Industrial Style: Modern living in the industrial trend look

The industrial style is becoming more and more popular. Especially for cool Instagram pictures, for modern offices or for photo shoots, the industrial style is particularly well suited. The clean and modern ambience that the industrial style embodies is what many want for the look of their interior.

There are two types of industrial style:

• Industrial Cozy: The cozy industrial interior style with warm colors
• Industrial Vintage: The somewhat cleaner, but cooler Industrial Style

The USA and Great Britain are leading the way: Industrial buildings and lofts

The style comes from the 1930s and has its origins in the USA and Great Britain. There, the interior style spread further and further and then spilled over to Germany in the 80s and 90s. The style has developed mainly through the industrialization in the late 19th century, as there were many new factories and industrial buildings were built and now stood empty. Old factories were first used as studios or offices, before it was discovered that they are also perfect as living space.

In the USA and Great Britain, it all started with people converting old factory buildings into residential complexes and remodeling and furnishing them as new homes. Here, of course, old factory elements were preserved, from which the new style Industrial Style developed. This new style then quickly received a lot of attention and therefore quickly spread throughout the country and the world. The style has enjoyed special attention since the 2000s and has continued to do so in the 2010s and until now. Especially through social media the style gets more and more reputation and use.

Features & Characteristics: Wood beams, concrete look and brick

The Industrial Style or Industrial Chic is characterized by the furnishing of old industrial buildings and factories. The aim is not to falsify the charm of old factories and to complement it with modern furnishings. The mixture of modern and old, makes every interior a real eye-catcher. The perfect mix of natural materials, such as wood, leather and stone with materials reminiscent of craftsmanship and industry, such as metal, steel, etc. make up the flair of an industrial style lift.

Does your apartment or your house have high ceilings, old pipes and is loft-like or open cut? Then these are the perfect conditions for the loft style, or industrial style. The ambience of the room and the conditions of the living space are particularly important for the style to have the right effect. Classic for factories and industrial buildings are high ceilings and an open cut floor plan. Pipes should also be visible to bring the industrial style across. An open cut room, makes the high ceilings and classic loft look work even more. However, if you don’t have the space, there are enough style elements to bring the loft look and industrial chic to your home.

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Industrial style flooring: concrete, wood & stone flooring

A classic loft style floor is a poured concrete or vinyl floor (used more today than in the past), which is insensitive and reminiscent of the interior of a factory building. This floor was chosen mainly because of its insensitivity and the possibility of laying it over a wide area. A concrete floor can be quickly and easily poured in the construction process and quickly covers a large area.

In general, however, any floor is suitable for the industrial style. Whether it is a glazed or matt wooden floor, a stone floor or similar, everything is suitable for the loft style. More important here are the typical features, such as the inclusion of matching accessories and materials.

Walls & wall colours: unplastered brick, concrete walls & grey tones

There are also many options for the walls to bring the industrial flair into your home. The mix of natural walls and normal wallpaper is appealing. Stone walls or concrete walls are well suited for the industrial style and look particularly authentic. If you then mix these with grey tones, you have the walls in the right look and only the right furnishings are missing.

If you don’t live in an old house or an old factory building, you can also mimic a concrete or stone wall by putting in wood or satin look wallpaper. However, these are then not original materials, however, the wallpapers help to implement the style in your own home anyway.

Design: Kitchen, living room & bathroom

If you want to furnish your home in the industrial style, you must also recognize this in every piece of interior design. The main materials are steel, metal, concrete and wood. The focus is on the not perfect. So even surfaces that don’t look perfect are welcome in industrial style. The mixture of industrial materials and natural materials is a must.

Tip: Take a look at our article on planning and furnishing a kitchen to find out how you can plan and realise your dream kitchen!

Kitchen: Wax sink, Faucet, Kitchen island

Material reminiscent of factories and industry should stand out as the main component of the kitchen. That is, the front of a kitchen should be as much as possible steel, metal or wood. Here, it is not important that the front should be ornate or romantic. A clean, cool and modern look is what industrial style is all about. As an island, for example, you can convert an old filing cabinet and install a sink in it and add a cool countertop. From the colors, you should use the original colors of the metals. However, if you choose a wooden kitchen unit, you should glaze it in grey or black to match the interior.

