Trends are constantly evolving, like those of fashion, shoes, cars, and, most importantly to us, interior design; particular artistic and design movements fluctuate in and out of relevancy, changing how people decorate their most intimate spaces. When it comes to decorating your own space, what truly matters is how happy it makes you. Below, we’ll help you find which furniture style, whether trendy or harking to a bygone era, best fits your design and practical tastes.
Traditional furniture style
Carved silhouettes, elaborate decorations, luxurious upholsteries; traditional style is technically broad, so you can find it best displayed in Rococo and Baroque interiors. With a formal touch, traditional style likens to 17th - 18th century Europe and imbues a room with importance and a sign of status. Intricacy and symmetry defines the style, featuring cushioned seats and durable, big wooden bodies. Reds, deep greens, and off-white coordinate cohesively. Bonaldo’s entire Lovy collection and decor like the Ritratto mirror by Fiam Italia helps you journey back to this time.
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Mid-century Modern style
Mid-century modern design establishes a furniture style shaped around the mindset of the 50s and 60s. After the tumultuous events prior to these decades, people were looking toward the future to reset and start anew. What better way to do that than with a simple, clean furniture design? A deviation from earlier, traditional styles, the sofas and armchairs of this time were focused mainly on comfort and functionality. Occasionally, there is a curved accent or elegant tuft. Feel at home with wool, plastic, glass, nubby textiles like boucle. Bright colors like yellow and orange are prominent with balancing neutrals of black and white. Artifort are masters at mid-century design with sofas by Kho Liang Ie and the Tulip armchair by Pierre Paulin.
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Scandinavian style
Emerging from the traditions of Northern European countries Norway, Sweden, and parts of Finland, Scandinavian furniture style embodies calm lines, authentic materials, and quality craftsmanship. Appropriate for this region’s colder temperatures and wooded terrain, this furniture style exudes warmth and rusticity with plush cushioning and wood hues. Minimalistic, it promotes serenity like a getaway retreat. White and cream linens against walnut wood are prominent motifs. Check out the Hood collection from Tomasella or the Softbay collection from Porada. Specifically, there is the Woody dining table from Midj.
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Modern furniture style
Modern design is where our specialty lies. Celebrating the late 19th - early 20th-century modern design movement and the industrialism and innovation it was founded on, modern design gets down to the brass tacks of furniture design. Light in form, there’s an emphasis on the linear, with long, sleek lines and sharp angles. Sometimes, they come together to create geometric forms. Stripped from visual noise and ostentatious decoration, this furniture style presents a calm, zen-like atmosphere. In addition, modern design prioritizes functionality to get the most out of your furniture. There are sectionals with attached end tables, motorized extension dining tables, and dining chairs with flexible backs. Industrial materials like metal, glass, and dark woods are vital, while neutrals like white, black, grey, and beige are prominent. Most of our website fits this description, but companies like Lago and Cattelan Italia achieve incredible things in modern furniture.
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Art Deco
As is typical for the invention of furniture styles so far, Art Deco was created as a celebration, reveling in the post-WWI days when people wanted to indulge in glamorous, luxurious lifestyles inundated with incredible zest. This furniture style doesn’t just pertain to furniture but architecture as well, extending to the creation of the Chrysler Building in New York City. A reimagination of traditional design, Art Deco takes traditional motifs and amps it up 100, repeating bold geometric patterns and shaping furniture out of exotic woods, ivory, and polished metal. It shines in colors of gold and silver and exudes elegance in jewel tones through velvet and leather upholstery. On our website, check out Art Deco inspired wallpaper including the My Deco 17032 wallpaper and Deco Jungle 17020 wallpaper from LondonArt and Costantini Pietro dining tables such as the Grand Palais glass round dining table.
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Of course, these only scratch the surface of possible furniture styles in a home. Browse our website to get more inspiration, then call us at 215-676-6100 if you have any questions about your new interior. We also have a 20,000 sq. ft. showroom in Philadelphia to see some of these pieces in person.