Ruth Therenca 
Choosing furniture for your living room can be quite an overwhelming task. If you do not know the types of living room furniture and what you prefer, you may end up spending large sums of money and time going in circles and achieving nothing in the end.
In this article we shall take you through traditional styles of furnishing a living room, contemporarily.
Traditional furniture is also known as classic furniture and the concept originally started in 1600 in Europe. Contemporary traditional furniture is rooted on Rococo, Baroque, Neoclassical and romantic styles.
To date this traditional furnishing is still in style. Furniture designs with more intricacy were also viewed as a measure of status and wealth given carpenters were paid by the hour. Opulent personalities like Queen Anne, Thomas Chippendale, William and Mary loved plush furniture designs of their time. Signature elements characterizing traditional furniture include but not limited to: golden accents, gentle intaglio carves, artistic accessories and detailed upholstery. Let’s have a look.
Features of Traditional Furniture
Those who know how to decorate a space with traditional furniture understand the need for calm, consistency and orderliness in adding a warmth and homely effect to a living space.
So what are the characteristics of traditional furniture?
Traditional chairs stand on cabriole, turned, bun feet or ball-and-claw feet. Often, traditional tables have legs matching those of the chairs, and come with edges trimmed ornately. Upholstered furniture, like sofas, have dominant legs and often come with hits of wood trim. The wood tones of traditional style furniture favor mahogany, walnut, cherry and oak, though nowadays a perfect wood tone is also achieved through staining.
Features of Contemporary Furniture
Compared to traditional furniture, contemporary furniture comes with soft edges. They stand on simple legs and have less detailed arms. The upholstery is a solid colour or one quiet pattern. Tables have little to no ornate finishings and if patterns are used, they are geometric. The backs of sofas are usually tufted with buttons covered in fabric.
Nowdays, contemporary can be married to classic. Contemporary classic furniture exist to represent past eras through wood. They target an urban market, that, if given a chance to exist in the traditional world, would comfortably design their living spaces with the plush traditional furniture that existed then.
This living room has been tastefully designed with traditional furniture featuring modern notes with the ornate intaglio wood carvings and the soft curved armchairs. The golden accents add a luxurious ambiance to the living space — an ambiance the opulent are always after.
The lampshades, atop the round tables add an inviting warmth to the space. The chandelier makes this classic Italian sofa stand out.
One look at this living room is enough to tell that this luxury sofa was placed to act as the main focal point.
The round table on the other hand creates balance to the living space whereas the tufted curved ottoman bench adds a playful style to it.
To finalize, contemporary and traditional furniture cannot be mixed in a room. Such an interior design move is bound to cause confusion in one’s mind. Good news is if you want a classical vibe to your contemporary living space, a neoclassic sofa and table such as ones in this setup will work to your advantage.
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