How to Decorate Your Home with Industrial Style Furniture

Want to redecorate your home in an industrial style?

Urban, edgy style is no longer reserved for warehouses and trendy downtown lofts. You can achieve this aesthetic in your home with a few simple tweaks. Industrial style home decor is growing in popularity and with more available pieces than ever, the necessary components are right at your fingertips. But what makes a home appear industrial? Read on for a few tips to successfully incorporate this look into your home.

Discover What's Already There

Industrial design is all about exposing what's underneath the surface and allowing it to speak for itself. Before you go shopping, consider what might be hiding in plain sight. Are there concrete floors underneath that old carpet? is there brick that's waiting to be exposed? How about piping or metal slabs that have been covered up? This style succeeds best when you mix the edgy and raw materials of a space with warm, comfortable components that make it feel like home.

The Colors

The palette of an industrially styled home tends to remain in the neutral, eath tone category. When selecting furniture that's meant to be lived in like chairs, sofas or bed frames, consider muted or aged colors. Industrial style loves to mix metals so try using a metal accent against the warm, organic-looking color palette. This will achieve the balance of materials which is quintessentially industrial. You can always add white or cream accents. Consider keeping the walls light if your furniture is leaning toward the dark brown family with metal accents. This will brighten up the space and make it appear bigger.

You don't have to be afraid of a bold color, but consider the material of the element you're adding. If you want a pop of color, try to make sure it's a raw material like metal or iron so you're still sticking to the aesthetic.

Reclaimed Wood Furniture

There are so many easy and affordable items that can be made with reclaimed wood. Wood is a perfect material to balance out the metal which can sometimes make the space appear cold. The wood should appear repurposed and aged. Anything new and polished will detour from the look you're trying to achieve. The wood should seem as though it's lived a life somewhere else and is coming to your home for retirement.

There are some key furniture pieces you may want to consider purchasing in a reclaimed wood material. A bed frame is always great because you can immediately soften its appearance with soft, cozy sheets and bedding. A coffee or side table are also good options for reclaimed wood. Consider a plush, neutral colored rug underneath or even a pop of color like red in the rug if you're feeling the space is too neutral.

A new trend people are loving is a reclaimed wood dining table with benches on either side. They provide a casual and inviting dining atmosphere and can be complemented with a metal light fixture hanging above or industrial tableware.

Metal and Iron Furniture

If you're going to turn your home into an industrial space, you can't be afraid to use metal. This is the cornerstone material of the style and something that should be peppered in throughout the home to really give it that feel. If you want to ease into the aesthetic, try some accent pieces in metal. You can choose from steel, iron and more. Don't feel the need to introduce shiny metal. Having the material a little aged and rusted helps with the style, giving it the raw and natural appearance we're going for.

You can place some of these smaller pieces on bookshelves or as decorative objects on your coffee or side tables. Consider an old steel fan, metal letter blocks or even a worn metal vase for fresh flowers.

If you're ready to take the industrial metal look up a notch, consider selecting some pieces of furniture with this material. You could opt for a very industrial looking dining table made of metal with matching metal chairs. A rolling metal island with stools for the kitchen could also show off this style if you're not able to completely renovate that space.

Brick Walls

If you have any hidden brick in your home, now is the time to embrace it. Industrial design doesn't cover up these materials by plastering and painting over them, rather, they allow them to shine in all their worn out and potentially discolored glory. If your brick is painted, consider scraping the paint off to see what's underneath. Natural brick color is a terrific accent to your new industrial space so allow it to exist almost as an art piece.

If you're going to opt for a lot of exposed brick in your home in its original red-brown color, try to keep the rest of your decor light and neutral. Choose a light colored sofa, accent chairs, and even a rug so that you have a nice contrast between the darkness of the walls and the rest of the home.

Industrial Style Lighting

When all else fails, the right lighting can make or break and industrial design. This style uses metal floor and table lamps as well as ceiling pendants to create the perfect accent. If you're going to hang a pendant, consider one with exposed Edison bulbs surrounded by metal. You can even choose a metal with a black finish if you want to steer clear of the silver hues more commonly used.

Stay away from lampshades when selecting lighting. Industrial light fixtures will be all metal, meaning the piece that covers the bulb will be the same material as the stand and base. This rule goes for both floor and table lamps. If you're having trouble figuring out what kind of lighting to purchase, think about what you might find in a Manhattan warehouse. This is the area where you can really have fun leaning into items that are cold and use stark, raw materials. You can use the rest of the space to warm up the environment and make it feel cozy.

Use These Industrial Decor Tips Today!

There are several ways to use this design element in your home. You can opt for a complete overhaul or pick and choose a few key places you'd like to incorporate industrial decor into your already existing space. If you like the way it's turning out, push it further and turn your home into an industrial oasis.

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