Greek Islands – Cool and relaxed Mediterranean style

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Greek Islands - Cool and relaxed Mediterranean style

Located to the south of the Aegean Sea, the Cyclades Islands they conquer year after year tourists from all over the world who visit them without giving them a break. Perhaps its benign climate has a lot to do, but we are left with the typical architecture of the area where the towns, with Whitewashed houses and alleys in white and brightly colored windows, they are organized around the mountainous islands offering an unparalleled spectacle.

Model for a cool and carefree lifestyle, the style of the Greek Islands has all the characteristics of the Mediterranean style, bringing the word relax to its maximum expression. Do you want to know how?

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COLOUR

As a rule, the most representative colors of the Cycladic style are the white and blue. A color scheme that begins to be appreciated already in the exterior and that extends without interruption towards the interior of the houses where a practically white base is combined with different shades of blue, from sky blue, turquoise, sky blue, aquamarine to darker shades such as indigo, navy blue and cobalt blue. The combination of these tones guarantees a fresh and relaxed atmosphere very appropriate to enjoy the mild Mediterranean temperatures most of the year.

10 color palettes to create a relaxed atmosphere

This does not mean that all houses adhere exclusively to this two-color range. While it is true that the white color is always present, other very common options are combine it with different shades of greens, violets and stone tones They share a base of bluish color and continue to transmit that message of freshness and calmness that is so common in their interiors.

WALLS

The walls always thick, that help keep the air fresh in the long hot summer days, with whitewashed walls with rounded contours that usually incorporate shelves, stairs, chimneys, arches or niches of work that seem to come straight out of the wall and that contribute to the spaces a very soft aesthetic and fluffy appearance.

CEILINGS

It is very common for households in the Aegean Islands to have beautiful wooden beams or hurdle that are normally left in sight for the enjoyment of the visits. They can be shown in natural or painted in light colors, mainly white, beige, green or blue in its clearest version, to enhance more if possible the brightness and freshness of the spaces.

THE CHARM OF THE STONE

In the more rustic aesthetics we can find how the interiors play combine plastered walls in white with others that leave natural stone in sight. You can show the stone in a thousand ways, integrally on a wall as a contrast to the rest, partially with stone walls at half height, in small specific details, etc. Regardless of the choice, it will be an aesthetic success that will contribute to the spaces character and solera.

A ROOM WITH VIEWS

One of the advantages of the houses of the Greek Islands is their proximity to the sea. A fact that its inhabitants neither can nor want to hide and that they make the most of by opening their homes abroad with large windows with views that often remove the hiccups and in which the ocean in its different shades of blue according to the time of day, is the great protagonist.

PROTAGONISMO DEL CONTRAVENTANAS

They become a essential element for aesthetics both inside and outside the house Not only do they help control excessive sunstroke and ensure the privacy of their owners, but they also help add a touch of color to the predominant white plastering of the walls.

Normally painted in different shades of green or blue, there is no lack of who chooses less aquatic colors and warmer for their shutters, from reds to intense yellows that turns hills of the Cyclades Islands in a delicious and colorful show.

MARINE ACCENTS

The details matter and in about homes so related to the sea no details are missing that remind us. Anything that evokes us to the ocean is valid: marine patterns, anchor motifs, seashells, bottles with beach sand, corals, objects made with driftwood, fishermen's nets, ropes, sailor knots, even any souvenir of the last vacation on the beach is valid to make us have well present where we are.

EXTERIORS

With a climate as mild and mild as the Mediterranean, there are many hours that the inhabitants of the Aegean Islands pass in patios and terraces. Therefore, the they decorate with care and with the same attention they dedicate to their interiors to the point of being as or more welcoming than these and where can not miss a pergola or porch where to shelter in summer from the sun's rays.