When you are buying or renting furniture it is important to choose the right style. Art Deco is a great alternative. This now-classic style was very popular during the ’20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s. Art Deco is short for Arts Décoratif and is characterized by the use of geometric angular forms and bright colors.
It has a very elegant and impactful design. It is an ambitious and luxurious style reminiscent of the Roaring ’20s. Just by following some tips, you can transform your spaces into the Art Deco ideal.
Geometric forms and patterns
Geometric, symmetrical, linearity, and angular designs and forms are very common in Art Deco designs. The use of zigzag, chevron patterns, sweeping, trapezoidal, sunburst shapes, stepped forms, jagged, and pointed edges characterize this style. For example, Sunburst-shaped mirrors are a must. Sensuous, abstract, and nude female motives are often used.
Add patterns to the walls with geometric patterned wallpaper. The floor can also add to the style with cube patterns or black and white checkered flooring. Dress an amazing geometric patterned floor with large rugs in equal geometric patterns.
Art Deco can be combined with other styles, for example, some Art deco inspired furniture pieces like a sunburst-shaped mirror can be mixed with more traditional pieces. This way you can give a more vintage modernist style to any room.
Upscale, exotic materials
Another feature of this style is the use of exotics material. Extensive use of gold, metal, and wood with a highly polished finish. Fabrics like velvet, leather, and shark or zebra skin for headboards and sittings. For the furniture chrome, glass, mirror, stainless steel, and lacquer. Exotic wood like marble, zebrawood, and ebony with a lacquer, reflexive finish is also very common.
Any piece of furniture in this style must have an impactful presence and design. They should be large and not very elaborate. Big chairs, cupboards, and armories are the norm. they should be elegant, glamorous, and functional. You must avoid plaid or floral designs and choose geometric designs and blocks with solid, contrasting colors
Colors
Art Deco is a very bold style, with very eye-catching and striking colors, often combined with silver, gold, chrome, and black tones. The favorite colors for this style are bright red, pinks, yellow, orange, green, and blue. For the living rooms, bedrooms, and dinings rooms cream and beige tones are very much used. Polish and lacquered furniture is often combined with neutral colors.
Lighting
It is very important in Art Deco. Good lighting adds to the glamorous, flashy vibe this style wants to achieve. Lighting equipment is generally more elaborated than other pieces with symmetrical and geometrical patterns. Fixtures have clean, aerodynamic lines or elongated, stepped shapes that resemble skyscrapers. They have shades made of chrome, etched glass, or fanned-out shapes to obscure the bulbs.
The relative ease of mixing this style with others will allow you to be creative and innovate in your spaces. You can buy or rent furniture and turn your house into an Art Deco display.
