Urban Style Interior Design

Often random, non functional (in household terms) objects are included in Urban interiors to create an outdoor or industrial atmosphere. In more upscale urban interiors, however, the look is far more polished, with bespoke fixtures, sophisticated finishes and clever small space solutions, such as open floor plans that allow for multifunctional rooms. For example, if you are struggling with a small kitchen design you can open up the space and have an eat in kitchen.

This alludes to the central function of urban interiors which is to create space, sometimes in surprising ways. Combination living/working spaces have become traditional in inner cities and industrial areas, often referred to as studio apartments. Renovated warehouses might feature a concrete floor for large scale artwork or production and an upper loft for a living space. Industrial building converted into highrise apartments, upscale condominiums and mixed-use buildings are other innovations to urban living spaces and rather that fighting the existing industrial feature within these spaces Urban interior design embraces them.

To Recap, the main characteristics of the urban interior design style are...

• Use of industrial materials.
• Exposed structural materials used as a feature.
• Unique (non functional) objects used as features.
• Aims to create open space.
• Often seen in converted buildings.