Modern home interior design, from a photo of your room
Clean lines, a neutral palette, uncluttered surfaces and furniture with a clear shape. Modern interior design is the safe, good-looking default, and the easiest style to keep looking good.
Suits: Every room. Particularly open-plan living, kitchens and apartments where the architecture is simple.
What makes a room modern
Modern home design favours the room over the objects in it. Walls are plain, floors are continuous, and furniture is low, rectilinear and few in number. Colour is neutral, from white and greige to charcoal, with texture doing the work: a bouclé sofa, a wool rug, a stone table. Storage is built in or hidden, so surfaces stay clear. Lighting is layered and mostly concealed.
Modern vs contemporary
Modern is a look with a history; contemporary is whatever is current. In practice, Contemporary rooms are more sculptural and more willing to make a statement, while modern rooms are calmer and more disciplined. If you are unsure, modern is the one that will still look right in ten years.
Modern living room and kitchen ideas
In the living room, one large sofa beats several small pieces, and a single big artwork beats a gallery wall. In the kitchen, handleless flat fronts, a continuous worktop and integrated appliances make the kitchen read as furniture. Room AI shows either on a photo of your actual room, with the layout, windows and doors exactly as they are.
See Modern on a photo of your room.
Free to download, with free designs to start.