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22 Different Interior Design Styles
22 Different Interior Design Styles
INTERIOR
DESIGN STYLES
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1.TRADITIONAL
INTERIOR
STYLE
ELEMENTS OF THIS DESIGN INCLUDES:
REFLECTS CLASSIC EUROPEAN
DECOR,
ELABORATE MOLDINGS AND
WOOD PANELING,
BUILT-IN CABINETRY,
ELEGANT FURNISHINGS AND
ANTIQUE PIECES,
PAIRINGS OF FURNITURE AND
ACCESSORIES,
NEUTRAL PALETTE WITH VIBRANT
COLORS FOR FURNITURE AND
ACCENT PIECES,
EXPENSIVE TEXTILES LIKE SILK,
VELVET, CASHMERE OR COMFY
FABRICS LIKE COTTON OR LINEN,
AND
INTRICATE TILE AND WOOD
FLOOR PATTERNS
EUROPEAN
DECOR
2. MODERN
INTERIOR
STYLE
ABSENCE OF ORNAMENT,
INTENTIONAL ASYMMETRY,
NO CLUTTER OR CHAOS,
NEUTRALS WITH PRIMARY COLORS
AND BOLD COLOR CONTRASTS,
GEOMETRIC-PATTERNED OR PLAIN
AREA RUGS,
FURNITURE PIECES HAVE CLEAN
LINES AND BASIC SHAPES, MADE OF
MATERIALS LIKE METAL, CHROME, OR
GLASS AND ARE STREAMLINED WITH
POLISHED, SMOOTH AND SLEEK
SURFACES,
ART, RATHER THAN ACCESSORIES,
AND
OPEN FLOOR PLANS
3. CONTEMPORARY
HOME DÉCOR
STYLE
OPEN SPACES OR OPEN
FLOOR PLANS,
UNUSUAL LAYOUTS,
USE OF NATURAL LIGHT,
NEUTRAL COLORS,
METAL ACCENT PIECES,
TEXTURED AND NATURAL
FABRIC,
VERY LIGHT OR VERY DARK
WOOD TONES, AND
LIGHTING DESIGN USED AS
AN ARTISTIC STATEMENT.
4.TRANSITIONAL
INTERIOR
DESIGN
• CURVED FURNISHINGS
WITH STRAIGHT-LINED
LACQUERED FINISHES,
• LIMITED USE OF
ACCESSORIES,
• USE OF IMPACTFUL ART AS
FOCAL POINTS,
• NEUTRAL COLOR PALETTE,
AND
• TEXTURAL ELEMENTS SUCH
AS WOOD, GLASS, LACQUER,
RATTAN, FABRIC, STEEL AND
METAL.
5. MID-CENTURY
MODERN
DESIGN STYLES
IT’S A PACKAGED DEAL.
MID-CENTURY HOMES MUST BE
MIDCENTURY FROM OUTSIDE TO
INSIDE.
IT’S A DISTINCT LOOK WITH
CLEAN LINES, SPARSELY
FURNISHED, OFTEN NOT TERRIBLY
LARGE (BUT CAN BE) AND OF
COURSE GIVE OFF THE 1950’S AND
1960’S NOSTALGIC LOOK.
6. SHABBY-CHIC
7. INDUSTRIAL
INTERIOR DESIGN
• RAW AND UNFINISHED LOOK,
• A MIX OF GRAYS, NEUTRALS
AND RUSTIC COLORS,
• UTILITARIAN OBJECTS,
• LARGE SECTIONALS,
• ANTIQUE OR LIGHT FIXTURES
WITH METAL FINISHES,
• USE OF VINTAGE AND OLD
FACTORY AND LABORATORY
PIECES,
• WOOD AND METAL SURFACES,
AND
• CONCRETE FLOORING.
8. ECLECTIC
DESIGN STYLE
• VARIED PALETTE WITH A FEW
GROUNDING NEUTRALS,
• DIFFERENT PIECES IN THE ROOM
ARE TIED TOGETHER WITH
PAINT, FABRIC OR A MORE
REFINED OR ROUGHED-UP
FINISH, AND
• DEFINED BY CONTRASTS AND
VARIETY.
9. BEACH/NAUTICAL
STYLE
LIGHT AND BREEZY,
NAUTICAL-THEMED DECOR,
ALL WHITE BACKDROP; BORROW
COLORS FROM SAND, SURF AND
SHELLS;
DÉCOR CRAFTED FROM NATURAL
FIBERS AND ORGANIC MATERIALS,
WICKERS TOOLS, RATTAN
FURNITURE AND BEDS WITH A
NATURAL OAK FRAME, AND
WINDOW COVERINGS
10. FARMHOUSE
INTERIOR
DESIGN STYLE
• ALL WHITE LOOK,
• DOMINANT FIREPLACE,
• LARGE KITCHEN AND DINING PLACE,
• OPEN SHELVES AND CABINETS,
• “COMPANY” PARLOR AND “FAMILY”
SITTING ROOM,
• COZY FABRICS, NATURAL MATERIALS
AND TEXTILES,
• VINTAGE, RECLAIMED OR HERITAGE
ACCESSORIES,
• VINTAGE, SHABBY CHIC FURNITURE
WITH A RUSTIC FLAIR,
• TONGUE-AND-GROOVE PANELING,
SHIPLAP AND BUTT BOARDS,
• EVEN CEILINGS WITH EXPOSED
RECLAIMED BEAMS,
• BARN DOORS,
• NO TO GLASS, AND
• WIDE PLANK FLOORS.
