Steampunk is the past in the future. The genre of fiction that reached its peak in the 1980s dealt with an alternate history of technology. But what if electricity had not been invented, and instead of the computers we are used to, there were steam engines? Most of these stories were based on the Victorian era, so it is not surprising that the Victorian style will be the basis of the steampunk interior.
In addition, an imitation of an airship, steam locomotive or submarine is also popular:The interior of the Nautilus at Jules Verne is a classic of style.
The latest trend is to mix loft and steampunk, because the styles really intersect in general principles. Such approaches make the interior look more like a steam factory. We wrote about a brutal loft in Volgograd, it uses a lot of steampunk elements:
Of course, for the embodiment of steampunk, a house or at least a spacious apartment with high ceilings would be ideal. However, even a few elements can create a successful stylization in a small space. This Taiwanese steampunk apartment has only one partition, but it is very atmospheric:
Steampunk in the interior: colors
The basis of steampunk is brown shades from light to very dark. The colors of copper and brass are indispensable in these interiors. Cushioned furniture and textiles can be noble dark shades of green, red, blue and yellow. Choose muted and warm colors.
Finishing
The design of the walls and floor is most often borrowed from the Victorian style. That is, it is a fabric sheathing or wallpaper, wooden panels or even masonry. metal panels with studs look authentic, like on a submarine. They can be used in the design of a part of the wall for accent or zoning. Aged brickwork or even simple painting in neutral colors are also good options.
The floor must be wooden or tiled in color natural stone. In the areas of the kitchen, bathroom and hallway, tiles will look good, matte, reminiscent of natural stone in color.
Steampunk does not have specific requirements for the design of the ceiling, but multi-stage ceilings with non-standard elements adorn this style. Here you can experiment with hinged structures, and with sheathing, and with decorative elements passing from the walls. Metal rack ceiling might fit in well if you're focusing on this material. If you just paint, then the imitation of the texture of concrete or metallic colors will look great.
Lighting
This style can not be called light, so the sufficiency of artificial lighting is very important. Warm diffused light, preferably from gas discharge lamps, is what you need. It is better to give preference to local lighting, for example wall sconce. Yellow or green backlighting is very much in demand in this style. Read more about interior lighting.
Daytime natural light will not have the best effect on the decor and colors of the finish, so often steampunk is used for rooms without windows - basements, corridors, toilet-bathroom or public places types of clubs and bars.
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The steampunk style in the interior embodies a kind of alternative reality, in which steam engines and mechanisms, rather than electronics, received the main development. This retro-futuristic style reflects the characteristics of the Victorian era and fantasizes about the development of steam technology.
Designers and amateurs working to create such interiors try to represent the thoughts of people of the 19th century who sincerely believed in the success of the development of complex mechanics, and realize these images in separate rooms and decorative details.
Inspiration and ideas for steampunk interior design can be found in books and film adaptations by writers such as HG Wells, Jules Verne and Albert Robida.
Competent design of details plays here important role. A thorough approach to design fully embodies the warmth, originality and desire for the unknown, characteristic of this style.
Steampunk in the interior: conceptual features
- stylized Appliances, furnishings and decor;
Natural materials in decoration and decoration. - Original decor. Old maps and globes, typewriters, compasses, grandfather clocks with a pendulum, and other antique paraphernalia.
Ideas to create creative decor designers take from the literature of the steampunk genre and science fiction dedicated to time travel and alternate reality. - Presence in decorative design elements of steam mechanisms - these can be real interior details or images on wallpaper, posters and paintings.
- Original lighting. Modern fixtures and chandeliers are not suitable for decorating a steampunk interior, they are replaced by unusual sconces, lamps and floor lamps that can be styled independently or to order.
Finishes and materials
Wood, metal, glass, stone, ceramic tiles, leather and natural fabrics are the main materials used for furnishing and decorating rooms in the steampunk style.
Walls in this style are often sheathed with wood, plastered, painted, pasted over with steampunk-style photo wallpapers or imitating brickwork. brick walls can be left as is, without finishing.
The ceiling is whitewashed, painted, sheathed with wood.
