Design Styles

Design styles

The way your rooms are designed says a lot about your personality. Interior decorating is a personal expression of your style, from art selection to furnishings and lighting fixtures. In addition to your personal preferences, there are other factors to consider when deciding on a design style, including the size of the space.

Do you know which design styles really appeal to you, or which would work best in your individual living space? Maybe you’ve thought about including elements of a particular style into your home but aren’t really sure if they’ll work. I will break down the many styles of design you have to choose from, and make it easy to find which suits your personality and your home the best!

Whether you want to decorate your bedroom, kid's room, dining room, family room, game room, home office, foyer, kitchen, laundry room, living room, nursery, or whole home, Meraki Decor and Design can help create a space that matches your personal style and budget.

Contemporary Design

This style breaks the traditional decor rules to create a casual, eclectic space that focuses on the importance of comfort. The contemporary style is popular in modern homes, as it blends a range of styles from the 20th century together that make for a clean, simple look.

When you walk into your home after a long day, the first thing you want to do is relax and unwind. Contemporary design can elevate that feeling and turn your home into a relaxing space. Meraki Decor and Design has years of experience with contemporary design.

Contemporary design is all about uncovering the basics of line, shape, and form in each element of interior decor, and prominently features elements from nature throughout color schemes, furniture, and room accessories.

Characteristics of Contemporary Design Include:

Furniture: Contemporary furnishings feature soft, rounded lines and are commonly made of natural elements like maple or birch wood. While these pieces don’t feature a ton of detail or adornment, they are commonly accented with stainless steel, nickel, or chrome arms or legs.
Fabric: Natural fabrics like silks, linens, and cottons are often used throughout contemporary design. These fabrics can feature bold patterns but are typically used for their natural textures and neutral tones.
Lighting: Recessed lighting is common in contemporary design, as it provides the convenience of light without having to incorporate bulky overhead fixtures. Sleek, standing designs work well in this style, especially if they feature metallic elements.
Colors: The color choices in contemporary design are typically bold neutrals in rich shades of brown, taupe, and cream. These colors are typically accented with natural textures from fabrics, but are also easily accented with pops of color, be they in wall art or a decorative area rug.

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Eclectic Design

Are a person who can’t settle on one interior design style? Eclectic design makes it so you don’t have to! Like contemporary design, the eclectic style combines elements from various time periods to create a unique, cohesive look. Using furniture, lighting, and decor that are harmonious in style make the eclectic look easy to achieve in any home. Meraki Decor and Design understands which design elements work together to create a cohesive look.

The eclectic style shuffles all of the rules of design and combines elements of old and new; Eastern with Western; luxurious accessories with simple furnishings. Incorporating an eclectic Style in your own home is all about pulling elements of color, texture, and shape from different styles of design that work together to create a unique and cohesive look.

There are a few staples in eclectic design:

Furniture: The eclectic style presents you with virtually limitless furnishings options. It’s best to stick with a clean, simple design, like something from the contemporary realm, so as to have more room when playing with colors and fabrics.
Colors: Neutral colors are the easiest to play around with and work best when it comes to eclectic design. Shades of cream, taupe, and gray are ideal for eclectic design, allowing you to accent with colors, furnishings, textures, and patterns of your choosing.
Patterns & Texture: Spruce up your neutral color scheme with bright patterns or elaborate textures that tie the room together. The eclectic style invites you to play around when it comes to finding rugs, artwork, and lighting that create balanced contrasts.

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Modern Design

Does your personal taste break the mold? Do you hate designs that feel busy with unnecessary accessories? Are “clean” and “simple” a staple in your everyday vocabulary? If you’ve answered yes to any or all of these questions, modern interior design is ideal for you. Meraki Decor and Design makes it easy to work organic lines and stark colors into your interior decor. Our many years of expertise make it easy to welcome the modern style into your home.

Modern design focuses on layout, location, and function. The post war ideals of cutting excess and using materials practically shine through in this style, which focuses heavily on the trends of the 1920s through the 1950s. Clean lines in architecture, stark white interior walls, and open floor plans are all common in modern design. A well-planned modern layout can promote calmness and simplicity within a home.

Characteristics of Modern Design Include:

Fabric: Elements of nature, including stone, wood, leather, and linen, are utilized to give modern spaces texture without being overbearing.
Shape: The geometry that polished metals create are a common in modern furniture and accessories. Popular choices include molded plastic chairs with polished furniture legs and wooden credenzas.
Furniture: Clean, straight lines are prevalent in modern decor. Whether it’s the furniture or the shape of the room, form and function are completely balanced to create a simple space.
Color: Pure colors like black, white, and beige are used throughout modern design. Bold colors come through in accent walls or furniture pieces, but are used sparingly to take avoid ruining the balance.

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Traditional Design

The forms, colors, and materials popularized by Old World European culture and American history are prominent in traditional design. Think clean and polished when it comes to traditional design. Stone or porcelain elements, fresh, crisp cotton, antique accessories, and lots of neutral colors.

This style is extremely versatile and very common in modern homes, featuring dark woods, heavily detailed architecture, and luxurious furnishings.

Characteristics of Traditional Design:

Colors: Neutral colors on the walls allow for more elaborate furnishings, which are typically adorned in red, blue, or brown.
Accessories: Elegant vases and bowls, elaborate candle holders, and other artisan-crafted accessories pair well with the luxurious look of traditional decor.
Furniture: The distinct silhouettes of traditional furniture include wing-backed chairs, claw footed tables, and curved pieces that draw upon the styling’s of the 18th and 19th century.
Fabrics: Floral, damask, and paisley prints are all popular in traditional design. The most commonly utilized fabrics include luxury silks, velvets, and cashmeres.

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Transitional Design

Transitional design, also referred to as “Updated Classic,” takes the classic elements of design and adds a contemporary twist to them. It blends the comfort of traditional styles with the clean, sophisticated aspects of contemporary design.

The transitional style can cover a variety of design periods, from the Victorian era to the Greek Revival. Because of its rich historical roots, traditional design features characteristics like symmetry and ornate detail. This style is ideal for creating luxury spaces like dining or sitting rooms.

Meraki Decor and Design can help you fill your home with the elegance of transitional design.

Colors. Soft, inviting neutrals like beige, ivory, and tan are popular in transitional design. These colors create an ideal backdrop for more contemporary furniture pieces.
Accessories. Minimal accessories that feature straight lines and rounded profiles blend contemporary and traditional design to accentuate a transitional design scheme.
Furniture. Warm woods furnishings with straight lines and lacquered finishes tie together contemporary and traditional trends to create a unique look. A lack of ornamentation makes it easy for the eye to appreciate the simple, sophisticated design.
Fabrics. A lack of bright color use in transitional design leaves more room to play around with texture and fabric. Combining textural elements of wood, glass, fabric, and steel are common in transitional design.

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