Explore Timeless Interior Design at This Home in Long Grove, IL

An elegant neutral color scheme is a key element of traditional home design. Soft white, grays, and tans in both light and darker shades create an elegant, versatile color scheme for this home. However, good interior design requires depth and dimension. To this end, we incorporated subtle pops of color, primarily soft blue tones used in several decor pieces throughout the home as well as greenery with potted plants. Dark wood accents in furniture pieces also punctuate the home, adding a grounding contrast to the lightness of the overarching color palette. 

Texture, as well, is a key element of traditional home design that can add visual dimension to a space while still maintaining a neutral color palette. Patterned rugs and accent pillows, varied furniture fabric, detailed molding and eye-catching artwork and decor all add depth with their tactile and visual textures.

Natural materials including wood, stone, and fabrics like linen and silk are another key elements of traditional home design. These natural materials are also long-lasting making them ideal for this family home with a timeless interior design. From the stone fireplace in the family room to the dark wood dining set to silk wallpaper in the primary bedroom, natural materials add elegance and enduring beauty to every room.

A large part of the appeal of this traditional home design comes from the pleasing symmetry applied throughout. Starting in the foyer when you walk into the home, the graceful silhouette of the round pedestal table lends an impactful focal point that’s perfectly centered, which helps guide the eye forward to the landscape views beyond. The quaint living room vignette in the room next to the foyer also demonstrates the symmetrical technique with its perfectly centered and beautifully balanced design. Wall molding several rooms throughout the home brings an exquisite linear design that adds to the traditional elegance of the timeless interior design.

To offset linear elements of the design, we added graceful curves in the decor as well, including crystal chandeliers and candle holders as well as rounded furniture pieces like the living room coffee table or foyer pedestal.