Traditional furniture has more rounded lines and skirted bottoms, while contemporary designs have more straight lines, elongated seats, straight backs and visible legs. The form is not superfluous to the function. The key to making it all work is to choose unifying factors such as color and texture. Blending different shades of soft creams, for example, and mixing textures such as leather, cashmere, linen and suede, complete the look and feel. Currently, incorporating lime green as an accent color is really hot.
Dark woods are especially popular.
Carpets that work well with the contemporary fusion style tend to be more textural than patterned. The materials themselves, said Jackson, tell you what to do.