Loft Style

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The Loft Style originated in old warehouses and industrial buildings. In the huge rooms, there were no individual rooms. Therefore, in a loft, all living areas exist without separation in a single large room. Accordingly, the Loft Style is a particularly open style of furnishing. The individual living areas can be separated from each other by setting focal points or creating islands.

But other elements that originate from the old industrial times are also characteristic of the Loft Style today.This includes materials such as metal, concrete, wood, and leather. In addition, the masonry in the halls was unplastered and cables were often exposed. The colors of the loft style are earthy.

Since old, vacant factory halls are anything but cluttered, the loft style is characterized by a minimum of furniture and furnishings. Less is definitely more here. In addition, the loft style relies on clear shapes, straight lines, and functionality.

Meter-high ceilings, huge window fronts, countless square meters, and no separated rooms. These are the characteristics of a loft. However, only a few of us have such living space available.Nevertheless, you can transform your apartment into a loft-style home:

• Suitable wall optics: Unplastered brick walls or raw concrete walls are typical for the loft style. With a suitable wallpaper, a textured wall or coarse plaster, you create a suitable wall optics that reminds of the rough charm of old factory halls. But also bright wall and ceiling colors fit the loft style, as they make your apartment appear larger and brighter.
• Suitable floor: The floor should have an untreated or stressed look. For this, rough concrete or wooden floors, which show that they have been lying for some time, are suitable.
• Suitable furniture: Metal furniture such as metal shelves and chairs remind of the materials used in the old factory halls.A coffee table with a black metal frame and a wooden top, along with other metal furniture pieces, create a living room in Industrial Style. A coat rack made of black pipes fits perfectly in your hallway, and your clothes find an optimal place on a clothes rack made of black metal in the bedroom. The key to the Loft Style is that the furniture is simple and functional, and you choose subtle colors.
• Suitable Colors: Bright colors do not fit the Loft Style. Subtle and earthy colors are in demand. Striking colors like red or green should only be used to set accents. Otherwise, the colors of the Loft Style are white, brown, copper, gray, and black.
• Suitable lamps: Lamps that emphasize the factory charm of the loft style are
  • Factory-style lamps
  • Metal pendant light
  • Naked bulbs or bulb-lights lamps
  • Lampshades with grid design
• Suitable decor: The loft style, characterized by minimalism, tends to avoid decor. Especially, you should avoid small-scale decor. Instead, choose a few decor pieces like a poster, a canvas painting, or a sculpture that you set as a focal point.Other decorative elements that fit the loft style are
  • simple concrete candle holders
  • green plants
  • Decorative items made of metal or copper

• With sight lines, you can visually enlarge the room so that it reminds you of the spaciousness of a factory hall. Mirror surfaces opposite your window reflect the light and make the room appear larger and brighter. Ceiling spotlights create visually more depth.
• In order not to lose the airy character of a loft, you should avoid too many pieces of furniture.Better to opt for a few selected pieces and avoid too many furnishings.
• Ensure that there are as many free wall and floor surfaces as possible in your apartment.
• Low furniture gives the illusion of height in a room with normal ceiling height.
• Industrial furniture fits perfectly with the loft style.
• Flea market finds and upcycled furniture underline the industrial style of the loft style.
• Simple curtains or blinds fit better with the loft style than lavish drapes.

Even if you don't live in a loft, you can transform your home into a loft-style apartment with lots of industrial chic with the right furniture from Metallbude and the right wall optics.