HOME IS WHERE THE ZEN IS
Dubai-based interiors designers Monica Arango and Tatiana Jaramillio tell Shreeja Ravindranathan how the top interior trends can also turn your home in to a stylish haven of wellbeing
There is no place like home. Especially at the end of a long, hard, day when you need to get away from it all. But what really makes a home your sanctuary from the urban tech-ridden lives we lead? Your house could boast style and elegance to rival showroom displays and magazine photoshoots but what truly counts is the sense of contentment it can provide. Do designer rugs and ontrend ultraviolet walls mean much if they don’t make the people within happy?
The self-reflection and hunt for wholesomeness that has largely characterised our fitness and eating trends as a response to a tumultuous world in transition have now seeped into interiors too. ‘Self-care is leading 2018 interiors trend,’ say Dubai-based Columbian interior designers Tatiana Jaramillo and Monica Durou who founded home-grown interior design firm C’est Ici. Our clients’ favourite demand is to feel relaxed when they arrive home and have practical, multifunctional designs. ‘The culture of ‘slow movement’ has been encouraging people to live in the moment and experience the spaces they’re in and will continue to do so in 2019.’
Online platform Pinterest, that sees users save images of ideas, concepts and things they like agrees: it has had 248 per cent increase in users saving images of interiors that promote mindfulness.
Luckily, some of the other top interiors trends of 2018 also focus on wellbeing and mindfulness, which he means your home will not just keep up with the Joneses, but it will also be a reflection and collection of who you are and what you love.
Incorporate natural elements such as wood, stone, marble and rattan into your decor