Your grandmother left you some select antique pieces for your new home, but your style is a little more contemporary. So you ask yourself if there is any way to integrate the antique furniture in with the more modern and contemporary pieces that are already perfectly placed in your home? The answer is a definite and resounding YES!
By applying the antiques in a scattered fashion, and using them to build around your modern furniture throughout your home, you can create a different focus. The direct focus will be on the antique piece, creating a more eclectic look.
The only part that may prove to be challenging is that you will have to be careful with colors. You will want to be sure you do not place pieces adjacent to each other that clash, rather than compliment the rest of the contemporary furniture. You will have to take into consideration a number of things so that you actually accentuate the beauty of the antique, and not in any manner override it.
Use the Internet to look over a multitude of ideas to integrate your antiques in with your modern pieces. There are a plethora of ideas and inspirations that you can find online. Also, allow the natural lighting of the room and the architecture in your home to help inspire you. For instance, a lovely antique looks great when viewed from another room or through an archway. Your eye will take in the antique and focus on it, while everything else will naturally blend in, even in an ultra-modern setting.
Doing this allows both modern and antique pieces to work hand in hand, which will allow the room to exude a very uniquely you feel while maintaining a subtle manner. Just as a painter creates a focus on a subject, let the antique form its own focus amongst the more modern pieces. Yes, it takes a good eye and some creative juices, but in the end, you will undoubtedly create something that is very eye appealing. Your home will have a personality of its own, and by doing so, you will have a home that you can be inordinately proud of.
At Hickory Furniture Mart we have galleries that offer every style from your grandmother’s antiques to ultra modern. Come let our team of sales professionals and designers help you fit your pieces together.