Lay on the floor ceramic tiles, parquet board, parquet or laminate. 
Style colors
The color palette of the style involves the use of warm and restrained tones - from light cream to red-brown and black. They decorate not only walls or ceilings, but also individual decorative details-accents.
Often metallic colors are used: copper, silver, brass, bronze and gold. Heavy metallic colors can be diluted with smoky blue, green, blue, indigo and light gray shades. 
Style furniture
Victorian-style furniture pieces will organically fit into the steampunk interior: leather sofa chesterfield, large comfortable armchairs with copper rivets, secretary, etc. 
Will complement the furniture equipment and open metal shelves filled with books, forged chairs, creative coffee table in the spirit of steampunk and other stylized furniture. 
Do-it-yourself furniture will make the room unique, for example, shelves made of iron pipes or an all-metal table. 
Decor and accessories
In order for modern household appliances to fit more authentically into such an interior, you can style it antique, as an option, you can repaint it in copper color or enclose it in wooden case.
Stylized household appliances An excellent decoration will be black and white photographs and paintings in metal frames, original panels from gears, tubes, chains and plates, as well as other futuristic DIY crafts.
Don't forget about vintage cards world, globe, drawings, as well as a telescope and a compass that will bring the spirit of travel into your interior. 
Let's look at examples of what other decorative details accompany the steampunk interior.
Steampunk is a mix of modern and futuristic details and ornate Victorian elements. This style is most accurately defined by the phrase "the future from the past." And that's all you need to know about steampunk, because there are no special rules to follow, and the flight of fancy is not limited by anything.
Steampunk in the interior - a mix of old and new
Originating as a literary movement in the 1980s, steampunk has evolved over time into a style in its own right, primarily related to fashion but also used in interior design. Steampunk is especially well suited for the interiors of bars and modern cafes. Dim lighting, mystical atmosphere... Thrills even with a cup of coffee. And in Lately even the apartments began to be decorated in the steampunk style.
A personal touch to steampunk design
Having given the idea to create a steampunk interior, try to imagine yourself in the place of people from the beginning of the 20th century. You probably have an idea of what it looked like interior decoration houses of the Victorian era. Now try to imagine how people who lived a century ago saw the future. What would things look like to them that have not yet been invented? What would the computer look like if it existed at that time? Combine these fantasies with furniture from the 19th and 20th centuries and steampunk design is on the way!
You can create steampunk furniture with your own hands, just slightly changing the existing one.
Steampunk style does not accept things modern look. Furniture, accessories and even gadgets and household appliances such as computers, stoves and ovens must certainly have a retro touch. A computer, for example, may have a keyboard that resembles a typewriter. A vintage frame is suitable for a monitor, and an old gas stove can be used instead of a modern stove.
Industrial accents
Like many other styles, steampunk is manifested in small things. This means that the equipment of the premises does not require large expenditures. Gears that can be hung on the walls instead of paintings or floor lamps on the "leg" of metal pipe create the desired atmosphere. By the way, in the bathroom, do not hide the pipes behind the walls, bring them outside. Steampunk at its finest.
Materials and colors
In this style, there is a certain list of "must have" materials: brass, leather, wood - materials typical of the early twentieth century. They evoke a slight nostalgia for bygone times, which is the purpose of steampunk design. As for the colors, they are very characteristic of this unusual design natural shades - beige, brown, and also black. But bright “futuristic” accents will also find their application in a steampunk interior.
Steampunk living room
The steampunk interior does not always require deliberate, conspicuous accessories. If you are leaning towards a more restrained design, the living room decor in the photo above can serve as an example. Separate small elements can create the same mood as lush decorations. Metal rack of a floor lamp, furniture on wheels, rusty plaque on the stairs industrial look, and the air is filled with the romance of English Victorian factories.
