Modern furniture has now become very trendy. You will see those everywhere wherever you go. In homes of your neighbors or at restaurants they are everywhere. Now you have your old furniture in your home. May be some of those are existing from the time of your grandfather. Then it will not be easy for you to get rid of those from your home if they are still functional. There are some emotions involved in them also. In this situation what you can do is to turn those furnitures into modern ones by repairing them. Changing their color can be an option. You can paint those & give them a modern look. You can change the metal parts of those with new metals which are glossier. The best idea is to remove them from your drawing room & place them in you study room or somewhere else where your guests do not enter frequently. Then you can buy new modern furniture for your drawing room.