Home Furnishings a Man Will Love
Menswear Inspiration for Home Furnishings
Sometimes a living space may need a little bit of a masculine touch for perfect balance. Home furnishings often take cues from what we wear, and menswear provides inspiration as much as women's fashions. The concept has been around for a while, and continues to evolve because it makes sense. Menswear inspired accents for the home are no longer limited to spaces for meant for men.
When looking to menswear for inspiration, think of a perfectly put together suit for a man, and you have the blueprint for a room's design from lines and colors to textures, patterns and finishing accessories.
You can furnish an entire home this way or choose accents. Either way, it can look unexpectedly sophisticated.
Patterns play an important role in home accents. Think of the patterns on a tie, vest, or pocket square that are used for accents. In a room with subdued colors, pillows can provide that pop of much needed color that brings everything into focus.
This sampling of pillows comes from Kevin O'Brien Studio. The company also makes bedding, robes, along with a line of area rugs through Capel Rugs. The materials are luxurious velvets, silks, and linens.
Ralph Lauren Fall 2012 Fashion Show - Menswear-Inspired Clothing
Esquire Home Collection - Club Sofas, Ottomans and Lighting
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial look with its metal and wood is a natural for adding a strong, masculine touch to a home space. It is not just in the lines alone, but also in the look of upcycled and repurposed materials.
The furnishings can have a well worn, rusty look or be shiny and polished, Some industrial inspired furniture is actually put together using vintage parts that have been upcycled and incorporated into furniture and accessories that use both old and new material.
The industrial look is not limited to furniture pieces like tables and storage pieces, but extends to lighting and other home accents also.
These lamps are from BoBo Intriguing Objects, and they are intriguing alright, totally unconventional and inviting a closer look.
Industrial Style - The New Contemporary Style in Furniture and Home Furnishings
Factory Cart Cocktail Table, Belgian Modern Portfolio
Q&A With Rick Dale of History Channel's American Restoration
Vintage Look Steamer Trunks
Vintage suitcases and steamer trunks are all the rage. A lot of them look very masculine and rugged. They have "seen the world" and have stories to tell, but are not really forthcoming. You have to figure out those stories for yourself.
Steamer trunks can be used as coffee tables or accent pieces, while also providing plenty of storage.
This one, complete with stickers and a well worn look, comes from HGTV Home.
The color of the trunk's exterior as well as the color and pattern on the interior give a very masculine look.
What is Vintage Furniture?
Decorative Storage with Flea Market Finds
All Buttoned Up
Buttons and tufts are showing up everywhere and not all tufted furniture was created alike. Some tufted upholstery has a decidedly masculine look to it. When you look closely at tufted furniture, you will find that it can go either way depending on the shape, color, construction and material.
A generous scale, the kind of tufting, the style of buttons, and the upholstery material may all contribute to giving a piece a more masculine air.
Take leather, for instance.
This detail of the Grant sectional from American Leather shows you a very robust and substantial piece. There is a single row of buttons on the back and another one on the top, while the seat has tufting as well.
Mad Men Inspired Upholstered Headboard
Tufted Leather Chair
Along with the industrial style, another furniture style has been coming into its own: space age inspired furniture. These furniture pieces can often have a masculine look to them with sleek lines and angles.
This is a 1950s mid-century modern meets space rockets look, futuristic as well as looking back. Diagonals create strong action lines, lamps have rocket bases, while seating recalls space shuttles.
It is fantasy, fun and playful.
The Mercer desk from Modloft is so full of energy, it is a wonder that it stays on the ground. It has a stainless steel base and lacquered finish. The drawer pulls in chrome provide nice accents.
Mid-Century Modern Style
Sputnik 1 Pictures Gallery
Pictures From the Mars Rover Spirit
Game room furniture should not be relegated to game rooms alone, for the simple reason that it is not every home that can have a separate one.
For that reason, you will often find game tables and other furniture that do double duty. They are also great accent pieces.
This backgammon table from oomph is available in 16 high gloss lacquer colors, and would be a striking accent piece in a room.
