Embrace Your Curves: How to Adopt This Modern Design Trend

Soften your styling with curves, from perfect circles to organic shapes. Curved lines also add interest, flow and movement to a space, helping the eye meander around the room.

Mirror Mirror

Round mirrors are becoming a regular feature in bathrooms. In a room that often has many straight, hard-edge lines, a round mirror softens the design and makes a design statement.

To add extra interest a back-lit round mirror can provide soft lighting and oversized round mirrors can make a dramatic impact.

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Round and repeat

Lines have many functions in interior design. They can help to create the look of height, width and movement. To create a feeling of balance it’s good to have a combination of horizontal, vertical, diagonal and curved lines.

Round shape adds a look of comfort and work well repeated through a space as seen in loungeroom of the Toorak House where curves are used in the armchair, side table, lamp, cushion and decorative items.

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Helical Stairs

Curved/helical staircases have been around since Medieval times, designed to put attacking swordsmen at at disadvantage. Today that are used as an architectural statement, and a current favourite for interior designers.

While a curved staircase looks beautifully sculptural they are usually the most expensive type of staircase because they are the most challenging to build because of the curvature of the staircase and handrail, and the necessity to have different treads of different sizes and shapes.

Curved Pendant

A simple curved pendant provides an interesting focal point in the room and defines the space. When it comes to selecting the pendant size, material, colour and the height you hang the pendant are all important considerations for creating maximum effect.

If you are hanging a pendant over a dining table a designer’s tip is to choose a pendant that is a third of the table’s length, unless you want the pendant to be the feature and then you can go larger.

Hanging the pendant approximately 700mm above the table top is also recommended to allow enough space for people sitting at the table to not have their vision obstructed.

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Luxurious bathrooms

A freestanding round bath can look amazing and create a unique focal point. Traditionally a round tub is smaller and deeper, designed for sitting instead of lying down.

A round bath is a good option for certain type of bathroom layouts and with its rounded edges it softens the angles of the room and can create a spa-like atmosphere.

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