Sourcebook: Industrial Style
Go edgy and raw with furniture and accessories that look snagged from a factory floor
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Industrial style is all the rage right now. It used to take hunting around vintage stores and sales to find industrial pieces, but now many reproduction items are available at retail locations (and prices). Here are some of my favorite easily available pieces.
Related: So Your Style Is: Industrial
Related: So Your Style Is: Industrial
| Industrial style can be a mixture of factory pieces, farm pieces, even school-style pieces. You don't have to pick just one. In fact, a mixture is more interesting. For authentic vintage pieces, check out garage sales, the Craigslist listings for your city's industrial neighborhood, a school or university surplus store and junk shops. Find out if your town has a Habitat for Humanity ReStore — the inventory changes all the time. Search terms: "Industrial," "farm," "schoolhouse," "rustic," "rusty" and "science" Browse industrial-style items in the Products section |
Because good lighting is so important in factories and schools, industrial design has a ton of great lighting options. Look for metal lamps, pendants and adjustable-arm pieces.
Sources
• Find this one and many other vintage school inspired pieces at Schoolhouse Electric.
• Hudson Goods
• Shades of Light has plentiful worker-style cage lights.
Sources
• Find this one and many other vintage school inspired pieces at Schoolhouse Electric.
• Hudson Goods
• Shades of Light has plentiful worker-style cage lights.
Few things are more industrial than metal furniture. A piece like this is designed for the bath, but who says you couldn't use it in the living room?
Sources
• Find this one at West Elm.
• I love the Tolix style for practicality; find it at Design Within Reach.
• Invest in a unique piece like this table from Deskur + Deskur Design Collective.
Sources
• Find this one at West Elm.
• I love the Tolix style for practicality; find it at Design Within Reach.
• Invest in a unique piece like this table from Deskur + Deskur Design Collective.
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Wood, metal and lots of wheels are characteristics of industrial pieces.
Sources
• Find this coffee table (and other pieces in this collection, such as shelving and a console table) at World Market.
• Crate and Barrel has metal and wood pieces with clean lines.
• Wisteria offers different shapes.
Sources
• Find this coffee table (and other pieces in this collection, such as shelving and a console table) at World Market.
• Crate and Barrel has metal and wood pieces with clean lines.
• Wisteria offers different shapes.
Metal stools like you would find in a science lab are a great way to add just a touch of factory style. You can find them with backs like these or just use round seated stools (bonus points for finding one that is adjustable). With the industrial trend going strong, these are cropping up everywhere.
Sources
• Find a set of two on Amazon.
• Crate and Barrel has adjustable options.
• Barn Light Electric has stools in many colors.
Sources
• Find a set of two on Amazon.
• Crate and Barrel has adjustable options.
• Barn Light Electric has stools in many colors.
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| Part of the charm of industrial style is using a piece of machinery for a new purpose. This cart is the perfect size for a coffee table and so much more interesting. Sources • Find this and lots of vintage pieces at Factory 20. • Arhaus has a similar wheeled coffee table. • Hudson Goods offers repurposed-style furniture. |
These fabric laundry bins show a softer side of industrial. Vintage grain sacks or coffee sacks make great pillows, and an old silk parachute might be sewn into a throw. I like to pair rustic pieces with luxurious velvet curtains.
Sources
• Find these and many, many other industrial-style pieces at the hub of industrial style, Restoration Hardware.
• Etsy has lots of grain sack pieces.
Sources
• Find these and many, many other industrial-style pieces at the hub of industrial style, Restoration Hardware.
• Etsy has lots of grain sack pieces.
Accessorizing can be the easiest way to add industrial style to your home. Repurpose vintage pieces that may be "junk" but are still interesting or beautiful. Or buy the reproduction. I won't tell.
Sources
• Find this hotel key rack at Clayton Gray Home.
• Anthropologie often has industrial or machinery-inspired accessories.
Sources
• Find this hotel key rack at Clayton Gray Home.
• Anthropologie often has industrial or machinery-inspired accessories.
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by Emily Winters
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| More: My Houzz: Vintage Meets Industrial in Ohio 'Laboratory' Light Your Home With Industrial-Style Strength Industrial Elements: Factory Style at Home Tell us: Is your style industrial? Share your best sources and photos of your home below! |
Ideabook published on May 2, 2012.
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