Five popular interior design styles
Knowing the differences between popular interior design styles can make all the difference in finding your personal tastes and curating the perfect room.
Finding the interior design style that better reflects your personal style is never easy and maybe these five ideas can help you to find the perfect style for your new home or for the refurbishment of your old house.
Industrial
The most casual of all interior design styles is the industrial look, a trend born out of necessity in the 1960s that still thrives today. Brick walls, pipes, and steel structures are left exposed to deliberately contribute to a dramatic effect. Patinated wood, weathered leather, and rough concrete create a relaxed, worn-in look with a masculine edge. If you don’t want to forget comfort, you can tweak things with pelts and coloured velvet cushions in dark shades of rust, green, or blue. Feel free to mix old with new.
Minimalist
Minimalism isn’t just about removing all decor in favour of clean surfaces and walls, but also about leaving out expendable objects. A sofa nook, for example, can take the place of several small chairs, and a dining table can double as a workstation.
Although many minimalists focus on neutral tones and increasingly rely on white, temperate use of colour is also possible. The combination of different textures or the use of large-scale geometric shapes as well as typographic images also bring harmony to a pure, uncluttered environment.
Mid-century
The key characteristics of the midcentury style are: high-quality natural materials like wood and leather meet lush, organic shapes supported by a delicate metal base. These characteristics can be found in chairs, sofas, tables and sideboards that are still very much in demand today.
Also typical are the opulent, textured fabrics such as velvet, corduroy, and bouclé in fir green, bold navy, and purple. Combining midcentury with shiny brass or chrome accents will round out the glamorous and cosy style.
Mediterranean
For those who live in less sunny places and don’t want to miss out on the serenity and that seaside feeling, bringing the Mediterranean look into their home is the perfect solution. The key is a mix of light colours, earth tones, and splashes of warm accents.
Think white, beige and terracotta complemented by ochre, orange, and azure blue. For both floors and walls, colourful mosaic tiles or handmade zellige clay tiles are particularly suitable. And of course, don't miss the opportunity to display colourful ceramic tableware and Mediterranean plants and herbs, which not only make for a great accent but are also handy for cooking.
Scandinavian
Functional, rectilinear, and clean; that's how Scandinavians love their furniture. And now people from all corners of the earth are digging the Scandinavian style too. This design movement puts the love of nature at the forefront, and as such, this style uses almost exclusively natural materials. Often this material palette is complemented by a simple colour scheme such as white, grey, and beige. Accents are mostly added in light pastel shades.