines traditional objects, furniture and decorative elements from Africa, Asia, India and sometimes Latin America. Floor mats, curtains, patterned cushions, woolen blankets, wooden figurines, Moroccan poufs … This is only a part of the typical objects for interiors in ethnic style or chic ethnic style.
Modern living room interior in black and white decorated with authentic objects
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The chic ethnic style, or rather this mixture of two styles, was invented in the countries of Northern Europe. The combination of contemporary decor and exotic elements, antique furniture, weathered wood, natural materials, creates spaces both modern and cocoon, which are warmer and less cold. It differs from the classic ethnic style because it favors light shades, black and white. In a classic ethnic style interior, bright, warm colors are always present. The decoration is composed of several objects, while in the chic ethnic style, the decoration is less present and small touches.
Scandinavian-inspired chic ethnic interior
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You understand, the chic ethnic style is minimalist. It is not colorful. It is clean, chic and harmonious. The authentic decoration is present, but in small doses. We will install very few objects brought back, we will select them carefully and we will try to accentuate them. Unlike the gypsy style, for example, where everything is overloaded with colors, textures and furniture.
An ethnic rug is enough to decorate the modern living room
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Below, we see an interior of chic ethnic style that allowed to introduce a different shade of white and black – the green. The weathered wooden furniture and the floor rug warm the room, while a Persian door has been installed to decorate the wall behind the sofa.
IKEA offers us this beautiful living room interior with green elements designed in chic ethnic style
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Another reason for the success of ethnic style and chic ethnic style is the fact that furniture and decoration are very often from recovery. This makes it ecological and economical.
Rustic wooden table and exotic wall deco objects
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It is also very interesting to mix ethnic chic style with industrial style, as is the case for the salon interior below:
Modern living room with ethnic chic decor elements
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Industrial style living room with sofa, cushions and ethnic rug
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Living room designed in classic ethnic style with bright colors
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Moroccan pouf in white leather and composition of modern frames
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Introducing color into a chic ethnic interior is not forbidden. By installing a Turkish kilim you will get a nice decorative effect, for example.
Contemporary style living room decorated with colorful Turkish kilim
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Living room designed in minimalist style with rustic wood elements
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To see the difference between classic ethnic style and chic ethnic style, we also selected some examples of living room interiors designed in classic ethnic style. The bright colors are very present, the decoration too. Take inspiration from these images and find interesting interior design and decoration ideas for your future ethnic and chic lounge!
Living room interior designed in white and wood with natural stone flooring
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Here is an interior in classic ethnic style where colors are very present
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Do not hesitate to mix and experiment! Remember that to successfully decorate and decorate an interior in chic ethnic style, it must remain simple.
Large Aztec floor rug to decorate and warm up the living room atmosphere in ethnic style
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Moroccan leather pouf with embroidered details: a practical and decorative object
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Wall decoration ideas with hanging panels of ethnic style
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Simple and elegant decorating idea with patterned cushions
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Industrial style living room decorated with ethnic motif rugs
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Interior in modernized classic ethnic style, Godrich Interiors design
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