Old homes are lovely, but there is no reason not
to give your faithful old house a makeover with some more modern design tropes.
Adding some modern aspects to an old home can create more space, improve some
of the practical hitch ups of old designs and create a far more lively and
enthusing living space. Here are a few tips for giving your old home a modern
twist.
Revamp Your
Lighting
Integrating modern lighting into an old house can provide a great aesthetic breath of fresh air. Many old houses
have dark corners and nooks that simply were not practical to light when the
house was built. By bringing light into every corner of your home, you can
highlight amazing spaces that were left by the wayside. Revamping your lighting
can make your old home seem bigger, and there are plenty of creative modern
lighting solutions on the market today.
Automate Your
Doors
If you are lucky enough to have sliding doors in
your home, automation can give them a new lease of life and create a boldly
modern aesthetic within the home. We all secretly wish we lived on the USS
Enterprise, right?
Companies such as evoproducts.com offer systems that can be discreetly added to your existing sliding
doors. Automating your doors not only gives your house an assuredly futuristic
look, but it does so while not altering the special dynamics of the home
itself. Automated doors can also be handy for making your home more accessible
to people with disabilities and for letting your pets in and out of their own
volition.
Be Bold With
Patterns
According to Ben Kendrick over at Country Living, patterns are a
great way to give an old home a modern twist. Bold floral and geometric
wallpaper and carpeting can give an old home a sharp edge without sacrificing
any of the comfortable aesthetics you may be used to.
Appropriate
Retrofuturism
Updating according to the era your house was built
takes a little bit more creativity and imagination than any of the other tips
on this list. One thing to remember is that any good representation of the
future also reflects the past. Think about a good science fiction universe: it
may be set in a fantastical future, but you’ll be reminded of the genesis of
any futuristic design. The Jetsons’ furniture reminds you of the 1950s, no?
This is known as retrofuturism.
A great way of creating a modern look in the home
while staying true to the spacing and aesthetics of the architecture is to take
the design principles of the era your house was built in and think to yourself,
how would the people of that era use today’s technology to decorate my home.
For instance, if you live in a Victorian neo-gothic house, you might want
to incorporate vaulting by utilizing neon and contoured plastics. Thinking
daringly using the building era of your home as a base can lead to some amazing
and unconventional results.
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