Wenge in the interior

Wenge is a tropical tree that grows in the jungles of West Africa. It is also known by other names: African rosewood, Congolese rosewood, African rosewood, Congolese rosewood, mybot, dikela, avong or bokont.

Wood wenge solid, heavy, resistant. It has a high resistance to bending and impact, is not afraid of insects and fungi. It is valued not only because of its persistence, but also because of the color. The color of mature wenge wood can range from golden brown to dark coffee, almost black, with black veins. It is dark brown wood wenge in the interior is used especially often, this color is so called - the color wenge.

Speaking about the use of Wenge in the interior, we can talk about Wenge wood and Wenge color. Wood wenge is not available to everyone, it is very much herexpensive. It is used to make furniture that will be subjected to high loads, as well as high-quality artistic or set parquet. Also made of wenge wood finish veneer.

But because of the high cost of real wenge wooduse for finishing of elite interiors. If the products of this wood you can not afford, it is worth using the color of wenge in the interior: parquet, laminate, furniture made of other materials, but with a color reminiscent of noble wood of African rosewood. This option is more democratic.

Why is the color and wood wenge in the interior so popular? Dark brown wood looks expensive and luxurious, is associated with aristocracy and even some elitism. But on the other hand, this color is simple enough and strict, and, despite its severity, it creates a feeling of comfort.

You can use wenge in the interiors of any styles. Its simplicity (sometimes bordering onascetic) allows you to use the Wenge design of the premises in the style of minimalism. Thanks to the African origin, you can use a wenge in an ethnic interior. And the naturalness and naturalness of wenge wood allow using it in an eco-interior that values ​​closeness to nature.

Color wenge in the interior is well combined with light colors. It should not be too much, because the abundancedark oppresses. Therefore, remember the rule: if you use flooring "under the wenge", the walls should be white (you do not need to use a white-white, reminiscent of the hospital, you can stop on cream). If you decide to put furniture in the room "under the wenge", then again - light walls and, say, a carpet.

Wenge furniture (or imitation of such wood) can be combined in an interior with furniture from light wood species. Wenge is well combined with ash, maple,oak, beech, birch, etc., as well as with more exotic wood for us - olive, zebra. If you are not afraid of bright colors in the interior, you can play in contrast and Combine wenge with red or orange color. In this case, you need to use warmer shades of bright colors.

The selection of an additional bright color depends on the shade of the wenge. We have already mentioned that Wenge wood canbe of different shades. Warm shades of wenge (maroon and chocolate) can be well combined with warm red, orange, pistachio and warm green. Cold (with a gradient in purple or greenery) - with crimson, gray, blue, lilac. To light shades colors from a boudoir palette (soft shades: ashes of a rose, color of a champagne, soft shades dark-crimson, gray and violet, etc.) approach.

If you use a wenge in an interior designed for "ethnicity", you can combine wenge furniture with a carpet or blankets that mimic animal skins. In general, wenge is well combined with bright andunusual accessories: like all dark woods, wenge creates a sense of calmness, seriousness, "adulthood", so the interior with its use needs a "twist" that will make it more "alive" by giving energy.

Using furniture of color wenge, you can create an unusual interior: Fashionable, but at the same time presentable, original, but not pretentious, stylish and spectacular.