The worktop can be made of stone, stainless steel or wood. Like in the picture for example, where brushed stainless steel was used. The sink should have a cool faucet to match the sink, which convinces with matte colors.

Checklist: What you need for the Industrial Kitchen

In addition to the matching kitchen unit and front, matching accessories are particularly important to support the loft flair. The accessories should be restrained, but still striking enough to complement the furniture perfectly.

A big focus is on using the right lamps. In industrial buildings or factory halls, large lamps were always used, which provided enough light for a large room. This function and the size of the lamp should be combined with the appropriate look. So brushed steel lamps in grey or black are especially in demand. The bell shape is the classic shape for lamps in industrial style. In addition to the lamps, the following accessories are also important:

• Plants, but no flowers, as flowers have a romantic effect
• Matching pots in grey tones or stainless steel look
• Fruit bowls made from single metal wires
• A rug with cool vintage pattern and understated color
• Wooden beams on the ceiling, for the right flair

Living room: sofa, leather couch and matching accessories

The focal point of the living room is the couch, which must have an upholstery of natural materials. Means, especially leather comes into question for this. A cool leather couch in a brown is best suited for this. You can vary from the shape of the couch, means one L shape or several 3 or 2 setters, everything is possible. The most important thing is not the comfort of the couch, but the look. The higher the quality of the leather, the more the couch comes to the fore.

Next to the couch, a matching coffee table is of particular importance. Here you can choose a table made of wood, steel or metal. But also a table top made of glass in combination with steel or wood is a real eye-catcher and the perfect material mix.

If you now connect the leather couch and the coffee table with matching decoration, the living room shines in the trendy and modern, industrial look. Matching decoration could be for example a carpet, plants, old books (hip are books with designer label, like Chanel) and DIY decoration (more on this later).

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Bathroom: clean lines, natural materials & matching decoration

If you want to furnish your bathroom in industrial style, only a few small pieces are usually necessary. As a floor is suitable stone or concrete floor and on the walls makes old stone, masonry or tile particularly well. If you have this basis, it is easy to achieve the industrial look. As a sink, you should not use a normal sink but one made of several materials. Here you can also do it yourself and create the right sink. A sink could look like this, for example:

• Brushed steel
• Marble
• Stone
• Wooden panel

Of course, a mirror should hang above the washing device. A mirror with a stainless steel frame is super trendy and a real eye-catcher.

The shower should also be characterized by straight lines. Means uniform floor and wall with tile in white, gray or black. The door of the shower should be glass. If you keep a curtain for the shower, it should also be in plain and dark colors. However, a rain shower is a must and the perfect addition to the bathroom.

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Inspiration Video: This is how the industrial look can look in your home!

Chip and Joanna Gaines are known from the series Fixer Upper, which runs on the television channel Sixx. They are actually known for refurbishing old houses in the city of Waco (Texas). Here you can see the process of decorating an apartment in the industrial style. The interior has been perfectly done in the industrial style. Get some inspiration on how to achieve a loft look in your own home here:

DIY – Industrial Style Lamp & Mirror

In the Industrial Style there are many possibilities to integrate DIY decoration or furniture into the interior. Here is especially the mix of steel and wood in demand. Do you have some old clamps or other craft materials left over? Perfect, because you can incorporate these super in the interior design with.

Traditional lamp made of steel & wood: Industrial Chic homemade

Especially trendy are lamps in industry style, which remind of a loft and past times. They embody not only craftsmanship and tradition, but are even a real eye-catcher and look cozy despite stainless steel. As a suitable complement, you take here light bulbs, where you can see the glowing wires.

The housing of the lamps you can get in almost any hardware store, furniture store, or even online. If you have bought the basis, the housing and the bulbs, the next purchase is a wooden board. This is then attached to the ceiling with wires. Now you just wrap the cables of the lamps around the wooden board and you can also decide at which height each lamp should hang. Et voilà, ready is your lamp in industrial style, which is perfect in the dining room.

