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Faaizah Shah

8 Ways to Make a Minimalist Home Feel Comfortable — "It Doesn't Have to Mean Stark and Severe"

Minimalist Heather Hilliard living room.

Minimalist schemes are wonderfully pared-back displays of craft, color, and proportion but they can be confined to the colder side of interior design. Whilst minimalism eschews excess in favor of beautiful function, it doesn’t have to be void of comfort.

Interior designers use a library of methods to bring the best of minimalism to their schemes whilst retaining the warmth and welcome of more cozy interiors. Examples of this include rich and densely colored walls to temper the stark selection of furniture or natural materials like wood or wool to introduce texture to smooth and sleek interiors.

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