How To Choose A Ceiling Fan to Perfectly Match Your Home

By Zephyr and Stone

Creating a home that’s functional, timeless and beautiful has as much to do with the small details as it does the big ticket items. So how do you ensure all the small details are right? Choosing products and finishes that pair well with your home style and design brief! Getting those small details right is key to creating a home that feels seamless and well put together.

One of those details that often gets overlooked are ceiling fans. So we’ve put together our top tips for what to consider when choosing a fan style for your home…

Zephyr and Stone • Contemporary Coastal Living Room featuring the Aspire Fan from ThreeSixtyFans

Disappearing Act

If you’ve spent any time on Instagram or found yourself down an endless Pinterest scroll, you’ll know that modern ceiling fans are available in a variety of materials, finishes and colours. The vast options make it easier than ever to find a style that really matches your own individual home aesthetic and colour scheme.

When choosing ceiling fans for your home, you’ll first need to decide whether you want your fan to make a statement or a disappearing act. We’re big fans of clean, seamless lines and neutral finishes, as this allows owners to change furnishings as their own style or home trends do over time. That’s why we almost always opt for white ceiling fans which disappear against the ceiling rather than drawing attention.

Zephyr and Stone • Coral House Living Room featuring the Delta Ceiling Fan from ThreeSixtyFans

Make It A Feature

To make a statement, contrast your fan’s colour or material against your ceiling. Choose a fan that compliments other colours or finishes in your space to ensure a cohesive home design. Matching your fans to finishes like window frames, door handles, lighting or timber accents - ensures a connection between different elements in the room.

Most suppliers even have dedicated edits, like black ceiling fans to make finding the right style easier than ever. Making a feature of your fan will create instant impact, especially when paired with black window frames and other elements in the same dark tones, such as furniture and lighting or with feature ceilings such as concrete or panelling.

Zephyr and Stone • Classic Coastal Bedroom featuring the Flume Ceiling Fan from ThreeSixtyFans

The Blade Shape

From thin and sleek to curved, fanned and textured styles, there’s a range of different options to choose from when it comes to the shape of fan blades. Consider the feeling you’re trying to achieve in your space or the shape of other products when choosing a shape for your home.

Ceiling fans with clean, straight lines are a great match for minimalist or Scandi-style interiors, while curved options like the Flume that we’ve used in our Classic Coastal Bedroom look right at home in more relaxed homes with a coastal style. Choosing a fan shape and material that compliments your other finishes is key to ensuring you get this detail right.

Zephyr and Stone • Coral House Living Room featuring the Delta Ceiling Fan from ThreeSixtyFans

Keep A Low Profile

If you’re like us, there’s something seriously satisfying about long, elegant lines that help to make a room feel spacious and open. Your ceiling fan can help to create this illusion by incorporating a minimalist design, with a low profile.

Opting for a super sleek, linear design, like the FlatJET Fan creates crisp, modern lines that blend in with other elements in the room and enhance your look, rather than detract from it.

Zephyr and Stone • Retreat House Living Room featuring the FlatJET Ceiling Fan from ThreeSixtyFans

Size Matters

Choosing the right size fan for any room is vital to ensuring functionality. Furthermore, fan size will also affect the look and overall feel of your space. An oversized fan with large blades can create a resort-style feeling in your home, whilst slimline options such as the Aspire Ceiling Fan, are versatile as they fit seamlessly in smaller to slightly larger rooms for a contemporary look.

Zephyr and Stone • Scandi Bedroom featuring the Aspire Ceiling Fan from ThreeSixtyFans

Here in our Resort House Living Room, an oversized ceiling fan like the Flume is a beautiful way to not only increase the airflow within the space but also to give a sense of grandeur and open space. This type of ceiling fan works particularly well in Hamptons, Contemporary and Coastal style homes.

Zephyr and Stone • Resort House Living Room featuring the Flume Ceiling Fan from ThreeSixtyFans