Steampunk in the bathroom
If you decide to decorate your apartment in the steampunk style, of course, you cannot limit yourself to just one room. The same applies to the bathroom with a toilet. However, there is no need to think long here: open brass pipes and a metal sink will create the right atmosphere. A marble countertop will add elegance and take care of the vintage look that goes so well with an industrial accent.
modern bedroom
This unusual bedroom is distinguished, above all, by its light steampunk decor. Retro details are complemented by a wall decoration in the form of gears, an old battery and wooden doors shabby chic style. Unplastered brickwork along with a gyroscope-shaped chandelier accentuates the room's steampunk design.
Submarine Accessories
Details, as if taken from an old ship or submarine, perfectly match our style. Valves, portholes and propellers as decorative elements can also add bright color accents to the interior - just paint them in your favorite color. In addition, lighting can make up any color scheme that suits you.
Gears on the wall
We have already talked about gears: this is the perfect accessory for a steampunk interior. Especially good is the combination of gears of different sizes, overlapping each other, as in the old mechanism. Can't find gears to decorate your wall? Not a problem, you can stop at the wallpaper or wall art. This will give the interior even more nostalgia.
Steampunk gray kitchen
You can imitate not only gears, but also metal. And this is true not only for the kitchen with an interesting retro refrigerator, which you see in the photo, but also for any other piece of furniture. Several rivets and grey colour, giving off a metallic sheen, truly work wonders! Don't forget the matching accessories - a vintage faucet, for example.
Victorian and industrial
By the way, any landhouse style kitchen can be easily infused with a steampunk vibe. Vintage household appliances, metal chairs, brass elements, and you are already close to your ideal!
crazy design
The number of accessories used in the design of the room depends solely on your taste preferences, as well as on the area of \u200b\u200bthe available space. However, don't overdo it. Steampunk details can be many, but still they must be skillfully distributed. The result will be crazy, but still filled with style.
Steampunk bathroom and toilet ideas
It is the bathroom that is ideal for using a lot of metal elements in its equipment. Nevertheless, pay attention to the fact that only stainless metal can be used, otherwise high humidity can destroy all efforts. metal surface on the walls you can imitate the corresponding tiles, as in the photo above. Looking a bit rusty, it reflects light like real metal and looks very authentic.
Suspension lamps and "light bulbs of Ilyich"
In any style, lighting plays an important role. The ideal atmosphere in steampunk design is created by "Ilyich's bulbs", radiating warm light. They can be screwed into pendant lamps, create trumpet lamps or make industrial-style lampshades with your own hands.
Lanterns
Another one great idea- lanterns that create subdued diffused lighting. Hang them in a row, for example, over a kitchen island, dining table or bar counter. Here's another hint: the dark surface of the lanterns goes well with brown leather.
Steampunk office interior
Antique desks are not only very beautiful to look at, but they are often more comfortable than modern ones. Add here a metal shelving unit and the corresponding wall decorations. Rusty corrugated steel sheet, replacing the roughly plastered brick walls, forms a magnificent accent wall. Large gears can simply be hung on the wall, or you can make a clock out of them.
Unusual dining table
A similar table with a base metal structure, can be made to order. Old engines are ideal for this purpose. And so that the mechanism is clearly visible, a glass tabletop is placed on top. Cool metallic hues are softened by brown leather chairs, dark wood shelving and plenty of books.
Steampunk computer
Modern technology doesn't quite fit with the atmosphere we're trying to recreate with steampunk, so it needs some tweaking. In the photo you see interesting idea for computer. Monitors are framed, speakers are built into the horns of gramophones, and the keyboard resembles the keys of a typewriter. And all this is not on desk but inside a small organ.
In the interior new apartment or when repairing an old one, many designers advise paying attention to the steampunk style when choosing an unusual design. In accordance with this style, the decor of the apartment is selected so that you can get into a world where an alternative history allows you to fully experience the effect of moving in space.
For modern residents, the main thing in the interior is the unusual style, combined with coziness and domestic comfort. These features are endowed with the steampunk style, which is a fusion of the comfort of the Victorian era and the atmosphere of Jules Verne's adventure novels.
This amazing synthesis organically looks not only in the photo, but also in reality. The design in this style is suitable for offices, living rooms, it fits perfectly into the interior of the bathroom, and if desired, the bedroom will look cozy in an unusual design.
