Interior Design Sense

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Part 1: Contemporary Christmas Decorating and Choosing The Right Christmas Tree

Have A Cool Contemporary Christmas

As the old song goes, Christmas is the happiest time of the year, but it’s also the busiest.  Not only do you have to do all the shopping, baking, cleaning, card sending and attend and host holiday get-togethers, you also have to decorate your home – and you want it all to be perfect.  While we may not be able to help you with your other holiday tasks, we can lend you a hand with your decorating.

One surefire way to be confident your holiday decorations look just right in your home is to use decorations that reflect the style of your other decor choices.  Is your home cool and contemporary, dressed with minimalistic furnishings and modern art pieces?  Or are you surrounded by cozy, country appeal?  Do you prefer a more formal, traditional feeling or is your home a Victorian charmer?  Whichever style you’ve used throughout your home, continuing the theme in your Christmas decor will guarantee a harmonious flow.  Let’s take a peek at a few decorating styles and see how they are accomplished.

Part 1: Contemporary Christmas Decorating and Choosing a Christmas Tree

Modern Contemporary Christmast Interior Decorating

When you’ve created a sleek, sophisticated space, often the bright colors and heartily embellished decorations used in traditional Christmas decor just don’t seem to feel right in your home. Luckily, there are some great alternatives that will fit beautifully into your contemporary decorating scheme.

The tree is usually the showpiece of the Christmas decorations, but no one says it has to be decorated in red and green.  Instead, choose a monochromatic scheme of silver and white, with just the occasional spot of scarlet or another favorite color.  A twig tree is the perfect choice. 

If you like, use clear line to hang sparkling snowflakes from the branches or add a scattering of silver or clear acrylic or glass ornaments.

Continue the theme throughout your home by framing a mirror with tiny white fairy lights that reflect in the mirrored glass or stand a collection of twigs painted white in a clear vase and add a hint of glittery spray paint to the branches to create a cool, frosty touch.

Want a little more color?  How about a pink, purple or blue theme?  Buy an artificial tree or purchase a real tree and have it flocked a pretty color.   You can even find black trees that make a dramatic statement. 

Or here’s a Christmas tree that is contemporary and colorful.  Called the tytree, after it’s designer, Ty Arnold, this tree is made from acrylic and brings a fun and festive touch to any modern space.  Check out TyTree for more.

Here is an interesting idea.  An upside down christmas tree? 

Upside down Christmas TreeFor other decorating touches, keep it simple.  A glass bowl filled with water and topped with tea light candles or cranberries floating on the surface makes a beautiful addition to a contemporary table or hang a few glass icicles across a curtain rod.

Here is another project designed by Danielle Mac Innes from Fuse Interiors, awarded ‘Best Newcomer’ at Ireland’s premier interiors show, Interior Design 2008, she has been widely recognized by the media for her fresh and unique style. This apartment was part of a new residential development situated in Dublin. The client was a large property developer and the brief was to create a unique, contemporary look that would appeal to a young market while bringing a fresh feel to the development. Fuse Interiors started with a shell and developed a strong design concept which was implemented from start to finish. The apartment has fantastic living space and now has a great individual contemporary interior style!

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Apartment in Dublin by Fuse Interiors

Almost the same as everything else we showed you from Sweden, check out a new find in Goteburg’s Lorensburg. Following the Scandinavian theme that uses large spaces, white walls and contemporary furniture this flat is no different. A special place with a sexy kitchen, a small balcony with great views of the city, stylish accessories and refined lighting to go along with the rest of the apartment, that’s one dream place to consider if you need to move in Sweden. All that white, looks incredible … – via

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Scandinavian Flat in Goteburg, Sweden

Kirsten Gabriëls and James Webb are the guys behind the IJburg House. Located in the Netherlands, only 20 minutes of central Amsterdam, it has the similarities of a typical canal house. With a beautiful layout and a contemporary design that charms on a first glance, the 285 sqm building features a lowered level for the children, an upper level for the parents and a bufferzone or the social area, at the ground floor. With sharp edges, a large full height glass door on the facade and elegant wood furnishings, it definitely looks like the dream home for someone ready to move in Amsterdam.

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IJburg House in Amsterdam

Varie Vanity designed by G. Azzarello for Porada, is what I call a killer piece of furniture. When I first saw it I’ve immediately said to myself …I want this piece of furniture, is so cool. You can use this little piece of furniture as a small office, and when you’re not using the chair you can hide it, and nobody will notice it. This idea from Porada is a great solution for small places don’t you think ?

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Great Furniture Solution (Idea) for Small Places

Blofield is a company that offers furniture that is not just comfortable but are quite light in weight as well, because they are inflatable. I don’t expect that people will buy this “inflatable sofa” for their home, but when you go at a picnic this is awesome. They are portable, look good and  and can be taken anywhere you go. These sofas are sold in three different sizes, one person, two and three, and in three colors: green, white and dark gray. Furthermore the price is included in the bag to store and transport and a small pump. – Via – Decoracion2

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Stylish Inflatable Furniture by Blofield

In 2008 Japanese designer Kouichi Kimura created a specific property in the outskirts of Shiga, Japan. Located on foot hill area with fields surrounding the entire property, at a first glance the building looks odd, a bit minimalistic, and clean. But a deeper look and you can get a feel for the exceptionally emotional design intended to blend with nature. With a clean interior that exudes a pure ambient feel, the overall theme of the 181 sqm residence is a mixture of modernism as well as an unsurpassable natural ambient. Dubbed the “House of Vision” it’s the elegance of this enchanting project that got us sold in the first place.

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House of Vision by Kouichi Kimura in Shiga, Japan

A first look at this luxurious residence in one of the most exquisite neighboorhood of Los Angeles— Hollywood Hills, and you’ll understand why it’s great to be rich. Located at 8400 Grand View Drive and well hidden behind gates for privacy, the spectacular residence charms with its contemporary interior and the mind-blowing views over the busy city of LA. It’s the perfect blend of steel, glass  and stone, with floating stairs, cantilevered terraces and state of the art lighting, that brings justice to the whopping $4.95 million price. Not sure about you, but if you were to ask us what’s our favorite spot in such an amazing home, it would be really hard to only pick one. That’s nothing short of breathtaking … – via Decoist

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$4,95 million 8400 Grand View Drive Residence in LA

A sustainable and eco-friendly home that was both cost-efficient and easy to build, the exclusive “Chestnut House” was designed with an ambient feel in mind. The location at Newport Beach adds a tinge of luxury and gives the home more than enough power for harvesting the sun’s power via solar panels attached to the Energy Star Cool roof. It is a modern family home equipped with 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, with bare walls that have not been painted (for better preservation and to avoid toxic emissions), recycled glass floors, and renewable resources that make it perfect for the green minded. – Via

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Luxurious Chestnut House in Newport Beach