lassic Modern Mix, don’t you just love this combination? This mix of modern designer furniture in classic, light and old buildings? Imagine a room with white-washed wall panelling, high ceilings, a marble mantelpiece, an antique guilded mirror and so on. This room would look stuffy and boring with matching period antique pieces alone, wouldn’t it?
Now imagine this same room with modern designer pieces, especially the Scandinavian ones, or some Mid Century design icons like the Louis Poulsen lamp or an Eames chair. Instant “cool” is the result, where classic and modern complement each other perfectly.
en jij ook zo gek op de combinatie Klassiek Modern? De mix van modern designer meubilair in klassieke, lichte en oude gebouwen? Stel je eens een kamer voor met witgeverfde muurpanelen, hoge plafonds, een marmeren schoorsteenmantel, een antieke spiegel enzovoort. Deze kamer zou er toch heel suf en saai uitzien met alleen bijpassend antiek meubilair?
Stel je nu eens dezelfde kamer voor met modern designer meubilair, vooral Scandinavisch design of een paar Mid Century design icons zoals een Louis Poulsen lamp of een Eames stoel. Instant “cool” is het resultaat, waar klassiek en modern elkaar perfect aanvullen.
Cool contemporary in this Milan apartment
Mid Century armchairs by Gio Ponti and painting in a 15th century palace in Girona, Spain – via Belle Vivir
Mid Century masculine black leather designer sofa and armchair, the PK32 by Poul Kjaerholm
The Fly chair by &Tradition – via Architonic
The Tulip chairs and table by Eero Saarinen in a highly ornamented renaissance room – via Paloma81
In Between chairs and a Raft table by &Tradition
The green Mayor sofa by &Tradition
The iconic Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer next to an antique armoire – via Dustjacket
Bellside tables by Sebastian Herkner and a designer loveseat contrasting with the guilded wallpanelling – via Dustjacket
White on white on white, what a great space! I spy a B&B Italia Solo Small Armchair by Antonio Citterio in the back
The famous Eames chair behind a great desk in this otherwise classic interior
Wishbone Chairs and a minimal chandelier in this ornamented room – via Coco Lapine
Anyone knows who is the designer of this chair? – via Coco Lapine
Wonderful ruin with modern furniture – via A Day in the land of Nobody
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I specialize in modern/mid-c modern style and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE how you show in this blog that mid-c and traditional can co-exist. There’s no way any of these interiors could be considered mid-c “museums”. It shows traditionalists and modernists another option!
Hi Sondra, thanks for your kind words! You’re right, I try to show that furniture from 1 period can compliment furniture from an another period. It’s great to mix and match, makes a space so much more personal. You don’t want the end result to look like something from a catalogue.