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Creating a Modern Aesthetic in Your Home

October 8, 2024
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Looking to redecorate your home? Or maybe just elevate the look of it? The modern aesthetic can do just that for your home. Whether we’re talking bedroom, living room, kitchen, or wherever else, the modern aesthetic can fit well into any of these spaces.

If you’re still not sure where to start, we’re here to give you some inspo on how you can execute this style.

Modern Aesthetic Home Ideas

Kitchen and Dining Room

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photo: west elm and sahnndra

If you’re looking to create a dining area that fits in with the modern aesthetic, you may want to stick with sleek items like this dining table. The dining chairs also have a more unique design that adds to the whole modern aesthetic of everything.

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photo: arhaus

Here is a more elevated version of a modern dining room. While the over theme of the style is the same, the design certainly differs. This dining room is much more fancy and luxurious-looking. The drop-down teardrop lights play into that overall expensive look. Similarly, though, both dining areas are kept very minimalistic.

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photo: arhaus

As you can probably start to tell, there are many ways to style and design a dining room to fit the modern aesthetic. It is a pretty wide range of designs so you can still very much customize everything to your exact liking. This dining room for example, while still on-theme with modern, exudes a feeling of warmth and coziness. This is similar to the first dining room shown but contrasts greatly with the dining room above, which is more cool-toned. Neither option is “right” or “wrong”, it’s just about what kind of vibes you’d want for your dining room.

Bedroom

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photo: lulu & georgia and sarah sherman samuel

There are also plenty of ways to style and design and modern bedroom. One of the key pieces in doing so is finding a bedframe that matches the aesthetic as well. After all, it is one of, if not the centerpiece of the bedroom.

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photo: soho home

Here is another way to design a bedroom under the modern aesthetic. This bedroom uses warmer tones to create a cozier feeling while still maintaining the overall theme of the space. The color and tones of furniture you choose can affect how the space turns out, even if they’re all under the same ‘modern aesthetic’.

Living Room

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photo: arhaus and making_highview_home

This living room is on the more casual side. The furniture is all very clean and modern in design. The use of light, neutral colors helps make the room more “cool-toned”. And as you can see, the lighting here also matches the modern aesthetic, tying the whole space together.

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photo: thatcooliving

Here is another cool-toned modern living room. This living room here is much more minimalistic and sleek. It exudes a sense of luxury and “expensive-ness”. The abstract chandelier is also a nice touch to bring everything together.

Here are some brands we recommend shopping at for all your modern aesthetic furniture needs. Go over to the Chirpyest blog to read more about creating a modern aesthetic in your home and what pieces we recommend!

  • Arhaus
  • Visual Comfort
  • Kathy Kuo Home
  • Lulu & Georgia
  • Maiden Home
  • Soho Home
  • Design Within Reach
  • Jayson Home

For specific furniture recommendations from us, check out the Chirpyest blog where we gather some of our top picks to create a modern aesthetic look.

 

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