Modern deco style – colour things beautiful

Modern deco style furniture is all about accents. That’s because – whether working with a monochrome palette, nude hues or bright colours – modern deco style rooms are defined by tight edits of tones. They’re what make combining simple shapes, clean lines, exposed structural elements and oversized accessories so easy. Because when you work with three or four colours, you leave all the fun to the silhouettes.

In bright, bold, colour-blocky modern deco style rooms, it’s the accessories that change things up. With graphic patterns added as coloured cushions, transparency in smoked glass vases and texture with rippled glasses, it’s a look that’s pared back, sleek and decorative.

In modern deco style living rooms, colour brings interest to the simple and the functional. Open floor plans are common with this interior style, where single-coloured walls and furniture provide a strong backdrop for storage and home accessories. Collections of files, boxes and baskets become decorative in themselves, arranged across shelving between accessories chosen for and grouped by shape, line, colour and texture. Think round glass lamps, curated gallery walls and small stacks of books.

Candy-coloured textiles are layered up in the modern deco style bedroom, where prints and pattern are of the straight-lined variety – whether as chunky stripes or big, bold checks. Larger furniture and lighting take supporting roles here, being both plain of silhouette and all-white. The only decorative additions are single cut flowers in collections of simple glass vases.

The modern deco style bathroom has a graphic feel, with tiled walls that give a simple uniformity. This is reinforced in the straight lines of its functional open shelving, minimal bathroom cabinets, simple bathroom sink unit and small storage boxes. And they’re interrupted by trailing leafy plants and bold-coloured textiles and storage bags that hang from wall hooks. Just add water.

Sleek, functional, clutter-free and full of personality, the modern deco style kitchen balances what’s needed with what’s nice. Both are displayed on open shelving or metal kitchen trolleys, so they’re always easy to see – and to reach. The colour and materials palette is small, with brushed steel and warm woods appearing in both furniture and accessories – from the metal kitchen units to the wooden pepper grinder, serving bowls and kitchen chairs. The result is a kitchen that’s full of variation, yet completely tied together.