Hello World! Welcome Friends! The industrial theme is a timeless style – and for good reason. Although it has been around for a number of years, recently it has become an iconic style of interior design. Investing in creating an industrial theme within your home can create an effortlessly elegant and unique feel, with fascinating features and focal points. It brings individuality, beauty, and purpose to your home and is suitable for almost any budget.
Use already existing architectural features, cool tones, contrast, geometric features, and a touch of minimalism to build your industrial theme, and experiment with a range of materials and styles to create your own unique design.
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How to Create an Industrial Themed Home
There are a number of methods that you can use when considering how to create an industrial themed home, suitable for a range of different budgets. Read on for guidance on how to embrace industrial styles and tones.
Do not Shy Away from Contrast
Contrast can add drama and boldness to your industrial themed home. One key way to utilize contrast in your interior design is to use a range of materials such as concrete, wood, or brick, to create a statement wall – a wall that is made of a different material and stands out in the room. In order to stick to an industrial style, consider creating an exposed brick statement wall. If you do not already have any brick walls in your home that can be left exposed, use brick slip tiles to create your own. This will add depth and a sense of ruggedness to your room that is perfect for creating an industrial feel.
Brick slips are easy to use, and can add aspects of contrast elsewhere, not only through statement walls. For example, you can arrange them around the edges of a fireplace to add definition and a brick effect with little effort, or you can use them as a great alternative to kitchen backsplash wall tiles. You can even use them to clad the outside of your home for an interesting and unique feature.
Another way to create contrast in your home is to embrace using splashes of color in your room, especially when you have an overall tone of grey or black. You could have a piece of furniture such as an ottoman or a throw that is a bold red, blue, or yellow to add some brightness to your room.
Create Cool Tones
When exploring how to create an industrial themed home, think about creating cool tones using concrete, tile, or stone for your floors, walls, or worktops. Invest in a type of stone worktops to add an effortless sense of elegance to your home. They are also easy to clean and maintain, making them a perfect practical choice as well as being beautifully aesthetic. Investing in cool tones also makes it easier to create contrast – contrast a cool stone worktop with warmer tones such as deep colored wooden floors or exposed brick, or contradict a hard wooden or concrete floor with a beautifully soft shaggy rug.
Create Geometric Shapes
Geometric shapes are a great addition to your industrial themed home. Invest in geometric artwork such as geometric paintings or even sculptures to add dimension and intrigue to your rooms, and even look at purchasing furniture with geometric features. For example, you could buy geometric-shaped shelves to add a unique touch to a study or living room, such as hexagonal shelves. If you can, also look at whether you can add some interesting geometric shape to your staircases. For example, a twisting staircase fits in wonderfully with an industrial themed home. Lamps are also a great item that can be used to insert some industrial-style geometric shape into your home. You can purchase metal or wooden lamps in various shapes and sizes, and even make them the statement piece of a room.
Use Already Existing Features
When looking at how to create an industrial themed home, ensure that you make full use of any already existing features in your home. If you have a high ceiling, use this through adding levels to your room – have a balcony-style area for your bed, or for a study. Invest in taller furniture to fill the space that you have – for example, tall lamps or tall pieces of artwork. If you have factory windows, make these a feature. Outline them with lights or even paint a black outline around the shape to make them stand out more. Fill the windowsill with plants to add a splash of nature to the room – the opportunities are endless.
If you are lucky enough to be creating your industrial themed home within a refurbished industrial building, you may also have interesting features such as exposed pipes. Keep these features exposed and make them the central focus of the room. Use old piping as shelves, or even surround it with a glass box to frame it like a piece of art. Do not be afraid to be creative!
Do Not Avoid Minimalism
Minimalism is a great compliment to the industrial style. It focuses on making the most of your space in a practical, impactful, and characterful way. Keep a sense of minimalism within your industrial style home through focussing on having an overarching dark color scheme of grays or blacks, or a lighter white theme. You can also add minimalist artwork to your home to bring an effortless sense of coolness and a modern touch.
Overall, opting for an industrial theme within your home is a brilliant way to add a little sophistication, elegance, and uniqueness to your surroundings. You can add features such as an exposed brick wall or splashes of color to create strong contrasts to your rooms, and you can produce effortlessly cool tones with stone worktops or floors. Tap into some minimalism with black, gray, or white color schemes and minimalist artwork, or explore some more complex geometric shapes through uniquely styled furniture or geometric-style lamps. However you chose to interpret the industrial theme, it will be a stunning addition to your home.
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