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Arabian Interior Design – How to Get the Look

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

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If you see a home that has Persian rugs, ornate prints, silk fabrics, luscious lamp shades, and valances, then most likely, you’re looking at an Arabian-inspired home. The Arabian interior design is a style that highlights things that are opulent, lush, and even Bohemian.

There isn’t one rule that is strictly Arabian. This can vary from Bedouin style to rustic, lavish, and the most exaggerated interiors.

Arabian Hues

The most popular colors that are used in the Arabian interior design are indigo, blues, terracotta pink, green and dark browns. Other options include white spaces but with some colorful and bright accessories.

Pan-Arab colors are red, white, green and black. Individually, these hues represent one Arab dynasty. Red was the color of the flag that was held by the Hashemites and Khawarij. White was the color used by the Umayyad Caliphate; green flew proudly on the flag of the Fatimid Caliphate; while black was used on Muhammad’s banner, and even the Rashidun Caliphate.

These same colors can also be infused to your Arabian-inspired home.

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Arabian Patterns

Arabic interiors are not Arabic if they do not contain Oriental, intricate patterns. These are noticeable in their colorful mosaics, textiles, flooring, and walls. They even have carvings on their wooden windows and shutters.

Wikipedia discusses Islamic decoration to be filled with figurative images. These make use of geometric patterns which evolved and became even more beautiful as centuries passed.

Islamic art is very much a part of many Arabian patterns. These are often repeated circles and squares which are either interlaced, overlapped or formed to create the most intricate designs.

Our nation, as well as other Western nations, are correct to be interested in Arabian geometric patterns. Artists and craftsmen including Maurits Cornelis Escher, a Dutch graphic artist. There is something truly interesting about this patterns because they seem to have a mathematical logic.

Escher drew as he became inspired by nature – he used landscapes, buildings, lichens, and insects – all patterns that are not impossible to be included in Arabian patterns.

Arabian Furniture

The wooden furniture pieces in authentic Arabian interiors are often embellished with carvings and mother of pearl inlays or precious woods. You won’t be served on tables when you are offered coffee and tea. What you will be presented with are huge brass trays.

As you go to the living room, you will see the biggest sofas with a lot of colorful cushions. It is also common to find room dividers which are made of wood with intricate patterns.

Remember that when it comes to Arabian seating, you have to feature the art of mosaic. You also have to show the beauty of Arabic calligraphy. Use potteries, metals, wood crafts, lots of marble and ivories.

Arabian Lighting

This is the finishing touch to your Arabic interiors. Pick the lighting fixtures that can produce diffused, soft light. Invest in Moroccan lanterns, copper or brass pendant lighting. Have you seen lovely henna lamps? Oh, you just gotta have those.

The Purpose in Arabian Style

The proposed viewers of Arabian style are supposed to understand the underlying realism in the architectural details or furnishings. Much of Arabian culture whether on books, textiles, ceramics or the art of decorating, all lean toward transformation.

The Arabs from the Western Atlantic Ocean to the eastern Arabian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are the very places where this style is born. The Arab world and culture are now subdivided into the Al-Mudun (urban culture), the Ar-Reef (rural culture), and the Al-Badow (nomad culture).

Elegance with sizable drama are the keys to decorating in Arabian style. The interiors must have a unique aura filled with the elements mentioned above plus some decorative flowers and plants.

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