Industrial Furniture Style: Sophistication Meets Rustic
Faith Led Interior Design Show | Episode 13
Do you want to know what your Interior Design Furniture Style is?
Today’s episode is the eighth of a 12-part Interior Design Furniture Styles Series called, “What Is My Furniture Style?”. The furniture style I will talk about is the Industrial Furniture Style.
Classic industrial style strives to bring the look of an industrial building into a home with high ceilings, exposed brick and beams, and metal accents. Perfectly suited to spaces like converted factories and rustic lofts, this style is all about creating a streamlined sophisticated design with mixed materials.
So if you are attracted to a furniture style that contrasts modernity and sophistication with rustic elements from the past, this episode is for you.
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Industrial Furniture Style: Sophistication Meets Rustic
I have been doing a series of episodes introducing the 12 major furniture styles on the market today. I call the series “What Is My Furniture Style?”. Most of them are not trends but rather shapes, textures, and lines that you like. You choose one, two, or three (at most) of the styles for your home, which you can blend together. This blend of styles creates a whole new style called an Eclectic Style. The eclectic style is a blend of 2 or more styles. So, if someone asks you what your favorite furniture style is, just say “eclectic”. That covers everything. And then hope that they don’t ask you to get more specific, like oh, “which styles do you like together?” By the end of this style series, I am hoping you will know your answer.
Once you choose the styles you love, this tells you which ones to shop for and eliminates all the rest. It eliminates all of the other thousands of furniture choices.
The goal is to establish your favorite style or styles - establish just what you love, and make interior furnishings shopping much easier.
Origins of the Industrial Furniture Design Style
The Industrial Furniture Style originates from a warehouse, loft or factory feel. Having an open, organized, and functional living and workspace is important for the people with this style. A well-designed Industrial Furniture Style usually has exposed architectural elements like brick, beams, or even ducting.
10 Characteristics of a Person Who Likes the Industrial Furniture Style
People who love this style are adventurous and inventive.
Their home is usually a very open plan, could be a loft or warehouse look or feel.
They like the juxtaposition of textures like smooth metals with rough woods or brick
They Like or are fine with exposed building materials like an exposed sprinkler system or ducting in the ceiling
5. The furniture in the industrial style, many times may be a heavier, more masculine feel.
6. Lasting quality is usually their prerequisite for this style.
7. Vintage finds are exciting for people who like this style
8. These people focus on raw materials, such as marble, stone, metal, concrete, and leather.
9. They like plenty of metal-framed windows that create light-filled open spaces. That allows for warm and homey environments
10. They like environments with a neutral and very natural color scheme.
10 Styling Tips and Tricks for a Person Who Designs Using the Industrial Furniture Style
The Industrial Style can have liberal use of neutrals, browns, whites, blacks, and beiges. Brighter colors are used sparingly as accents or no bright color is an option with this style.
Use plenty of textures, whether architectural, furnishings, or accessories.
It is best to use an industrial style of lighting which would be open bulbs, exposed wiring, and rough woods.
Metals are used quite extensively in the Industrial Furniture Style of the architecture and the furnishings.
Fabrics need to have the visual appearance of durability and weight. Think velvets, corduroys, and heavy woven linens.
Once again, the Modern Transitional Style from Episode 6 blends beautifully with the Industrial Style.
Smooth surfaces can add much-needed interest to the usually very textural Industrial interior design style.
Large and bold fine art and original art go along with the hand-forged look of this style.
The Industrial Style is very open either way to a modern or a rustic feel, so feel free to be yourself…it can lean either way - very modern or very rustic and natural.
Flooring can be natural cement, painted cement, hardwoods, stone, or tile (usually large tiles).
What Is Your Design Personality Style?
If you have not taken the Design Personality Style Quiz, go to Episode #3 to take it.
It is important to determine both your Design Personality Style and your Furniture Style.
The personality quiz is designed to work along with your furniture style. It is important to establish your interior design personality style first because it helps to determine your interior design furniture style.
Once you determine both your Interior Design Personality and your Furniture Style, it makes shopping so much easier and less stressful. The reason is that you now shop only for your personality and furniture styles. It eliminates all the other personality types and furniture styles that really are not yours.
Determine your personality style and furniture style or styles first and then continue with your interior design plan.
What’s Next For You?
Next week, I will talk about the Mid Century Modern Style.
The 3 CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE STYLES are
Executive Efficient Furniture Style (Episode 12)
Industrial (this episode)
Mid Century Modern (Episode 14)
Now, Stop Dreaming, Start Designing your luxury home within your budget! Blessings and See you next week!
Examples of the Industrial Furniture Style
If you would like to see examples of furnishings that go along with this Industrial Style, visit Sheree’s Shop on my website and scroll down to the Industrial Furniture Style. There you will see sofas, sectionals, chairs, coffee tables, lamps, area rugs, and accessories in this style
Resource
Get a free copy of the 2022 Interior Design Trends report and the 2022 RESA - Home Staging Report.
Take the quiz here to determine your Interior Design Personality.
Browse samples of the furnishings that can go with your style here.