Industrial mirror DIY: hip mirror on social media

Totally hip are mirrors in industrial style, which you can easily make yourself. The mirrors are reminiscent of the windows of an industrial building. Here are two different options to bring the trend mirror with little money and effort home:

Take a wooden frame that is already the right size and buy several small, square mirrors of the same size. Now you buy thin wooden boards, which will be the partition between the mirrors and spray paint or wood varnish. You can buy the paint in a metal look or in a classic dark grey or black. If you have bought everything, you can already start. First you draw a ground plan on the big wooden board, where the mirrors will be glued on. Then you spray or paint the wooden boards in the desired color and cut them to size. Once you have done that, you glue the mirrors on the marked fields. The last step is to fix the wooden boards vertically and horizontally between the individual mirrors.

What goes from wood, also goes from steel or metal. The implementation is about the same, only you need here directly the right sizes, which are best ordered online or in the hardware store. The practical thing about steel or metal is that you can buy the right color directly. If you now have everything together, the feed-through is exactly the same as with the mirror made of wood.

Circu Magical Furniture: Children’s furniture with wow factor

The older you get, the harder it is to remember what it was like to be a child, and especially harder to remember childish thought processes. But with one look at the furniture selection from the furniture manufacturer, you suddenly feel an enthusiasm for the pieces that you thought was long forgotten.

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Children’s beds: Cute designs with furniture and beds as bunny, hot air balloon & Co.

Children’s sleep is the best sleep, because when the little ones rest, the big ones finally get the chance to relax. In addition, good sleep contributes to the ability to concentrate and can thus contribute to improved academic performance. A comfortable bed that supports sweet dreams is therefore a win-win situation for everyone involved.

But adults can also enjoy the beds and in some of the wacky beds there is also room for tall people. The Kings & Queens bed, for example, is equipped with a 200 cm x 90 cm mattress. This makes it cramped, but it’s enough to comfortably fulfill the wish of a bedtime story.

Some of the sleeping spaces are also so much more than just that. The Bun Van, for example, offers a mattress and multiple drawers for clothes, pens, books and much more. The all-rounder also houses a screen stand and a mini-fridge.

Lamps collection: lamps and lights for the cosy children’s room

Who can claim to live in a personal cloud realm? With the lamps from Circu you definitely come a small step closer.

For the past few years, tutorials for cloud lamps have been popping up on Pinterest and other social media platforms. Not only are these easy to make with cotton wool and an inexpensive lampshade, but they look pretty darn good too. However, they come with one major drawback: cotton wool is a highly flammable material and is only suitable for lamp construction under certain conditions. So if you prefer to play it safe, you should take a closer look at the lamps from the premium brand.

The Cloud Lamp, for example, is available in two sizes and, in addition to a color-changing function, also offers the option of playing music or relaxing sounds via app. Other lamps from Circu are also:

• Letter Lamps
• Diana
• Atomic
• Cosmo

Mirror Collection: Who is the fairest of them all?

Really fairytale are the mirrors from the offer Circus. Although Disney’s Snow White already came out in the 50s and even if you take a closer look, some flaws become obvious from a modern point of view, the saying ‘Who is the fairest of them all’ will probably last for a few more decades. This is at least the impression we get when looking at the mirror selection of the luxury furniture label.

• Cloud
• Bubblegum
• The Magic Mirror

Chair Collection: Spaced and animal comfortable

Butterflies, rabbits or rather a rocket? The label offers many different options when it comes to seating. This makes the chairs and sofas particularly suitable for a themed children’s and youth room. There are hardly any limits to creativity and even as an adult it is really hard not to become envious of the cool pieces.

• Rocky Rocket
• Dainty Armchair
• Cloud Sofa
• Pixie
• Little Bunny and many more.

Carpet collection: cosmic designs for almost every room

Circu sells three different carpet designs so far, but they all have the motto Earth Atmosphere and Universe. What about a carpet to match the cloud lamp, for example? A soft, comfortable carpet is especially great for small children to play on and gain new experiences.

