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The Hickory White Bedroom Upton King Upholstered Bed 585-25 can be easily shared by a couple. It comes in a color that’s perfectly gender-safe.
Have you ever asked yourself what makes a home gender neutral? As more men and women take on professional roles outside of their home, work environments have become places where both sexes are treated equally. This fight for equality has transcended to the realm of interior design.
A few studies have written guidance on the factors that affect gender neutrality perceptions. From spatial and color association, these researches show how women and men react differently inside the same physical environment.
Through these studies, interior designers were able to accommodate the preferences of each sex, thus, they began using more neutral colors. Of course, it is impossible to reach a hundred-percent parity. More often than not, the deciding factor is whether the room or home would be used by a man or a woman.
Think of bars and clubs – places that appear to men more than women – and you’d default to black or navy blue, hues that are both associated with masculinity. But there is a need to thwart the predominantly male society. Gender equality has to invade interior design industry as well.
His and Hers
This is the era of gender revolution. The traditional roles for men and women are now being constantly challenged because of the astounding advances in technology and the sciences. The world’s various cultures are also evolving that gender is slowly becoming more fluid.
Gender is now no longer just male or female. This same concept is also happening in the world of fashion and interior design. And with a wave of feminism getting ever stronger, this solidarity is being initiated among men so they can foster gender equality in all aspects of life.
Gender neutral designs obscure what’s feminine and what’s masculine. Makeup and clothing lines reflect appearances that can get confusing. In interior design, though, it is all about being accommodated.
Okay, now let’s discuss the basics of a gender neutral habitat. It means letting go of anything that’s purposeless. This means setting up rooms with ample seating for everyone. This must be a gathering area that has neutral colors, a drop leaf table which can transform as a workstation when needed.
The entryway must also be adorned with both masculine and feminine features. Hang a pair of antlers just right above a lovely ornate chair. The walls in this area can be painted with a beige tone.
As you go inside the home and reach the living room, you can use darker tones in order to achieve a mood that’s bordering masculine but it’s held back just enough so a female can still thrive there.
Framed mirrors are also a necessity in gender neutral surroundings. These help bounce lights throughout the room. Correctly-framed mirrors can effectively play up the scale of a room. Paint the walls with dark gray and green and you’ll achieve a dramatic flair that’s neither too feminine nor too masculine.
And who says pastel pink or blue is just for females and boys, respectively? The key here is to make the major areas look gender neutral while you can inject these staple colors somewhere. Leave enough space for a reading nook inside the bedroom where a king-sized bed was replaced with a queen-sized one instead.
Bronze is also another gender neutral metallic color that can be used. Have the bed headboard upholstered with white silk linen then make it a tad more masculine by adding bronze nail heads.
If you don’t want to go wrong, you can simply use black and white. The bathroom can have black and white striped patterns then the rest of the design elements can be basic white.
Lastly, you can do soft fused with industrial sort of style. Use rustic elements together with iron and concrete.
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