Russian stove in the interior of a modern country house

There is nothing more original and at the same time simpler than using authentic details, materials and techniques when decorating a room. For hundreds of centuries, the ancient Russian stove was the center of a village hut, serving as a source of heat and a place for cooking. Today, the stove performs its practical functions in private homes, but thanks to progress in design, the architectural element has received another purpose - aesthetic.

Previously, the Russian stove was the main attribute in any home

The stove is a source of heat

Nowadays, the Russian stove is used as a decorative element

The standard kitchen set “stove, sink, cabinets and cabinets,” which was so popular in Soviet times, is losing its relevance today. Owners of city apartments and country houses are trying to change their home in such a way as not to lose functionality and make the environment unusual. One of the original design solutions is the transformation of a Russian stove into a modern interior, which depends on the size and layout of the kitchen, and the wishes of the owners. Often, a Russian stove becomes part of the kitchen in a private home, while it is built together with a new building or a retro version is improved. In a city apartment, this option is almost impossible.

A stove in a modern interior will look beautiful and unusual

Often a Russian stove becomes part of the kitchen in a private home

Rustic kitchen design with stove

Historically, the stove is used in several styles: country, Provence, rustic, chalet. For example, for Americans, a rustic interior means country details, for the French it’s romantic Provence, and for Swedes it’s a rural chalet. All of them are rustic, so the layout and decoration of the building is similar. The main features of a rustic kitchen with an oven are natural shades, natural materials and homemade decor.

In rural interiors, the colors of wood and stone predominate - brown, beige, gray, white. Natural timber and stone are used as the basis for finishing and furniture. Materials for creating decor or small-sized furniture - rattan, straw, metal (implies the use of forged elements). To create a warm, cozy environment, an abundance of textiles is a must: curtains with floral patterns, embroidered tablecloths and napkins made of cotton or linen, decorative pillows and bedspreads with decor will become the highlight of the room.

Usually the oven is placed in the kitchen

Rural interiors are dominated by the colors of wood and stone.

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Plastering and painting the stove

Materials and tools:

• plaster based on fireclay mixture
• heat resistant paint
• stencil with a pattern
• brush, plaster trowel

Before painting on the stove, its surface must be prepared.

First you need to prepare the structure for decoration. First of all, you need to plaster the surface of the structure. To do this, you need to make a fireclay mixture, which is designed for conditions of temperature changes - from strong heating to cooling.

First you need to align the corners of the product using an aluminum profile. Then start plastering. After plastering, the surface of the device will become smooth and acquire a light gray tint. After you plaster the stove, the product should dry for two days. Then you need to light the oven, increasing the heating temperature. After this, they begin to decorate the stove.

First, the stove is painted white.

You can purchase such paint in stores or make it yourself. This kind of paint is very expensive in stores. Therefore, you can paint the stove with building facade paint that has a latex composition.

A stove painted with a single color paint can be decorated with various patterns. For this purpose, paint that is resistant to high heat is used. If you are good at drawing, you can decorate the stove with excellent drawings, colors, patterns, using all your creative imagination. If you don't draw well enough, you can buy a stencil with patterns. If you liked any ornament in the magazine, you can transfer it to tracing paper, enlarge it using a photocopier and transfer it to the surface of the stove. The design of such a furnace is shown in Fig. 1, which shows a photograph of a stove decorated with stenciled patterns.

You can make a pattern that matches the pattern on the tiles in the kitchen. This combination of kitchen decoration ornaments and stove will create a special style in the interior of the room.

Design of a small kitchen with an oven

Antique stoves can be used very advantageously in a modern interior. To do this, you need to pay attention to details: colors, lighting and proper use of space. Light shades – white, ivory, beige – will help to make the area visually wider. To prevent the space from seeming boring and monotonous, you can dilute it with bright details. For example, decorate a Russian stove with multi-colored mosaics, hang curtains with spectacular patterns. Excessive drawings can reduce the size of a kitchen with a stove.

