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Home » The Home » Is Old-School Home Design Still Attractive?

The Home · December 17, 2019

Is Old-School Home Design Still Attractive?

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There has been a growing counter-movement that aims to popularize the old-school home design and move away from modern designs we practically see in every home in contemporary Western societies. Should you hope on this trend for your next home or should you play it safe and stay with a modern home design? This article will help you answer this question.

An Old-School Design Will Help You Stand Out

Modern designs might look better in your opinion, but they are quite ordinary. People almost never pay attention to homes with modern furniture, no matter how unique and expensive it might be. There’s something about modern pieces of furniture that is quite familiar to our sensibilities and don’t make it stand out.

Getting some old-school pieces of furniture will, in contrast, make them stand out. Your visitors will be much more likely to inquire about it and take note of it. That’s why if you want to make sure your design stands out, it is a great idea to go with old-school designs. That’s until the old-school designs become mainstream and people start getting desensitized to it. But, that’s not anywhere near happening yet.

If The Exterior is Old-School, It is a Good Idea the Interior Should be Too

It is quite important to have a uniform design in your home. It won’t do if one of your rooms is straight out of the 19th century and another has cutting-edge 21st-century pieces of furniture. The same is true when it comes to the exterior and the interior of your home. That’s why you need to ensure there’s some sort of feeling of continuity in your design.

That’s why it is a good idea, in keeping with the old-school exterior of your home, to decide on an old-school interior. This makes the remodelling more uniform and professional looking.

Do the Extra Costs Justify Going Old School?

Going ahead with an old-school home design most likely means extra costs. You’ll have a much harder time finding fitting furniture for each room, as old school furniture aren’t manufactured in any large scale and the ones that are manufactured cost more. For example, you can look at any modern furniture UK stores, and you’ll find a huge selection of items for very reasonable prices. That’s why if you want to go with an old-school design, you have to justify the extra cost to yourself.

It is Quite Easy to Mess the Design Up

While it is really easy to fit in a contemporary corner sofa into your home design, it is much harder to make out something coherent out of the old school furniture pieces you find. The likelihood of messing up is much higher due to fewer instructions online, less familiarity of furniture sellers with old-school designs, and generally fewer options. If you want to play it safe, you should just go with a modern design.

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