Lynteriors Procurse Furniture for Customers and Their Project,s such as this Sofa
Interior designers have the skills necessary to avoid costly design and decorating mistakes. For example, one costly mistake that can be avoided is buying furniture that will not fit in the space. I can procure the right size furniture for your space. So you do not need to purchase another piece, because the first one was too big. You may know someone who bought furniture that was too big. Since it was too big, it had to be sold or placed in the basement. Lynteriors can draw up a floor plan or a perspective drawing, so this does not happen to you. A floor plan helps me pick the right size furniture for your space.
A Repurposed Family Room For Empty Nesters
Alternatively, a computer-aided design like the one below can help you visualize if your new sectional, sofa, or other piece of furniture will fit. For example, my Oak Ridges client wanted to purchase a sectional for their family room. They were empty nesters. So they wanted the largest sectional they could get to entertain friends. They also wanted to have it for family gatherings. They picked a smaller sectional and larger one.
The wife wanted it to fit within the column. She knew she would not like it if it did not fit. She also wanted the biggest one she could get to entertain more people. She did not want to buy the smaller sectional, if the bigger one would fit.
I did the perspective below. The drawing revealed that the smaller sectional barely fit between the column. As a result, the larger sectional would not fit at all.
Since she knew this, it gave her the confidence to buy the smaller sectional. She also knew it would look better. Furthermore, she realized she would have had to put the larger sectional in the basement, and buy another one for the family room. She was thankful that I did the drawing because it gave her peace of mind. I saved her money and frustration.
Perspective drawing by Lynteriors, for a client that wanted a sectional to fit into the space between the column and wall
Retirees and Others on Limited Budgets and Discounts
Interior decorators have access to discounts on furniture and accessories. These are called to- the- trade discounts. They are partially there so decorators are compensated for their time and expertise. I pass some of the discounts to my clients too. For example, some of the discounts you can receive from me can be up to 40% off the retail cost of furniture.
Lynn Asbury is the founder of Lynteriors providing interior decorating services in Aurora, Ontario, and surrounding areas such as Toronto. -I Help You Create Your Dream Rooms.
Colour Forecast
The ongoing pandemic has influenced interior design trends. For example, the trend seems to be towards warmer neutral colors. Maybe these colors combat the negativity of the pandemic, so we gravitate to these cheerier colours? I am Lynn Asbury, an interior designer in Aurora, Ontario. During the last couple of years, I have noticed that my clients have gravitated to warm neutrals, such as warm whites.
What is a warm white? What is a warm white? Warm white has a dash of yellow, red, or orange mixed into the white. One of these colours is mixed with white to create warm white. Yellow, for example, creates a cheery mood. So a warm white with a yellow undertone is more cheery than a white with a blue undertone. Warm whites are forecast as trending in 2022, apparently too.
Warm whites can be used anywhere. For example, this Newmarket dining room pictured below has a warm white chair and table stain. They match very well with the kitchen cabinets.
The warm white floral fabric on the chair back coordinates with the warm white seat fabric. In the showroom, the homeowner gravitated to the warm white fabrics. The chair fabrics coordinated well with the chair paint colour too. We coordinated the chair upholstery colour to match the family room loveseat upholstery as well.
The warm white loveseat fabric is called oatmeal. It is pictured in the family room photo. Now, the kitchen, dining room, and family room coordinate. This is important since they are open concept to each other. It is fun tieing rooms together using the same or similar colours!
Dining Room Table and Chairs Procured by LynteriorsNewmarket Family Room Love Seat Procured by Lynteriors
In the Forbes design trend forecast post for 2022, Jamie Davis, cofounder of Portola Paints, makes a similar statement about colours. He says, “We are seeing trends in earthy, warmer, and organic colors as opposed to a few years ago when cleaner, brighter colors were more sought-after. Our shade, White Cliffs, used to be our most popular color. Now customers are gravitating towards Figueroa, a more organic shade. A brighter shade of white would never feel as warm and inviting as an organic shade of white.” Figueroa is a warm white neutral with a yellow undertone. Warmer white or organic whites have indeed been trending the last couple of years. Warm white is trending as a paint colour. It is also trending as a furniture fabric colour.
