1- Modern style
Modern architecture and design, including interiors, is a broad umbrella term for design styles united by a common intention – a celebration of material, technology and composition through authenticity, transparency and efficiency.
2- Mid-century modern style
Mid-Century modern describes a style that gained momentum in the aftermath of the Second World War. With echoes of the Bauhaus and International movement, this arm of modernist interior design is set apart by its vivid use of color, crisp lines, and interactive dialogues with nature and the outdoors.
3- Minimalist style
Sparked by the Minimalist arts movement of the 1960s and 70s, and inspired by Tradational japanees style and Zen philosophy, minimalist interiors express the driving concepts of modernism in an almost puritanical palette.
Stripping things down to their bare basics, minimalism offers us an aesthetic that relies on the efficiency of the design. Devoid of distractions or clutter, minimalist interiors are streamlined to maximize on bold visual impacts and the underlying use of the space.
4-Scandinavian style
This interior style is characterized by organic materials, bare ornamentation and clean detailing. The color palette swims in black and white, with grays and blues or the occasional pop of color bring visual respite. Silhouettes and contours in scandinavian interiors are more rounded and sinuous, which along with organic textures create a much cozier vibe in even the barest of layouts and arrangements.
5- Industrial style
Industrial interiors celebrate the modernist eye for efficiency and functionality by transforming the working parts of a building into its primary aesthetic.
Beams, columns, pipes, ducts and flanges are brought to the fore to emphasize the ‘machine for living’, rendering these interiors in a largely masculine overtone. Unlike many other offshoots of the modern movement, industrial style interiors do not shy away from weight or roughness, embracing the worn, recycled and salvaged.
6- Shabby chic style
Arising in the 1980s, the Shabby chic style reinterpreted traditional British aesthetics to create soft, feminine visual statements.
Drawn out in markedly light and airy spaces, this style strikes a distinctive balance between the weathered look of an English cottage and the delicate indulgences of more classical influences. The result is an utterly romantic vibe with a penchant for the finer things in life.
Soft cotton and French linen is drawn out in fluid designs that explore the pastels to perfection.
The time worn is celebrated as a collection of vintage elements and features that bring the space alive; even new furniture is given a distressed look to soften the overall look, feel and tone of the interiors.
7- Rustic style
With its classical simplicity and warm homey feel, the Rustic style stands out among the most popular interior styles that are “evergreen”. It has that irresistible charm of a family home in the country that contemporary man longs for in the busy city. It is therefore no surprise to find the Rustic style in various buildings and interiors both, in country houses, as well as in urban apartments.
8- Bohemian style
Bohemian style is associated with free-minded and free-spirited people who express their personal unconventional philosophy of living unconstrained by any norms of the contemporary society. Their outstanding individuality shows in the interiors of their homes, too.
So unique, exuberant and vivid these interiors gave birth to a very specific design style, known as ‘boho’ or ‘boho-chic’, a style that has gained immense popularity and has been embraced by many.
9-Zen interior design
Bringing the core tenets of traditional Japanese philosophy to life, Zen style interiors, just like their namesake, are about balance, harmony and consideration.
Colors are soft and natural in tone, with chromatic harmony and continuity balancing surfaces and spaces.
10- Eclectic interior design style
Surprising, unexpected and unafraid to break the rules, eclectic style interiors personify individuality and freedom. With no guidelines or intentions per se to box it in, this style borrows freely from others, harmonizing a gamut of ideas and inspirations to suit the space and purpose at hand.
At its core this design style comes with a lot of variation and layering, deftly using these to create an overall rhythm that animates the interior and saves it from being utterly overwhelming.
Eclectric style relies on core design sensibilities to make sense of the chaos that it dwells in, striking harmony through color, composition, balance and materiality.
11- Art Deco interior design style
12- Country style
Cozy is key when designing country styled interiors, as these spaces evoke the warm embrace of a timeless cottage. As such this style can root in different traditions (English, French, Tuscan or Scandinavian to name a few) and therefore can vary significantly in its outward vocabulary. However each of these palettes is united in their love and appreciation of the organic and the rustic.
Wood, pottery, and a host of organic materials populate these spaces, carved out in a typically intimate scale and character.
13- Coastal interior design style
Fresh, relaxed and excitingly versatile, just like the ocean that inspires it, the coastal style takes organic inspiration into new dimensions. Instead of merely embellishing the interior with oceanic materials, motifs and elements, this style goes a step further and offers an aesthetic that is integrally sun kissed and nautical in tone.
Natural light in abundant proportions is of course paramount, playfully bouncing off the contrast of white and blue that set these interiors apart.
14- Vintage style
Contrary to popular opinion, vintage style isn’t about recreating a flea market in your home; not everything old has vintage charm. Instead this style pays homage to the 1940s and 50s, where in the aftermath of WWII people mixed and matched, working with whatever was available, to rebuild their homes and create warm, loving spaces. It is this ‘mix and match’ aesthetic, largely brought alive through the time worn and tested, that sets vintage interiors apart.
As a thumb rule the movement of lines is key here; this could play out through a contrast of patterns and motifs or through a composition of profiles and silhouettes.
15- Tropical style
Tropical style interiors are all about the romantics of the endless beaches, the lush jungles and the vibrant colors of the exotic lands we dream of. Inspired by Nature, this interior design style features abundance of natural materials and color palettes characteristic for the Tropics in its flamboyant beauty.
Larger surfaces feature lush greens and shades of turquoise and blue, creating backgrounds for cheerful bursts of vibrant colors, such as pink, purple and orange displayed on various decorative items and interior textile. Exotic prints of tropical fruit and palm leaves dominate wall décor.
16- Hollywood Regency style
The Hollywood Regency Style is all about bringing back the glamour of the 1930s’ Golden Age of the booming American movie industry. It features the lavish décor style of the homes of the major film stars of those times. Yet even if it relates to the past, it is far from being branded as ‘retro’. Hollywood Regency is instead an exciting mixture of styles and trends, exhibiting their best features in striking combinations so as to create an ambience of comfort and glamorous opulence. It’s this freedom of expression that makes the style timeless.
17- Modern farmhouse
Modern farmhouse style is among the top favorite contemporary interior design trends in Europe, North America and other corners of the planet influenced by European culture. For, indeed, the key features of this style are based on the warm and somewhat nostalgic charm of the cozy farm houses in the idyllic countryside of Western and Northern Europe.
What rules modern farmhouse interiors is the soothing feeling of the past, interpreted through traditional décor, practical, often repurposed, furniture items, and natural materials contributing to the charmingly vintage and rustic looks of both, the interior, as well as the exterior of the residence. Space is kept uncluttered yet cozy and functional, tones are soft and neutral, and decorations are a balanced mix-and-match display of both, vintage and contemporary fashion trends in interior décor.