• Cloud Rug
• Moon Rug
• Sky Rug

Desks: Tables & chairs for homework in heavenly surroundings

The working environment also has a great effect on children. A beautiful desk not only makes children’s eyes sparkle, but also has a positive influence on the child’s productive learning and working environment. Design themes here are the old favourites of Circu, Himmelsreich and Kaugummi:

• cloud desk
• Dream Desk
• Bubblegum Desk

Shelf collection: safely store books, toys and co. in the cupboard

A wide range of toys are extremely beneficial to a child’s development because toys are not just for amusement, but different tasks encourage different skills and areas of a child’s brain. Whether it is fine motor skills, gross motor skills or completely different skills is determined by the toy used.

So when it seems like the little ones have way too many toys, it’s important to remember that each object serves its own purpose. The best thing to do in such moments is to think about how to best store the little plastic and wooden pieces without having to fret over them again and again. This is where the shelves from Circu come into play, which not only offer a lot of space, but also look beautiful.

Inspired by globetrotters, industrial designs and a bit of seventies style, there’s a model for every room:

• Puzzled
• Cloud
• Fantasy Air
• Bubblegum

Facility for adults: Everyone is allowed to dream!

The furniture collection for all those who count themselves among the grown-ups or the young at heart has the motto

‘Mom and Dad have dreams too’

To meet the dreams of the great, Circu offers furnishings from other major furniture labels on its website. The selected pieces are still exceedingly high quality and something very special, but this time more in the sense of a fully grown person.

If you’re looking for even more inspiration for a complete home, much less just the nursery, check out our other articles on interior brands and luxury brand interiors for more inspiration. Brands offered by Circu include:

• Boca do Lobo
• Luxxu
• Maison Valentina

Magical furniture that enchants – Video

There’s no question about it: Circu’s furnishings are something very special and stand out, especially in the luxury segment. You often see minimalist designs and restrained colours here. The focus in the premium furnishing sector is much more on high-quality materials and timeless, elaborate manufacturing than trendy colours and cute looks that potentially no longer appeal after a while.

For adults this approach makes sense, but children have a mind of their own and would much rather sit in a rocket and don’t place much value on the craftsmanship of an object. Circu makes the furnishing dreams of the very young come true and puts a smile on children’s faces around the globe.

Minotti furniture inspirations: modern sofas, beds & co.

Muted colours, clear lines and simple elegance are the hallmarks of modern interior design. Decorative elements are selected specifically and used in a restrained manner. Lamps are also often very simplistic and not very elaborately designed, although especially smaller home accessories are often used to liven up the room.

If this sounds like a style you’re interested in, feel free to check out our Minotti Pinterest board, it might help you make your modern home dreams come true. We also have a number of other interior brands with very different styles on offer. So even if you’re still undecided, it’s worth taking a look!

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Minotti showroom that makes you dream – Video

More ideas come to mind when watching what Minotti offers you in the form of videos. Bright, open spaces, muted colours and soft upholstered furniture characterise the showroom setup and reveal what modern luxury furnishing means to the label. It’s not just about following trends, they also want to offer sustainable creations that still look good after years.

Living room & Bar: Furnishing with Minotti

A choice that many of us face: What’s the best way to end the day? There really is no universal answer to this question. But sometimes the choice is pretty easy. Certain evenings just cry out for a little get-together with good friends to vent one’s frustrations, or just to spend some time in good company. The best way to do this is in a cozy living room or a small bar that you have set up.

Having your own little bar sounds excessive? There are so many reasons to do so, so think twice about whether it’s something you’d be interested in, because the benefits are clear: your personal bar always has your favourite drink in stock, you don’t have to leave the house to get there, and you save money too. Plus, even a small counter with bar stools and a wall of spirits behind it will almost always impress guests, and maintenance is so much easier than a pool or sauna.

Sofa collection: single in the room or corner sofa?

