Interior Design Styles Different as Night and Day

Whats a Design Style?

a theme used to create a sense of unity in a room
reflects popular style of an historical period, i.e., American Country or Victorian design styles evolve like fashion, but more slowly current styles are more eclectic, mixing styles from different historical periods (known as revival styles) goal: each element should contribute to the form and/or function of the space and combine to create a balance of unity & variety.

Design Styles Part I Well look at five different design styles today:

1. American Country

2. Traditional 18th Century

3. Victorian

4. Arts & Craft 5. Art Deco

1. American Country
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Patriotic Early colonial style furniture Primitive, hand-made look Many Accessories Collections displayed

Patriotic memorabilia, made "in America:

5 pointed star painted flags quilts grapevine wreaths braided or hooked rugs wood floors

Features

1. Simple lines
2. Rustic woods & finishes 3. Americana color palette 4. Windsor Spindle Back Chairs 5. Iron candle chandelier

Collections Displayed Shaker boxes

Painted or washed woods Brick fireplaces Windsor chair

2. Traditional 18th Century

1. traditional furniture style 2. popular for centuries because of it's classic tradition 3. copied European designs 4. museum look created by period furniture styles 5. formal style; symmetrical balance 6. curved lines 7. elaborate window treatments 8. high gloss, dark wood finishes 9. ornate carvings & moldings

Ornate moldings

Dark polished woods

Damask textiles

Period Furniture Styles with curved lines

Damask: reversible fabric, usually silk or linen, with a floral pattern woven into it; often a subtle tone on tone.

Traditional 18th Century Bedroom

Elaborate drapery treatment Floral fabrics Symmetrical Balance Curved Lines Dark polished wood Period furniture

3. Victorian Style
Its been said, Victorians had more money than style 1840s-1900s Color plays important role, exterior and interior Gingerbread architectural features Homes were status

Style Features
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Elaborate furnishings & draperies Lots of trims, lace, velvet Feminine Look; curved lines Formal; symmetrical balance Marble; Brass Carved Rosewood Furniture

7. Bold Floral Patterns 8. Excessive use of wallpapers 9. Patterned area rugs 10. Deep color palette burgundy, navy, forest green and gold. 11. Furnishings & moldings elaborately carved & detailed 12. Large gaslight chandeliers

John Henry Belter

widely recognized as the most famous cabinet-maker of the Rococo Revival period popular during Victorian times, the rococo revival style of furniture was based on furniture of a century earlier used rosewood for exposed furniture frames of parlor sets with matching upholstery Rococo characteristics: 1. cabriole front legs, 2. undulating seat rails, 3. carved flowers, fruit, scroll decoration 4. intricate piercing or openwork

V I C T O R I A N

P A R L O R

Courting Tete a Tete & Fainting Chair

Victorian Dining Room

Victorian Sofas

Victorian Chairs & Marble Side Table

4. Arts & Craft

1. English Artisan Movement, turn of the century (1860-1910); moved to U.S. late Victorian Era 2. Reaction against industrialization and lavish, eclectic Victorian 3. Emphasis on individual artistry 4. Natural wood finish: Oak 5. No embellishment 6. Rectilinear line 7. Masculine 8. Decorative tiles 9. Common crafts: ironworks, stained glass, pottery, tile, Mica and Tiffany lamps 10. Known as Mission Style in CA

Arts & Craft Furnishings

Gustav Stickley Morris Chair Artisan Pottery

Mica Lamps

Stained Glass

Artisan Tiles

Arts & Craft Style Bedroom

William Morris
(1834 - 1896) Fabrics, Wallpaper, Tile Lighting and Accessories

designs were part of the early English Arts and Crafts Movement that later became popular in the U.S. selections of Morris original fabric and wallpaper designs are still reproduced today. Rug and Wallpaper patterns can be seen in the Arts & Craft style Disneylands Grand Californian Hotel

Gustav Stickley
German born Arts & Craft furniture maker

In 1988, Barbara Streisand paid $363,000 for a Stickley oak & wrought iron sideboard, circa 1902.

Disneys Craftsman Style

Grand Californian
Anaheim, CA