I received an interior design book from my son Tim for Christmas. It is called “Made for Living” by Amber Lewis. He knows his mom loves anything to do with decorating! LOL. The book was released in 2020.
Anyway, I loved the colours Amber used. She tended towards neutral colour schemes and blue and green. The book was full of warm white interior design projects. Many walls in the photos were painted warm white. The sofas and chairs had warm white upholstery too. Warm white has indeed been around for the last two years.
Amber also blended vintage furniture with modern pieces. As she put it in her introduction to the book, her style involves “furniture that effortlessly mixes flea market finds and sleeker shapes in a blend that feels like it will last forever.”Yahoo sees a trend that incorporates traditional furniture into interior design too. As Erin Gates for Yahoo puts it, “Expect English roll arm sofas, wingbacks, simple dining tables based on antique styles and pieces with detail and some history.”
Vogue identifies a similar trend. According to them, “Instead of purchasing all new furnishings, people are increasingly sprinkling in antiques, and vintage pieces among more modern designs says Milwaukee-based interior designer Anna Franklin. Forbes says the same thing. They state there will be ” A blend of old and new: contemporary artwork and lighting paired with classic furniture silhouettes.” The trends are seen in my customer’s home too. For example, the dining room table in my Newmarket client’s home has a classic turned pedestal leg. It is paired with a contemporary abstract wall art and contemporary ceiling fixture, which the photo below reveals.
Note the abstract wall art and the traditional dining table
I have seen these colour and furniture styles trends too. This recent project showcased in this blog is an example. In summary, warm white in upholstery and paint colour is a trend. Also, a mix of vintage or traditional furniture with modern furniture and accessories will probably be trending in 2022.
Mood boards can help you see how different styles of furniture look together. They can help you see how different colours look together too. I offer mood boards as part of my services. They are great to use during a pandemic, or if you do not live close to Aurora, because they can be sent via email as an e-design. Go to; https://lynteriors.wordpress.com/services/, to see an example of a mood board and some of the other services I offer to help you create your dream room(s).
In this post, you will receive some modern farmhouse-style tips. You will see different modern farmhouse Christmas ideas as well. I styled this Newmarket, Ontario home in different ways. Since it was so close to Christmas, I kept the homeowner’s Christmas decorations on her fireplace. This first photo shows how this family room looks when it has a neutral colour scheme.
Neutral Farmhouse Christmas
Loveseat Procured by Lynteriors which is based in Aurora, Ontario
The furniture for the family room and dining room in this project by Lynteriors arrived in late November. So it made sense to play up the Christmas theme when the photos were taken. Here is the modern farmhouse family room decked out for Christmas. This photo shows the neutral colour scheme, which forms the basis of the modern farmhouse style. White and beige are considered neutral colours. The various browns on the wood furniture are considered neutral colours too.
Another element of the modern farmhouse style is to mix eras or styles. There is a mix of vintage wooden tables and contemporary items in the family room. The contemporary pieces include the table lamp and the streamlined oatmeal loveseat.
We chose the beige-coloured love seat to coordinate with the fabric on the dining room chairs. See the dining room photo below. The silver and white items in both rooms tie these adjacent rooms together further. I chose the silver bowl and the silver table lamp for the family room for this reason. These family room accessories coordinate with the silver ceiling fixture pictured in the dining room below.
Use Similar Fabric Colours to Tie Adjacent Rooms Together
Table and Chairs Procured by Lynteriors
Materials To Use:
A Stone Fireplace: Another Important Modern Farmhouse Element
Organic and natural materials such as stone and wood are the foundation of the modern farmhouse style. For example, a stone fireplace such as the one pictured below is an example of a natural material you can use in a farmhouse-style family room. The love seat fabric colour picks up the colour of the fireplace surround. Furthermore, the white and silver Christmas decor dressed up the mantle and coordinated with the white and silver table accessories.
