How To Implement Luxury Through Minamilism
The artistic style of minimalism has seen a sharp rise in popularity in recent years, especially when it comes to home design. No longer are people obsessed with packing their homes with the latest and greatest furniture, appliances and gizmos, now people are looking to streamline their homes into a few high-quality items that fulfil many purposes. This style has also transferred over into the actual physical designing of homes and a refined sense of restrained elegance is all the rage. Here are a few ideas that you should consider if you want to get minimalistic in your home.
Frameless Glass
Frameless glass creates an incredible flow from your home to the environment outside and vice versa. Large sheets of frameless glass windows double as a great way to fully appreciate your surrounding views and a brilliant source of natural light and heating. However, frameless glass is a bold look and it should be really utilised as a feature rather than in every room of your home. Consider it for a joint indoor/outdoor living area or in your living room but generally avoid it in rooms like the bathroom, kitchen or study as it doesn't suit those very well. Alternatively, you can have small frameless glass windows dotted around all your rooms as a joining theme but without one large frameless glass feature.
Tiles And Cement
Minimalism embraces the subtlety of a blank canvas and there is none more blank than tiles or polished cement. Using these materials as the flooring will go a long way to creating the clean, futuristic look that you are searching for with minimalism. The good thing about polished cement floors is that, if you change your mind later on, it is easy to cover them up with another material. You will be amazed at how good concrete can look when polished and there is a very good chance that once you try it you won't want anything else again.
Recessed Seating
A fantastic way to feel as though nothing is cluttering any room at all is to use the trick of hiding it below the floor. Recessed seating is growing in popularity as both an artistic design choice and a great way to host friends and family. There is also just something cozier about feeling part of something when you sit in recessed flooring. For those that find this step a bit too much, you should consider neutral colour tones and furniture with pronounced edges. Minimalism enjoys embracing natural motifs and your furniture should feel as if it is a rocky outcrop (until you sit on it of course).