If you are thinking about making a change to your interiors, you might want to consider a refined industrial living room. I know the term "industrial" can potentially evoke images of steel rebar tables and wooden crate tables, but industrial style is not necessarily cold or uncomfortable.
There is a movement to make this loft style approachable and dare I say, elegant? It’s true and I chose this living room image in particular because I wanted to show how industrial interiors can speak to both men and women and still be an attractive alternate design scheme.
I think the main takeaway is that rough hewn materials can be manipulated and combined with more delicate items to create a perfect balance. Who would have thought to surround a sparkling crystal chandelier with a bronze steel frame and come up with something fabulous? Whomever thought that up should win a metal, get it?
This marriage of materials is dynamic regardless of scale. I also like placing decorative gilt mirrors against a brick wall or adjacent wooden beams like in the image above. Whether you live in an urban setting or not, industrial interiors are a full fledged, legitimate style that may be just what you’ve been looking for.
1. I love the elegant jewel tones of this concave round wall mirror by Howard Elliott for over a chest of drawers, bar or console table.
2. This glass and gold cylinder table lamp is fillable but looks stylish just as it is.
3. The Solaris bronze chandelier marries industrial metals with beautiful and feminine crystals.
4. I like the modern lines in conjunction with the rough luxe leather of this modern mahogany chair by Arteriors.
5. The Arteriors Home swivel counter stool may have a metal base and rustic seat, but the materials look rich.
6. Industrial style decor should embrace the essence 20th century functionality which is fabulously exhibited in the Dimond Farmhouse brass floor lamp.