Tabletops Styled by Lynteriors
Vibrant Red Farmhouse Style
Styling By Lynteriors Based in Aurora, Ontario
During the photoshoot, I photographed a red colour scheme idea as well. Adding a vibrant monochromatic colour scheme to a modern farmhouse is sometimes used too in this style. The contemporary red-in-the-wall art is echoed in the throw on the loveseat and the red-painted console by the loveseat.
Red and white is a popular Christmas colour combination too. So with that in mind, we proceeded to decorate the tabletops around the loveseat with a Christmas theme.
Red Modern Farmhouse Christmas
Photo by Lynteriors based in Aurora, Ontario
Red and White Modern Farmhouse Christmas
The family room is often the room your family will gather to celebrate Christmas, and in this room, you will welcome your guests. As a result, decorating this room is important. The homeowner chose the angel accent piece to decorate the end table and a white house accessory piece to decorate the coffee table. I took pictures of this look too.
I planned to style the family room and take photos only. In the end, we did that and more. We had fun decking the room with Christmas decorations as well. If you want to learn more about the Modern Farmhouse style go to, https://wordpress.com/post/lynteriors.wordpress.com/1493
I, Lynn Asbury, am the founder of Lynteriors which provides interior decorating services in Aurora, Ontario. My passion is making spaces beautiful, comfortable, and suitable for your lifestyle.
The modern farmhouse is both classic and contemporary at the same time and offers a perfect blend of traditional style and modern sensibility. It is traditional with a modern twist. Modern farmhouse interior design gives a strong nod to country elements too. It is warm and inviting and makes old seem new again.
Newmarket, Ontario dining room decorated by Lynteriors
Modern Farmhouse Dining Room
Elements of Modern Farm House Style
Mixing Styles and Eras
As eluded to above, modern farmhouse marries modern and classic elements for a character-rich mix. For example, I mixed the classic English country-style pedestal table in this Newmarket, Ontario dining area with the trendy geometric abstract wall art. This can be seen in the photo of the room above.
Modern farmhouse in an eat-in kitchen or dining room like the one pictured above lifts these spaces from their fussy formal past and transforms them into contemporary comfort. For example, the dining chairs in the photo above feature the beauty of a classicly elegant tub shape, but it has evolved from their Victorian roots. These chairs have a higher back than their Victorian ancestor. The higher back gives a lot of back support and makes it very comfortable. The removal of all that Victorian ornamentation gives it clean lines, thus a contemporary look. This ever-popular tub-shaped dining chair has sabre curved legs that have clean lines.
The dining room has become an important space for homeowners keen to add an element of refinement to their eating arrangements. The Modern farmhouse style helps to do just that.
Use Various Accessory Styles
Layer in accessories too. Mix classic turned glass candlesticks and a traditional glass hurricane vase with modern abstract wall art to mix old and new. Create a modern farmhouse look with modern materials such as glass and items that have traditional shapes. The glass candlesticks in the photo above are an updated take on a classic turned candlestick design. The updated material is glass instead of metal. The glass hurricane vase is also an updated take on a classic hurricane design. It is because they are manufactured using glass too. They both make great dining room centrepieces.
These updated classic tabletop accessories and contemporary touches help to create the modern farmhouse style. Furthermore, the candlesticks dress up the look. They help to add a glamourous, elegant dressed-up feel to the dining room. These change the breakfast room into a sophisticated dining room. Accessories help dress up or dress down the modern farmhouse look.
The dining area was decorated by Lynn Asbury from Lynteriors
Monochromatic and Neutral Colour Schemes
As seen above, the style of the furniture helps to create the modern farmhouse look. Another design element needed to create the modern farmhouse style is a monochromatic colour scheme. Start with a color palette of warm or cool neutrals (cream, beige, silver, and gray all work well), and then layer in some natural wood tones. A neutral wall paint adds to the modern farmhouse aesthetic.
For example, in the photo above, the walls are a warm neutral taupe. The table and chairs have a warm creamy white finish that coordinates with the kitchen cabinets. The oatmeal beige fabric on the chairs picks up the beige on the kitchen counter and backsplash. It also picks up the gray/beige wall paint colour.