Lighting in a small kitchen should be central (chandelier) and local (above the work area). It is better to use cold incandescent lamps, as their white color advantageously expands the space. And the last point is the rational use of space: the location of furniture, stove. In a small room, the use of bulky furniture sets is unacceptable.

To prevent the stove from being monotonous, you can cover it with tiles

Antique stoves can be used very profitably in a modern interior

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Shvedka stove with Reznik stove bench

A home craftsman who has experience as a mason and knows the technology of building stoves can build a Swede.
The design of the Swede is quite complex, so it is not suitable for primary training in such a technological process. In this article we will look at and make a “Swede” with a bed with our own hands. The stove performs two functions simultaneously, and therefore belongs to the category of heating and cooking. Among the population of our country there are many people who want to lie down and bask on the stove. To make this dream come true, you don’t need to build a classic Russian stove. It takes up a lot of space in the house, and its efficiency is too low.

Kitchen with Russian stove in a wooden house

Since ancient times, wooden houses have been the main architectural element in Rus', because wood was an affordable building material. Today it has been replaced by brick, cellular concrete blocks, aerated concrete, and ceramic blocks. Despite such abundance, people who want to create a cozy home use natural wood. In such rooms, the stove complements the warm, soulful atmosphere. In order for the apartment to look stylish, you need to correctly place accents.

1. The ceiling is bleached with lime, painted with light paint, and trimmed with wide boards or beams. Such examples are the most popular; less often you can find ceilings with tiled design or decorated with clapboard.
2. Walls - they can be left wooden and varnished, painted with light paint or resort to modern materials (wooden panels with wallpaper pasted).
3. Floors - ideally they should be wooden, but modern housewives, in order to save time on cleaning, choose an alternative in the form of linoleum or laminate. Tiles are used extremely rarely as a flooring material in wooden houses, since together with a stove it will look tasteless.

The working wall (apron) in a wooden house is represented by a stove, a sink, tables and places for storing kitchen utensils and food. It is best to decorate it with bleached bricks and mosaic tiles. It is important to use only natural shades comparable to brown (wood color).

It is better to finish the floor with wood

In a wooden house, a stove will create a cozy and comfortable atmosphere

It is better to decorate the stove with tiles of natural colors

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House style with Russian stove

The presence of a Russian stove obliges the owners to create a certain style and design of the house. In any case, the interior will have features common to all country styles. For finishing large surfaces, furniture and decor, natural materials in muted natural tones with bright accents are used.

Materials, colors, decor

Wood of various species prevails over all other materials. The decor creates an atmosphere of comfort, slightly rough simplicity, handmade decor and textiles are welcome: embroidered towels, tablecloths, linen and cotton curtains, colored matting runners, wicker rugs, clay and ceramic dishes, painted plates, cast iron utensils, patchwork blankets, pillows , panel in patchwork style. Ceilings are whitewashed, while large wooden beams are often left in their original form. The design of a house with a Russian stove is not only beauty and national village flavor, but also safety. Near the firebox, heat-resistant materials are used in decoration and furnishings: natural stone, brick, plaster, tiles, whitewash. The surfaces closest to the stove are lined with stone and brick.

House design in the style of a village hut

In such an interior, the stove should look like a stove, and not a European fireplace - with a lounger, blankets, utensils, wooden furniture and walls, bunches of dried grass and a samovar in a place of honor. To avoid excessive diversity, do not overload the interior with colored accessories: bright and snow-white textiles and a few household items made of ceramics are enough. The natural color of wood and whitewash will balance these rich details, as in the photo.

Merchant's tower

The design of a house in this style looks incomparably richer. The stove can be decorated with tiles, complemented with a wooden kitchen set in a classic style, the floor can be laid with ceramic tiles, a large oak table, carved chairs, and a sideboard with beautiful ceramic dishes can be installed in the dining room or living room. Striped rugs and bright sofa cushions, embroidered in Russian style, will create the right atmosphere.

