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Industrial Furniture & Decor Ideas
Industrial Design is for the ones who thrive in busy cities and urban jungles. You live for the early-morning moments overlooking the cityscape, as well as the hum of city nightlife. You are the city, always on the move and embracing everything the world has to offer.
Industrial Design 101
When you walk through the door of an Industrial space, there is an immediate sense of wonder and awe. What stories would these walls tell? There is a curiosity for the tiny details and a reverence for the overall place. A train station reimagined into studio apartments tells of kisses goodbye and chance meetings. A printing press transformed into a loft speaks to the thousands of words that have been written.
Industrial decor is a style that uses mechanical and utilitarian elements in the design of a home or workplace. Old warehouses and mills are often repurposed into apartments or offices because of the vintage appeal of raw ceiling beams, iron reinforcements, and weathered wood.
In days past, the value of these places was determined by the work produced in them; now we value them not only for what they were, but for what they can be. These open and raw spaces are not pretentious and they're not perfect, but that is why we love them.
Color Palette
Aged, battered, and worn hues are right at home in an industrial interior design. Think monochromatic with well-chosen organic or earthy accents. Metal-based tones, like steel and iron, play a heavy part in Industrial design as do oxidation-inspired reds and blues. The addition of whites and natural wood soften and balance the palette.
Industrial Design Elements
Metal
Rusted, galvanized, and corrugated metals are the bones of an industrial interior design. Whether it's serving a purpose or purely for looks, metal, in many forms, is an Industrial powerhouse.
Wood
Warm wood balances the coolness of metal. Whether it's rough or refined, the wood in an industrial home has been places and seen things. Reclaimed and repurposed from its glory days of being the stage of an opera house or the deck of a seaside cottage, it now has a new purpose in your space.
Brick
Industrial interiors don't hide behind perfectly plastered and painted walls. Industrial decor incorporates bare, broken brick and stained, cracked concrete. Take on a warehouse feel by embracing these details to nail an Industrial look.
Leather
Tailored and sleek, or weathered and worn, leather is best utilized in furniture and other upholstered accents. It's the charming and classy counterpart to the all-things-utilitarian foundation of industrial decor. Leather is the soft touch that makes this space a bit more homey.
Industrial Accents
Rivets
There's a nod to historical industry in these tiny pieces of hardware, bringing to mind airplanes and ships. They've been an industrial essential for a century, and now they're a stylish and compelling detail in the furniture and decor of your Industrial home.
Mechanics
Gears, nuts, bolts, and other behind-the-scenes hardware go to work in your space. The devil is in the mechanical details of your decor with clock gears and casters, pulleys and cables. Seeing how something works is not only fascinating but makes for riveting art.
Wire
Cage lights and wire baskets put the finishing touches on an industrial home. A cage pendant light is reminiscent of Industrial places where light bulbs needed protection, such as mines and warehouses. In your space, they serve the same function but are also aesthetically pleasing. Wire baskets corral clutter, while being intrinsically industrial.
Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed and Repurposed - Reclaimed wood and metal are repurposed from old structures to have a second life in your home. An industrial coffee table made from old shipping crates, or an apothecary cabinet revived as a buffet table, tell a story and add historical depth to your Industrial home.
Industrial Living Room Ideas
An industrial living room's first impression is similar to the feeling of meeting someone for the first time yet feeling as though you've known that person for years. Industrial interior design is cool and collected with nothing to hide. The open ceiling, visible pipes, and exposed brick are edgy and imperfect, representative of the person who chooses to call it home.
Industrial interior design is cool and collected with nothing to hide.
Industrial Living Room Essentials
Casters
Casters on furniture can make almost any piece look industrial. Stripped down metal casters give a coffee table, side table, or buffet both mobility and a factory look that no other design style has. Form meets function — it's a beautiful thing.
Large Wall Art
Keep your warehouse-inspired space from feeling empty and cold with decor that won't get lost on large walls. Oversized wall art such as clocks, blueprints, and other industrial graphics fit together like cogs on a gear.
