ESSENTIALS FOR STYLE
HOW TO FURNISH YOUR HOME IN A MINIMALIST STYLE?
Show me your home and I will tell you who you are?
The characteristics of a furniture style should reflect the personality of the person who chooses it. Each furnishing style has its own peculiarities: the minimalist one is suitable for a person who likes order and understated elegance, with a pragmatic and firm character. The main characteristic of the minimalist furniture style? The beauty contained in the essential, indeed! And who can feel comfortable in the bare minimum but a disciplined and practical person?
WHAT IS MINIMALIST FURNITURE STYLE?
The essential furniture style comes from a philosophical-artistic current that emerged in the 1960s, capable of giving a strong and determined character to an environment. Minimalism does not accept frills to leave space, in every sense. Space to “have space,” space to look, to listen, to breathe, to move, to have light… Light, one of the main elements of the essential style: always present, always precious, always essential to be able to enhance the “space.”
DISTINCTIVE ELEMENTS TO FURNISH IN MINIMALIST STYLE
The minimalist furnishing style is characterized by distinctive features, such as:
- Linear and simple, often square shapes
- Sober, neutral colors
- Top functionality
- Minimal space requirements
- Maximum integration of technological solutions with furnishings
SHAPES OF THE MINIMALIST STYLE
In the minimalist style, forms are sharp and defined. Irregularity is practically absent, extravagance has no place there, as it is considered superfluous.
However, the elegance of restraint is contained in the pure, decisive lines that leave no room for frills.
COLORS OF THE MINIMALIST STYLE
In the minimalist style, colors are also kept to a minimum. Black and white: these are the colors that dominate the minimalist style. Other colors that harmonize well with these two are gray and colors that resemble earth or sand (beige, some shades of brown). Vivid colors are used to give special accents with secondary elements of your home: pillows, curtains, beams, columns, pictures, etc.
PRACTICALITY AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MINIMAL STYLE
The minimal style is distinguished by:
– Few surfaces to clean (so they clean up quickly)
– Few unnecessary things on top of furniture (so they get sorted quickly)
– Useful things at hand (everyday life flows smoothly)
DECORATIONS AND FURNITURE ARRANGEMENT IN THE ESSENTIAL STYLE
The essential style avoids clutter to leave room for space. Therefore, furniture is arranged along the walls, preferably suspended from the floor. Furniture in the center of the room is allowed only in open rooms (an open living room, a lot, the attic).
Some surfaces (very few in the total ensemble) can be decorated in consonant colors, so always neutral.
Here are some examples of Centro Ave Ceramica’s decorations that go well with the essential style: