Contemporary style

August 2006

Although traditional styles in home furniture represent design in its older more established form, contemporary styles now represent a real rival to the traditional in the popularity stakes. Designs like the stylish Monaco table set and the modern oak and walnut finish Caravelle bedroom furniture are examples of the modern style on offer at Fishpools, which provides contemporary furniture for every room in the home.

Bringing your home into the modern style may not be as time-consuming as redecorating a whole house, as many single pieces of furniture can add a hint of modernism to a traditionally styled room. For example adding some stylish chrome bar stools to your dining area can create the sense of a relaxed, contemporary bar or bistro. If you want to blend more recent styles in with traditional designs, then the use of simple fabrics like throws could add a new feel to your old sofa and also allow you to try out new colours in rooms without the full committal of redecorating.

Contemporary styled seating is in abundance at Fishpools. A range of stylish leather sofas in many colours, designs and types of leather are available with designs to suit all modern tastes. The elegant Toscana range of sofas come in a number of sections designed to fit any shape or size of room and with a variety of shades, can add brightness to any space.

When it comes to the bedroom, a sense of space and clean, straight edged woods can help to introduce a modern tone to probably the most important room in the home. The stylish Nolte bedroom design uses clean edges on a range of tables,shelves, and mirrored wardrobes,choose from stylish brown and cream tones or complementary dark stained oak. The low-lying functional form hints at sleek continental influences.

When it comes to tables, contemporary twists on old styles come in the form of polished glass designs. Creations like Armony and Paloma represent a modern removal from the solid, hardwood table tops of old

With elegant furniture forming the basis of your modern style, the illustrious range of chairs on offer at Fishpools come no more glamorous than the Louis Ghost chair. This sleek transparent round-backed chair is the ultimate in modern style. With an ice-cool look which could freeze on sight, its clear ghostly image would suit a contemporary summer styled kitchen or a cool dining area ideal for relaxing dinner parties. Chairs in this style represent as much of a shift away from the traditionalist patterned fabrics of old as you are going to get.

Date published: August 2006. Please ask in store for the latest prices and details.

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