Estate Living Digital Publication Issue 2 February 2015 | Page 49

49 Industrial Chic Warehouse Wonder for the home Tin, steel, iron and aluminium create a clean stony operational sensibility and lend just the right Fixtures and Fittings Industrial furnishings are minimal touch of chic without feeling too and no-nonsense, with strong, fussy and strained. Remember, clean lines and without a hint of the aim is to have furniture that excess. Mix the old with some shines, not sparkles. new and breathe fresh life and purpose into previously loved Architecture items from thrift stores, flea Architecturally speaking, an markets and garage sales. A industrial styled room leaves wooden crate turned into a table, nothing to the imagination. It is Carpets and Flooring Industrial chic is effortlessly for example, or an old locker now unrefined, clean and absolute, achievable – using materials that used for storage and shabby yet sparse, and fully embraces are pared back to their essential ladders turned into shelving can the rawness in its entirety. The beginning to showcase the blend seemingly well within a infrastructure is often on full beautiful interplay between pure traditional space for a visually display and exposed bricked walls, bare un-curtained form and function. Unassuming stimulating contrast. windows, visible beams, and comfortable in its own skin, the rise of industrial style might Old road signs add dimension, uncovered rusty pipework and be the single biggest reason as do giant abstract works and untreated ductwork successfully the structural that concrete floors entered mixed-media sculptures, and emphasise mainstream décor and, honed pulley wheels mounted on the skeleton that holds the space or polished, they create an walls with pretty flowers adds a together. It’s clean and polished, unyieldingly raw, cold and earthy natural tone. You can even add yet still harsh and rough around feel. Over time, experiments with a personal feel and break the the edges. aged wood, old patterned tiles, tension slightly with mounted colourful rugs and carpets with black and white photographs in big eclectic prints have helped to a matt finish and simple frames. exposed aluminium lamps and dark iron wall lights and then position them strategically so that, when switched on, they create soft and warm hues against the paints and furnishings. Long naked twin pendant lights make wonderful centre pieces and also add much needed height and depth. dilute industrial’s hard edge.