Natural wood tones have been added to this breakfast room. Natural wooden floors are the bedrock of this aesthetic and are found in this room. The stained wood table top echoes the flooring stain. In the dining room featured in this post, a neutral colour scheme is used.
Make it Plush with Upholstery
The upholstered tub chairs in the above dining room bring the decor to life. They also contour the body for added comfort. It is a classic, sophisticated and elegant style chair for traditional and contemporary interiors.
The tub chair can be formal or informal, depending on the table chosen. It can look formal/informal depending on the table accessories and fabric that are chosen too. The tub chair comes in a wide variety of patterns, styles, and fabrics.
The simplest scheme can be transformed with the addition of a pattern via the fabric. The homeowner chose a lovely floral pattern for her chair backs. The chair seats have plain solid oatmeal-coloured linen-like textured fabric, and the chair backing has a classic floral print giving the chairs a two-toned look and depth. The neutral colour scheme on the floral fabric modernizes the look, and the patterned fabric adds interest to the neutral colour scheme.
Add Textures
Since the modern farmhouse style is made up of neutral colors, you’ll need a mix of textures to keep the space from looking flat. For example, contrasting tabletop textures are important when capturing the modern farmhouse aesthetic. In the dining room above, a runner with a canvas-like texture adds to the farmhouse feel. When it comes to your comfy furniture, use a variety of fabrics like cotton, canvas, linen, and faux fur. The linen-like fabric on the chair seat also adds to the farmhouse feel.
The modern geometric abstract wall art has geometric shapes that have various levels of depth. This gives added depth, therefore, texture to the overall decor.
A mix of subtle textures is what completes the modern farmhouse feel without getting too busy. Multiple wood finishes also add texture to farmhouse-styled spaces. Painted wood is one of the wood finishes seen on farmhouse furniture. There are painted and stained wood finishes on these dining room pieces of furniture. They add texture too.
the photo was taken by Lynn Asbury
Simple Clean Lines
Incorporating the elements of the modern farmhouse look usually consists of using clean lines. Traditional homes would need to remove strong patterns. They would need to avoid ornamentation on accessories and furniture that are too detailed to make things look cleaner and understated.
For example, the chair frame and legs in the above dining room have no ornamentation and are clean-lined. The ceiling fixture and wall art both have geometric-shaped clean lines too.
Lighting
The dining room pendant in the above photo combines a small classic crystal chandelier fixture with a modern drum shade. It marries the modern drum form with the classic crystal chandelier. The glamour of the crystals adds sparkle and drama. They add to the glass theme that is seen on the dining room table centrepieces.
Also, the modern style geometric perforations on the drum shade of the pendant also echo the modern geometric wall art on the wall. They both have rectangular shapes.
Furthermore, the silver drum shade and crystal chandelier portions of the pendant blend very well with the neutral colour palette in the room.
Conclusion
In conclusion, this modern English farmhouse dining room style blends modern and classic furniture, accessories, and lighting. The design elements that complete the look include using a neutral colour scheme. Subtle textures, another element, are seen in the wall art, woven canvas, and linen fabric. Plus, the wood grains on the flooring and tabletop add another layer to the look.
Plush upholstery creates comfortable furniture. Simple, clean lines on the furnishings add to the style too. This particular dining room has a bit of glamour added to it. Therefore it falls into the modern flam farmhouse category. This is a subcategory of modern farmhouse. If you want to learn more about the decorating packages Lynteriors from Aurora, Ontario offers, go to: https://wordpress.com/page/lynteriors.wordpress.com/43.
I, Lynn Asbury, am the founder of Lynteriors which provides interior decorating services in Aurora, Ontario. My passion is making spaces beautiful, comfortable, and suitable for your lifestyle.
Tip #1: If the Room has No Furniture or the Furniture is Worn, Consider Renting Furniture
Home staging is all about restyling a home to sell quickly and for more money, whether you are in a slow market or a hot real estate market. Home staging is arranging furniture or renting furniture and decor accessories to showcase a home for sale. If you are selling your home, you want to help buyers picture themselves living in it. Home staging is one of the best ways to do that, helping to make your place stand out in online searches, shine during open houses and secure competitive offers sooner. Here are some tips to help you play up your home’s assets and downplay its faults.
