![]() ‘This enables rooms to feel uncluttered so that statement finishes and architectural features can take center stage.’ How do you style a minimalist living room? ‘Working clever, personalized storage into your living room will allow for a streamlined design, with the option of discrete open and closed storage,’ says Simon Tcherniak, Senior Designer at Neville Johnson. Storage is key to help create this pared-back look – a wall-hung unit will keep floor space open and clear. It is important to be selective when choosing furniture. Pare-back art and accessoriesĪnother element to consider is functional storage. Alternatively turn your books around, putting the spines to the back, to create a textural effect that works best with books you don’t need to find in a hurry! And if you are looking for something sleek and modernistic, you can cover your books with white craft paper and create a stylish antidote to the traditional library,' he adds. 'In a contemporary interior, consider arranging your books in blocks of colour for an abstract effect. 'Try to avoid lots of small objects and instead concentrate on more considered items that have presence and form.' When decorating shelves, 'it is important to consider the spaces you leave empty just as much as the spaces you fill,' says Simon Temprell, interior design manager at Neptune. Opting for recessed living room shelving over freestanding pieces of furniture and storage ideas is a wonderful way to keep the the walls and floorspace clear so that the room feels more streamlined and open. Minimalist living rooms are all about maximising the feeling of space. If you don’t have a frame, head to Ikea for some very budget friendly ones.(Image credit: House of Jade Interiors Photograph: Travis J Photography) I had a frame and some card lying around so it really cost me nothing. What I love most about this DIY art is that not only is it easy to make but it’s so affordable too. ![]() *for the white, I mixed in the tiniest bit of light beige because I thought pure bright white wouldn’t work as well as a softer white. The shades of paint I used were: (contains affiliate links)īlack & white* – you can use any black and white acrylic paint you have I’m currently in to beiges and greiges so that’s what dictated my choice of colours. finally and most importantly, have fun with it! theres no need for perfection – it is after all an abstract piece of art so there is no right or wrong here. ![]() I did one coat of paint as I wanted to see some of the brush strokes and didn’t want the colours to look too flat.Ĩ. start painting and don’t worry too much about going over one of the areas in to the next. You can copy my design or create something similar of your own.Ħ. draw out your curved lines in pencil – you can always erase it if you don’t like it. choose your colours – I suggest no more than 3-4 neutral tones to keep the look minimalist (I’ve shared the exact colours I used below)ĥ. you may want to start with a smaller piece of art as 50 x 50 cms is quite bigĤ. It’ll be a lot easier than trying to paint so neatly.ģ. consider if you want a white border – I decided to go to the edges because I didn’t trust myself to paint neatly inside a straight line! But if you do want a border, you could always cut out one later and mount it on top. decide on the size of your art – I went with 50cm x 50cm (approx 20 x 20 inches)Ģ. While this art doesn’t have a step by step DIY for obvious reasons, I do have lots of tips that may help:ġ. you will see my reflection in the art in nearly all the photos – this was unavoidable but ignore it as it kind of looks like it’s part of the design in some photos but its not. The trickiest bit was trying to paint neatly inside the lines I had drawn but that too can be rectified afterwards. And I can honestly say this DIY wall art is so easy to recreate – you just can’t go wrong. The main thing was that it had to be super simple because seriously, I am no artist! I cannot draw to save my life!! So it definitely needed to be very easy to pull off. I kind of had a rough idea in my head of the look I was going for. After all if it’s minimalist and abstract, there really is no right or wrong way to do it. ![]() Instead of buying something, I thought why not have a go at creating my own minimalist DIY wall art. I really wanted some minimalist wall art for my living room. With the cost of living going crazy everywhere, it’s time to do more DIY’s and buy less stuff. ![]()
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