5 Tips for Designing Custom Furniture That Fits Your Aesthetic

If you have a vision for your space that isn’t generic, why settle for generic furniture to achieve it? Many homeowners make the mistake of money scrimping when they should be thinking forward. What happens when the cheaper furniture starts to fall apart?

At Sixth Avenue Custom, we don’t think it’s worth it to live with ill-fitting and generic furniture only to get replacements in a few years. Custom furniture designs let you express your creative vision for your space with long-lasting, bespoke solutions to your unique decor challenges.

Do you have an idea of what you want but don’t know exactly what to ask for? That’s another great reason to opt for the experience of custom furniture designers. We can measure and examine your space to help you match the furniture to the vision.

In the meantime, here are five tips from our experts about how to choose and design custom furniture that fits your aesthetic vision.

1. Think Spatially

Thinking spatially is huge when it comes to creating bespoke furniture creations for a unique space. With off-the-shelf furniture, you have to buy the pieces that physically fit in the space. With custom furniture design, you can craft a more meticulous aesthetic that matches a specific room layout.

Think of your living room space as an example. Where are the focal points of the space? How many people usually occupy it? With big box furniture, the seating designs are limited. With custom furniture, you can commission sectional or modular seating designs that perfectly complement the space.

It’s natural for ambitious home decorators to get overly excited with all the choices offered by custom furniture. Our experienced team will help you stay grounded about space allocation and help you carefully consider all of the possibilities to perfect your living spaces with custom designs.

2. Think Stylistically

To take full advantage of custom furniture solutions, you don’t have to focus solely on size like you would with big box furniture. Color warmth, temperature, hue, rhythm, balance – these are all design choices that impact whether a room feels warm or cold, purposely asymmetrical or awkwardly symmetrical.

Even the direction of the furniture lines can impact how the room feels, based on the rules of visual design. For example, dynamic lines lead visitors to certain actions, such as climbing stairs.

Consider how these features impact the feel of the room, but don’t get overwhelmed. Custom furniture designers can help you better understand these applications, or manage them for you.

3. Think Functionally

Of course, designing custom furniture for a room isn’t just about style. Think of the functionality to create something that’s both beautiful and practical.

Consider a dining table as an example. Will it be for decoration or have a functional role? Will it be frequently used by a certain number of people? Will it ever need to be expanded?

This kind of questioning can apply to any piece. A sofa that needs to double as a bed should be designed differently than an infrequently used lounge. A chair used as a style accent can prioritize beauty, but a chair used every day should prioritize comfort.

Functionality takes into account your habits as well as your vision. If you work from home, live with children or other family members, or frequently have guests, these factors change how a piece of furniture will be used. This should impact how the custom designs are conceived.

3. Think Materialistically

The choice of furniture material is more than a question of sustainability and eco-friendliness, though this can be important too. You’ll have a much better chance of sourcing sustainable material like reclaimed wood from a custom furniture designer than mass-produced items.

Material choices can also impact the functional longevity of your custom furniture. Durable, long-lasting furniture can create long-term savings compared to generic offerings despite its higher initial cost. Using teak, mahogany, or maple can see your furniture lasting across decades; walnut, oak, and cherry can provide similar durability and a variety of color temperatures. Consider metals or a combination of both for durability but a different statement.

From a more advanced design sense, the texture and color of the material can accentuate or de-accentuate a space, so it’s a stylistic decision as well. Great home decor is all about balance, and the choice of material makes a huge difference.

4. Think Professionally

Homeowners trying to match an aesthetic vision for a room to their custom furniture designs need to think like professionals. Think in terms of size and color but also functionality, spatiality, and materiality.

These 5 tips should help you focus on creating balanced, ergonomic, and beautiful spaces. However, the multitude of choices, and how certain shapes, textures, styles, colors, sizes, and materials impact those choices, can be overwhelming.

Let Sixth Avenue Transform Your Home with Custom Furniture

Contact our experienced team at Sixth Avenue Custom online or by calling 301-327-1504 to learn how custom furniture can transform your home into a more complete vision. We can examine your spaces, discuss styles and materials, and help you cut through the confusion.

Many homeowners learn the hard way that creative ambition and functional reality are often very far apart. At Sixth Avenue, we make it our mission to use long-lasting custom furniture to help you close that gap.