Designing a beautiful house is a complex task as one needs to pay close attention to every little detail. Whether you want to have a traditional house that harkens back to the vintage era or are more inclined towards a contemporary house design both require planning, precision, procurement, and purchase. To make things a bit easier, this blog will help you with contemporary designs for your home with detailed information about what elements are considered to be a must-have in a contemporary house along with their features and a wide range of ideas to get you inspired and start on your home designing journey. Even if you do not want to have a complete rehaul of your house, you can always use these tips to renovate certain rooms of your house to keep it updated.
What Does Contemporary House Design Mean?
Any house design that employs an architectural style that is inspired by the latest trends and recent innovations is a contemporary design. While modern and contemporary are often considered to be synonymous by people, in the world of art and design these are two distinct periods and styles. Contemporary design is a fluid and ever-changing style. It continues to borrow elements and seek inspiration from various styles, design aesthetics, and art to create a design style that is functional, stylish, and up-to-date.
The definition of contemporary design for houses varies from region to region. For instance, in India, along with the globally popular contemporary designs, a combination of traditional motifs and elements and modern styles and features is also popular. This allows the Indian contemporary house design to be both up-to-date and still rooted in Indian culture and heritage. All these global and regional styles however share certain major points and aspects-
Spotting Contemporary House Designs: Major Features and Elements
Living Spaces:
Natural Lights:
Natural light and a feeling of openness are often associated with contemporary style. More and more natural light is introduced in contemporary houses using large windows, giant sliding doors, and in many cases glass walls as well. All these factors cannot only open up your space, but can also create a fresh, bright, and cosy atmosphere. Super Gloss tiles like DR PGVT Onyx Super White and DR Super Gloss Blue Marble Stone LT can also be used in your space to allow light to bounce off them, creating an even brighter look and feel.
Open Plans and Floors:
Continuing the previous point, contemporary design is all about open areas and negative space. Instead of stuffing your home with every little souvenir, decor, accessories, and furniture, the contemporary style prefers to go for a more open and ‘free’ space. In many contemporary homes, there is virtually no separation between kitchens, dining rooms, and living rooms making for a huge combined space. If you do want to have a visual, non-physical partition, you can always check out various tiles such as wooden and marble tiles at your nearest tile store. These tiles then can be used to create ‘borders’ on the floor to create virtual ‘invisible’ boundaries.
Materials and More:
Contemporary design styles often feature a bold and unique combination of various traditional as well as modern materials to create stunning and complex looks. Some popular materials that have now become a staple of the contemporary style include glass, concrete, wood, steel, fibre, reclaimed plastic, fabric, and more. A lot of people also prefer to go for tiles that look like these materials but are made with durable substances such as ceramic. Visit your nearest tiles store to see what unique and creative tile options are available.
Being Tech Savvy:
Design, colours, patterns, and textures are just one aspect of a contemporary house design, this style truly comes to life by adapting and adopting the latest technology and cutting-edge devices for excellent automation. Right from smart bulbs to security to entertainment, smart automation devices can turn your house into a full-fledged robot.
Bathroom Ideas:
Geometric Shapes, Clean Lines, and Patterns:
Straight and clean lines are a must in contemporary style. Geometrical shapes and lines are not just used as a decorative pattern or element in this style, rather they can also be used to guide the overall construction of the house itself. Many contemporary houses are now constructed in unique shapes with minimalist and imposing facades. For floors, geometric tiles such as HRP Squares Geometric Slate have become quite a rage in the market recently.
Bold and Neutrals:
A major feature of contemporary aesthetics is the creative use of different colours. While neutral shades such as greys, whites, beiges, etc. form the crux of the style, they are accented and beautified with sharper and bolder shades such as gold, blood red, sapphire blue, and more. These bold accents can be added through the use of furniture, artwork, accessories, or even accent tiles including metallic tiles such as the GFT BDM Urban Metal Brown and Moroccan tiles including stunning options like DR Gloss Décor Moroccan Art Blue.
Terrace and Exteriors:
Environment and House:
Most contemporary interior designers now try to include certain eco-friendly aspects in houses. This includes durable designer tiles, energy energy-saving mechanism, large windows for ample natural light, a compost system, solar panels, etc. Installing cool tiles PAV Cool Tile White and Hulk Cool White such as on the roof can help you keep your indoors cool.
Blurred Lines:
A continuation of the open floor plan concept, contemporary design also tries to blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors to create an even larger, more open, and bolder space. Large sliding doors, invisible partitions, and open-concept stairs are often used to create this open look. To take the look to the next level, use stylish step stair tiles such as the classy Step Plain Portoro Dual.
Latest Contemporary House Design Ideas:
Here are a few design ideas that you can use to design a stunning house based on the contemporary architectural and design style.
Traditional Courtyard Style With Modern Aesthetics
It’s not an exaggeration to say our forefathers did get many things right. The traditional ‘courtyard’ design, which has now been reimagined with a contemporary flair, has once again gained popularity. Thanks to its private open space, free flow of ventilation and natural light, and an overall minimalist yet ‘free’ design, the courtyard style can truly be a great choice for people who love both contemporary aesthetics rooted in traditional allure. To make this style better use stylish tiles inspired by organic materials including wood-look tiles like the BHF Strips Oak Wood Multi FT tile and natural stone ones like DR Carving Navona Travertine Marble.
Cute Cuboid Design:
Cubism, a significant art movement from the early 20th century, has influenced modern architecture. Today, its aesthetics are reimagined to design uniquely shaped homes with a contemporary twist. Cube-shaped homes with extremely clean and straight lines and little to no ornamentations are a true representative of the contemporary architectural style. Large doors, huge windows, skylights etc. make this design airy and bright. If you feel that this style is too simple for you, use mosaic tiles such as HFM Anti-Skid EC Wooden Mosaic to add a touch of glamour and colour.
Contemporary Homes- Smart, Sustainable, Stylish:
As mentioned earlier, a contemporary house design is not just reflected through different colours, patterns, and materials, but it also includes a selection of sustainable and high-tech technology. Right from methods of saving energy or natural resources such as rainwater harvesting and solar panels to automation gadgets including WIFI-enabled locks, bulbs, and smart speakers, a combination of the latest technology with the latest design can truly make your home ready for the future. And if you think only gadgets are getting smarter then think again, stunning antimicrobial or germ-free tiles such as GFT BDF Diamond Multi FT can help you keep your family safe all thanks to advanced technology.
Touch of Nature:
Incorporating natural features in the form of plants, pots, and terracotta can bring fresh life to your home while also improving the look and cosiness of your space. Along with real plants, you can also include beautiful biophilic tiles such as floral tiles including stylish designer options such as Decor Lotus Flowers Art. This way your house will be full of flowers all the time.
Conclusion:
Contemporary house design offers exciting possibilities for creating unique, functional, and aesthetically pleasing homes. Whether you’re drawn to minimalist cubes or green roofs, the world of contemporary design has something to offer every homeowner. To find these and many other contemporary as well as traditional tile designs and more, visit your nearest Orientbell Tiles Boutique today!
Mannika Mitra brings a wealth of experience to her role as Digital Content and Marketing Manager at Orientbell Tiles, having been associated with the company for the past 5 years. With a total of 12 years in the industry, Mannika holds an Arts degree from Delhi University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. Her journey has seen her excel as a digital producer at esteemed news agencies like ANI, NDTV, and Hindustan Times.
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