It turns out that decorating with a minimalist style is one of the most booming options in the world of interior decoration, and it is one of the best options you can choose to renovate your home. It is a style that emerged around the sixties or seventies and that tries to create a pure space and as clean as possible, without an overload of elements that are part of the overall aesthetics.
As we have told you in many previous articles, there are many different styles of decoration. Antique style, shabby chic or urban style are, to give you an idea, the most suitable for minimalism, which consists of leaving all the protagonism to the sobriety of the minimal elements to live at home.
This is how rooms are composed that are made up of minimal elements. The bed, for example, or the table, or the armchair. The decoration follows this line, and so you can get an idea of how it is we are going to give you some details, and we will also tell you if it is possible to get a house with minimalist style without spending a lot of money. Go for it!
What are the necessary characteristics to decorate in a minimalist style?
The minimalist style consists, then and as its name suggests, to stay with the minimum. This means using the rooms of a house with as few objects as possible, avoiding objects that are too flashy and trying to give prominence to the basic lines. Therefore, in minimalism, architecture is really important, that is, the actual space of the room made of walls, columns or windows, as well as sculpture and painting.
To help you understand how you can give your home a minimalist decorating touch, we are going to describe a few points:
- In minimalism, one of the most predominant points are straight lines. This is so in the rooms themselves but also in the elements that are part of them: the square-shaped objects, the sober details and try to avoid curves and sinuosity.
- Especially important is the lighting in the minimalist style. As you are not going to try to fill the space with large ornaments or bright colors, on the sobriety of the elements that are part of each room, what you have to have is light, which is also part of the aesthetics itself.
- There are also some favorite colors in minimalism, which are the whole line of white, beige and, in general, neutral colors. It is possible to include some small details in other colors, but never an explosion of color, or that a single object will draw immediate attention, but that it is completely in line with the general color line.
- The decorations in a minimalist room should always be as simple as possible. No flowers, flashy paintings, sinuous and colorful sculptures, but rather colorful vases in line with the wall, or books that have to do with art. It is also possible to use wicker objects, which follows the beige tone that matches the rest.
- In short, what minimalism tries to emphasize is functionality over aesthetics. Finally, a room with this style looks good, but all the objects in it must have a specific function, and this is not overshadowed by colors, shapes or things that are too flashy.
Some tricks to achieve minimalist decor on a low budget
Just as other decorative styles are more difficult to achieve when you don’t have a large amount of money to invest in them, the same is not true for minimalism. It is precisely the fact of having emptier rooms, where only a few objects are also necessary for day-to-day activities, that is the most economical thing there is.
On the other hand, it is perfectly feasible to combine minimalism with recycled materials to avoid buying some new elements. For example, for the decoration, which should consist of straight objects and neutral colors, you can use other objects that you have in other rooms and you are not using.
Bookshelves, white tables, and photography works without being too flashy, are things that can be easily obtained, even on second-hand sites. So if you are thinking of decorating with minimalist style, do not worry because there are endless ways to do it, and these do not have to invest in a major reform.