If it's suggestions for furniture you need, how about looking to more modern, Scandinavian designs.  I know a lot of people knock Ikea nowadays but their designs (and the originals they took 'em from) are, IMO, some of the best examples of "modern" furniture you could look for.

In any case, my own preference is for simple geometric lines.  I hate repro and "traditional" furniture with a passion, dislike brass fittings, finials, carved mouldings and anything of that sort. 

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