A Designer Tip – Old with New

As I mentioned in previous posts, I am going to lend some design advice throughout my blog. Not all my ideas, but images, ideas and furniture pieces that inspire me.

It’s no secret that I love contemporary design. These days most of us do. I have clients continually asking how they can move away from their traditional look and become more streamlined. In the design world, we call a mix of traditional and contemporary, transitional. Making the move from traditional and becoming more streamlined is actually not that difficult. It’s mixing your existing pieces and finding newer, up to date ones. Painting walls, up dating art work and frames, changing fabrics; all of these are easy and inexpensive ways to combine your old style with a new.

Look at this pad that Design To Inspire, another blog I follow, has posted. This is the perfect example of how to mix old with the new. The “old”, in this case, was the actual structure of the home, and the “new” was using very modern furniture against the natural finishes.

Clean, contemporary style mixed with old modern classics

White walls are often quite contemporary and let the colour, furniture and art speak for itself

Rustic hardwood floors with the use of old, modern classics creates interest

Combining the warmth of the old, and the freshness of the new, this kitchen stands out from any other

Using funky wall paper, this now transformed the space. A TV unit/console like this could easily be found in the online classifieds. You just need a little bitof patience.

This home owner clearly had a defined style and pulled off the combination of the old and new quite easily. Items as you see in these photos aren’t easy to come by but if you see old modern classic such as these, scoop them up! They will be in style forever! One post, I will specify what modern classics are my favourite.

Happy reading!
K