Modern Living Rooms from the Far East

Inspiration from the land of dragons and emperors! Today we are featuring some living room designs from Pinchen Design, a Chinese based designer whose rooms exude comfort and luxury. Using texture, pattern and colour the rooms have been designed with real application in mind.It might be hard to pick a favourite!

The warmth of natural timbers and leather result in a welcoming living room. With the open fire on it would be a haven in winter.

East meets West in this living room.

Luxurious and beautiful but would you risk red wine in this living room?

Two identical rooms with different finishes.
Dark, moody and filled with texture, this room has a grandness about it.

A cool contemporary living space with clean lines and smooth surfaces. The upholstered wall adds a softness to the room.

A nice blend of homely comfort and a touch of opulence, a very inviting living room.

Masculine and broody.

A retro feel with a contemporary twist. The tulip style chairs and lime green hark back to groovier times but paired with stark white and contemporary light fittings it becomes crisp and stylish.

Chic country design, (with a brown leather chair for the male of the house perhaps?)

Funky light fitting and interesting feature wall

The swirls in the rug complement the flamboyant light fitting, contrasting beautifully with the striped wallpaper.

Pattern on pattern, this is how its done.

Glamour at its over the top best.

If you are looking for more designs that show a Chinese influence, check out the following posts:

Inspirational Chinese Interior Design
Modern Chinese Interior Design

Did you enjoy this post? Then get regular updates through RSS, Facebook or by typing your email below

How to Bring Retro Style into your Modern Home

Every twenty to thirty years, the world of design seems to make a comeback, but in a slightly better way. Whether it’s is the world of fashion, colors or home decor, retro style is an eclectic mix of old styles and new forms, or new forms with old materials and finishes. From the psychedelic prints of the seventies to the fifties appeal of oversized light fixtures and bubbly forms, retro style home decor is back in a big way! Here are a few ways to get the look in your modern home.

Bold patterns and colors: Retro styling brings together bold patterns and colors into your home. If you enjoy large patterns, try using them on your walls with wallpaper, paint or murals. For the same affect throughout your furniture, consider using bold fabrics and coordinating textiles such as rugs, and window treatments. Try and keep the bold patterns and colors within a few colors for the palette. Too many colors will make your room look scattered, and uninviting.Subtle hints of retro style: If you prefer to bring retro styling into your home more subtly, consider using smaller prints and geometric repetitive patterns. Instead of bold colors, modernize your interiors with pastels and muted variations of the bold. Use patterns in smaller quantities, and infuse neutrals into furnishings, flooring and wall coverings. Mix and match solids and patterns to also play down big and bold retro styling.

Retro lines of furniture with modern finishes: Curvilinear and circular forms are classic characteristics of retro furniture. Pair these up with modern leather, wood, and lacquer finished furniture, and the marriage of the two is gorgeous. Scour online classifieds, garage sales and vintage stores that you can reupholster or repurpose old furniture to look new. Replace an outdated fabric with a new and funky colored one. Shop furniture stores that carry retro looking furniture lines, which look old, but are brand new.

Sleek modernism: If your decorative style leans more toward modern minimalism, opt for a few retro pieces that have simple curves and lines. Remove large quantities of furniture from your space so the eye can focus on a few focal points of the room. A dining room set, reminiscent of retro design styles, and adorned with a dramatic pendant light can modernize your interiors, instantly. Leave intricate and detailed woodworking for another style. Retro modern style enjoys free forms that are fluid in nature and appeal.

If you enjoy the look of retro interior styles, use these tips to help bring them alive in your home. Get inspiration from retro movies, books, magazines and celebrity designers who enjoy retelling these styles through their clients’ homes. From the simplest of patterns to the boldest of colors, design through the years has evolved, but it still keeps the same passion and ideas of high design. See how your home can come alive with retro styling, and be amazed how modern and retro interiors can make you forget what era you actually live in.

Freshome reader’s do you utilize retro styled interiors in your home? Have a cool lamp, or have you turned your entire home into a retro home? We’d love to hear your comments.

Modern Dining Room Furniture

Team 7 makes all kinds of furniture using natural wood that gives meaning to modern spaces. We featured them a while ago for the themed kids rooms they designed. But their dining room silhouettes are a good way to show exactly how beautiful sustainable furniture can look in any modern dining space.

These stark rooms provide a cool tone for warm neutral furniture as it gives it a lot of breathing room to decorate with lively accessories(see what they have done with chandeliers and artwork here). These modern dining tables and chairs themselves bring about an air of opulence to the whole space.

Did you enjoy this post? Then get regular updates through RSS, Facebook or by typing your email below