Home Is Where Your Art Is

Do you know your own interior style? Not even that easy to answer, is it? When we look around our apartments, we often find a colorful mix of styles, old and new, elegant and daring, cozy and stylish. Grandma’s old vanity meets kilim carpet from Anatolia, which has made itself comfortable right next to the designer floor lamp. But a closer look reveals a trend, a common thread that runs through the interior potpourri.

And that’s important simply because not only does our own interior style tell our visitors who we are and what we like, but mostly because it also has an influence on our well-being. When we come home after a long day and feel right at home, the colours, furniture designs and art prints speak our language and every part is pleasing to the eye – then that’s just good for the soul, isn’t it? And the better we know what styles we really like, the easier it is to find the right decorative and furnishing pieces that give us joy daily.

In this section of our magazine, we want you to get acquainted a little more intimately with a handful of interior trends. From Boho Style to Scandi Chic, from Minimalism and Maximalism to Mid-Century Modern and Japandi – there is sure to be something in it for everyone. We will also show you which images are particularly suitable as wall art pieces for the respective interior styles and how you can skillfully incorporate them into your interior decorating.

Today we’re going to talk about one of our personal favourites: the Mid-Century Modern interior style.

The Mid-Century Modern interior style

In the Mid-Century Modern interior trend, tried-and-tested meets modern design. While some vintage furniture can seem a bit heavy, almost overwhelmingly so, this style is rather light because it features smaller, more delicate pieces as well. It is also unfussy and clean in its shapes and lines.

As its name suggests, this trend is based on the prevailing style of the 1950s (and to some extent the 1960s) and adheres to the famous Bauhaus motto “form follows function”. So this très chic interior style is also practical.

Below are some examples of how you can skillfully complement this stylish and honest interior trend with the right art pieces.

Katrin Strohmaier spends her days as a mouthpiece for Photocircle with a penchant for development, interior design and human rights. From there, she spreads the good news that you can make the world a little better simply by buying art.