3 styles that go great with mid-century furniture

Your mid-century furniture can feel a little out of place if the interior scape of your house doesn’t have a cohesive style to bring everything together. Of course, if you own mid-century furniture, you’d be tempted to say that your style is, indeed, mid-century. But that isn’t always the case.

Besides, mid-century furniture goes great with a lot of other styles of decoration. Many of them can help your house stand out while giving your furniture a lot more meaning. Take a look at each of these five trends in home design to see which one suits your particular view:

• 1.Bohemian style

The word ‘bohemian’ has been thrown around the art world decades before mid-century furniture was even a thing. It’s evolved to mean a lot of different things, but it still retains some of the original spirit of the term. In the 19^th century, a Bohemian person was a marginalized type of individual, seemingly free from society’s conventions, sort of like a predecessor of the 20^th century ‘hippie.’

When we talk about the Bohemian style in interior design, we are referring to a multi-cultural, brightly-colored approach to interior design. It allows you to include many types of furniture (like mid-century items), but it can feel loaded and exaggerated if you don’t hold yourself back a little.

To correctly implement a Bohemian décor into your house, be sure so keep the base color of a given room neutral, preferably earthy. Something that’s soothing and harmonious, like white walls. Then you can start adding lots of patterns, low-lying furniture, and unconventional comfort-inducing items like ottomans, pillows, and blankets. As a last tip: bohemianism is not minimalism, but quite the opposite.

• 2.Industrial style

This style of décor draws inspiration from warehouses and other spaces not necessarily made for living. It would be very hard to turn your house into an industrial-style space, but if you live on a loft, for example, you might be one step closer to achieving the look.

By a general rule of thumb, high ceilings, and a combination of metal and wood usually make a house industrial. Extra points for having exposed brick portions, neon lights, and mid-century furniture, whose modern approach to aesthetic makes it blend perfectly with the style.

Industrial style is a little bohemian, but a lot rougher around the edges. It maximizes the urban aspect of living, but has a preoccupation with artsy-ness and good looks. Since the industrial space itself can sometimes look uncared for and simplistic, mid-century furniture helps to offset these feelings by adding sleekness, maturity, comfort, and functionality.

• 3.Transitional style

The Transitional style is very popular right now, in fact, if you’re feeling like your house doesn’t fit any particular style, you might be a little Transitional, or you might be on your way to become Transitional if you like.

Having a Transitional home, as the name indicates, is about creating balance between traditional and modern aesthetics. Mid-century furniture can be used to provide the modern touch, the contemporary aesthetic, while the rest of the décor focuses on creating a more traditional style.