Style & Living

Clean spaces

Your average condo-dweller doesn't have the time or the space to accumulate home-cluttering extras. Modern urban home design calls for a separation from the busyness of the outside world.

Once you've removed what you don't need, you can create the attention and openness that your modern decor deserves. Treat your home as an art gallery, where the spotlight is on a small number of contemporary statement pieces, not scattered among an over-abundance of objects.

You don't have to pack up and move to downtown LA to evoke an urban feeling in your home decor. Think open, modern and sleek, and you can create a metropolitan vibe, no matter how far from the city you choose to live.

Bean bag reinvention

We could spend hours snuggling into a comfy womb-like bean bag. Sure you sacrifice your dignity when trying to get in and out of them-most unflattering, but the squishy seat can’t be beat in the cozy department. Once a staple of 1970’s apartment living, the bean bag’s popularity has diminished over the years. Designers have tried to change that, by giving the simple bean bag chair a much needed face lift.

Gothic grunge

For the Eclectic Modern Lifestyle, you can't forego Grunge: the dark side of bohemian life. From London street fashion to Romeo + Juliet designers find inspiration from the graffiti found on the archway entrance of Juliet's home in Verona, Italy.

Like the Boudoir Chest (pictured above) is fully restored and etched with random declarations of love + other unrequited scribblings from around the world. Furniture is art and graffiti paints a picture of a true avant-garde furniture piece.

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Westside Chic:

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The Urban Lifestyles of Modern Home Decor:

an eclectic mix of modern home furniture & wares: urban glam + bohemian chic + gothic grunge + european modern + urban rustic + avant-garde + vanity fair vintage + urban organic + bohemian rustic + urban industrial + modern minimal + urban rustic + flea-market + eco-decor + {pure vintage} + {pure modern} + {pure organic}.

“If it gives beauty to the eye, it is beauty.”~ Eva Zeisel

Urban style furniture has a unique look and feel that grab's your attention .... Whether you live in a loft condominium or an apartment, you can create rooms that make you feel as if you're a city-dweller as soon as you step inside.

Open floor plan

The first step to thinking like an urbanite is coming up with creative ways to make small spaces appear larger. An open floor plan is a great way to achieve this. Take a look at your main living areas to determine where improvements can take place.

Modern elements

To take your place from dreary and dated to city chic, incorporate contemporary elements into your decor. Start by adding some standout modern pieces in each room, then build your home's look around those unique items.

The kitchen and the bathroom are arguably the two most-used rooms in the house, seen by family members and guests alike. Let fashion and function go hand-in-hand with well-placed modern decor that serves a purpose in your home.

In larger living spaces, re-think traditional furniture and give it a modern twist. Instead of the everyday lumpy, space-hogging recliner, try a contemporary lounge chair. Rather than massive entertainment centers and bookshelves, try a hanging storage center that adds color and light to your room without taking up precious floor space. Or, try bookshelves that are built into the wall - housed between studs or simply on wall-mounted shelving units that allow for use of the floor space beneath.