Modern Transitional Living Room Design-Touches of Vintage for the Airbnb

Do you have a hard time figuring out what to call your decorating style?  It used to be so simple because there were only a handful of categories.  Now with today’s trends, you have so many different names of a design style and a lot of those names pretty much mean the same thing, it gets confusing.  Well, I am sharing my modern transitional living room design with touches of vintage.  How do you like all those descriptions?  

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I have always struggled with what to call my design style and now that we moved and have a different style house from the last one, I am transitioning my style again.  Thank goodness, I get to practice on the Airbnb space before taking on our portion of the house.  

This buffet and gallery wall of frames were at the old house.  I had just completed the living room in the old house and we moved, so I was very happy to repurpose the look into the living room of the guest suite.  The plant stand and the buffet are the touches of vintage in the living room.  I gave the buffet a modern look by painting it and this is where the term modern transitional decor comes into my style.  

I was looking for the perfect accent chairs to go in the space in front of the Murphy bed.  I tried a few chairs and they were all too short and small in comparison to the size of the sofa.  When I spotted these lovely green chairs from Wayfair, I knew they would be the perfect fit with the other green accents in the living room space.  

I had to get a little creative in the Murphy Bed nook.  It had a drop ceiling which is needed because all the electric and pipes are running in this area.  I did the same technique from my old office where I made the drop ceiling to look like tin tiles.  The mirror in the background covers up an electrical panel, which was a perfect way to cover up the panel without anyone knowing. 

This is a before picture of the guest suite.  This picture came from the listing photos.    

The after with the same view. 

I kept the decor to a minimal.  I have been in plenty of short term rentals and it would drive me crazy to have to move all the clutter just to use the table.  I wanted a welcoming feel without the clutter and simple decor statements.  I think the modern transitional living room design has been a hit as I get so many compliments on my reviews on Airbnb and also in the guest book.  

What about you, do you know what to call your decorating style?  Leave me a comment.