The Modern Style of Living: Wall Paint and Furnishings

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"Less is more" - this is how you can describe the modern furnishing style. It creates a cosy barrier between a chaotic outside and a calm inside. If you also long for simple shapes, harmonious colours and minimalist yet cosy furnishings, then the modern style is just right for you. We'll show you which colours, furniture and materials make up modern home furnishings.

Modern furnishing ideas

Use calm, restrained and grounding wall paints such as natural tones, white and shades of grey for your modern style. They create an interesting tension with the minimalist design language of the furnishings. Our eco wall paint, for example, not only offers you a wide range of modern colour shades, but also a natural, easy-to-apply and long-lasting paint.

Modern furnishings: colours, furniture & materials

• White tones should always be broken up with warm pigments to avoid an overly cool atmosphere. MissPompadour White with Melting, White with Ginger or White with Sun are particularly suitable for this.
• Warm greys usually have brown pigments, such as MissPompadour Grey with Linen. Natural shades in brown and green such as MissPompadour Beige with Sand, Beige with Cashmere or Brown with Nougat form a soft contrast to the rather sober shapes of the furniture.

Modern wall paints for colour accents

Modern, somewhat bolder wall paints are ideal for creating great colour accents in your home. To maintain the harmony and simple, modern style of the room, you should use accents sparingly and also use wall paints in grey or natural tones such as brown. For example, paint the wall behind your sofa

• in a rich natural shade such as MissPompadour Grey with Brown.
• in a cool shade of grey like MissPompadour Grey with Concrete.
• or in a really dark grey like MissPompadour Grey with Peat.

Modern furnishings with old furniture: Colours for your DIY project

You don't necessarily have to buy new furniture to create a modern interior style. You can also revamp old furniture. Colours play a central role here. With our varnishesand chalk paints, you have the entire colour scheme of modern colour shades at your disposal. You can also choose between matt, semi-gloss and gloss colour qualities. With glossy paints in particular, you can turn old pieces of furniture into ultra-modern furnishings in no time at all.

Don't be afraid to go for intense colours, such as a rich green. MissPompadour Green with Olive is a good choice for this. Or go for a deep blue, like the one in MissPompadour Blue with Midnight.

With a little creativity, you can even make old wooden furniture look like metal furniture. To do this, paint the legs of your chest of drawers or table a really dark black, for example with MissPompadour Black with Black. Paint the other parts in a strong colour shade. Here you can use MissPompadour Yellow with Saffron or MissPompadour Green with Jade, for example.

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