Types of designs that are used today

Gas, electric and solid fuel boilers are the main heating devices in country cottages and private houses. Some connoisseurs of everything ultra-modern use solar panels for these purposes. But still, a large percentage of residents of the private sector use an old Russian stove to heat their premises.

Until the 19th century, stoves in village huts and even in noble mansions were a box for burning fuel with a hob, a stove bench, and sometimes an oven. For owners of a modern home, overflowing with newfangled household appliances, a Russian stove in the interior is more of a decorative detail than a practical one. Today, the range of designs has expanded and is represented by such structures.

A large percentage of private sector residents use an ancient Russian stove to heat their premises.

Nowadays, the stove acts as a decorative element

1. “Dutch” - intended exclusively for heating rooms, is a compact one- or two-tier vertical structure with a chimney. This type is rarely found in modern buildings due to its inexpediency (it is easier to heat apartments using a central heating system - pipes and radiators).
2. A Russian stove in a stove bench is a mandatory attribute of a village hut in Rus'. The firebox located in the lower part of the structure heated its upper part, and in the middle there was a cast-iron hob. The chimney in such a system is duct.
3. “Shvedka” is an improved and simplified version of the traditional Russian stove, which is characterized by high efficiency while saving fuel. The “Swedish” can be equipped with a hob, a stove bench, and a platform for drying food (berries, mushrooms).

Each type can be built from scratch or an outdated version can be reconstructed. In order for a Russian stove to perform its functions 100%, the structure must be positioned correctly.

You can equip a place for rest on the stove

A stove in the kitchen interior will create a cozy and warm atmosphere

An imitation stove can be made using a modern fireplace

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Many city residents have a hard time imagining life without gas; spoiled by central heating, we are afraid of the stove and don’t have a very good idea of ​​how to use it.

In fact, the stove is closer to us than we think. For a long time, the stove in the house was his warm and loving heart.

Our ancestors not only cooked in the stove, they washed themselves in it, received medical treatment, carried babies to term, prepared brides for weddings and provided rest for the elderly.

Up to five people could fit on the stove bench - the whole family could easily fit there, although this cozy place was usually reserved for the old and young. The gentle heat of the stove is a good treatment for both colds and rheumatism. The healers carried weak babies on a shovel into the middle of a warm stove for “finishing”. This is probably why the word “bake” has not only a culinary meaning.

The love for a stove bench is connected with another feature of the Russian stove - it warms up only from the hearth (the shelf in front of the mouth of the stove), because of this the floor always remains cold. Therefore, in winter they wore felt boots in the house and went to bed higher off the floor.

There is a well-known saying associated with the furnace hearth: “every cricket knows its own hearth.” Which meant that a cricket living in a nest under a pole was correct and decent, but if the cricket crawled higher, severe punishment awaited it.

Because The furnace of the Russian stove is large; it was often used as a bathhouse. The warm stove was cleaned of ash and soot, lined with straw and climbed inside. From the ashes they made lye - soapy water, and bathed with it.

Washing in the stove is a rare pleasure, although it looks like a picture from a fairy tale - children were placed in the stove on a wooden shovel, exactly as Baba Yaga did. Moreover, if there was a choice - to wash in a bathhouse or in a stove, the choice was up to the stove - after all, the stove in the house is always already heated.

We all know the expression: “We will dance from the stove.” It has an interesting history - the settlers who arrived in the new lands of the vast expanses of Rus' often did not enjoy the love of the old-timers. They built their own houses, but they were not happy with newcomers; their houses were destroyed in retaliation. There was one rule that gave the right to join an existing community - to build a house and light a stove within 24 hours.

The construction of the house began with the stove and all subsequent measurements of the house were made from it. These movements from the stove to the sides were a kind of “dance”. Often they managed to light the stove within a day, when the house around it was built very “conventionally”.

But this was enough - in new people, not only hard work, but also ingenuity were valued. Therefore, if you are faced with an overwhelmingly difficult task that absolutely must be completed, dance away from the stove.

Modern stoves are equipped not only with convenient stoves and ovens, but also have built-in water tanks, which serve as the basis for the heating system for the home.

