The concept of modern and traditional furniture can be hard to choose from whether they are selected as part of your home décor or just surrounding yourself with furniture that you love. Throughout this post, we here at J&B Furniture will discuss the differences in how they are distinguished.

Modern Furniture
Modern furniture focuses on clean silhouettes, using clean lines or geometric shapes with a polished finish that resonates with influences from modernism in the 19th century where they looked to design using practical materials and cutting excess waste. The design of modern furniture is much more contemporary more simple, structured, and clean. Often these pieces a present in cool temperature and neutral colours with glossy or matt finishes. Additionally, they can use materials such as wood, plastics, glass, and metals. With fabrics and textiles such as leather, vinyl, faux leather, and microfiber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If this is the type of furniture that appeals to you and if you enjoy the sleek simple design of modern furniture, try to create a minimalist décor by finding pieces with angular structures that are highly functional with hidden storage options. Often neutral cool colours are used with exposed wood grain pieces acting as a focal point of the room. However, it may benefit to add some warmer tones and colours that can lighten a room creating an atmosphere that is both cool and cosy.

Traditional Furniture
This style is detail-focused with crafted and ornate elements that are carved or embellished into the furniture. Traditional furniture is often considered bolder and more luxurious than its modern counterparts as its design is focused on elegant features throughout the piece. The atmosphere that this style of furniture wishes to create takes from classical refinement that is created by its roots from royalty, traditional furniture made for kings and queens. Traditional furniture comes in many historical styles but is best identified by its elaborate design, formal look, and graceful curved lines of master craftsmanship. This furniture colour palette much like modern furniture can have a wide array, though it’s most commonly considered to use rich dark colours like walnut. This style often uses patterns such as floral, plaids, paisley, and stripes. Many pieces of furniture have inlaid sections in solid brass studs and/or with wooden carved elements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you enjoy the sounds of traditional furniture, it can be the perfect feature to develop a warm and inviting interior in your home decor. Using symmetrical arrangements of the furniture and accessories with rich colour schemes to emphasize an organised maximalist design.

To summarise there are many elements that each style brings that all depend on the décor that you wish to bring out in your home and in saying this you don’t need to focus on either or as you can design the home that best suits you with J&B Furniture. In future blogs, we may touch on elements of this in creating an aesthetic by mixing these styles. But much like what Billy Baldwin once said “Be faithful to your own taste, because nothing you really like is ever out of style”.