Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Jan 10, 2008 5:09 pm Hi (anyone that is an expert on colour),
We are currently in the throws of building, and we love the minimalist theme. Definately no clutter - I live in clutter at the moment and cant stand it any longer. So I vowed our new home we have a much more minamalist approach. My question is, are there any hard and fast rules to indoor colour schemes when it comes to the minamalist approach? Most of our storage will be built-in so the house will not be filled with furniture and I love all white walls and darker floors. I think I know what I want, but I'm too scared I might make the wrong choice and regret the colours I chose. Can anyone suggest any other ideas to achieve what we are after? Thanks in advance. PS. I have about 20 interior/architecture magz that I have devoured, but I am even more confused. Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 2Jan 10, 2008 6:25 pm Well hello from me, I only have white and grey in my house and a tiny bit of red and definitely no clutter. My kitchen still looks like it did before they finished building (no nick-nacks anywhere). I even hid the fridge.
I know what you mean by being confused by all the magazines out there. They don't cater for this "style" enough. What colours are you thinking about? Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 3Jan 10, 2008 6:56 pm mek Well hello from me, I only have white and grey in my house and a tiny bit of red and definitely no clutter. My kitchen still looks like it did before they finished building (no nick-nacks anywhere). I even hid the fridge. I know what you mean by being confused by all the magazines out there. They don't cater for this "style" enough. What colours are you thinking about? Hi Mek, like you we are leaning towards white walls and grey flooring. Tiling for floors on ground level (except dining/lounge - carpet there, also grey), and carpet upstairs. But thats were it ends for us. We get lost when it comes to the bedroom colours and bathroom colours. I know white and grey are 'safe'. What about taupe colours for the bathroom? What colour scheme did you do for your bathrooms Mek? We are having floor to wall tiling, but I don't want border tiles - I think they can date a bathroom. Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 4Jan 10, 2008 8:01 pm My bathrooms look exactly like my kitchen (Laminex Charcoal), even down to the handles. Tiles are stone grey and white, just plain, no borders or anything. Not entirely happy with the way bathooms look (don't like 30x30 tiles) but not much I can do now. I have white and red towels etc.
Are you thinking of introducing a completely different colour scheme in your bathrooms/bedrooms (to the rest of the house) with taupe? Are you choosing greys because they are safe or because you like them? I always thought browns were safe but I love grey so just had to go with it. P. S. A great book that I borrowed from the library - Minimalism and Colour by Patricia Bueno. It's great. Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 5Jan 10, 2008 8:16 pm Hi Basaad,
Have you considered consulting a good interior decorator to do a colour board for you. You would have to find a decorator who specialises in modern design and can show you examples of their work. It is not expensive and very worth while. Have a read of this thread if you havent already. https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=3380 Just another option to consider Mrs B ps...you couldnt possibly have more house books than me...I lend them out to friends as if I am a library Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 6Jan 10, 2008 8:28 pm mek My bathrooms look exactly like my kitchen (Laminex Charcoal), even down to the handles. Tiles are stone grey and white, just plain, no borders or anything. Not entirely happy with the way bathooms look (don't like 30x30 tiles) but not much I can do now. I have white and red towels etc. . Hi Mek, Why dont you like the 30x30 tiles...how would you have done the bathrooms differently? Mrs B Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 7Jan 10, 2008 9:06 pm Mrs B - I think that because of the plain colours, 30x30 just makes no statement whatsoever - I like what ladyice did with tiles in her bathroom, plain colour but stunning to look at because of the size of the tiles.
Actually, I've never seen any 30x30 tiles that I liked, whatever the colour. But of course that's just my opinion. Strange as always. Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 8Jan 10, 2008 9:10 pm mek My bathrooms look exactly like my kitchen (Laminex Charcoal), even down to the handles. Tiles are stone grey and white, just plain, no borders or anything. Not entirely happy with the way bathooms look (don't like 30x30 tiles) but not much I can do now. I have white and red towels etc. Are you thinking of introducing a completely different colour scheme in your bathrooms/bedrooms (to the rest of the house) with taupe? Are you choosing greys because they are safe or because you like them? I always thought browns were safe but I love grey so just had to go with it. P. S. A great book that I borrowed from the library - Minimalism and Colour by Patricia Bueno. It's great. Love the sound of the stone grey and white! But I also like dark brown timber cabinetry - thinking of doing 'some' of this in the kitchen - not entirely because it might make the kitchen look too grey and 'heavy'. What do you think? With white Ceaserstone benctops. And that's about where my vision gets lost - I cant get past the kitchen. I need to have a clearer idea of what I want the bathrooms to look like. Back the books I dare say. Going to head off to the library to get a hold of that book you suggested, and any others I can devour. And as for tile size....you've just thrown another spanner in the works. I hadn't even thought about tile size, other than the fact that I know that 'bigger' is more xpensive to lay. This building thing is proving a bit depressing at the moment. Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 9Jan 10, 2008 9:21 pm For kitchen ideas, check out Varenna by Poliform, Boffi, Bontempi and Poggenpohl. Great kitchens.
www.poliform.it www.boffi.it www.bontempi.it www.poggenpohl.de Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 10Jan 11, 2008 8:54 pm Basaad….looks like you have this question covered…..mek is our minimalist expert here.
The one thing to remember is clean lines & clean colours. To create a true minimalist look, means doing what you have said you are going to do……NO CLUTTER, not a lot of furniture, everything in a minimalist home has a purpose, nothing is there just to fill an empty spot. Less is best. And soooo much easier and faster to clean! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Minimalism & Colour choices 12Jan 11, 2008 9:10 pm Yeh….its a nice room!
The only clutter in this room is the line of potted plants on the window ledge. Which doesn’t need to be there as the garden outside creates a great vista. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Thankyou so much 😀 I've decided on White on white for doors and trims, White on white 50% on ceiling and Mt buller for walls. