Urban style is ideal for smaller living spaces like apartments and condominiums because furniture pieces are specifically designed in scale for an upbeat, metropolitan lifestyle. This style can have an edgy, minimalist feel that borders on modern but still has some decorative detail and tapered or more relaxed lines and profiles. For a contemporary urban style living space, think darker finishes; furniture pieces with metal accents, glass tops or ceramic inlays; and at least a leather recliner if not a sofa or a loveseat.
Urban Living Room
Determine if you want a deep or lighter color palette for the walls, window treatments, any area rugs and fabrics, but definitely keep it neutral or earth toned. Select a coffee table, end tables and an entertainment center that has a dark, smooth finish, either ebony, java or espresso. In this urban living room interior design, the Tema Atlas Entertainment Center is the definitive focal point. But in an urban style living room you don’t necessarily have to stick to just one. Even though the living space might be smaller, urban style welcomes those conversational groupings that often require one or more focal points in the same room. Choose a type of couch that will be a space saver, like a convertible sofa or a sleeper sofa. That’s another thing about urban style; it’s highly functional and multi-purpose.
Urban Dining Room
An urban style dining room is trendy, yet with an air of timeless sophistication. Furniture designs are compact; the profiles of accent pieces like sideboards, servers or china cabinets are crisp and clean; and lines are relaxed, slightly curved or gently tapered. The back of a dining chair might be curved while the legs of the dining table are elegantly shaped. Choose warm earth toned upholstered chairs like the ones that make up the Hillsdale Verona 5-Piece Square Dining Set and put them against a backdrop of rich color. In this way, even though the urban style dining furniture possesses a relatively simple design, the color works with the lighting and the furniture to create a unique look that grab’s your attention, while being inviting and warm.
Urban Bedroom
Urban style bedroom furniture is beautiful to look at. While it has origins in contemporary design it goes one step further by being adaptable and flexible in specific urban environments such the condo or the apartment. The Modus Mondrian Leather Panel Platform Bed 4 Piece Bedroom Set has a casual, understated elegance that is typical of urban style. The lines are soothingly simple; the hardware displays a high-polished chic; and the leather panels of the bed give the room’s overall design a sense of cosmopolitan luxury. This is a bed you will want to ply with plenty of pillows in different textures and colors. Choosing to decorate your bedroom with an urban design will give it a contemporary urban flair that is unique to you.
