Modern living rooms and gallery walls seem to be made for each other. Whether light or dark, these spaces are simply beautiful. Let’s look at a few examples:

Light-filled and lovely, the living room shown below is filled with fantasy and fun on the mixed-media filled wall behind the sofa. The room is anchored and elevated by the gorgeous gold seating and soft textural rug. Unexpected color and pattern are a stunning backdrop for the sleek modern draperies. We love this look.

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The following living room is light-filled with a dark floor and layered area rugs. Throw pillows on the sofa repeat the light and dark tones from the geometric white to black rug with just a pop of color from the deep hues of the tribal patterned rug. Potted plants are scattered around the round for their special natural contribution to the room.

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And on the dark end of the spectrum is this beautiful living room with a deep blue hue on the walls and in the background of the stunning are rug underfoot. An eclectic group of drawings and paintings are used to create the gallery wall that reaches from wall to wall and almost from floor to pristine white ceiling. It’s a great retro look.

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If you’re creating a gallery wall and want to add an unexpected element, consider the Little Bird Print below. We think Little Bird is a sure conversation starter and a stunning addition to your modern living room, light or dark in tone.

Little Bird Print

We’re also quite impressed by the Hana Print. It’s another beautiful option for a modern gallery wall. Wouldn’t she be stunning against a white or deep green background wall?

Hana Print

Please explore the many possibilities gallery walls in your modern interiors. You’ll be glad you did as you discover ways to elevate your living room, dining room, foyer or kitchen (yes, modern kitchens can be made better with the addition of a gallery wall, large or small) with a wall of carefully curated artwork and other treasured objects. We hope to see you soon at Gfurn.

In the midst of winter with its cold temperatures, gloomy days and sometimes snow or rain, we sometimes long for light, warmth and color. Colder months can often magnify the flaws in or the sightly tired state of our interior spaces. So, what can you do bring to life those so you can enjoy the rest of the cold season and even the rest of the year to come, through spring, summer and fall? Consider using the following:

Add Color

When your room’s color palette begins to seem a little, you can achieve immediate results by changing out drapes, rugs and decorative pillows and bringing in brilliant new hues such as the reds and blues seen in the living room below. These are easy, quick changes to brighten long winter days.

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Bring in Pattern

The living room above not shows off red and blue, but a lovely mix of patterns at the same time. It’s a fabulous change of persona to make you smile.

Add Texture

Often, when we think of texture in interiors, we only think of soft yummy textiles. Sure, you can see the great shaggy gold throw thrown across the sofa, but there’s also the texture of the brick on the floor and the fabulous visual texture of the wood grain of the “barn” door. Those textures combine to add a warm cozy look to the room.

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Look to Greenery

Whether its a tall cactus on the floor, or multiple potted plants on the console table or entertainment center or perhaps trailing vines on the window sill, living plants can instantly bring a living room to life.

Handmade Round Knitted Pouf

This beautiful gold hand-knitted round pouf would be a quick and easy way to add color and texture to a living room, family room or bedroom.

Handmade Round Knitted Pouf | Vibrant Yellow

Here’s another golden idea. The Lusso Daybed in Gold and Grey would be the perfect pop of color a comfortable lounging spot to a modern living room or bedroom. We have fallen in love with this stylish daybed.

Lusso Daybed - Yellow & Grey

We hope these ideas will help you bring your tired winter spaces to life and give you a reason to smile through the winter. Let us know if we at Gfurn can be of assistance as you elevate your modern rooms.

Texture is important in all interior spaces, but texture can make a big impact in modern spaces. Soft or hard, every surface in a room has the texture of one type or another. Soft luxurious texture in upholstery, toss pillows, throws, bedding and area rugs offer a beautiful contrast with many hard finishes in modern interiors. In addition to tactile texture, light, pattern, or other visual “texture.” Wallpaper is a great example of that visual texture. Light and the shadows it casts are also forms of visual texture. Wall art can also have texture, especially if it’s layered.

Let’s look at the beauty of texture in modern spaces:

Bedrooms offer a myriad of opportunities to add texture. Below, the beautiful woods of the furniture and the floor and the smooth finish on the ceiling and walls have a hard texture in contrast to the softness of the padded fabric headboard, bed linens, pillows, and a gorgeous fur throw. Branches add a different and dynamic texture atop the built-in drawer storage beside the bed.