Often the oven doors are made of heat-resistant glass, which allows you to admire the live fire.

The old masters made each stove for the owner - after all, she would have to work at the stove all day. The size of the stove was determined by the size of the housewife herself.

So the height of the stove vault was calculated as follows: the hostess was seated on a chair and the distance from the seat to the top button of the blouse was the required size. The height of the mouth of the stove should be equal to the width of the hostess’s shoulders, and the width of the mouth should be 10 cm larger.

The height of the stove is equal to the height of the housewife plus two matchboxes. The width of the pole is equal to the size from the elbow to the tip of the outstretched fingers.

The stove includes not only the brickwork itself, but also “stove benches”. The largest extension was the golbets, it was actually a closet with all kinds of shelves. The surface of the roof together with the flooring of the golbets formed a spacious bed.

“It’s good to lie on the stove with your feet in a warm place.” The owner, who had been frozen during the day, could quickly put the bones in order on the stove; it was not for nothing that people said: “It’s hot summer on the stove even in winter.”

“Don’t feed him for at least three days, and don’t drive him out of the oven.” A healthy man lying on a stove deserved condemnation: “If a man had not been lying on a stove, he would have equipped ships for the sea.”

What could drive a person away from such an attractive stove? “Happiness will come and drive you away from the stove.”

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The stove in the house is a symbol of vitality, the healing and unifying energy of the family. In the evening, from the fire in the stove, the housewife lit candles in the house with a prayer - this was an important moment at this time it was forbidden to cry, swear, kiss or sing.

The living fire in the stove, according to our ancestors, is a living creature that must be given respect and care. It was sacrilege to pour water on the fire in the stove or, God forbid, to spit into the stove.

The fire did not allow the owners to thoughtlessly share the coals from the stove - generous owners do not go for coals. This ban was especially effective on the first day of spring plowing, when the harvest and well-being of the family for the whole year were laid down.

Experienced housewives tried to appease the fire in the oven by always offering the first spoon to the fire or throwing the first pancake into the oven.

Any dream in which there was a fire or a stove foreshadowed a joyful event and the ability to control one’s destiny in one’s hands. Wedding rituals are also closely connected with the stove; at the end of the wedding, guests were served a pot of porridge, and when the pot became empty, one of the guests broke it on the stove with the words: “As many shards, so many children.”

It was believed that the future could be predicted by the way the fire behaved in the stove.

If you hit a fallen coal from the stove with a poker, then a large number of sparks foreshadows wealth; if there are few sparks, then your luck does not depend on material wealth.

Housewives told fortunes not only by the fire, but also by the bread baked on cabbage leaves. After the bread was taken out of the oven and the sheet was removed, the imagination could draw its own magical pictures from the imprint on the bottom of the loaf.

“If you don’t go to the forest, you’ll freeze on the stove” - a good owner has a stock of firewood stocked for 2-3 years. During this time, the firewood dries out and burns hotly in the stove without soot. Less thrifty owners were forced to heat with freshly cut raw wood, which did not burn well, smoked and spoiled the stove with dampness.

Whatever stove design you choose for your home, much will depend on your ingenuity, hard work and inquisitiveness - after all, most stoves were built by ordinary ordinary people who did not have wide access to information as in modern times.

Share with us if you know the traditions associated with the stove in the house, we will all be interested.

How to choose a stove for a Russian-style home

When choosing a stove, you should be guided by the characteristics of the room and the requirements of the homeowner. If the unit is planned to be used exclusively for heating, then it is better to install a “Dutch”, which can easily heat a room of up to 50 sq.m. If the apartment has a small area and the stove will also be used for cooking, then a compact Swedish stove will be the best option. Its main feature is the ability to use coal as fuel. If there are no space restrictions, then the house will be decorated and heated by a traditional Russian stove.

