Home Design Styles
Find ur own Style, Look for three to five ‘Feeling’ keywords describing what you want your home to look and feel like.
● BOHO - Bohemian
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BOHO - Bohemian
A Moroccan-based style with Mixed artistic gipsy style, this style became trendy in the early 2000s with a lot of colours and texture Boho style is a free-spirited, eccentric aesthetic that mixes different cultures and artistic expressions into an eclectic style with an emphasis on organic elements and nature.
Features
A lot of plants, tussles, dream catchers, pattern rags, wicker/ rattan and eccentric art and finishings are generally from all over the world.
● Morden / contemporary style
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Morden / contemporary
Minimalism, post-modern Scandinavian, art deco mid-century modern & JapanMorden / contemporary design is all about what's trending now and is ever-changing, right now, Modern design is an interior design style characterized by a monochromatic colour palette, clean lines, minimalism, natural materials, and natural light. It refers specifically to a historical aesthetic movement that took place during the early to mid-twentieth century.
Features
Clean lines, large windows, a lot of white, and black accents, neutral colours of marble steel, chrome glass
● Art deco / Postmodern
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Art Deco, short for Arts Décoratifs, is characterized by rich colours, bold geometry, and decadent detail work. Having reached the height of its popularity in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, the style still brings in glamour, luxury, and order with symmetrical designs in exuberant shapes
● Japanese/ Japandi /Zen
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Modern Japanese interior design is anchored in minimalist principles, clean lines, and natural materials. In modern Japanese-style rooms, you'll see simple, oftentimes low, furniture, blank walls, as well as a neutral colour palette. In modern Japanese-style homes, less is more
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Features
Bamboo, natural wood, serine, warm calming, recess lighting, and a lot of natural light, the design brought down to its most basic, symmetrical
● Mid-century Modern Style
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Mid-century modern Style
Very trendy full of life can be colourful or muted tones from the 1940s-70s retro-inspired look
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Features,
tapered legs, A lot of wood accents, A lot of velvet reds, blues, greens, oranges and yellows, Plastic chairs- Gold, chrome, brass light futures with large bulbs- Immaculate lines
● Scandinavian Style
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Scandinavian Style
Inspired by the Nordic lifestyle- Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Iceland
Scandinavian style tends to boast white walls to emphasize light, a neutral-heavy palette with pops of colour, natural textures such as wood and stone, a lack of window treatments and carpets, and simple, no-fuss layouts that emphasize an elegantly minimalist aesthetic
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Features
Simplicity, comfort, homey feeling minimalism makes spaces look bigger
Colours- a lot of white, creams brown light woods and black accents
Focus is foam comfort and function
● Traditional Style
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Traditional Style 18- 19th century- Colonial, Victorian, Neo-Classical, Grandmillenial, Morden farmhouse
Traditional décor is an expansive category that includes a wide range of decorating styles from French country to neoclassical. Think classic furnishings, elegant wallpaper, beautiful curtains, antique accents, patterned or textured rugs, statement lighting, and last but not least, thoughtful colour schemes
Features
A lot more detail, a lot more ornate, wingback chairs diamond tufted furniture ,Trim mouldings, Heavier furniture, Symmetry, Timeless, classy /fancy, Large Oil paintings, portrait paintings, gold details
● Farmhouse / Morden Farmhouse
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Farmhouse / Morden farmhouse
Farmhouse style is a style that prioritizes practicality, simplicity, and rustic charm. While the farmhouse style tends to reflect the aesthetics of rural architecture, it also embraces modern comforts, creating a look that feels both cosy and stylish.
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Features
Black windows, Distressed Furniture, Exposed beams, Rustic decor items, Barn doors, Butcherblock counters
● Transitional style
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Transitional style
In interior design and furniture design, Transitional Style refers to a contemporary style mixing traditional and modern styles, incorporating old-world traditional and the world of chrome and glass contemporary.
Features
The neutral colour pallet, similar colours and tones, and large pictures for statement
Tufted furniture, mix with modern textures
● Industrial Style
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Industrial style or industrial chic refers to an aesthetic trend in interior design that takes clues from old factories and industrial spaces that in recent years have been converted to lofts and other living spaces.
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Features
Exposed ducting, brick/ concrete and beam, Edison bulbs, Wroteiron
Normally dressed in
Natural materials, Woods, Leather, Steel, concrete/screed
● Coastal/beach house style
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Coastal interior design often incorporates natural elements from scenic beaches and coastlines, such as natural woods, jute, rattan, and linen fabrics. The coastal aesthetic also favours a lighter colour palette where shades of blue and white mimic the crashing waves of the ocean.
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Features
Very bright, very airy, natural materials, aged woods, driftwoods, ropes, campus, seashells, large bright comfortable warm furniture
● Glam Style
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Glam style is all about amplifying the shine of its metallic accents – wall and floor mirrors, as well as mirrored accent furniture, are must-haves for their light-refracting capabilities. Lucite and lacquer also make an appearance on coffee tables and small decor pieces for their reflective, sleek surfaces
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Features
Plush - dramatic
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The important thing to note
- Home designs are there to narrow down what style is close to the cluster of collectives you would pick for yourself and help you see what else would go with it if you wanted to maintain the look.
- Home designs are not set in stone and are not there to tell you what you must do in your house as you want to have a house that you feel happy and comfortable in and that also means you adding some character to the space by including gifts, heirlooms and things that you love and enjoy and that automatically means most things might not belong in the main scheme that you decide to dress the house in.
- Have a main design style for your home, its ok to import other artefacts from other styles, create your own interpretation of the style you like, and add your personality to it so that the space feels like home
By Gabriel Tyler Chileshe
Owner /Director at Cape Glam - My Home Deco
2022 Production