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The Thomasville Bedroom Bedside Table 45511-731 fulfills the streamlined look that is a requirement on minimalism.
Many of the homes these days – even the smallest ones – offer luxuries that people from the past can only imagine. Nowadays, whatever the mind can conceive, architects, engineers, and interior designers can build. But when you come to think of it, the actual needs are quite simple. A roof over one’s head and walls roundabout, even flooring that’s not cold are basic necessities that are common for both chic and simple homes.
So, simplicity means building or creating things that are no more than what’s necessary. Simplicity also means having little to zero clutter. While science tells that people who tend to clutter are smarter, studies have also proven that women cannot live in a cluttered environment because their cortisol hormones tend to spike because of stress.
If you don’t like being stressed with a lot of mess in your home, perhaps, you might want to consider minimalism.
The Minimalist You
Your personal style, once you decide to become a minimalist is pared down and simple. You should know the things that you cannot live without and those are the only things that you should keep.
The pared down style means ditching anything that’s garish and superfluous. You would be amazed on how simplicity can actually look sleek and sophisticated. It may be monochromatic or not but it is always laidback.
So, let’s begin. Let’s start with your Day 1 as a minimalist.
Clear Your Home of Clutter
If you look around and you see piles of papers (which are mostly junk mail and bills anyway), keys, empty cups, and just about any object that you can think of, then it’s time to get a trash bag.
Segregate the stuff that you can give away and those that must already be thrown.
Cleaning the clutter is just the beginning. Now the next step is to look at your dining table. This is that one piece of furniture that tends to gather the clutter. Yes, it can be a clutter magnet.
Embracing the minimalist style means you have to clear the dining table at once. Ask which ones can be eliminated and which ones should already be stored. The non-essentials have got to go.
Choose a Base Color
Minimalism – just like any other interior design – must also have a base color. But for your chosen style, color suggestions include subdued hues such as pastels, the shades of white, beige, tan, and cream.
This does not mean that you have to be boring or bland, though. You can have a white room but be creative in setting it up. Giving it a yellow undertone will make it more appealing and interesting. Blue undertones, on the other hand, will make white appear cooler and crisper.
A house with lots of natural light often looks warmer. If this is the case in your home, then better use a cooler white shade in order to balance the design. Homes that are lit artificially with fluorescent or LED tend to look warmer so use the cooler undertones.
Stop Impulse Buying
Since you’ve just cleared the clutter, you wouldn’t want to add to the clutter again, would you? Colleen Madsen, a realtor from Salt Lake county, suggests the so-called One-In-One-Out practice. This works by having one item taken out of your home the moment one piece also comes in. The sizes of the two items should be relative or even better, the item that will be taken out must be bigger.
Talk of Textures
Be careful in mixing textures. Mixing a lot of textures at once together with varied surfaces and materials of different colors will result in a migraine-inducing scenario. This you wouldn’t want.
If you used a white base, then look for layers of dove gray, beige or tan. What works best are the colors that you already see to be blending well in nature.
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