11. MEDITERRANEAN INTERIOR DESIGN STYLE
ARCHES, COLUMNS, ORNATE FEATURES INCLUDING FURNITURE, TILE AND BRICK, EARTH TONES, LARGE FURNITURE,
INTERIOR BALCONIES, TALL CEILINGS (NOT ALWAYS, BUT IT’S NO UNCOMMON), CURVES.
-OPEN FLOOR PLAN: THIS IS A MUCH-
DESIRED DESIGN FEATURE TODAY
AND SO IT MAKES SENSE THE
CRAFTSMAN IS A VERY POPULAR
DESIGN FOR CONTEMPORARY
HOMES.
-PLENTY OF BUILT-IN WOOD
ELEMENTS SUCH AS CABINETRY,
FIREPLACE MANTLES, BOOKCASES,
ETC.
-PLENTY OF HANDCRAFTED
WOODWORK INCLUDING EXPOSED
CEILING BEAMS.
-USE OF NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH
AS WOOD, STONE, BRICK, GLASS AND
TILE.
-PLENTY OF WINDOWS.
-COLOR SCHEME: EARTH TONES AND
PLENTY OF WOOD.
12. CRAFTSMAN
STYLE
13. SCANDINAVIAN
INTERIOR STYLE
PREDOMINANTLY WHITE,
BRIGHT COLORS COMBINE
WITH THE MAIN WHITE COLOR,
LARGE MIRRORS,
PRINCIPLES OF SYMMETRY,
FURNITURE PIECES ARE
FUNCTIONAL AND STYLISH BUT
NOT TOO TRENDY AND
CONTEMPORARY,
USE OF LIGHT-COLORED
WOOD AND WARM COLORS,
AND
LIGHT WOOD FLOORING
DRESSED UP WITH RUGS IN
SUBTLE COLOR.
14. RUSTIC
STYLE
• EXPOSED CEILING BEAMS,
• USE OF RECLAIMED WOOD,
• EXPOSED STONE WALL,
• WOODEN FLOORING,
• COWHIDES, SHEEPSKINS
AND SIMPLE NEUTRAL-
COLORED NATURAL
FABRICS,
• DISTRESSED AND
HANDCRAFTED ITEMS,
• WOOD-BURNING
FIREPLACE, AND
• PROMINENT STAIRCASES.
15. ASIAN
DESIGN
• ASYMMETRY,
• ALTAR-LIKE ALCOVES,
• REFERENCE TO NATURE,
• CHINOISERIE FURNITURE,
• NATURAL MATERIALS,
• SIMPLICITY,
• CLEAN LINES,
• CIRCLE MOTIF,
• ORCHIDS, AND
• USE OF CURTAIN WALLS, DOOR
PANELS OR JAPANESE
TOKONAMA.
16.TROPICAL
INTERIOR DESIGN
STYLE
OPEN PLAN LAYOUT,
SAFARI-THEMED, JUNGLE OR
BEACH VIBES,
PASSIVE COOLING,
HIGH CEILINGS,
LIGHT AND BREEZY,
CEILING FANS,
MONOCHROMATIC AND LIGHT,
REFLECTIVE COLOR SCHEME,
PREDOMINANT GREEN NUANCES,
ACCESSORIES AND FURNITURE MADE OF
TROPICAL WOODS OR NATURAL
MATERIALS,
FABRICS AND TEXTILES WITH PALM
LEAVES OR ANIMAL MOTIF,
PLENTY OF INDOOR PLANTS,
FIGURES AND STATUES OF ANIMALS, AND
WOODEN FLOORING WITH A RED
CARPET.
17. SOUTHWESTERN
STYLE
CASEMENT OR RECESSED
WINDOWS WITH ORNAMENTAL
GRILLWORK FACING THE STREET,
MIX UPHOLSTERY FINISHED AND
TEXTILES,
BOLD, VIBRANT, WARM COLORS
(ORANGE, RED, GOLD, YELLOW, BLUE
AND DESERT-TONED NEUTRAL
HUES),
ACCESSORIES MADE UP OF DARK-
COLORED CAST IRONMONGERY,
CANDLES, DRIED FLOWERS,
SCULPTURES, ANIMAL SKINS,
POTTERY PIECES, ETC.,
PAINTED WOOD FURNISHINGS
BUILT WITH THICK LEGS,
LARGE WALL MURALS, AND
FLOORS MADE OF RUSTIC BRICK
OR TERRA COTTA TILES OR MOSAIC
WITH PATTERNED RUGS.
18. VICTORIAN
• ASYMMETRICAL DESIGNS;
• VIBRANT COLORS
• DECORATIVE TRIM;
• TEXTURED WALL SURFACES
WITH COMPLEX PATTERNS
FROM WALL-TO-CEILING
WALLPAPERS TO LUXURIOUS
FABRICS;
• ELABORATE AND MASSIVE
FURNITURE;
• EXTRAVAGANT ACCESSORIES;
AND
• BAY WINDOWS, SOMETIMES
WITH STAINED GLASS PANELS,
WALK-OUT VERSIONS OR BUILT-
IN BENCH.
19. MINIMALIST