Make that Change| Transitioning to a Contemporary Living Room: Part 2 Modern Flooring

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One of the great things about contemporary home décor is its versatility. A contemporary styled home can be earthy or sleek and sophisticated. The style of your home will be largely affected by the colors, textures and furniture selected.

When transitioning to a contemporary living room, the second thing you want to attack is your flooring. Traditional styled home décor usually features either hardwood floors or neutral colored carpet. Contemporary style décor provides a large assortment of modern flooring options.

Create a contemporary living room: Modern Flooring

When selecting décor for your contemporary living room, flooring is going to set the tone of your space. Say goodbye to uninteresting neutral colored carpet and venture into other options in modern flooring. Modern flooring consists of several options for your space.

Modern Flooring: Interior Concrete Floors

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One of the hottest trends in modern flooring is interior concrete floors. The concept of interior concrete floors is very versatile. Concrete floors can be painted, stained and more. When many people hear “concrete floor”, they immediately picture a drab gray slate of concrete such as a drive way. This is not the same concrete seen in interior concrete floors. Most often concrete floors feature unique artistic designs or are stained or painted a bold color. The possibilities are endless in interior concrete floors.

Modern Flooring: Bamboo Floors

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Often referred to as the perfect “Green” flooring, Bamboo flooring is another popular option in modern flooring. This environment friendly option would be most suitable for earthy or relaxed contemporary living rooms. Bamboo flooring is available in two colors, blonde or amber. For those that desire hardwood floors at a reasonable price, bamboo flooring is definitely the perfect option.

Modern flooring: Wood Tile Floors

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The perfect compliment to any contemporary living room is wood tile floors. Wood tile floors are a wonderful alternative to our traditional styled hardwood floors. The classic tiled pattern enhanced the natural beauty of the wood. Wood tiles floors create a radiance in any room. If you desire simple, classic and attractive flooring wood tiles are perfect for you.

Modern flooring: Vinyl Floors

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If “vinyl flooring” takes you back to your most recent hospital stay or your adolescent days of junior high school, boy are you in for a surprise. Vinyl flooring extends beyond the typical “linoleum” flooring we know so well. Vinyl flooring is available in an assortment of designs and colors. If you are looking for flooring that is not as expensive as hardwood floors, vinyl floors may be the option for you.

Designing a contemporary styled living room can be allot of fun! Make sure you check out the entire Make that Change| Transitioning to a Contemporary Living Room series for more tips on completing this project!

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Make that Change| Transitioning to a Contemporary Living Room: Part 1

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The current state of the economy and recent increase in unemployment both explain why there are few people buying homes these days. While people are forced to stay in their homes, they are searching for ways to create a new home. Many people are taking on redecorating and home improvement projects daily!
Many of us have the same traditional living room design that we set up when we initially purchased our homes. Give your home a make over! Instantly add style, class and sophistication to your home by transitioning to a contemporary living room.

Contemporary living rooms are perfect for spacious homes. The contemporary discourages clutter and as a result creates a clean and polished look. One thing one must understand when creating a room in contemporary style is “Less is more”. There is no room for countless gadget and useless items.

Creating a Contemporary Living Room| Wall Paint Color

The ideal contemporary living room is bright, spacious and airy. When picking paint color for your contemporary living room, most interior designs consider white, beige or another neutral color. Often the wall paint color in a contemporary living room is neutral but is complimented by one other bold accent color such as red, pink or black.

Creating a contemporary living room| Step Two: Contemporary Wall Décor

In order to establish the open and polished look of contemporary style, we have to remove all personal photos, decorative paints, wall art etc. Once we have removed all of your wall décor, we would then decide which pieces are most favorable.

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When selecting personal photos, remember that we will not display the photos in different areas but instead in one central location. By selecting uniform pictures frames and using one location to display all personal photos, we are giving the space a cleaner look.

Wall art is usually used as a means to express our personal style. Contemporary wall art should be selected in the same manner. In addition to our personal style, we should also consider the function of the piece and room décor. For example, if you are choosing a large piece to place over your mantle, you would not choose a painting that does not capture your attention. When selecting contemporary wall art, consider all of your options. Contemporary wall art is no longer limited to paintings. We now have abstracts, oil paints and metal wall art as well.

Designing a contemporary styled living room can be allot of fun! Stay tuned for Make that Change| Transitioning to a Contemporary Living Room: Part 2 for more tips on completing this project!