Contemporary Interior Design Ideas
Clean, uncluttered space, well-defined decor pieces, cool colors and unique textures are a few basic elements that define contemporary interior designs. Tradition interior designs looked almost opposite as compared to the modern interiors. But the contemporary look is also a fave of all those who loved the 'rich' factor of that traditional style. Well, let me tell you that it is fun designing your home by following the contemporary theme. Converting a boring and messy house into a fresh and clean space is what it's all about. So if you are planning to give a modern makeover to your interiors, get some tips mentioned below.
Colors and Themes
When you have a lot of colors to choose from, you need to simply remember to pick a mix of soft and bold colors. While a major space needs to be occupied by soft or neutral shades, add a hint of bold colors that rightly spices up the space. Pillars and deep portions are the best areas to experiment with bold colors. One idea is to use blacks, grays, tans, and white. Metallic colors are also the best part of contemporary design. Color themes are the basics of this style. Many designers follow a particular color theme to decorate the entire space. This ensure a well-defined look that is one of the basic features of contemporary styled interior design. Again reds and grays are a hit when it comes to choosing a theme as both of these can be rightly paired with white, black, off white and many other shades.
Textures and Pictures
As I mentioned above, the design is characterized with textures. Be it in wall paint colors or furnishings, textured look is a hit in this style of home decor. Various faux finish techniques are used to jazz up the walls and add a contemporary component between the soft shades. Metallic colors like sliver, copper, bronze or gold paired with colors matching to the theme are staple of such faux painting textures and designs. You can also have textured furniture pieces, in matte effect. One idea is to keep the flooring soft and light colored with minimum textures. Wall decor mainly consists of textures, wall painting and pictures as well. Another idea is to have picture frames displaying abstract art or large faces and human figures. Such artwork is amongst the popular Asian elements. A single large frame or a creatively hung collage of diverse themed picture frames is a popular pick of many designers.
Furniture and Furnishings
Even when you design a room from scratch or refurbish an existing space to reflect the style, furniture and furnishings play an important role in creating the overall effect. If you want a soft design, go for furnishings like sofa covers, rugs and also the furniture finishes having light colors like beige, white or off white. Add theme colored dark curtains and drapes, and some trendy throw pillows to play up the rooms. The furniture used is more edgy and plush. A few asymmetrical pieces of furniture is commonly used to spice up the effect. Straight lines and uncluttered space are the basics of furniture arrangement. Also bulky furniture is out and sleek pieces are the 'in thing'. Furnishing prints are simple, but bold. Tiny and busy prints are a strict "no-no".
Focal Points and Accents
Focal points. Yes, the style features more than one focal point. It can be the only heavily textured wall, a large art work, a pendant lamp set hung from the center or corner area of the ceiling, a unique style furniture piece or a large designer accent that make the best focal points in contemporary decor. Modern accent pieces lack those intricate designs and delicate carved features, but they are classy with asymmetrical shapes, too bold or too sleek styled, textured look and use of bold colors as well as metallic. Lamps make the major accent pieces in this style of interior decoration. Lamps are no longer those having transparent or traditional styled glass, these are fresh, colorful and stylish, of course chosen to match the color theme.
Remember the features and characteristics of contemporary interior and get set to revamp your interiors that are 'less is more', 'sleek is hot' and 'texture is the key' styled.
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