Japandi Style Principles | Latest Interior Design Trend
In this blog post, I decided to share some ideas for creating a Japandi-style home. Japandi is a trendy interior style, a hybrid of Scandinavian and Japanese minimalism, Nordic practicality, and Asian traditions.
It was born quite recently but has already managed to win the hearts of Europeans who wanted to dilute the cold restraint of the Scandinavian style with Zen philosophy and elements of Japanese decor and make it warmer, more comfortable, and hospitable.
The Scandinavians, like the Japanese, have a fondness for natural wood, raw linen, simple lines, and discreet colors. Everything elusive, natural, concise, and textural is used. Extra details disappear. Everything makes sense. From Japanese interiors, the Japandi style borrowed a craving for simplicity and restraint, from Scandinavian - a love for natural materials. Let's see how it all looks in practice.
The Scandinavians, like the Japanese, have a fondness for natural wood, raw linen, simple lines, and discreet colors. Everything elusive, natural, concise, and textural is used. Extra details disappear. Everything makes sense. From Japanese interiors, the Japandi style borrowed a craving for simplicity and restraint, from Scandinavian - a love for natural materials. Let's see how it all looks in practice.
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The main thing is to preserve the overall harmony and not create dramatic contrasts that can disrupt the overall state of calm and comfort in the interior. Pay attention to the color of the furniture. For classic Scandinavian interiors, the use of light woods is typical, for traditional Japanese - dark. Japandi style allows for both.
Why not, for example, cover the bed with bedding in navy blue, graphite gray, or black? Since the walls and floor will be light, the room will not be perceived as dark and gloomy.
Cotton, paper, bamboo, jute, wood, and stone play a major role in the interior. Priceless is everything that is made by hand, with care and love, calm, lively, and warm - from furniture to dishes and bed linen.
You can add to this also a play with shapes, and try to combine, for example, a white origami paper lampshade with a thin black metal frame of kitchen chairs. By the way, the kitchen is the only place in the apartment where the so-called "open" storage is allowed.
Of course, we are talking about only things whose textures you can admire: clay teapots, wooden figurines, and stone mortars for spices.
Before you start creating, you need to clear the space. Try to get rid of unnecessary things, unnecessary decor, all those vases, frames, assorted paintings, cheerful sofa cushions of all colors, dusty souvenirs cluttering up bookshelves - in a word, from everything that creates visual noise. Say goodbye to obsolete or simply non-functional furniture. Remove the motley carpet and heavy curtains. Let only the most necessary and practical remain, and the rooms will be filled with air and natural light: you will see - it will immediately become easier for you to breathe.
You can paint the walls any color you like and fill the space with natural wood furniture, but all this will remain only new fashionable decorations unless one condition is met: it must all work. Not a single thing can be present in the house "just like that", shifting from place to place and collecting dust.
You can paint the walls any color you like and fill the space with natural wood furniture, but all this will remain only new fashionable decorations unless one condition is met: it must all work. Not a single thing can be present in the house "just like that", shifting from place to place and collecting dust.
Although the Japandi style is characterized by simplicity and minimalism, there is room for large-sized furniture if it is made of light wood. For example, for a simple bookcase or bookcase - the most concise forms and without unnecessary decor.
Moreover, the rule applies not only to the futon-style bed in the bedroom, but also to all armchairs, poufs, coffee tables, and benches. Try it: at least it's fun, and besides, it helps to visually enlarge the space, which is very good if we are talking about a small apartment.
The combinations should create a feeling of a cozy haven where you can relax and unwind, and not a monastery where Zen is learned through hardship.
Taking the best of both worlds - Scandinavian and Japanese style - Japandi creates a zen feel in the space. Time inside such a house slows down, allowing the owner to forget about the hustle and bustle.
See you next time,
Arina