Aramith's Fusion Table - Dine and Play Pool
Board Game Tapestry
Before You Buy Your Pool Table
Sometimes a living space may need a little bit of a masculine touch for perfect balance. Home furnishings often take cues from what we wear, and menswear provides inspiration as much as women's fashions. The concept has been around for a while, and continues to evolve because it makes sense. Menswear inspired accents for the home are no longer limited to spaces for meant for men.
When looking to menswear for inspiration, think of a perfectly put together suit for a man, and you have the blueprint for a room's design from lines and colors to textures, patterns and finishing accessories.
You can furnish an entire home this way or choose accents. Either way, it can look unexpectedly sophisticated.
Patterns play an important role in home accents. Think of the patterns on a tie, vest, or pocket square that are used for accents. In a room with subdued colors, pillows can provide that pop of much needed color that brings everything into focus.
This sampling of pillows comes from Kevin O'Brien Studio. The company also makes bedding, robes, along with a line of area rugs through Capel Rugs. The materials are luxurious velvets, silks, and linens.
Ralph Lauren Fall 2012 Fashion Show - Menswear-Inspired Clothing
Esquire Home Collection - Club Sofas, Ottomans and Lighting
The Industrial Revolution
The industrial look with its metal and wood is a natural for adding a strong, masculine touch to a home space. It is not just in the lines alone, but also in the look of upcycled and repurposed materials.
The furnishings can have a well worn, rusty look or be shiny and polished, Some industrial inspired furniture is actually put together using vintage parts that have been upcycled and incorporated into furniture and accessories that use both old and new material.
The industrial look is not limited to furniture pieces like tables and storage pieces, but extends to lighting and other home accents also.
These lamps are from BoBo Intriguing Objects, and they are intriguing alright, totally unconventional and inviting a closer look.
Industrial Style - The New Contemporary Style in Furniture and Home Furnishings
Factory Cart Cocktail Table, Belgian Modern Portfolio
Q&A With Rick Dale of History Channel's American Restoration
Vintage Look Steamer Trunks
Vintage suitcases and steamer trunks are all the rage. A lot of them look very masculine and rugged. They have "seen the world" and have stories to tell, but are not really forthcoming. You have to figure out those stories for yourself.
Steamer trunks can be used as coffee tables or accent pieces, while also providing plenty of storage.
This one, complete with stickers and a well worn look, comes from HGTV Home.
The color of the trunk's exterior as well as the color and pattern on the interior give a very masculine look.
What is Vintage Furniture?
Decorative Storage with Flea Market Finds
All Buttoned Up
Buttons and tufts are showing up everywhere and not all tufted furniture was created alike. Some tufted upholstery has a decidedly masculine look to it. When you look closely at tufted furniture, you will find that it can go either way depending on the shape, color, construction and material.
A generous scale, the kind of tufting, the style of buttons, and the upholstery material may all contribute to giving a piece a more masculine air.
Take leather, for instance.
This detail of the Grant sectional from American Leather shows you a very robust and substantial piece. There is a single row of buttons on the back and another one on the top, while the seat has tufting as well.
Mad Men Inspired Upholstered Headboard
Tufted Leather Chair
Along with the industrial style, another furniture style has been coming into its own: space age inspired furniture. These furniture pieces can often have a masculine look to them with sleek lines and angles.
This is a 1950s mid-century modern meets space rockets look, futuristic as well as looking back. Diagonals create strong action lines, lamps have rocket bases, while seating recalls space shuttles.
It is fantasy, fun and playful.
The Mercer desk from Modloft is so full of energy, it is a wonder that it stays on the ground. It has a stainless steel base and lacquered finish. The drawer pulls in chrome provide nice accents.
Mid-Century Modern Style
Sputnik 1 Pictures Gallery
Pictures From the Mars Rover Spirit
Game room furniture should not be relegated to game rooms alone, for the simple reason that it is not every home that can have a separate one.
For that reason, you will often find game tables and other furniture that do double duty. They are also great accent pieces.
This backgammon table from oomph is available in 16 high gloss lacquer colors, and would be a striking accent piece in a room.
Aramith's Fusion Table - Dine and Play Pool
Board Game Tapestry
Before You Buy Your Pool Table
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