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In this awesome modern dining room, texture and textural contrast are on display. The wire table base and wire light fixture exude texture and pattern. The dining chairs are upholstered in velvety hues of green, adding touches of softness around the table. Modern patterned drapes add both texture and color.

Saturn Ottoman/Pouf - Grey

The Saturn Ottoman/Pouf in Grey offers texture and softness for a modern space.

Saskia Dining Chair - Navy

Velvety quilted diamond upholstery created outstanding texture on the Saskia Dining Chair in Navy. Luxurious fabric covered dining chairs can create a lovely textural contrast with the hard finish on wood or glass tabletops. Of course, a bonus is the comfort factor when lingering at the table for coffee and good conversation after dinner.

There is a multitude of ways to add texture to modern spaces; we have offered just a few to inspire you and get your creativity going. Unexpected textural elements can add visual interest and an adventurous feel to the modern interior and outdoor spaces. Have fun with texture in your home projects!

Eye-catching wall shelves mean you can create visually appealing displays. Everyone seems to have at least one room in which they need to display treasured objects. Shelves come in all sorts of forms from single hanging shelves to shelving units that can fill a wall; in other words, enough shelves to fit wall to wall in a room. The question is, what types of shelves fit best into our modern spaces?

Wall shelves that seem to float or appear to have minimum visible support like the ones in the image below, work with modern style. They don’t take up a lot of visual space, making the room seem lighter, more spacious. If you’ve decorated your home with great retro touches, this type of wall shelf should be perfect in just about any room, in the living room, dining room, bedroom or even in the bath.

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The shelves seen above are used to create a simple and easy gallery wall, but that’s only one way they can be used. There are many others. Small trailing plants look pretty on floating shelves.

Built-in shelves like the ones seen below are a beautiful luxury. However, many of us who don’t have this lovely option must find another way to display our decorative accessories, books, and found objects.

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Egor Shelf

Don’t want to hang shelves? Informal in a cool way, the Egor shelf in oak and black metal is a great alternative. Many modern spaces would embrace this shelving unit with its sleek straight lines. Additionally, the Egor would work well in an open loft or room with a slightly industrial persona.

Edge Shelf with Leather Rope

Consider a wall filled with several of the awesome Edge Shelf with Leather Rope. Now, that would be eye-catching indeed.

For a collection of first edition books, art glass or miniature metal roadsters, no matter what your treasures are, display them on your choice of modern wall shelves so you can enjoy them each time you pass by. Modern spaces can be enhanced by the addition of great wall shelves. We can help you find the perfect shelves for your modern space. 

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Many of us live and thrive in small spaces, apartments, condos, and townhouses. Modern style fits well into small rooms just as it does into larger spaces. There are lots of sofas, loveseats, and sectionals that are designed to fit into apartment-size living rooms. After choosing furniture that fits the scale of each space, it’s simply a matter of adding appealing modern style as you would to any other space. Coffee tables, occasional tables, and dining sets with glass tops work extraordinarily well in small apartments.

Pictured below is a handsome small living room. The media cabinet below the television is just right for an apartment, not so long and a bit taller it’s the perfect dimensions for the wall in this apartment living room. The geometric rug adds that light airy feel that’s needed in small spaces.

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Skoda Twin Seater - Dark Salmon

The Skoda Twin Seater above looks like it belongs in a modern apartment. It’s small in length, but still comfortably plush and soft. If this great color isn’t for you, it also comes in tangerine and a handsome battleship gray.

Sometimes, in apartment living, giving the illusion of having more space can be very important. Furniture that makes the room seem light and airy can add to that illusion. The see-through shape of the Jonas Media Unit can add to that look.

Jonas Media Unit - Walnut

Kiley Handmade Pouf/Stool

When space is limited like in a small apartment, there always seems to be a need for occasional extra seating. The Kiley Handmade Pouf should easily and cleverly fill that need. And when not needed for seating, it would be so cute and stylish sitting in the corner at the ready. It’s available in five great colors.

Decorating an apartment in modern style can be just as much fun as adding that great look to a house. The result should be the same, just on a smaller scale. You can go for a warm and cozy retro vibe or a chic and stylish look; modern style can give you either. And, should you ever decide to move into a house, the wonderful modern furniture and decor can merge seamlessly into that new home.