The trick in decorating any room is not so much in what you put in, take out, or even what color you choose, but in having a clear concept of the end product. The new trend in Urban Chic interior design was selected because of its simplistic, minimalistic elements which make it super easy and inexpensive to achieve. Ultimately, what you end up with is a magazine model home that is pleasing to the eye and easy to care for.
Urban Chic is centered on the idea of accentuating a single focal point. For some the view from their windows is so fantastic it’s a shame to cover it up with curtains. In the Urban Chic design you don’t. Instead, the view serves as artwork which is highlighted rather than hidden. For others, the fact you love waterfalls can be an element added to the interior of any room and serves as the focal point around which all other elements in the room blend away. One of the most original focal points found recently was that of a 2-ton boulder sitting in the living room. Although the view from the windows was magnificent, it was dwarfed by the impressive stone sitting just off the center of the room accentuated by up-lighting that highlighted its varied colors and textures.
An Urban Chic design is simple to achieve with a few basics:
- Furniture should be of a single, neutral shade of brown, black, or white that contains no pattern. If you’re on a budget slipcovers are an easy and inexpensive solution to achieve this look.
- Walls should be painted in the same color family as the furniture (i.e. dark brown leather furniture will be subdued with lighter brown paint colors, black furniture can have grey walls, etc.).
- Walls should be kept fairly bare. For black furniture and grey walls or white furniture with white rooms a couple of black and white prints are all that are needed and for brown tones photos or paintings in sepia tones are best, but again should not include more than one of two of any wall hangings.
- Accent pillows and accessories (vases, sculptures, etc.) should be kept to a minimum and should be in subdued colors such as sage, light grey, lavender, flax, etc.
- End tables, coffee tables, and consoles should be chrome with grey tinted glass for the grey room or wood with amber tinted glass for brown rooms. White rooms can utilize white wood with frosted glass in order to maintain which ever focal point you’ve selected.
- If curtains are used at all they should be the same color as the walls with no pattern. This not only makes the space looks larger, but also ensures that they do not detract from the focal point.
Achieving an Urban Chic interior design is relatively easy if you think of it as creating a pleasing backdrop for the unique element that you want to emphasize in your room. It is best if it is of bold color, design, or geometric shape to immediately draw the eye. Whether a statue, waterfall, view, or even rock, it creates a point of interest and conversation from the moment people enter your room.
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