You can have a modern-classic style living room. A classic-style sofa in a contemporary fabric is a great starting point for a modern-classic scheme. You can try mix and match patterns, embrace bold colors, layer rugs, and so much more. If you want a contemporary edge, you can have the modern classics like these white-leather Barcelona chairs and Lucite coffee table.

Check photos on Houzz of contemporary chandeliers - with the choice these days, you can have your cake and eat it too.

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sterlet14,
I still don't know what I could call "my style" I have joked and said I am an eclectic minimalist and I say eclectic, not in the sense of heaps of styles and colours all mixed together, which is how I see eclectic but more so, that all the furniture that I have bought for my new home when the construction is complete, is second hand, they don't all match but have a common ground of being solid timber and or leather.
As for saying I'm a minimalist, I currently live in a 7 sq home where everything is packed on top of everything, absolutely no sign of minimalism here but can't wait till everything has it's own place in the house to live and preferably in a cupboard or draw, with absolutely nothing on display anywhere, save a vase on the dining table and a few pot plants!!
As for your statement about choosing classic but trying to follow contemporary, perhaps you already know what way you seem to be going.
Classic and contemprary is an odd one to put together but the photo's supplied show it's not only doable but done allot AND looks great!!!
I guess the only thing you have to decide is, if you are mostly classic with a touch of contemporary or the opposite or yet again happy to share the style equally.
I think contemporary with a hint of classic is very nice and not at all over done but I don't think you could do it as well in reverse.
Cheers,
Barbara