How To Create A Magnificent Moroccan Home Decor and Interiors
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Mastering Moroccan Decor and Interior Design
If you love adventure, travel, and everything exotic, Moroccan interior design might just be perfect for you. This design style is popular all across the world, but is of course named after the characteristic Mediterranean styles of Morocco. Let’s explore the elements of Moroccan decor and interior design and how you can incorporate it into your own home.
What Is The Origin of Moroccan Decor?
While its origin is in the homes of the people of Morocco, this interior design style gained popularity worldwide in the 1960’s. Wealthy hippies and travelers explored the world, and brought back the home decorating styles of Morocco to their own countries. The country itself is very culturally diverse, home to Berbers, Arabs, as well as European and sub-Saharan African immigrants. This diversity is reflected in the design style of the country. Areas rich in history have all shared a piece of their culture to create a colorful, unique style of design.
What Are Some Of The Main Elements of Moroccan Interior Design?
Moroccan interior design is colorful and full and has many defining elements. The base of the characteristic features of this design is fluid lines. Moroccan decor and design does not usually contain harsh lines and edges. It is all about comfort. Its design elements are also very intricate, colorful, and textural.
In terms of architecture, the style commonly uses u-shaped doors and entryways in the traditional Islamic keyhole design. Domes are common in the architecture as well. It also tends to include open courtyards, water fountains, and gardens. This design also uses lots of ceramic mosaic tiles. They are often bold and brightly colored and there is no limit to where they are used. The tiles frame doorways and windows, create tabletops, accent pieces like walls, mirrors, and picture frames, and more.
Comfort is an important element in Moroccan interior design. The seating is often low to the ground. Tables are sometimes low to the ground as well to accommodate the low seating. To capitalize on making space as comfortable as possible, textiles are abundant in this design. The floors are often covered in layered rugs or a single plush rug, with woven throw blankets and pillows readily available. Seating is soft and abundant.
Moroccan interior design has many more beautiful details that can be included in your own design. A canopy either over the bed in the master bedroom, over seating in the living room, or high over a dining table creates a beautiful Moroccan look. Another element is lighting. Choose lanterns made of materials like copper or brass, and look for pieces that are intricately carved with geometric shapes. The lanterns are usually hung on the walls or ceiling. Mirrors are popular in this design style, as well. Load up your design with plenty of reflective surfaces and you can’t go wrong. Bonus points if the mirrors are decorated with characteristically Moroccan mosaic tiles.
Of course, to create the most authentic Moroccan decor, choose genuine vintage Moroccan rugs. These pieces are stunning and have a history and charm that modern, machine-made dupes just can’t replicate. The weavers of these gorgeous tribal rugs wove a piece of themselves into each carefully hand-created carpet. Knowing that the carpet came directly from the area you are trying to emulate and has a full history and story to it, is a feeling that just can’t be replaced.
Decorating your interiors with Moroccan carpets is a great way to up your style. Moroccan Rugs with their minimalist, tribal designs complement most interior styles. The term tribal or nomadic rugs immediately conjure up images of exotic Middle Eastern or Central Asian ethnography. In terms of design we tend to think of nomadic rugs as having a complex ornamental repertory of intricate geometric patterns, expressed in a palette of dark, deep colors.
One group of rugs and carpets, however, challenges all such assumptions and pre-conceptions – the rugs produced by the nomadic Berber peoples of the Atlas Mountain region of Morocco. Moroccan carpets are beautiful rugs, with styles ranging from minimal tribal tones to bright shags with an array of earthy colors, the Moroccan Rug is the new must-have.
Creating Beautiful Moroccan Home Interior Decors With Moroccan Area Rugs
1. How To Decorate Your Home With Moroccan Rugs For More Traditional Tastes
The neutral visage of Moroccan Beni Ourain rugs is particularly suitable for classic traditional and glamorous decor. Black-and-white features, a grand piano, leather smoking chairs, blue velvet and dark upholstery are exceptionally flattering against these sumptuous achromatic carpets. However, don’t miss the opportunity to pair bright, saturated or pastel colors, Tiffany blue, lemon yellow, regal reds and unexpected tones against their neutral surface.
2. How To Create Moroccan Home Decor in More Modernist Interiors
When it comes to Moroccan carpet weaving, specifically the Beni Ourain variety, modern is the go-to style. Vintage Mid-century and classically modern furnishings have a natural appeal when arranged around a shaggy carpet. The same can be said for more austere, minimalist furnishings that are softened and greatly enhanced by the organic textures and patterns that these stylish creations display.
3. How To Decorate With Moroccan Rugs as Wall Art and Tapestries
Hanging is a marvelous, modern alternative to placing area rugs on the floor alone. Moroccan kilim rug and hand-woven rugs that feature colorful tufts and pile accents are well-suited for this application. Moroccan kilims in rich, warm tones of orange, red and brown create an exceptional backdrop for entryways and prominent furnishings. Although less traditional, the concept complements Morocco’s talent for decorating with carved screens, elaborate tiles and patterned accouterments.
For detailed insights on the process of hanging a rug on your wall, please refer to this informative blog post.
4. Home Decor And Draping Moroccan Rugs:
Adopting a pioneering style isn’t necessary when one can follow in the footsteps of great mid century modern designers like Charles and Ray Eames. The couple’s iconic Pacific Palisades Case Study home was decked out with modern furnishings and exotic collectibles that have been described as “a kaleidoscope of excess.” One of the more distinctive features, aside from their eponymous lounge chair, is the low-slung sofas and settees that are draped with colorful kilims.
Here are some stunning Moroccan rugs from the Nazmiyal Collection for your decor:
This interior design blog about Moroccan Interior Design was published by Nazmiyal Antique Rugs.
