{"id":853,"date":"2010-10-10T09:33:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T13:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=853"},"modified":"2010-10-10T09:33:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T13:33:01","slug":"interior-design-discussion-what-does-traditional-style-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/interior-design-discussion-what-does-traditional-style-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Design Discussion: What Does &#8220;Traditional&#8221; Style Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-meta\">Last Updated Sunday, October 10, 2010<\/div> <p>While interior design and home-themed magazines nowadays seem to feature more and more modern and contemporary homes, traditional home styles continue to be popular in homes nationwide. <a href=\"\/products\/traditional\/\">Traditional style<\/a> celebrates elegance and grandeur while remaining inviting and warm. In fact, the traditional style reminds us of simpler times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For contemporary times, the now, we have given \u201ctraditional\u201d style some much-needed updates, such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using current and casual colors that are more subtle versions of the often jewel tone colors of the traditional style of yesterday like cranberry for ruby, ocean view for turquoise, and forest green for emerald, among other options.<\/li>\n<li>You are no longer limited to antique pieces. You can incorporate furniture and accessories that evoke an old-fashioned look without actually being old. Choose dark-colored and richly textured furniture to give your home an \u201cantique\u201d sensibility.<\/li>\n<li>Add sweeping, layered drapery to give your windows a dramatic look. Fabrics need not match but should work well in unison.<\/li>\n<li>Add accessories but do not go overboard and end up with clutter instead.<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate elliptical and rectangular pieces that offer the bonus of added storage, including mobile servers that reveal a foldout top, dining tables with leaves on the sides that fold out for additional dining space, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, the best way to keep a classical style while still feeling contemporary is to do your research. Find out what designs were popular in the past, such as four-poster beds, and infuse your own updates through accents and accessories. With an assortment of upholstery (including classic leather), furniture, and fabrics available at Hickory Furniture Mart, creating a traditional style home is not as difficult to do.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you define as \u201ctraditional\u201d style based on your own one-of-a-kind childhood?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated Sunday, October 10, 2010 While interior design and home-themed magazines nowadays seem to feature more and more modern and contemporary homes, traditional home styles continue to be popular in homes nationwide. Traditional style celebrates elegance and grandeur while remaining inviting and warm. In fact, the traditional style reminds us of simpler times. For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[12],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}