As much as our homes are inspired and influenced by trends and style, it is important to incorporate our own flavor and personality into designing them - so it really feels like home! Many of my clients do not know where to start - which is fine! For this exact reason, interior designers exist. Here at Hello Saturday design, we focus on ensuring that we work with the client to make their dreams around the home come true. When working with a client, it is critical we get to know each other! The client learns to trust the designer, and the designer learns to get to know the client and how to best achieve their personality around the home, through design choices and furniture selection.
Today we will take a look at four design styles, and ways these can best be achieved.
JAPANDI
Japandi design style is the perfect combination of the modern influence of Scandinavian design, partnered with the functional and elegant style of Japanese aesthetic. Pionarred in 2016 and bannered by minimalism, this design style has lasted the test of time! It incorporates neutral tones, use of texture and beautiful natural materials. With an emphasis on sustainability and the use of eco-friendly products, this is a style that is a great choice for those considering a change in the home.
In order to achieve a japandi look, it is important to start with natural products focusing on cleaner lines with the aim to achieve a minimalist style. If your personality oozes clarity, and your home is a place where you gain a sense of oasis from, start with decluttering your space. This will allow the use of natural materials and warm textures to create a space that feels relaxing and inviting, with a focus on clean lines and neutral tones.
ART DECO
Art deco - surprisingly not only found in Napier! This style originated in France in the early 1910s, and still stands to this day. With a focus on color and shape, art deco design is likely to include deep yellows, reds, greens, blues, and pinks (with a focus on the softer colours for the bedrooms). This style incorporates the use of repetitive shapes and has adopted a name for itself through oversaturation of geometric shapes and vertical lines.
To achieve this look in the home and really show off your bright and bubbly personality, start with the obvious and opt for bright colors with saturday tones. Decorate with shapes, and place an emphasis on fluted details with stark materials and a high-contrast palette. By focusing on strong silhouettes, you'll be able to achieve the bright and bold art deco style in your forever home!
MINIMALISM
How can we go past minimalism! With an emphasis of large spaces, clean lines and a monochromatic palette, a minimalistic style makes a focus out of key essential elements and pieces of furniture, as opposed to oversaturation of color and design. Texture is critically chosen, and depth of rooms are articulated through the clean design style. Started in the 1950s, minimalism is a common design style used to this day.
If you're inspired by the minimalist look and you feel at ease, your best bet is to start with keeping it simple. By leaving empty spaces and only committing to using the bare necessities, you create a design by essentially avoiding overdesign itself. Minimalistic homes focus on clean palettes and use color scarcely. To best achieve a minimal look, consider the use of flat spaces, maintaining balance by implementing a grid design to keep it in order.
How can we go past minimalism! With an emphasis of large spaces, clean lines and a monochromatic palette, a minimalistic style makes a focus out of key essential elements and pieces of furniture, as opposed to oversaturation of color and design. Texture is critically chosen, and depth of rooms are articulated through the clean design style. Started in the 1950s, minimalism is a common design style used to this day.
If you're inspired by the minimalist look and you feel at ease, your best bet is to start with keeping it simple. By leaving empty spaces and only committing to using the bare necessities, you create a design by essentially avoiding overdesign itself. Minimalistic homes focus on clean palettes and use color scarcely. To best achieve a minimal look, consider the use of flat spaces, maintaining balance by implementing a grid design to keep it in order.
MAXIMALISM
Maximalism adopts the ethos “more-is-more!” and is a design style that is not to be afraid of. Contrary to minimalism, maximalism focuses on highly saturated colors, excessive accessories and a lot of art around the home. Playfulness is at an all time high in a maximalism designed home and it's loud gestures is enough to incorporate any rich and creative personality.
In order to achieve this look, we recommend starting with color, and art. By laying your foundations with playful vibrancy and enchanting art, it will allow you to next choose your furniture based on what fits the space well, and maximizes the use of creativity. By being bold from the start and committing to the chosen patterns and color, you will love your space of vibrancy and inspiration!
