It’s hard to clean a whole bunch of objects, or to sweep or vacuum around a bunch of furniture. You can make your home more appealing by making it more minimalist. The ones with almost nothing in them except some beautiful furniture, some nice artwork, and a very few pretty decorations, are the ones that appeal to most of us. Think about photos of homes that are cluttered, and photos of minimalist homes. The less clutter, the less visual stress we have. Clutter is a form of visual distraction, and everything in our vision pulls at our attention at least a little. I could probably go on for awhile about this, but let me just list a few key benefits: It’s calming, and liberating, and just nice. Is this kind of minimalist home devoid of character and fun and life? Some might think so, but I get a strange satisfaction, a fulfillment, at looking around and seeing a home free of clutter. On the counters are only the toaster, coffee maker and microwave. One recent visitor saw my kitchen and remarked, “I’ve never seen a kitchen that looked so clean, so clear of stuff!” Well, I do my best to keep it clean, but the key is to remove the unnecessary stuff.įor example, on the floor of my kitchen/dining room area are just a few essentials: dining table (clear of any clutter), chairs, some counter stools, a high chair, a step stool for the kids. I can’t claim that my home is completely minimalist, but it surely isn’t cluttered, and most people I know would call it a pretty minimalist home. Meanwhile, join the #CozyMinimalist hashtag on instagram here, and you can follow me on instagram by clicking here.Post written by Leo Babauta. Now you can apply the Cozy Minimalist way to decorating and hosting for every season of the year.Ĭlick here to find out more about the Cozy Minimalist Courses that have already helped over 10,000 women,Īdd your name to the waiting list and I promise to let you know when the next class opens! I’m thrilled to offer a four part collection of Cozy Minimalist Seasonal Classes. It’s a step-by-step decorating book that’s available wherever books are sold (even your local Target!). Get the book:Ĭozy Minimalist Home:: More Style, Less Stuff is a Wall Street Journal Best Seller for people like us who want to find the balance between simplicity and abundance in our home. Update: Since I wrote this post in February of 2015, I had such a HUGE response from other Cozy Minimalists–I can’t believe there are so many of us!Ĭozy Minimalism isn’t about counting your possessions or a particular style, but a mindset that says– whatever style you LOVE, you desire to achieve it with the fewest possible items: simply being intentional and knowing what to use in each space–for some of us, that might mean a few extra pillows, for others that might mean a cleared off coffee table. None of us need to pile our coffee or books or watches on the mantle, so I can get it all layered and pretty without wondering if in two days it will be piled with 100 extra things. They are the hardest working spaces in our house and half the time are filled with whatever we happen to be working on–from dinner to books to a project.īut when they are clear they are ready to serve us.Īnd the layered, cozy spaces are places in our home that don’t get movable traffic, they aren’t high demand surfaces that have lots of purposes. My cleared off spaces aren’t always empty–they just don’t have any decor assigned to them. The official, intentionally left cleared off spaces are: My Edie-fied, cozy spaces are filled with meaningful beauty, quirky tchotchkies, DIY art and photos those are: I designate some spaces for layers and color and pattern and groupings, and I reserve some spaces for simply nothing. I have a feeling I’ll always love both simplicity and abundance.Īnd I’ve finally figured out a way to enjoy them both in my small house. I see the art of doing more with less and having a few statement pieces that let the house breathe and I suddenly hate all of my junk and want to give it all away. Two days later I’m on a minimalist blog and I see cleared off surfaces, I see a wall intentionally left blank–for beauty and sanity’s sake. Sometimes I’ll go to Edie’s blog and see all of her beautiful patterns and layers and colors and she puts everything together so well and I tell myself that her house is the very definition of what I want my home to be and that it must be her ability to use her things in harmony that makes a home.Īnd so I start filling up all my surfaces and pulling things out of the basement so I can make this unfinished fixer-upper feel like home. I am constantly fighting two extreme decorating styles.
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