If the stove will only perform a heating function, it can be made in the form of a fireplace

When choosing a stove, you should be guided by the characteristics of the room

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Selection of a Russian stove today

It is worth considering various options for constructing a Russian stove in order to choose the most suitable device. They differ in size and functionality, so it’s worth taking a closer look at each option.

"Alya-rus"

The “ala-rus” option was created, rather, for design purposes, since it collects many classic household items and decorations that are usually associated with Russia and the history of the Russian village. However, there are a number of features:

• do not overload the structure with decorative elements or designs;
• for decoration you can use a balalaika or bunches of dried berries and herbs;
• There will definitely be a place on the walls for embroidered towels or amulets.

Such a stove will be a bright, noticeable spot that will never go unnoticed. For those who are close to traditional Russian superstitions, handmade figurines of brownies would be an excellent decoration option.

Russian hut

In a Russian hut, the classic interior is usually decorated from wooden materials. A classic stove made of brick or clay, finished with decorative materials, fits perfectly into the room. It has a number of features:

• You can use tiles for decoration, but it is unacceptable to use excessively bright shades;
• It is preferable to use blue, white and blue tones of decoration, inclusions of golden shades are acceptable;
• Old Russian classic patterns are used for decoration, which harmonize perfectly with wooden finishing materials.

This design does not necessarily have to be functional. It can only be used as a decorative element, decorating the room, giving it a cozy appearance.

Russian tower

The rich decoration of the Russian tower is most reminiscent of typical illustrations for old Russian fairy tales. A stove made in this style is a very bright and unusual spot in a modern interior, and it will go well with both classic wood and any modern materials. This type of oven has some characteristic features:

• it is permissible to decorate with a large number of tiles, giving a fabulous look to the design;
• the dimensions in this case are usually quite impressive, so it is worth choosing this option for large areas and rooms with massive large windows;
• When decorating, bright and unusual shades are used, and colorful tiles do not interfere with design ideas at all in this case.

If this option is not planned to use the heating function, then it is possible to make a decorative semblance of a stove against the wall from wooden materials, and the design can be complemented by an electric fireplace. In this case, the stove becomes exclusively a decoration, giving the interior motifs of a rustic Russian style.

Where is the best place to place the structure? Options for placing a Russian stove

The stove in private housing should provide heating and, if desired, replace the heating device for cooking. For maximum efficiency, you need to correctly position the structure. You can adhere to these rules.

1. In one-room apartments, the system should be placed between the living room and the kitchen so that the heat-transferring wall heats the living room (bedroom), and the hob complements the kitchen.
2. In two-room houses, the Russian stove must be proportionally integrated into the wall between the two rooms for equal heat transfer.
3. When building a stone house, you can correctly install the chimney system, which will warm up the rooms not bordering the stove.

The firebox should be located in a convenient place - in the kitchen, in the hallway or hallway. In this case, it is necessary to provide for the organization of a place for storing fuel in order to simplify the process of igniting and maintaining a flame in the firebox.

You can equip a place for rest on the stove

The stove needs to be made so that the heat spreads throughout the house

The oven should be located in a convenient place

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Reasons for the popularity of modern Russian stoves with a stove bench

Russian stoves with a stove bench have many advantages, including:

1. High efficiency. The bricks from which structures are built are capable of accumulating heat and gradually releasing it. Thanks to this property, the room remains warm for a long time even when the stove is not heated.
2. If the heating structure is laid out correctly, it is completely fireproof and can be used for 30 years or more.
3. When the location of the unit is calculated accurately, it is possible to provide high-quality heating of a house consisting of several living rooms with minimal fuel consumption.
4. When installing a multifunctional stove, it will not only be a source of heat, but will also become a place for preparing hot food, drying wet laundry, and heating water. This type of heating structure is believed to have a therapeutic effect.

How to decorate a stove? Types of finishing a stove with your own hands in a private house

In order for an antique stove in the interior not only to perform practical functions, but also to become a key attractive detail in the house, you need to pay attention to the decor. The table shows examples of authentic and modern finishes.

Table.

The stove can fit perfectly into a modern interior

When finishing, use high-quality materials

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