The Urban Chic decor style It is not a style per se, since it combines elements of different styles. Thanks to this, very personal, elegant and sophisticated environments can be created, identified with apartments and lofts in big cities such as London or New York.
If you like this type of environment, know the keys of the Urban Chic style to give a modern and young touch to your home.
vintage and contemporary
As I have already mentioned, the Urban Chic style is a mixture of styles, specifically two that are as different and opposed as they can be. vintage and contemporary. This mixture gives rise to unique and elegant environments.
When several styles are mixed, you have to be very careful when choosing the elements that we are going to choose from each one of them, in this way we will avoid that the final result is not a hodgepodge of objects without any connection between them.
In the specific case of urban-chic style we would combine contemporary furniture with peculiar forms with others of retro style. We will also bet on vintage style accessories such as chandeliers, paintings with scenes from the 50s, etc.
vibrant colors
Blue, yellow, green, pink, purple, red… but in the right measure since, otherwise, we can obtain a strident and uncomfortable effect that has nothing to do with the harmony of the Urban Chic style.
To achieve these notes of color we can choose decorative elements with vibrant colors (vases, letters, planters…), place colorful rugs that contrast with the rest of the room or decorate the walls with vinyls with geometric shapes.
functional and practical
This is one of the aspects that I like the most about the style. urban-chicabove all its elements must be functional. Not only are you looking for a pretty face, but you also have to show what you’re worth.
Therefore in a style decoration urban-chic priority will be given to container furniture (bookcases, chests of drawers, modules with doors and drawers, etc.) and furniture that only has a decorative function will be dispensed with.
From the theory to the practice…
Now that we know the keys of the Urban Chic style, let’s see some practical examples:
In the kitchen…
if we want apply the Urban Chic style to our kitchen Without investing too much, it is best to bet on renewing the accessories, dining area and lighting. If our kitchen furniture is contemporary, we should choose more vintage elements for the accessories (chairs, lamps, paintings…). If, on the other hand, the furniture is of a classic style, we will add a vintage touch through a dining area with designer chairs and lamps, as well as accessories with vibrant colors and a peculiar shape.
In the classroom…
In this room we see how a container cabinet and a more classic style fireplace, as well as the leather armchair. We see the most contemporary touch in details such as the geometric upholstery of the two armchairs. The wall color in a yellow tone and the details in intense turquoise and blue, give life to the whole.
We can adapt our Urban Chic living room playing with accessories In the following composition you can see how a graffiti-like painting or mural has been combined with a vintage-style sofa and coffee table. The touch of color is provided by the turquoise cushions, the rug with geometric motifs in yellow and the contemporary armchair in purple. If you look closely, the same tones of the graffiti have been chosen so that the final result is not strident.
In terms of lighting, a chandelier type lamp has been chosen but with an updated design and another floor lamp that combines with any style.
In the bedroom….
In the following composition you can see how with a few accessories we have given an Urban Chic air to a classic bedroom. The curtains of an intense turquoise and the dresser of a similar whole, as well as the bedding and the table lamp in shades of green, provide the color we are looking for in this type of environment. The Brooklyn Bridge mural is the icing on this urban chic bedroom.
In the bathroom…
As in the kitchen, in the bathroom we must focus on accessories to achieve the desired Urban Chic style. In the following composition we see that with a curtain with orange stripes and a fun animal print rug we give it a vibrant touch. The vintage mirror and wall light combine perfectly with the large-capacity under-basin unit. The funny note is put by the multicolored duckling.
As you have seen, for achieve an Urban Chic style in our home it is not necessary to change all the decoration from top to bottom, but ccomplement it with the key elements of this stylegive it our personal touch to create unique spaces.
