The New Classic Modern Design Trend
(RDD) If on the hunt for a new look for your home’s interior and busily shopping furniture stores on Saturdays and evenings when you can, you’ll notice a strong new furniture trend. Cleaner lines accented with clear glass containers and minimalist window treatments are making a crisp design statement.
The look is fresh and has great appeal. After exploring only a handful of furniture sources, you may become aware of the change and be able to identify which retail stores have it, and which do not.
Think classic, clean lines with a fusion of contemporary-modern. Identified by the interior design world as transitional, contemporary, modern glamour, cosmopolitan or sophisticated urban, it is fast developing into the now look and very visible in trendy home magazines.
How can I transition to this new look
This look requires a less is more design viewpoint. De-cluttering receives high marks in today’s media lifestyles and is a strong element contributing to its success and appeal. In a de-clutter frame of mind, take a good look at your room and mentally remove any extra fabric, cushions, layers, non-functional accessories that merely support a design theme, and think about the bones of the space and its function.
What about your windows? Consider removing some decorative layers. Do you have draperies, sheers and blinds? Would your windows bring in more natural light without the draperies and sheers? Basic windows, straightforward and without layers are very appealing right now.
What about color? The continuity of uninterrupted color in monochromatic tones of taupe, cream, gray, or sand creates a gentle yet sophisticated backdrop for angular sofa and seating pieces and a pleasant change from the popular Santa Fe type deep jewel colors.
A strong sofa with simple-lines, no skirt, espresso-toned saber legs put with a couple of armless or slipper, side-chairs can create the central seating area.
Add a pop of primary color with simple square or rectangle pillow accents in a cotton linen or opulent silk and the scheme comes alive. Small touches of handcrafted accessories make interesting graphic touches to contrast or accent the chosen color palette.
The stand-out accessory for this trend is oversized, geometric, clear glass containers filled with a single, life-sized palm, fern leaf or similar tropical foliage. The simplicity of the form in lush green is pleasing, has great design value, is soothing and adds a dramatic touch.
Candles are still a design favorite and look wonderful in simple white in those glass containers.
If you are looking to update your home’s interior, consider adding elements of this new trend to your rooms. The freshness of this design will make a lasting first impression .
You will find the openness and simple sophistication of this interior design trend liberating and compatible with an overall feeling of relaxation and wellness.
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