How to Decorate Your Apartment in the Most Modern Styles

While most apartment owners may look to professional interior designers to give their living space a glow-up, there are simple tricks anyone can use to achieve the same effect.  It is a very common misconception that a complete overhaul of your furnishings and decor elements is required before more modern styles can be adopted as you can change a few elements to make a big impact. Here are some strategies you can use to convert your apartment from drab to chic and modern in no time.

Use Blacks and Whites

One of the easiest ways to transform your apartment's appearance is to use two contrasting shades in all its interiors. Black and white work best together as they can immediately give a living room or dining room a modern feel. This dramatic combination of colours can not only be used on the walls and in choosing furnishings but also in bathroom tiles, kitchen counter tops as well as lights and fixtures. It is important to make sure most of your apartment is white and use black as an accent as too much black can make the space appear smaller and darker. Even throw pillows and carpets can be used to create this same effect, provided that the furniture they are placed on is in a contrasting shade of black or white.

Declutter Like a Pro

Modern and contemporary aesthetics require clean, simple lines and a sleek look free from clutter. This is why it is crucial to adopt Marie Kondo's principle and chuck out anything that isn't useful or that doesn't spark joy. This is especially true when it comes to ornaments and decorative items, which serve no purpose except provide some personality to a room and serve as mementoes of personal significance. Most of us go overboard when it comes to accessorising our living spaces with such keepsakes so it is important to pare down.

Opt for Lighter Upholstery

When browsing through catalogues of Prime Residencies or other developers offering apartments for sale in Colombo, you will notice a prevailing trend of opting for lighter furniture choices in most of these venues. The era of dark-toned couches and settees is long gone and light wooden tones are now very much in vogue. If your living room furniture happens to have been made using darker wood tones, you can lighten them up using light-coloured upholstery or by reupholstering chairs that employ dark shades of fabric. Contrast and accents really are the main principles of modern-looking interior design.

Marble is Your Friend

Marble is another element that can make a living room or any public space in an apartment sleeker and more luxurious. Some modern apartments even boast marble-backed fireplaces with floor-to-ceiling marble designs on the wall.

Use Statement Lighting

While there may be plenty of natural light streaming in through your apartment windows or balcony, statement lighting can give any apartment a striking and dramatic facelift. When placed in the right areas of a living room or even a bedroom, statement lighting can create an ambience that is either warm and fresh or stylishly discrete. Chandeliers can also be used to create the same impact in a living area with high ceilings although floor lights and ceiling lights can also cast shadows in all the right places.

Add Artwork

You don't need an original Picasso or a piece of modern sculpture to spice up your gallery wall but adding artwork can definitely give your apartment a visual boost. Vintage prints, framed film posters of classics and even black and white photographs can serve as display items around your apartment that not only add a splash of colour but also create some much-needed oomph.