For many trips to the mountains, no matter what the season, stopping at a mountain hut is part of it. There you can strengthen yourself for winter sports or a hike and relax in the homely ambience of the location. If you have also booked an overnight stay, you can enjoy the charm of such alpine huts for longer. Even in chalets that can be rented for holidays in the mountains, the furnishings are often minimalistic and rustic.
If you can’t get enough of the cosiness of mountain huts and chalets, you will find the following furniture and decoration tips interesting. This is how you can furnish your apartment in the timeless mountain style:
Rustic wooden furniture is recommended to make your home as comfortable as in a mountain hut. They go well with both modern inventory and traditionally furnished apartments. It is up to you which type of wood and color you choose, although lighter nuances are usually used. Above all, it is important that the natural coloring of the natural material is visible – colored lacquered wooden furniture is therefore not the best choice for the mountain style.
It does not have to be new furniture: old wooden tables, chairs and cupboards are cheaper or already available in the household and appear much more rustic than unused furnishings due to use and small flaws. This is easy on the wallet and on the environment.
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Wood paneling and floors
Not only the furniture, but also the walls, ceilings, beams and floors are made of wood in many mountain huts and chalets. In order to get this flair in your own four walls, you can, for example, have partial wood paneling attached. A cheaper alternative is to decorate the rooms with frames, curtain rods or decorative items in natural-colored wood. If there is parquet or a wood-look floor in the apartment, this should come into its own and not be covered with carpets everywhere.
In most alpine huts, the furnishings are minimalist. There is everything you need there, but the inventory is manageable. The simplicity of the equipment makes the charm of these accommodations and ensures that you can relax well there. Less is more – that’s why the decoration remains subtle when furnishing a mountain-style apartment.
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Choose classic colors and patterns
Curtains, tablecloths, bedding, blankets, pillows, napkins and towels are best chosen in classic colors and patterns. One advantage of this is that home textiles in such nuances never go out of style and, unlike flashy trend colors, they are timeless. It is worth investing in high-quality fabrics and taking good care of them so that you can use them for a long time.
For furnishing in mountain style, home textiles are often chosen in a checked pattern. In the choice of color, intensive tones are allowed, typical are, for example, a strong red or blue. You should refrain from neon colors or bright color combinations if you orientate yourself on traditional alpine huts.
Comfort with blankets and pillows
Your home will be particularly cozy if you place a few blankets and pillows in the living room. It looks cozy all year round and invites you to linger. If you even have a fireplace, you can make yourself comfortable with a few blankets in front of it on cold days and enjoy the warmth.
Whether you prefer coarse or fine fabrics is a matter of taste. If you choose the home textiles in matching colors, the overall picture of the facility appears more harmonious. But it is also possible to combine different shades and patterns if you want to use existing pillows and blankets.
Bring the mountains into your home with photos or paintings. Pictures with alpine motifs complement the mountain-style furnishings and make you feel like you’re there. A large picture is enough to achieve this effect. One should not hang too many photos, posters or drawings on the walls in order to maintain the minimalist style of many alpine huts and chalets.
Old everyday objects on the walls
Not only pictures, also other objects look decorative on the walls and bring the mountains closer. Old skis, cowbells, crampons or similar are suitable and are eye-catchers that almost seem like works of art. So that the objects come into their own and it doesn’t look too overloaded, you should only place one or a few of them in the same room.