Exposed Pipes
Industrial decor celebrates the bare bones of a structure, like exposed air ducts and pipes. Rather than hide these away, industrial design puts structural details on display. If your space doesn't include exposed ducts or pipes, make the most of pipe bookcases and table legs.
Club Chair
Nothing quite has the class of a perfect club chair. Equally comfortable and scholarly, it's the old school spot where you read a book or enjoy a nightcap.
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Industrial Kitchen & Dining Room Ideas
The dining room blends seamlessly with the kitchen to forge a space that can be anything you need it to be.
You have your favorite coffee shops and bistros, but with Industrial style, your kitchen and dining area will become your favorite eatery. Industrial home kitchens draw inspiration from commercial kitchens with floating shelves, a large island or bar, and creative storage. A space meant for dinner and drinks with friends can quickly transform into a workspace. Plenty of lighting and seating builds an ambiance that is calm and collected. The dining room blends seamlessly with the kitchen to forge a space that can be anything you need it to be.
Industrial Kitchen & Dining Room Essentials
Floating Shelves
Storage is a definite need in your kitchen, and floating shelves for cookbooks, spices, and other essentials are a useful addition to an industrial kitchen. The clean, stacked look of these shelves put everyday objects on display, turning them into works of art.
Kitchen Bar
If you have space for a kitchen island, bar, or cart, then it's time to put metal surfaces to work. Stainless or brushed metallic surfaces provide places for constructing culinary masterpieces. They can also serve as an impromptu work desk and a place to chat with friends over drinks before a night out.
Pendant Lighting
Pendant lights make a statement and add a sense of warmth to your Industrial home. This lighting style can show off high ceilings and give a small area the illusion of more space. Patinaed copper, antiqued brass, and cast iron add refinement and class.
Metal Seating
The names may be unfamiliar, but almost everyone has seen a Tolix chair or Toledo stool in a cafe or diner. With their minimal design and metal seams, these seating styles are Industrial staples, exhibiting down-to-earth and functional style. Well-known for their stackable and simple design, Tolix stools are perfect for sliding under a bar or aligning for a makeshift workspace.
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Industrial Bedroom Ideas
Smart lighting and minimal bedding set your bedroom apart from the rest of the rooms in an Industrial home. Where compelling and dynamic details rule the living room, the bedroom is relaxed yet charismatic by utilizing softer materials. It's lived-in and loved in a very personal way; it's your safe place where you can be yourself.
The beauty of this style lies in a minimalist room arrangement.
Industrial Bedroom Essentials
Edison Bulbs
Faintly glowing filaments introduce a detail that makes an Industrial bedroom subtly eccentric. Hung by simple wires, in groups or alone, these luminous accessories encased in crystal-clear glass return one of the world's greatest inventions to its original beauty.
Bedroom Desk
Every creative type needs a place to brainstorm and let ideas flow. A bedroom desk isn't necessarily for work, but a place to keep books and a notebook for sparks of inspiration. This is the spot where your personal endeavors come to fruition.
Minimal Bedding
Everything serves its purpose in an Industrial home, and your bedding is no different. Skip the frills, but not the comfort. Linen-inspired shades for sheets and quilts stand out against the palette of brick, navy blue, and gunmetal grey. Minimal bedding doesn't mean it can't make a statement, so try using all-white bedding to create contrast against industrial elements.
Rug
After a dreamy night's sleep, stepping onto cold concrete or hardwood may get you up on the wrong side of the bed. A rug is perfection when it comes to warming up your bedroom floor. Natural sisal, rugged cowhide, or a vintage Persian-style rug creates the perfect complement to your industrial bedroom and makes waking up on the right side of the bed part of your routine.
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Elise is a mid-west native who loves the energy of a bustling city. She loves to check out new restaurants, bars, and shows. Even though she now lives in the mountains, she likes to incorporate an urban feel into her home decorating style.