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Art Moderne Living Room with Marble Partition Screen
About Living Room Interiors
Common questions from homeowners.
It looks like one custom piece but works in two materials. Vertical wood slats form the ribs, and white marble panels sit inside the wavy cut-outs, all held in a thin brass frame. The wood keeps it warm, the marble keeps it from looking heavy, and the gaps let light and air pass. That is why it divides the entry from the living room without walling either side off completely.
The cream sectional sofa was kept plain on purpose. Everything around it, the gold branch chandelier, the brass cage coffee table, the marble screen, already carries pattern and shine. A busy sofa would have fought all of it. The pale cover also bounces the daylight from the floor to ceiling window deeper into the room. The downside is upkeep, since a light fabric this size shows marks and needs regular cleaning.
The main piece is a gold branch chandelier, an open metal frame that twists above the coffee table rather than a solid shade. An open form like this throws light in several directions and never blocks the view across the room. Around it, recessed spotlights sit in the false ceiling and a cove line washes the tray edge. Together they give you a bright centre and a soft glow for evenings.
Yes. Off the entry there is a backlit glass display cabinet in wood veneer, with glass shelves lit from within for books and glassware. Glass fronts keep dust off while still showing what is inside, and the strip lighting turns the shelves into a soft feature after dark. It sits flush with the wall so it does not eat floor space. Everyday clutter is meant to stay behind the solid lower doors.
The floor is a glossy marble finish in a warm cream tone, and the main feature wall behind the sofa is grey veined marble. The gloss is what gives the room its bright, reflective feel and doubles the light from the window. It also means scratches and footprints show, so it wants a soft mop and no grit underfoot. The grey marble wall keeps the palette calm against all the brass.
Most of it scales down. The partition screen is the part to keep, because even a narrow version zones an entry from a sofa without blocking light. In a small room you would drop the sectional for a three-seater and shrink the coffee table. I would also trade full marble flooring for a marble-look tile, which reads similar from standing height and costs far less to lay and maintain.
More than a matte, all-laminate room, and it is worth knowing upfront. Brass edging and the cage table pick up fingerprints and need an occasional dry buff to hold their shine. Marble flooring and the feature wall want gentle, pH-neutral cleaning so the polish is not dulled. None of it is hard, it is just regular. Budget a little time each week rather than a big clean now and then.
It is built to order, so most of it is adjustable. You can change the height, the number of wavy panels, and swap marble for a printed acrylic if weight or budget is a concern. The brass frame can become a matte black or champagne finish to suit the room. The one fixed rule is to keep some open gaps, since a solid screen would darken whichever side faces away from the window.