About AURA Modern Home
We are here for the people who turned the brightness down
Welcome to AURA Modern Home, the antidote to the all white movement. We believe a home should feel grounded, immersive, and deeply personal, not bright and anonymous. If you look at your saved photos and see more dark living rooms, library corners, and moody bedrooms than sun-drenched lofts, you are in the right place.
Instead of generic furniture that could belong in any house, we curate pieces that feel like they belong in yours – a home that looks even better at night than it does at noon.
We ask one question over and over as we choose furniture, lighting, and decor:
Does this still look beautiful with the lights low, one lamp on, a record playing, and a book half open on the arm of the sofa?
If the answer is yes, it might belong at AURA.
How AURA Modern Home started
AURA Modern Home began, more or less, with someone asking:
“Why is everything so bright?”
We were shopping for our own spaces and kept running into the same look: white sofas, pale rugs, light wood, and the suggestion to “just add a pop of color.” Meanwhile, our camera rolls were full of dark academia studies, moody lounges, and bedrooms that felt like retreats, not showrooms.
There was no easy way to shop for that darker, more atmospheric look – so we started building the store we wanted to use. We focused on:
- Furniture with visual weight, not flimsy silhouettes
- Woods like walnut and deep oak instead of only light stains
- Fabrics like velvet, textured weaves, and heavy linen
- Coffee tables, accent chairs, and storage pieces that feel at home in a dark room
Piece by piece, that turned into AURA Modern Home.
Our six design pillars
To make shopping easier (and more fun), we group our collections into six dark and moody aesthetics – six different ways to tell the same story.
For readers and writers who crave books, leather, and brass; a collected library mood that makes every room feel quiet, scholarly, and just a little dramatic.
For vintage modernists who prefer walnut, charcoal, and sculptural lines; a cinematic spin on mid century icons, edited down and made moodier for nightly use.
For lovers of brass, curves, and velvet; a glam, geometric mood with rich color, reflective accents, and lighting that feels like a quiet moody theater lobby.
For grounded minimalists who love dark woods, stone, and texture; a softened, cocooned mood with natural materials and low, warm light in every corner softly.
For calm minimalists who want strong silhouettes, low seating, and hidden storage; a dark, quiet space designed for breathing room, soft light, and stillness.
For traditionalists who love paneled walls, deep upholstery, and heirloom shapes; a layered, quiet luxury that feels historic lived in, and soft in low light.
We know online furniture shopping can feel like falling into an endless scroll. At AURA Modern Home, we try to give you a clear path instead of a bottomless feed:
How to shop AURA without losing your mind
Start with the pillar that feels closest to your saved photos, then follow that thread through seating, tables, storage, and decor. Shop By Aesthetic
Want to start small? Tackle one space at a time – your living room, bedroom, or study – and let the rest of the house catch up later. Shop By Room
Sometimes all you need is one anchor: a sofa, dining table, bed, or bathroom vanity that sets the tone. Once that piece is in place, cushions, rugs, and lighting become easier decisions instead of new design problems. Shop By Furniture Piece
What AURA Modern Home is not
We are NOT:
A place for bright, hyper minimal, “everything white and beige” interiors
About fast furniture that looks tired after one season
Trying to convince you there is only one right trend
We are:
Obsessed with mood, atmosphere, and how rooms feel at night
Interested in pieces that can move with you from home to home
Fans of spaces that look collected over time, not ordered in one afternoon
The vibe check
You will probably like AURA Modern Home if:
Your saved interiors skew more “library at night” than “beach house at noon”.
You care more about atmosphere than matching every piece perfectly.
You get weirdly excited about a great lamp, a heavy coffee table, or a perfect accent chair.
You like your walls with color, your furniture with weight, and your lighting just a little too low.
If you are nodding along, welcome in.
Behind the screen
Behind AURA Modern Home is a small team of people who genuinely enjoy this. We debate the exact right shade of green, send each other photos of lamps like they are puppies, and seriously ask questions like, “What if the entry felt more like a speakeasy?”
We test ideas in real spaces, with real life in the way – kids, pets, mugs on tables, laptops on desks. We are not designing museum rooms. We are building homes that can handle dinner, spills, guests, bad days, great days, and long evenings, and still feel like an escape when the lights go low.
Where to go from here
From here, you can:
- Explore our aesthetics and see which one feels closest to the home you keep saving on your phone
- Shop by room and transform one space at a time
- Or let a single piece from our furniture collection catch your eye and build around it
However you move, we are glad you found us. We hope AURA Modern Home helps you build a home that feels like a deep exhale at the end of the day – lit by one good lamp, with a room that finally matches the way you always pictured it in your head.