Your Guide to Furniture Design Styles of Today
While you can get many of the more historical styles in specialty stores, the styles you find today are very different. Since then, furniture fashion has deviated from the more ornate classical looks to more contemporary, bold styles that blur the lines between artistry and functionality.
Here are some of today's furniture design styles with which you may already be familiar:
Antique
If the above, old century styles appeal to you, you may be more interested in antique furniture. In order for a piece of furniture to be considered "antique," it must be at least 100 years old. Antique furniture is typically made from wood and has unique, ornate details that allow dealers to easily date them.
Traditional
Combining the best of Queen Anne, Chippendale, and Sheraton styles, traditional furniture typically feature graceful ornamentation, straightened lines, and tapered legs.
Vintage
Vintage furniture are typically older pieces that exhibit the best quality of a particular detail associated with a certain era. These pieces are younger than antiques and are typically used.
Rustic
The rustic style brings warmth and coziness into any home. This style is typically made with timber or other natural materials, including hide, cotton, or linen.
Art Deco
Characterized by its geometric and angular shapes, art deco is a style that unites funky patterns with materials such as chrome, glass, and mirrors.
Retro
Today, people may think retro and vintage are similar, thanks to the mass pop up of thrift shops and misnomers. However, retro furniture is typically defined by more modern designs that imitate past fashion trends.
Modern
Modern is best known for its use of monochromatic color palettes and using materials such as steel, vinyl, leather, and plastic. This furniture style resulted from the early 1900s modernist movement.
Contemporary
The confusing aspect of contemporary style is that it refers to furniture that is popular today. Many companies pair "modern" and "contemporary" together, but the problem with that is that modern only refers to modern style, while contemporary is used to reference the furniture designs of today.
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