The luxury of less
IN today's world of stress and anxiety having a minimalist home can bring satisfaction and happiness to the home owner.
Put simply, a minimalist home is characterised by simplicity, clean lines, 'less is more' and monotoned colours.
Also, it usually combines an open floor plan, lots of light, and functional furniture (not fancy and luxuruous), and it focuses on the shape, colour and having just a handful of essential elements instead of a hoarde of unwanted things.
The big reason behind the popularity of minimalism is the lots of free space that it creates.
Some homes give you stress as soon as you enter because they are too cluttered and full of unnecessary things. You can practically kick standing pot plants and ornaments as soon as you enter the doorway, not the type of place to be if you are clumsy and have a reputation of bumping into things.
While implementing the theme of minimalist decor in the home, you can instantly visualise the space you can use for another purpose.
Minimalism gives people what they always want with free spaces.
If you have a limited budget, minimalist designs could be ideal for you.
How? Because designing a space with fewer objects, fewer colors and ornamentation can be a good option for an elegant design but with less budget.
Experts in minimalism also believe that overall, minimalists are happier people because they have less worry, stress, and chaos in their lives.
To a minimalist, material things are trivial and unimportant.
While a materialistic person may be into items of luxury, art, furniture and gadgets, a minimalist invests time in acquiring the simple pleasures of life, the essentials, wellbeing and spiritual health.
A minimalist home will have a minimalist kitchen that has just the right essentials to ensure food is cooked.
A minimalist home will also have a minimalist bedroom that is open, well ventilated and tidy – no crowded spaces.
In some Fijian homes, open spaces can be associated with not having enough while a house full of things can be one that does not belong to the 'in' crowd.
But minimalist homes is not only about wellbeing and neat lines. They are also about can saving money because you'd cut back on purchases, spending only on what brings real value to your life and comfort and 'finding satisfaction with what you already have.'
Also, the money you save may help add even more value to you if you consider investing it.