Blending Interior Styles for Smaller Homes

Home Interior Design Styles are categorized into 3 styles i.e. Traditional, Modern and Contemporary. Modern and Contemporary styles are lot similar. But there are elements that set them apart. Open rooms, clean lines and simplified furniture is what Modern Style is all about. And traditional interior style is all about elegance and design details. Traditional Interior Style features carved moldings, antique furnishings and graceful lines. The home appears to be warm, cozy and comfortable.

Can we have different Interior Design styles or Concept in one House itself?

Designer 1 – Well imagine traditional furniture in your modern or monochrome wall colors. Or say dark wooden furniture with lighter interiors. Too Contrasting, also your Home interiors goes for a toss. Two different style in one room would cause chaos to your home interior style. Your Interiors will have opposing elements in design and style.

An apartment where home owner tried having different Interior Design Style but caused a disaster.

Well today typical traditional furniture’s are not easily available these days. So if you home owners who love those intricate design sofas and chairs, then you will have to catch hold of a carpenter or professional to get id made for you. And mind you this will come for good expense. Or worst to worst go for ready-made furniture.
Home owners can still have a blend of Modern and Contemporary Interior Design since both feature few similarities like clean line furniture’s, minimalism, etc.

Designer 2 – With awareness and technology home owners have gone way too serious about knowing in-and-out of different Interior Style online. Well let me save time for these home owners. Well Modern Interior Style is the trend being followed by most home owners.

Why Modern Interior Style?

Modern Interior Style or concept is more of practical concept. In modern Interior Style, Clutter is strictly not allowed. Modern Interior Style is a safe bet for your home interiors with restricted spaces. Well I would say traditional furniture have passed by with bungalow concepts that were very common then.
Today most home owners own a flat, stay with simple family with limited rooms and restricted space. Ofcourse traditional interiors and furniture act as eye magnets. But where do we have space?

Traditional Interior Style

Traditional Interior Style features artistic designs, like the designs or curvatures you get to see in old palaces, with loads of wood work and décor handicrafts. Maintaining and cleaning such furniture’s or decors items today is highly difficult. One because its time consuming to clean such detailed art pieces and secondly these furniture’s of décor items take away lot of space. Are you ready to cut down on floor space with such beautiful looking but space occupying art pieces in your small homes?

Another aspect is that Traditional style doesn’t really work easy to your eyes for long. You may love to have a pillar or wall décor items of traditional style for a while. Such décor will surely appear very impressive to you and your guests for initial few days. Over a period of time the beautiful décor may appear a heavy item you want to get rid of.

When you planning your home interior style, think. You probably want that interior style to stay for next 20-25 years. What you would really want is simple rooms, with space saving furniture’s and minimal design details to it. Also light colors will make your room feel spacious and peaceful. This is all what Modern Interior Style all about.
Many home owners are wonder interior designing as art. They want more and more design and details to it. A good Interior Design House would be a house that has fulfilled all your basic needs and décor items but with minimal use of it.

[updated on 26-Mar-2023 by Nitin, founder of Contractorbhai.com]

Paintings on the wall change the whole room. It takes the whole room to a different level. In olden days when Photography was not there, royal families used to pay a lot of money to artists who would make beautiful paintings & portraits.

There are paintings which when seen for a few seconds will give you some sort of feel inside. There are paintings which make you peaceful. There are paintings which make you positive. There are paintings which bring empathy in you.

Eye Magnet

Paintings have a lot of power in them. They are like eye-magnet in your room. If a new person comes inside your room, first their attention goes on eye-magnets inside your room. Window, Balcony, Plants, some statues & paintings..

It’s human nature to notice what is around you & when you see a painting, you spend a few moments understanding it.

Center of theme

If you have a liking or knowledge about paintings, you should find a painting that suits your thinking. You can discuss with your interior designer about what kind of painting you plan to use.

One of our clients had purchased a painting from a tribal village in orissa. This client shared this painting with the Interior designer & asked him to match the theme of the whole room accordingly.

Many people who love art work, they do this. They will pick an art work – painting or sculpture.. Place it in the room & accordingly plan them for the whole room.

Spiritual

Very common for homeowners to use idols or paintings or photographs of spiritual/gods etc.. We have seen so many home owners who use Buddha statues in their living room. It brings a touch of peace & serenity in the room.

3 piece paintings

Behind the sofa it is common to have paintings which are in 3 or 4 pieces. This adds touch or art & creativity to your wall.

Family Collage

Passage areas can have family collage or 10-20s of different size photos of family members. This depicts your life, your family.

Travel Lovers

If you are one of those people who has traveled a lot & intend to do more. You can have a wall with photos from various places. This is a cool memory for you. This can become interesting thing for any guests that come to your house

Wedding Photo or Kids Photo

Inside the bedroom it is common to have a life memory like wedding day or newborn kid or pictures of kids.

Obstructing Column

Recently in one residence there was a column in the middle or a big room, we hired an artist to do art work on this wall. This artist used thin siporex brick like material & created a beautiful layer of art work on the column. Suddenly that obstructing column became a beautiful design element.

Support Artist

One more reason to have paintings or sculptures inside a house is to support the artist community. Ever since photography became very common, art work has lost mass followings. By keeping a painting or sculpture inside your house, you support the art community. You become a promoter of art work.