Modern interiors have grown tremendously in popularity over the past few decades, thanks in part to iconic retailers like IKEA and DWR that have taken a leading role in mainstreaming contemporary furniture across US.  While modern and contemporary styles are very clear and easily identified, their presence and integration into other styles have been just as widespread, sequentially creating the eclectic style of décor where frequent but not exclusive incorporation of modern furniture with traditional, country and other styles of décor, stretching across a vast variety of genres and often sourced from different periods and countries.

A great example of this style is the formal living room in the home of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay.  The room is dominated by the retro modern set of purple velvet couches, and complimented by 16th century gilded rococo elements like the elaborate balcony details and carved grand piano, as well as the classic touches achieved with Greco-Roman mythological statues, marble fountain and the carved fireplace mantel.  The different furniture styles and décor elements are united by the neutrals of the walls, ceiling and floor making them cohesive yet individually alluring.

The Colorado dining room of Camille and Kelsey Grammer, featured in the June 2004 Architectural Digest issue is another example of the attractive nature of eclectic style.  The contemporary dining table and the avant-garde wall prints are the focal point of this room without a doubt, yet the ethnic rug coupled with the carved traditional armchair at the head of the table are the offsetting elements that create the most strikingly interesting environment full of contradicting and complimenting extremes.