Hollywood Glam Interior Design Style Guide

Searching for a bolder interior design style with more personality and flair? The Hollywood Glam interior design style might just be perfect for you, with its shiny metal accents and unique high-contrast style that mixes glamor and luxury with stylish vibrant colors. Rich fabrics and large-scale items make your living room feel spacious, sophisticated, and worthy of housing the richest and most famous people in the world. This blog discusses in detail how to achieve that awe-inspiring atmosphere of grandeur in your own living room.

1. Choosing the Right Colors

For the Hollywood Glam look, high contrast is necessary to achieve the glamorous design, and the color palette is no exception. A black and white, or black, white, and sepia color palette is common for a more toned-down look. However, choosing one jewel tone to act as the accent color is also common - deep red, emerald green, sapphire blue, amethyst purple - the choice is yours.

Tips: 

• Wall Materials: Walls are typically painted a dark color, such as black, or one of your accent colors. But why limit yourself to one color? In the Hollywood Glam style, having multiple wall colors and accent walls is perfect for achieving the high-contrast opulence. Having inlays/architectural designs into the walls also fits the style well!
• Flooring: Anything from glossy hardwood to fluffy carpet goes well with the Hollywood Glam style. Given the frequent use of rugs, you can explore wooden and stone options.
• Accents: Decorate with cushions in your accent jewel tones as well as intricately decorated vases or sculptures that remind you of Hollywood glamor. Display your favorite movie prop collections.
  

 

2. Choosing the Right Patterns and Textures

Having the right – or wrong – patterns and textures can make or break your Hollywood Glam look. Tasteful patterns are necessary to convey luxury and using certain types of textures throughout your living room can also influence how your living room is perceived. While other elements of the Hollywood Glam style are meant to be as eccentric and over-the-top as you can imagine, it’s best not to do this with the patterns.

 

Suggestions:

• Patterns: Keeping with the glamorous style, the general rule is to avoid overly intricate and loud patterns which might seem over-the-top or unsophisticated. Go for simple patterns without strongly contrasting colors, with the exception of stripes, which are quite commonly used.
• Textures: The Hollywood Glam style favors smooth and sleek textures for the walls, as stone is often used, but architectural details like inlays, crowning, and other intricately sculpted features add more texture to the design. Contrast these “hard” textured items with soft textures through silky satin or fuzzy velvet cushions and fluffy, shaggy rugs.

3. Choosing the Right Furniture

Choosing the right furniture is essential to capturing the glamor of this style. Having multiple pieces arranged in a conversation circle is common, so combining a mixture of divans, sofa beds, sectionals, armchairs, and ottomans is not unheard of. A pale, neutral color from white to cream, beige, and light gray is recommended to contrast with the darker surroundings.

Tips: 

• Overall Design: Choose furniture with a classy, elegant design and sleek lines or curves. Embellishments such as buttons or creases are common to add the intricate details which make this look pop.
• Frames: Shiny metals are the go-to material of the Hollywood Glam style to exude luxury. Chrome, silver, gold, bronze, and copper finishes are all great choices to fit the style.

4. Choosing the Right Accessories

Choosing the right accessories for your Hollywood glam living room can be difficult, especially given such a vast living room space. Some basic tips include scaling up, since designing for a style focusing on grandeur allows you to use larger pieces that take up more space. Don’t shy away from including more “impractical” items like towering sculptures or other art pieces. 

Suggestions:

• Rugs: For the Hollywood Glam style, choosing the right rug is essential. Go for a thick, possibly shaggy rug in a color that matches your design. You can use your rug as a brightly-colored accent or keep it a simple black or beige.
• Artwork: Frame high-contrast black and white photographs, often of famous people, in ornate gold frames for the decadence and glamor of this look. Sepia toned photographs or simple paintings with few pops of color are acceptable as well. Personalize the look with photographs of your favorite actors or your family members.
• Curtains: Go for curtains in luxury materials like brocade, satin, or silk. The slight sheen fits well with the overall shiny look of the Hollywood glam style. Simple patterns like embroidered leaves or flowers might be alright depending on the rest of your design.
• Cinema-related Items: There’s nothing like an original, authentic piece from Hollywood such as a real prop or autographed item to display in your living room.

5. Add Showpieces

A key element of the Hollywood Glam style is having several large statement pieces that you spotlight. These wow-factor items can be anything from artwork to a towering metal sculpture which will serve as a central focal point and a way to showcase the glamor of your house. 

Ideas:

• Sculptures: As mentioned, sculptures made in marble, stone, glass, metal, or shiny reflective materials will be perfect for adding to your Hollywood Glam interior design style. Modern style sculptures and sculptures of famous people or scenes are preferable, but you could make vintage sculptures work if you wanted to. Size is very important, so make sure that your sculpture is at an impressive height on a pedestal if necessary.
• Mini-Bar: What better represents the glamor and splendor of life in Hollywood besides a tastefully decorated minibar? A glossy marble counter with bar stools and a mosaic tile wall with inlaid recessed lighting and glass cabinets, also well lit with a soft, brightly colored light would be a unique feature to distinguish your living room from the common ones.
• Giant Vase: For a more classical Hollywood Glam look, find an enormous shiny ceramic vase in one of your accent colors and fill it with wheat stalks and flowers. Keep in mind that the size is what makes it impressive, so this should be a freestanding vase that is at least taller than your sofa bed.

6. Choose the Right Lighting

To bring your Hollywood Glam design to life, the right lighting is key. The perfect balance between dark colors and warm toned, shimmering lights characterizes this style. To emphasize the luxury aspect and showcase the size of your living room, having multiple light sources is encouraged.

Options:

• Chandeliers: Chandeliers are a must-have for the opulence and grandeur of this style. Large, intricate, chandeliers with dangling crystal pieces and shiny metals add a little glitter and sparkle to the look.
• Wall Sconces: Glittering glass or frosted crystal wall sconces with metal fixtures suit this style perfectly, adding a glowing accent to the space.
• Spotlights & Recessed Lighting: Especially with the many reflective metallic decor items in this design, spotlights and recessed lighting are essential to make your room sparkle. Use these lights to highlight your favorite decor items, create leading lines in your design, or light up a corner of your room.
• Lamps: A semi-antique look to your ornate table lamps will fit the Hollywood Glam style. Choose lamps with metal frames that match the other metals you used in your design and a simple, unpatterned lamp shade.

Conclusion

All in all, the Hollywood Glam interior design style is perfect for those who love the opulence and glamor associated with Hollywood. This bold interior design style will make your living room stand out from others, with its brilliant colors, use of high contrast between items, ornate and detailed metal frames, artwork, fluffy rugs, and grand chandeliers that look like they came out of a movie. 

 

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