Seating is without a doubt a must-have for any apartment or home. And what better way to do that than to throw yourself on a soft couch loaded with countless cushions? The questions are: Put the couch against the wall or set up a couch landscape more in the middle of the room? Obviously, this depends on the space available, and secondly, it depends on what other areas are covered in a living room. Is there a separate dining room?

If not, it makes more sense to choose a room layout that divides the space into individual ‘quarters’ instead of one large centrepiece. Whatever the choice, Minotti offers sofas for every situation:

• Connery corner sofa
• Tory Sofa
• Daniels corner sofa
• Tape Sofa

Side table collection: Practical everyday companions also in the home office

Side tables and coffee tables often complete a sophisticated couch combination, but it doesn’t always have to be the table in the middle. Minotti, for example, offers a side table that extends over the back of the sofa and onto the couch. The perfect place to put a laptop for all those who like to be comfortable in the home office.

• Block
• Flirt
• Solid
• Amber

Bar stool collection: shaken not stirred

We’ve already tried to point out the advantages of a small, private bar, because let’s not kid ourselves, many of us dream of exactly that. Of course, there’s more to a fully furnished bar than just a few bar stools, but the stylish Minotti chairs are definitely the first step:

• Amelie
• Aston
• Flynt
• Bag Light

Dining room chairs collection: upholstered, round and square

I think we can all agree that chairs are an essential. Whether you actually use them to sit on or they just sit in the corner to hold our clothes doesn’t matter. Having a few extra chairs for guests is a fact of life in almost every household. Besides, dining tables without chairs look incredibly empty and make the room look bare. Therefore, Minotti offers some solutions that can be perfectly combined with the chairs of the brand.

• Fynn
• Torii
• Lasse
• Dawson

Dining table collection: sitting together at the table

Whether you cook it yourself or order it, food tastes best when you eat it together with your loved ones. It doesn’t have to be an elaborate dish that you have in front of you. It’s more about the ‘ritual’ of eating together. When you eat with others, you often eat more slowly, especially if you’re having a conversation while you’re eating. It is best to sit at these table models:

• Linha
• Wedge
• Van Dyck
• Toulouse

Bedroom: ready for deep sleep and power nap

In the bedroom and dressing room, you take your first and last steps almost every day. These can determine whether you start the day with a good or rather negative feeling. It’s not for nothing that they say someone got up on the wrong side of the bed when a person exudes a bad mood. To avoid this, the furnishings in these rooms should also be chosen to be as practical and appealing as possible.

Bed Andersen: refined simplicity

The Andersen bed is one of the absolute bestsellers of the house Minotti and has therefore earned its own section in this article. Because this bed model is the epitome of modern design: straightforward, simple and yet elegant. The bed comes with an upholstered frame, which stands on a restrained metal frame and thus fits into any room.

Bench, armchair and stool collection: dress comfortably

The luxury offered by an armchair, a bench or a stool in the room where you dress is often underestimated. A seat to put on socks, tights or shoes, for example, is a little piece of everyday luxury. The upholstered pieces of furniture from Minotti cut a particularly good figure here and are also ideal for this purpose.

• Mattia
• Albert & Ile
• Suitcase Line
• Aston ‘Chaise Longue

Office furniture: Work comfortably from home

Through digital solutions, working from home is becoming more and more popular and widespread. As a self-employed person or even as an employee working from home, it is nice to have an environment in which the effort is a little easier and you also get the feeling of being housed in an actual working environment.

Shelves and chests of drawers collection: plenty of space for important documents

Despite the digitalization of work processes and the resulting data volumes that no longer need to be stored on paper, there are some things and documents that still require storage in paper form. In addition, things like books and folders are no longer purely functional objects, but can also be decoration for the workspace. Whichever way you look at it, Minotti storage furniture is an elegant solution.

• Boteco
• Carson “Bookcase”
• Caron Dine
• Aylon

Desk ‘Carson’: 2-in-1 desk

A simple and practical desk can be found in the Carson ‘Writing Desk’ model by Minotti. The desk not only offers enough space to comfortably work on the PC for a few hours and sip your coffee or tea, but also keeps the most important objects, pens and paper within easy reach thanks to the attached drawers. The small table is especially suitable as additional separate seating in the living room or bedroom.

