Things You'll Need:
- Grommet-top Curtains
- Carpets
- Chairs
- Coffee Tables
- End Tables
- Flowers
- Industrial-style Storage Shelves
- Lamps
- Light Fixtures
- Perforated Roller-type Window Shades
- Pictures Or Pictures
- Plants
- Sofas
- Venetian Blinds
- Vertical Blinds
- Plants
- Chairs
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Step 1
Choose a couch with no ornamentation. It can be built-in, with cushions on a carpet-covered platform. A twin mattress and box spring, both covered with mover's quilts, is another option; a simple futon and frame will also fit the bill.
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Step 2
Select simple toss pillows, without piping, fringe or other fussy ornamentation.
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Step 3
Find chairs that are salvaged car bucket seats or theater seats. Or consider commercial-type stacking chairs (for instance, plastic with a metal frame), aluminum navy chairs, classic metal folding chairs, molded plastic chairs, director's chairs or Breuer chairs.
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Step 4
Use a low-level textile such as a commercial-style carpet or sisal as an area rug. Monochrome, tweed or geometric styles blend easily.
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Step 5
Light the room with modern lamps such as aimable halogens and pharmacy styles. Commercial-style fixtures and sconces are also appropriate.
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Step 6
Place potted plants - a spiky palm or dracaena - in a simple pot. A simple flower (tulip or calla lily) in a plain cylinder vase is also suitable. A few branches of dried curly willow in a simple pot can provide a nice foil to an otherwise angular room.
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Step 7
Select minimal artwork - perhaps a large, unframed, abstract oil painting on canvas over the sofa. Or use a few simply matted black-and-white photos in plain frames.
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Step 8
Purchase a coffee table. Consider a molded plastic style or an ultramodern glass top on a metal frame (black or perhaps left unpainted or rusty), or a stainless-steel cart.
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Step 9
Select end tables - Parsons-style pieces or glass-and-metal versions will fit in nicely. Or make your own - stack car wheel rims and top them with glass, or cover a particle-board cube with carpet scraps.
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Step 10
Choose industrial-looking, plain metal bookshelves.
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Step 11
Leave windows plain or go with a grommeted canvas curtain threaded onto a stretched steel cable. Other options include perforated roller shades, vertical blinds or venetian blinds.
