City life is known for its tiny living spaces. Design research and planning are a must for urban dwellers looking to make the most of the limited interior space available to them. To help you transform your urban home into a stylish abode, MOVA Globes has curated these emerging trends in contemporary design.

Dark-Colored Rooms

Painting the walls is an easy way to change the atmosphere of a room. Neutral tones like taupe have become ubiquitous decor colors in recent years, adding a touch of bright color to a single accent wall.

A striking wall color trend that moves far from the expected beige tones and accent walls is rooms dipped in dark, inky hues. In a starkly contrasting way, deep navy and even black tones make decor pop, just like traditional white walls do. Dark walls work best in spaces flooded with natural sunlight. Colorful furniture and terrazzo accents are among the emerging design trends that complement a room kept in muted tones.

Curvy Soft Furniture

Boxy, minimalist Scandinavian-style upholstered furniture has become a staple in the living rooms of modern city apartments. However, the reduced look and clean lines of sofas and couches are being swapped out for curvy seating.

Curvy upholstered furniture, which became popular in the 1960s and has since been stigmatized as a luxury product of its time, is making a comeback. Curvy vintage sofas and couch sets can be available in any material and color, but they particularly shine in deep, jewel-toned velvet or chenille. One way to integrate these pieces is to have their curvature serve as a counterbalance to an otherwise minimalist space. For a bolder look, pair a curvy sofa with other retro decor.

Terrazzo Accents

Terrazzo is a composite material that combines marble, granite, quartz, and glass chips and has existed since Roman times. Traditionally, terrazzo came in muted tones with a quartz look. Today’s terrazzo designs owe much of their playfulness and confetti-cake look to inspiration from the 1960s. Yes, here is another example of renewed mid-century decor making its way into today’s homes.

Terrazzo is a durable material and can be used almost anywhere marble is used. The versatile design of terrazzo is perfect for kitchens and bathrooms, adding more dimension to floors, countertops, and backsplashes. Additionally, terrazzo is available in an almost limitless color palette, making it a versatile medium in your decor toolkit. If you can’t convince your landlord or spouse to renovate a bathroom with terrazzo, this pattern is becoming a popular print found on everything from lampshades and fixtures to wallpaper stickers and seating.

Statement Ceilings

When designing a modern room, the ceiling is often an overlooked canvas that remains unused. Rethinking the ceiling as a space that deserves the same level of attention in design as all other parts of the room can be groundbreaking. A ceiling covered in expressive colors, bold wallpaper, lacquer painting, artistic moldings, or stenciled text are just some of the ways to give a room the wow factor.

Consider, as with decorating any part of the room, overlapping elements and textures on the ceiling. What kind of lighting will be there alongside the color or design of the ceiling? Will other decor pieces be hung from the ceiling or near it? Pay attention to how the ceiling decoration interacts with the adjacent walls and how the room feels overall. A bright, bold geometric ceiling pattern could be a showstopper in an otherwise plain room, but in a room already stuffed with decor, it could veer into the realm of creepy clown painting.

Timeless Decor

Contemporary design trends come and go, but some decor pieces retain their aesthetic value over decades. MOVA Globes proudly creates timeless pieces of modern decor that even the most discerning urbanite will appreciate. We have taken the ancient craft of globe-making and enhanced it with modern design and technology. Using hidden magnetic and solar mechanics, our globes float and rotate without visible wires or batteries. The result is a beautiful, moving work of art available in various designs that seamlessly integrate into any living space.