Modern Interior Design
Modern Interior Design has a clear sophistication to it, with rooms feeling light and bright, connected and uncluttered. A neutral base palette allows for bolder accent colours to shine, alongside interesting furniture profiles and decorative moments.
What Is Modern Interior Design?
When you walk into a home with modern interior design, expect to see open-plan spaces that support connectivity.
Walls are often white, flooring often light, and furniture on top tends to be neutral. The occasional bright pop in an armchair or artwork brings visual interest, but overall the spaces show restraint; a less-is-more approach.
There’s not a lot of embellishments or a sense of the ornate in this look. Traditional profiles are abandoned, with clean lines embraced. Interesting lighting is often showcased.
Key Features of Modern Interior Design
- The base colour palette is often a mix of crisp white, light oak tones, and black and grey accents
- Clean lines are present in rooms, with a focus on carefully curating pieces so that spaces don’t feel busy
- Ample natural lighting is often present thanks to large windows leading the eye outside
- Interesting furniture profiles are seen, but it’s never pushed too far; a gentle curve or angle is enough
- Open-plan layouts are king in modern interior design; there’s a great sense of flow and connection
Our Recent Modern Interior Design Projects
Applying Modern Interior Design In Your Home
Colour Palette
The walls in a home with modern interior design are almost always going to be white, with light hard flooring. Window frames are often black, too. This crisp and cool foundation is what allows the occasional pop of colour to really shine. It could be a bright abstract artwork or bold rug. The balance between neutral and bold always favours neutral, though – colour is never pushed too far. Think an 80/20 split.
Open-Plan Layouts
Modern interior design does favour open-plan layouts, especially toward the back of the home where the kitchen, living and dining rooms are concerned. Of course, modern interior design is seen in apartments too, and those are equally open in their layouts. Because of this, it’s important we zone open spaces appropriately, through clever furniture orientation and the use of lighting and rugs.
Ample Natural Lighting
Natural light is always capitalised on as much as possible in a modern home. That’s why we mostly opt for window coverings like sheer curtains, so that even when privacy is needed during the day you still feel the ambient light beaming through. Dark, moody spaces can be achieved – and we do this for clients – but it’s more often a bedroom or study that gets this treatment, not a main living area.
Pattern and Texture
Outside of a colour pop in an armchair or artwork, the modern look is chic and neutral. For this reason, we need to elevate using pattern and texture (otherwise rooms feel flat). Geometric patterns work well in cushions, bedding and artworks. You can also embrace more fluid movement in larger items like rugs, though. Play with texture, too. Leather is great in a modern design, as is concrete, marble and metal.
Client Reviews
“The result is better than we expected. He has taken into consideration all our desires and then transformed it into our dream home. It was a luxury to have our home styled by TLC – and one of the most exciting things we’ve done”.
“Chris understood exactly what I wanted to do with my home. From concept to completion he was on top of everything. Seeing the end product I was like ‘why didn’t I get him here sooner?’ Mind. Blown”.
“I’ve never worked with an interior designer before, and was very wary of the entire process. But meeting Chris and seeing his ideas materialise into the apartment I now live in, was an amazing journey for me,”.
“Chris has been so lovely to work with. He didn’t try to push us outside of our comfort zone which we were worried about when first hiring an interior designer. We wish we had engaged him earlier!”.
“We appreciated their integrity, honesty, punctuality, respectfulness and commitment. Communication was excellent so we knew where we were every step of the way. Our project was completed on time and on budget.”.
“The best thing about it was that Chris was able to figure out exactly what we wanted and came up with an entire house of items that just work perfectly. For the cost you get exponentially more value back.”
Create Your Modern Interior Design Home With Us
Modern interior design would have to be the style we execute the most for clients across Melbourne.
From initial consultation to final styling, our interior design service provides everything you need to achieve the modern/contemporary style you’ve always wanted.
There are so many ways to execute modern style, and thankfully we’ve worked with so many clients to deliver a look that suits their home and unique needs – no cookie cutter approach, but a truly tailored offering.
Book a free discovery call with us and experience the beauty of chic, modern interior design in your home.
Looking for something a little different? Discover our other signature interior design styles, from Hamptons to Farmhouse to Art Deco – and choose what best suits you!
