Design StylesPart II

Let’s Review: What’s a Design Style?

• A used to create a sense of in a room.

• reflects popular style of an period.

• design styles like fashion, but more slowly.

• current styles are more mixing styles from different historical periods (known as ‘ ’.)

• goal: each should contribute to the and/or of the space.

6. International Contemporary

• conceived by the designers of Bauhaus School of Design closed in 1933 by the Nazi regime. Immigrated to US.

• Objective was to bring together art, craft, and technology.

• International Style was name applied to the American form of Bauhaus design

• Architectural features are window walls and open floor plan

• Interior features: minimalist style, rectilinear line, neutral color palette, chrome, glass, leather.

• Form over Function; sculptural furniture forms

Bauhaus Chair Styles

Wegner Wishbone

Mies van de Rohe Barcelona

BertoiaWire Mesh

Eames Lounge

SaarinenTulip

BreuerWassilly

LC2

Eames Office

International

Contemporary

Living Rooms

Outgrowth of Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic design

Evolved from the International and Bauhaus movement & designs

Scandinavian/Danish Modern influence of clean simplicity

More organic in form and less formal than International Style

Function as important as Form

Mid-Century ModernArchitecture & Furniture

Eichler Home Granada Hills, CA

Danish Modern Influence

Mid CenturyNew International

Influence

Mid Century

Living Rooms

8. French Country Style• southern

France

• Casual elegance

• rustic, old-world

• welcoming

• cheerful combination of colors.

Features

Architectural:

• stone walls and floors

• raw wood

• distressed ceiling beams

• timbers

• irregular plaster walls

Interiors:

• Earthy textures

• Lots of pattern

• Toiles: fabric & wallpaper depicting pastoral scenes & vignettes 18th & 19th century life

• Strong Colors: mustard, rusty red, indigo blue, and grassy green

Features• Feminine Style

• Curved Lines

• Mix of patterns & color

• painted wood finishes

• Casually elegant

French Country Furniture

Armoire Bergere Chair Rush Seat

Country French Kitchen

9. Shabby Chic• a feminine cottage style

décor

• vintage and antique furniture, painted, distressed

• Eclectic mix of garage sale, flea market & salvage store pieces

• Comfortable country French style furnishings

• slip-covered sofas, upholstered and wicker pieces

• vintage barkcloth & linen

• chenille bedspreads• Solids accented

with rose & floral patterns

fabric

Shabby Chic Living Room

10. Soft Contemporary

10. Soft Contemporary• Modern & Minimalist

style

• Inspired by California design

• Large upholstered furniture

• Neutral colors and natural textures

• Clean, curved lines

• Casually Elegant

• Comfort is the primary goal

Soft Contemporary• soft curved lines

• large scale

• no embellishment

• casually elegant

• modern, but more concerned with function than form

• comfort is the primary goal

with this style

Soft Contemporary Colors and Fabrics•Textural fabrics

•large patterns & geometric shapes used for visual impact

Neutrals: black, white, gray, or browns

•often punched up with one bright, bold color accent

•Black accents used to ground and define

• walls in a basic neutral

• encompasses a variety of periods and styles

• brought together through the use of color, texture, shape and finish.

• is about mixing rather than matching

• is a highly individualized style

• creatively the most challenging; difficult to achieve an harmonious end result

11. Eclectic

“For designer Steve Ross, comfort means surrounding himself with things he loves. In his living room, he collected his favorite pieces and mixed them together to create a look that is all his own.”

Louis XV, Louis XVI and mid-century furniture combined with contemporary art

Steve’s advice:

“good pieces from any era, style or period do work well together,

as long as they're good examples of what they are”.

Better Homes & Gardens, Kitty Bartholomew

Eclectic

Eclectic Living Rooms

• mix of different periods, colors, texture, shape and finish

Eclectic Dining Rooms

Can you identify the different periods, colors, texture, shape and finish that make these rooms eclectic?

What’s your decorating style?Take this short quiz to find out!

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