Swivel chair: At the dinner table and in the office

Swivel chairs often awaken the child in us. Memories of merry-go-round rides, or even the first time we were allowed to sit on mum’s or dad’s desk chair come up and we don’t want to stop spinning in circles. Ok, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but swivel chairs are definitely a creative solution when it comes to interior design. That’s why we have summarised the options from Minotti for you here:

• Russell
• Russel ‘Dining’
• Reeves ‘Small
• Jensen
• Blake Soft

Outdoor: Garden furniture for the green kingdom

First the work, then the pleasure. After talking about ideas for the study, we now turn to the slightly more pleasant sides of life, the garden and pool area. Because Minotti does not only cover the interior, but also everything outside in the furniture area. Benches, tables, sofas and pool loungers, it’s all there, even without a pool and just for sunbathing, the luxurious garden furniture looks great.

Exterior furniture with vision – Video

To give you an idea of what a building equipped with the interior solutions of the premium label could look like, Minotti lets you take a look at their computer world. These are not only proposals for private homes, but also for hotels and other guest houses. Take a look at the brand’s visions here:

Summer scents & winter scents: The ingredients make the difference

The summer heat makes us look for refreshment. That is why it is better to avoid heavy scents in summer. Mehr dazu: FragranceTip While warm ingredients such as vanilla, amber or liquorice are popular in winter, we prefer light, fresh or sporty fragrances in summer. Such summer scents stimulate our senses and provide energy despite the heat.

Fragrances for hot days: from floral light to sensually tart

The Corona Pandemic has upset many things, and many holiday plans have been thwarted. If you still want to bring a holiday feeling home, these fragrances are just right for you.

Fresh perfume with lots of citrus from GUERLAIN: Bergamot Calabria

Bergamot Calabria is a fragrance from Guerlain’s Aqua Allegoria series, which was introduced in 1999 as the first series of intensely fresh fragrances in the perfumery.
This fragrance collection focuses on light, fresh scents – so it’s perfect for the summer. Calabrian bergamot is at the heart of all 12 fragrances, making the collection perfect for citrus lovers. The refreshingly citrusy scent of bergamot blends with floral notes of jasmine in Bergamot Calabria and immediately makes us think of tropical islands. Ginger and musk add a touch of spice to the blend. The bottle, with its golden weave, is reminiscent of honeycomb and radiates pure summer.

• Top note: Bergamot
• Heart notes: jasmine, ginger
• Base note: Musk
• Fragrance: citric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJeE33slhdU&feature=youtu.be

Floral feminine fragrance by luxury brand LANCÔME: Idôle

After the great success of the fragrance “La vie est belle”, the French label Lancôme is celebrating a completely new fragrance in 2020. Idôle smells light, delicate and feminine, yet powerful. This avoidable break can also be seen in the commercial. Model and actress Zendaya rides through the city in a fairytale pink dress on her horse – in rough cowboy boots. But not only the scent of Idôle is extraordinary. The bottle is one of the thinnest in the world and reminds us of something we all know very well and use every day: our smartphone. Even a small home button is included in the middle of the bottle.

• Top note: pear, bergamot
• Heart notes: Rose, rose oil, jasmine
• Base note: Patchouli
• Fragrance: floral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8WtFoHVa4k&feature=youtu.be

Oriental classic by Paco Rabanne: Lady Million

Lady Million has been one of the most popular fragrances for several years and will be back in 2020, with Paco Rabanne’s fragrance embodying strength and elegance, while at the same time a floral aspect underlines femininity. The sensual fragrance is the result of an interplay of orange blossom absolute, Arabian jasmine, patchouli and honey, and is perfect for the summer with its sweet note. Lady Million stands for pure luxury. The shape of the bottle is reminiscent of a large golden diamond, thus enhancing the luxurious impression of this fragrance.

• Top note: Neroli, Limete
• Heart note: Violet
• Base note: Patchouli
• Scent: floral, oriental

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