In this Aurora, Ontario living room, the furniture was rented except for the bookcase and sheers. The original furniture was scratched and old, so I rented contemporary furniture in a warm-off white colour. Rental furniture also allows you to rent updated furniture that will appeal to more buyers. Since it appeals to more buyers, more buyers will fall in love with the home and want to buy it.
Tip # 2 The Living Room is the Most Important Room to Stage
This Aurora, Ontario home was staged in July, 2021 and sold 5 days later! It received multiple offers and sold over asking. Home staging and using rental furniture worked! Which rooms are the most important to stage, though? According to the NAR (National Association of Realtors:
“Staging the living room was found to be most important for
buyers (46 percent), followed by staging the master
bedroom (43 percent).
NAR Report of 2021
Renting furniture for the living room is, therefore, a good investment. It is often the first room that potential buyers view. So making a good first impression by renting furniture for the living room and home staging the living room is important.
Tip #3 Declutter and Remove Heavy Drapes And Non White Sheers
As these before and after photos above show, home staging changed the appearance of the living room. Certain items in the room were removed. These items included: the heavy drapes, end tables, and decor on them. The white sheers were left. If your room has white sheers, they are ok. But heavy drapes and coloured drapes need to be removed.
Tip #4 Paint Walls a Neutral Colour Like White
The living room had orange walls with a feature wall painted in orange and white stripes. The first two photos below show how the orange walls looked like. I suggested that the walls of the living room be painted all white. It was painted white with a red undertone. The white paint lightens and brightens the room further. The following photos show the before areas of the living room. The third photo is the after photo of the living room.
Many buyers coming to look at your property may not appreciate the wall colour. Most buyers prefer neutral painted walls because it means they do not need to paint a room colour they do not like when they move in. As a result, more buyers will be interested in a house with a living room painted a neutral colour such as white, gray, or beige. If possible, all rooms though should be painted with a neutral colour.
Buyers want to picture themselves relaxing or entertaining in the home’s living room. Therefore, place the sofa in the room in view of the entranceway. The buyer can see it as a focal point when they view the room. Now they will imagine themselves relaxing and entertaining in the living room and begin falling in love with the house.
Tip # 5 Layer in Warm Accessories
Add some accent pillows to the sofa, and toss a throw over the corner of the chair for some extra luxury and comfort. These additions are small but have a subconscious effect on buyers that make them feel more at ease in a space.
Add greenery
Bring life and energy to the room with faux plants. On the bookcase, there is a small faux plant on a stand on the bookcase shelf in this living room, for example. Planters and flowers make your room look more inviting too.
Create vignettes using the rule of three
A vignette is a group of eye-catching objects that set the tone for a room. On the end table, the chrome table lamp with glass orbs, the white journal, and the wood orb make up a vignette in the staged living room above. Groupings of one or three are the most pleasing to the eye.
Does Home Staging Work?
Statistics Proving Home Staging Works
A home stager needs to assess what kind of vision the buyer will want to see when they walk through that door. It’s all about creating that lifestyle vision that the specific buyer for that home desires! The good news is that according to the 2021 home staging statistics collected by NAR, home stagers are creating that vision for buyers. The National Association of Realtors Research Group or NAR put out a “Profile of Home Staging Report.” They survey thousands of real estate agents on the benefits of home staging.
“Eighty-two percent of buyers’ agents said staging a home
made it easier for a buyer to visualize the property as a
future home.”
NAR
Help Selling My Home
According to this same 2021 NAR report, 44% of the buyer’s agents said that staging increased the dollar value offered by 1 to 15%. Staging your home to sell is proven to increase your sale price up to 15%, so it’s worth your time to evaluate your house room-by-room and decide what changes to make. If you live in the GTA or Toronto and need home staging help contact Home on Stage at 416-721-6217. Click on the link for more information about Home On Stage. https://homeonstage.wordpress.com/
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