Designing French Style

Designing French Style

As an interior decorator  in Mississauga & Oakville, I have the opportunity to attend some really interesting home furnishing events put on by local suppliers, manufacturing and retail businesses in Oakville, Mississauga and Burlington.  I recently attended an event at SOFA about French Design.

SOFA Marketplace, Presented David Thomas of French Market Collection  who spoke on Designing French Style. 

Within the next few years, we will be seeing a lot of the French Style theme blowing up the trends. The French country theme will likely become very popular.  Many home décor showrooms have already been incorporating the beautiful French style décor in many homes especially, homes in Oakville and Mississauga.  It can be added with a more modern look to the old French country, perhaps a nod to French shabby chic. Lots of new merchandise will be showcased in the coming months.

A view of a typical French themed kitchen. Complete with pastels and rustic looking pots and pans.
A typical French theme is a ceramic roosters and lemons on the kitchen counter, very popular in French décor.

 

The French country theme includes rustic looking furniture with slightly faded or worn fabrics. Mixing and matching dark and white furniture also goes well with the theme.  Pastel yellows, greens, blues, black and white accessories are the perfect accents when decorating any room. Accessories such as French ceramics can be placed throughout your living room on the mantel, side tables, and cabinets.

Sunflowers are also very favoured in the French culture as seen below.

A typical French country themed living room lots of pillows and lots of textures. Some decorators would recommend a little less would give it a new French twist and less clutter.

   

Back in the 16th and 17th century, the King Louis of France had their own style of furniture that differentiated from the others, however the tradition of the chairs remained fairly similar with minor changes.

The image below are Louis XIII styled chair. This pair is from the 19th century with new up dated upholstery early Louis XIII straight back, curved arms and turned legs.