The Chinese look is vibrant - filled with color and pattern.
It is a fantastic look for people who want to bring a little bit of the exotic into their lives. Its also relaxing, cosy, and easy to live with.
Typical Chinese interior design colors are red and black. The red is a bright, rich primary color. You can also use other rich and bright colors, like blue, yellow or green.
A little bit of gold decoration is a vital part of Chinese color and design.
Your walls can be plain or patterned with wallpaper.
Try to choose a wallpaper pattern with an oriental inspiration - such as oriental lettering and calligraphy, bamboo, flowers, birds or fish.
As an alternative, if you feel your home is too small or dark for such bright colors or if you are not massively into colors, but still want to get the oriental feel in your room, try a very pale and neutral background, and get the oriental feel with the furniture and accessories.
Chinese furniture will have decorative carving, ornate inlays or very detailed and beautiful paintings, and fancy handles.
Accessories are the best place to really on getting an authentic Chinese oriental interior look.
Pay attention to very typical Chinese, oriental style rugs to use on your floor.
Use Chinese paper lanterns for your lighting - these will give quite a soft, warming glow to your room and a very relaxing atmosphere.
Look out for rich, opulent fabrics - such as richly embroidered silks, in Chinese designs.
Look for ornaments and fabrics with the following, typically Chinese motifs:
animals and mystical beasts:
monkeys
dragons
tigers
also:
beautiful flowers
birds
fish.
Try to include some beautiful Chinese ceramics and pottery in your oriental interior design.
Look for the above same designs and motifs on bowls, plates, pots, vases and ginger jars.
Blue and white pottery is also very typical Chinese design style - so try to include some too.
