Home Furnishings, Home Decor, Outdoor Furniture & Modern Furniture

This year, one interior design trend to get to grips with as soon as possible is the increasing popularity of industrial-style furniture. Adding one or two pieces will help to give your living space a contemporary, designer feel – but remember that a little goes a long way.

One example of industrial-style furniture that looks great in many homes and brings a sense of bare-bones functionality to a living space is a vintage desk. Whether you go for a scrubbed metal table or a traditional old wooden children’s school desk, perhaps including a lift-up lid or an inkwell, these can also be good for a nostalgic moment.

Floor lamps are also becoming fashionable again, so when you are considering a lighting solution for your new space you should consider these too. They can come from almost anywhere – whether you go for old photographer’s lamps, street lamps or perhaps even the lights from an old train station (if you can find them), a vintage floor lamp will bring an unparalleled sense of ambience and character to your home.

Rather than going for the usual modern dressers like so many other homes, you could shift the focus to a retro display cabinet, filled unconventionally with your clothes! This will bring a playful sense to your living space and will also draw attention to your finest apparel, even when it’s not in use.

Another way looking to the past for inspiration can make your home feel contemporary and chic is if you manage to source a set of old gym lockers – you know, the ones from when you were back in school. With a little bit of work, these can look excellent in the family home and they have the added advantage of being practical – just encourage everyone to use them for their coats, shoes and bags.

If you’re struggling to find original furniture, you can always try searching the catalogue of designer furniture at fashionforhome.co.uk for furnishings that fit in with this style.

Colorful bedding is just what kids want – purple, green and even orange – the brighter the better. It’s fun and easy to introduce color into your child’s bedroom without breaking out paint and rollers; colorful new bedding can change the look of a room in minutes with little more effort required than making the bed plus there’s no need to repaint when purple bedding becomes passé and only blue will do.

Celebrate monkeyshines when you outfit your little monkey’s room with the Bobby Jack Groovy Stripes bedding set; the  cool comforter features Bobby Jack, your favorite bad little monkey, doing what he does best – being awesome! The purple pinwale corduroy with green piping features Bobby Jack’s embroidered image and printed name in multi-colored rows, and reverses to a coordinating bold and colorful stripe pattern. This fun-filled bedding set is machine washable for easy care and you can even choose coordinating sheets, shams, pillows and window valances for a totally fabulous and fun bedroom makeover.

Take a walk on the wild side with the Olive Kids Wild Animals mini comforter set and celebrate vivid colors; the comforter and sham display a lush safari full of fun with colorful crocodiles, elephants, turtles, lions, zebras, hippos and more. The comforter also reverses to a fun madras plaid of green and white on a coordinating blue background, and even has a sewn on pocket to hold supplies – kid’s delight in this vibrant and fun bed ensemble.