7 March 2025 15:00
How interesting!
Old factories, schools, pumping stations, warehouses and other business premises. There are such buildings in every locality. Sometimes the architecture is eventually elevated to the status of a national monument (museum), but often these buildings do not escape demolition. Fortunately, many large structures are given a completely different and surprising purpose: The hospitality industry, for instance, finds a fantastic atmosphere in the complexes. Creating flats is also a popular repurposing.
Good call!
An industrial interior is very spacious with open spaces and high ceilings, where beam sections or steel structures are clearly visible. Everything has a raw look, because there used to be plenty of work in it. Bricks, concrete, scaffolding tubes, metal undergirding, rusted elements, tension wires, chains or other metal objects, not to mention old wood. Show it off! After all, these honest materials are super decorative.
Industrial décor is popular not only with buildings from the 19th century being redecorated, but also with new houses and public spaces. It has become a style in itself, which many choose to go for. Generally, this décor shows little colour, but here and there a subtle colour in pink, blue, grey or green, makes a good match. The look calls for minimalism, so modern basic elements will look good in the furnishings. Vintage also forms a good match. Metal fittings with mouth-blown glass shades are wonderful eye-catchers!
Art Deco Trade has really fantastic lamps for the The industrial living style! See our TWENTIES and MOONLIGHTS.
Also, the Tiffany Mirror Lamp Oyster Transparent is an honest model (the glass is transparent and the soldering shows a feat of craftsmanship) that can complete robust interiors. The lamp can be mounted above a mirror, next to a mirror (toilets, in the hall, bedroom) and, of course, in stairwells, for example.
Photo: Mine shaft of the former Oranje Nassaumijn, now Dutch Mining Museum in Heerlen.
