Augment Your Art Nouveau Style Home with Custom Furnishings and Custom Chandeliers

Mahogany Art Nouveau Dining Room by William Doub Custom Furniture at CustomMade.com

Art Nouveau is French for “new art,” but this style has been around since the late 1800s when it was introduced in Paris, France. Art Nouveau includes grand, sweeping styles of daring curves, fanciful swirls, and designs that are at once detailed but streamlined. Art Nouveau is best known for its examples in architecture, with the most famous Art Nouveau building being the Chrysler Building in New York City. You can incorporate the creative edge of Art Nouveau into your home with interesting and functional pieces of custom made furniture.

Your dining room is a showpiece—with the center jewel being the candelabra that is ready to hold real candles, or chandeliers that is hardwired for electricity into the ceiling to gracefully hang over the center of the dining room table. Choose an elegant art nouveau style that is at once classic and modern.

Hand-Forged Iron Chandelier by David Frisk, Inc., at CustomMade.com

Look for stainless steel or wrought iron chandeliers or candelabras that incorporate Art Nouveau’s swirling lines without becoming cloying.

Candelabras by Maynard Studios at CustomMade.com

Your dining room may also benefit from an Art Nouveau style dry bar or hutch to hold your family’s china collection. Look for custom made pieces that feature extravagant curves in place of straight lines, but do not dilute their style with unnecessary flowers or other accoutrement. The beauty of Art Nouveau is in its simplicity.

Nouveau Buffet by Heitzman Studios at CustomMade.com

Art Nouveau’s dramatic effect on your dining room is derived from the design of each piece of furniture, whether it is a buffet, hutch, or dining room chairs.

Nouveau Rustic Kitchen Hutch by Steven Shroder's Nouveau Rustic Furniture and Accessories at CustomMade.com

The daring curves of each piece work together for a single effect, instead of a simply built piece of furniture that has been decorated with small carvings or painting.

Dining Chairs and Arm Chairs with Marquetry Back Panels by Louchheim Design Furniture at CustomMade.com

Furniture such as a cabinet suitable for storing fine china may exhibit Art Nouveau style decorative curls or even abstract lilies with the inlaid wood.

Free Standing China Cabinet by Caseworks at CustomMade.com

Custom made inlaid Art Nouveau pieces may incorporate woods that have colors ranging from the natural to the eye popping so you can choose a wood with the color of your choice.

Art Nouveau Marquetry Fireplace Surround by William Doub Custom Furniture at CustomMade.com

Add Art Nouveau’s dramatic style to your home in a more permanent fashion with an Art Nouveau inspired staircase. Instead of colonial style scroll work spindles and banisters, have a skilled and creative artisan craft a custom staircase that features dramatic curves in the Art Nouveau style. Aim for a style that includes highly polished wood, where the spindles and banister are creatively curved pieces of smooth wood, rather than each piece being individually detailed.

Art Nouveau Stair Railing by Michael Evans Design at CustomMade.com