The steampunk style appeared about 35 years ago in the wake of the next popularity of classicism and science fiction. For most fashion styles it is characteristic that they are first promoted from fashion catwalks, but the steampunk interior is perhaps the only one created on the basis of plots from works of art. The apartment will fully comply with the steampunk style if the design is made using two methods.
- It is necessary to use antiques and various technical units in the interior, which belong in their origin to the Victorian era.
- The interior will match the style if you make it old with your own hands modern furniture and use materials that completely imitate natural materials when decorating walls.
A steampunk apartment has certain characteristics; in just seven ways, you can determine that a self-made design is fully consistent with the fashion trend. These signs include the following.
Subject
A steampunk room should show what our life would be like if development followed the path proposed in 19th-century fantasy. It is not difficult to achieve this effect on your own if there is a colorful photo corresponding to the theme before your eyes during the repair.
Fantastic works of that time sang of power and strength steam engine, the greatness of airships, so the apartment can be overflowing with sophisticated and not always clear devices powered by steam. IN modern interior it is preferable to use imitation of these aggregates.
Colors
The interior, corresponding to the steampunk style, contains predominantly brown shades, as well as golden or red-brown. The entire design is highlighted with color accents: rich shades are widely introduced into the interior - emerald, royal blue, wine.
Finishing materials
Steampunk interior - collection natural materials. The room or the whole apartment must be finished with wood different breeds, glass, metal, natural stones.
Red-brown saturated shades in the interior are fully respected thanks to the furniture sets made of cherry, mahogany, oak. In the photo of such an interior, you can also see the ceilings sheathed with wood.
Those who prefer light decor can also choose delicate shades for decoration, the main thing is to maintain an atmosphere of isolation from the real world. A room will look somewhat ominous if its interior is complemented by a door or ceiling, for which sheet metal and a huge number of rivets are chosen for lining.
Apart from wooden lining steampunk decor can be observed if the apartment or a separate room is covered with dark paper or fabric wallpaper. Intricate or even rough patterns (heraldry or monograms) on the wallpaper will bring the design of the premises closer to the intended image.
You can see steampunk in the photo of spacious loft apartments. When decorating such premises with their own hands, the walls are freed from finishing materials and open the rough brickwork. A complete match with the steampunk style is achieved by building a partition from a special type of London brick.
When choosing modern materials designers recommend staying on laminate, linoleum, veneered or acrylic surfaces. Their surface must necessarily imitate natural stone or wood, this choice will allow you to keep the design in a fantastic style without much financial outlay.
Furniture
For the living room, you can choose a leather sofa, the decor of which is represented by carvings and lion paws. In the office, it will not be superfluous to have a table of two cabinets and bookcases, such interiors can be seen in the photo of the recreated Victorian era.
The real furniture of that time was made by hand from ebony or mahogany, leather, bronze. Next to familiar-looking objects should be incomprehensible screws, assemblies, parts of steam boilers or submarines, elements of airships that you can create with your own hands.
Lighting
Lighting is also involved in creating an atmosphere of gloom. The dimming of the light is achieved with the help of gas discharge lamps, which may flicker or buzz slightly. The decor of ceiling lamps and lampshades is selected in the Victorian era.
Accessories
The steampunk style will fully manifest itself and sparkle with all colors if the entire decor contains original elements. You can buy them not in stores, but in markets or auctions; photos of such gizmos can also be viewed on the Internet.
Antique compasses, geographical, worn maps, drawings of incomprehensible instruments, photos or daguerreotypes with ladies, pendulum clocks, globes, barometers - these things are fully consistent with the steampunk direction. The room will be transformed if an aquarium with a porthole is built into the wall instead of the front glass.
Technique
The steampunk style attracts many with the possibility of combining original details with modern household appliances. However, devices can also be disguised as vintage units.
The keyboard can imitate a typewriter, the speakers - the mouthpieces of a gramophone. Even an antique-style bathroom transformed with its own hands fully fulfills the modern needs of households.
The steampunk style is unusual, original and at the same time the ultimate comfort for those living in an apartment.
