Minimalism is nice, but also a little sterile. If you really want to enjoy balanced minimalism, the warm minimalist style is the thing for you.
So, how do we create that warm minimalist feel? Here's how:
Clutter-free space- Minimalism is all about cutting down on frills and extra stuff. For the living room, it means lesser artifacts and clutter-free space in general. But, since that can drain the personality out of the living room, we prefer the warm minimalist style. So, you can put away the stuff that really shouldn’t be in the living room, like unread mail, piles of laundry, and anything that seems to litter the place. Then get down to effectively reducing the stuff you have on display. Move from cluttered shelves to shelves that have your stuff but in an organized manner. Have fewer art pieces, but make sure they reflect your personality since that is what ‘warm’ is all about.
Smart storage solution- Obviously, if you are cutting the clutter, you can get rid of some things,
We talk about maximizing space a lot on this blog. Often, it's possible to come up with a more elegant solution to a problem rather than simply continuing along the status quo. In many cases, people have many more clothes than they wear with any frequency. Many people fill up their closets and dressers with this surplus and then are surprised when they are out of space. Why have a dresser when you have a closet? The amount of space in your bedroom can be expanded by trimming down the amount of clothes you have to just those that fit in your closet.
Trimming down on the need for bedroom furniture makes space for more creative items. For example, you can replace the dresser with a TV lift cabinet or foot of the bed lift. Keeping an unsightly television stored until you need it is a great way to improve the usage of space in the room, not to mention the aesthetics. Many people put their bedroom TVs on top of their dressers, but this is obviously not the best use of space. These cabinets typically