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Moroccan Interior Design & Moorish Architecture: Lavish Lifestyle
The Moroccan home is a palace of the poetic imagination and harmonization between man and the natural world. Walls borrow their hues from the earth and desert sand - muted reds and yellows honey. Tedelakt, the ancient technique of providing smooth, shiny surface with a colored limestone paste and black soap, give walls and floors all the appearance of clay ceramic. Interior structuring takes on organic shapes. The curves and arches complement geometric tiles tiles and vases highs and lows, along with fresh roses from the garden. Floaty, the gauze curtains instead of doors to give a sense pleasant open to the living room, while allowing the free movement breezes.
The Moroccan-style house is a unique blend of African, Berber, and aesthetics Islamic. Plush cushions in rich textured fabrics are set upon carved ebony-stained pine and cedar furniture moucharabi. Casting the afternoon sunlight patterns abstract is pierced metal lamps and bronze standing on tables or hanging overhead. Seats, tables and accessories throughout the home are patterned and shaped by beautifully designed forms hexagonal, octagonal and arches. The overall effect is a private park and an inviting visual showland of museum that is at once masterful and inviting.
The scents of cedar and roses eddy with the aroma of lamb and apricots. Customers have come with a screw tap a brass knocker on a heavy wooden door. The setting sun fires the purple-pink of jasmine and bougainvillea in the garden outside, as simmering a Tajine last minutes in the oven. Domestic architecture in Morocco varies greatly according to regional climate and personal wealth. There are the simple stucco constructions of the poorer villagers, and there are villas of magnificence as to lure the wandering soul across several continents the time just standing outside their doors delighted.
In Moroccan homes irrespective of means the blind indented arch is a most charming feature, one whose inspiration is taken directly from the mihrab, or prayer niche constructed on the qibla wall of the mosque. The inner courtyard, or riad, is another characteristic element Moroccan architecture and of Islamic architecture in general.
Located in most of the time center of the home, the riad is a tool for privacy and practicality. Since it is often the main gate of the street opens onto the courtyard, visitors are directed from the patio into a salon used especially for entertaining - and this without to go through other living areas of the house. The riad allows for plenty of light and shade necessary because the sun's rays and also cooler air can permeate the entire housing, while at the same time, the heavy elements of wind and direct sunlight are kept out.
interior architecture is essential to Islamic. Vaults, domes and arched doors are key features which serve both functional and aesthetic purposes. In some village homes, the recessed walls and benches set in cement stucco offer simple detail.
More elaborate elements may include geometric and floral motifs carved beams wood or drywall. Ceramic tile, known as tiles, also used, and can be applied to any and all surfaces, and is not limited to walls, floors, roofs and ceilings. Creative and surprising patterns, molded organic materials, and the intriguing lines of Moroccan structural motifs that housing a Moroccan Zone extraordinary visual games. Imagine coming home after a long day job and falling into a living room oasis where you are bathed in soft reds, yellows and oranges while resting on a plush cushion, next to a set of mini palm trees, breathing the scent of Jasmine incense, listening to light jazz flutes. Selection Moroccan furniture is not just about the most functionality, but about creating a comfortable habitat where you can relax, de-stress and enjoy of downtime.
Finding the proper lighting is the key to creating an ideal environment. As early as 5,000 BC, the Chinese have been building homes in correlation with the sun to provide optimal light, heat and energy. Historically, Morocco has hosted groups of people from all directions - Phoenicians and Carthaginians East, sub-Saharan African South, in addition to the Romans, Vandals and Andalusians from the North. This Diaspora of culture comes together and you can clearly see in these colors Moroccan lamps and lanterns.
What makes Moroccan lamps truly unique is that it is not mass produced in a sterile factory - But rather, each shade is made of goatskin and sheep is then dyed and stretched over a solid iron frame, which is hand painted with a needle in brilliant colors, in the decorative tradition of Henna tattoo art. It goes back to the Bronze Age, Henna design mimics the Henna plant, which has a lot of long, thin stems and tiny flowers. Like tattoos, the lamp designs show the black liquid lines and shapes, outlined by tiny dots.
Moroccan lamps, that vary in shape, size, color and mood offer the opportunity to turn your room into a stunning art museum. The African Berbers were primarily an agricultural people, so that the curved "Berber" floor lamp is painted with an elegant, simple, neutral colors. Tall, slender styles like "Light Pharaoh "," Red Sun "or" Orange Magical Arabian Nights "capture the imagination, while dazzling with dancing patterns, colors vibrant and vast areas of empty space that instinctively pulls the eyes toward him in amazement. Final table lamps like "African Sun" or "Fez Sun" provide multifunctional use, emanating a soft glow, while the glass top is a work of art, a plant or a tea set for entertaining guests. When behold a piece like "Ocean Sun," breathing moonlight into the room with its purple hues and oceanic design, you know that lamp is not only to provide light, but it is a work of art that would complement other furniture and items in the room.
Moroccan lanterns made of colored glass are similar the kind of decoration of the church that dominates the Holy Land. The shapes range from a rounded balloon design, a diamond-shaped street lantern style and can be hung on ceiling or wall mounted. Traditionally, the stained glass panes are subtle, soft colors - an olive green, a periwinkle blue or a touch of gold. A framed hand black wrought iron, Moroccan lanterns can bring an unforgettable night, hot summer at home.
Moroccan lamps and Moroccan lanterns will add an air of magic to any room. When paired with Moroccan rugs, plants and other Moroccan furniture, these lights handmade Moroccan really put the finishing touches end in a unique and relaxing getaway.
About the Author
Interior designer specializing in Moorish architecture and Moroccan home decor.
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