Modern décor: design ideas for the bathroom, bedroom and living room

Modern décor is a mix of comfort and style: it stems from a new way of seeing the home as a place for everyday relaxation and rest after a long day in the chaos of city life. The need for functional spaces and comfortable seating comes first. In this new Pixtury guide we'll take a tour of the modern home, looking at modern décor for the living room, bathroom and bedroom. In the Pixtury collection you can also buy modern wall art for interiors, office prints and hotel wall art featuring all the images presented in this article, to give your design that unique contemporary flair.

The modern living room: many functions in a single space

The modern living room is the heart of the whole home: whether for a film, drinks with friends or a romantic evening, you'll spend a lot of time there, so it's worth designing it in a smart, functional way. Modern décor brings all the home's main activities together in the living area; whereas in the past it was common to have one area for lunch or dinner and another for relaxing, these functions are now often combined in a single space. The perfect style for the modern home is minimalist décor: clean lines and essential accessories. You can decorate the walls of this room with a strong modern feel using digital art pictures and prints or prints of contemporary paintings and artwork.

White is the dominant colour; natural light is used to the full with sheer curtains, while artificial light strikes a perfect balance between design and energy efficiency with LED spotlights and light points. A must-have in the modern living room is the modular wall unit, which combines the functions of bookcase, display cabinet and TV unit in a single piece of furniture. Amid the soft tones of a modern living room, a picture in bright colours can make all the difference, bringing energy and personality to your walls. Here are a few examples.

The modern bedroom: visual calm and high-tech details

The modern bedroom is a place of rest and escape from city life, and it borrows the concept of visual calm from Feng Shui décor, where order and airy spaces reign supreme. There are few pieces of furniture in the modern bedroom: a king-size bed for comfortable, restorative sleep, a wardrobe, bedside tables and a chest of drawers. The lighting is relaxing and well distributed, with LED wall lights or floor lamps. Fabric colours can range from pastel shades to stronger greys. In this increasingly smart way of life, you can create your home of the future with high-tech details such as a wall-mounted smart TV for relaxing evenings, or an alarm clock connected to your smartphone so you can start the day with your favourite songs, traffic news and the weather forecast.

The modern bathroom: elegance and comfort

Like the rest of the home, the modern bathroom is defined by minimalist lines: too many decorations and colours are not allowed. It's definitely a good idea to paint the walls white for a total white look, with a pared-back design free of floral patterns or frills of any kind. The sanitaryware is strictly white! Forget the coloured bathroom suites of the 1970s and choose the essential shapes of modern décor: they can be round or square, but are almost always wall-hung. The must-have accessories are a large mirror with LED lighting, a unit with large multi-purpose drawers, a glass shower enclosure and soft rugs.

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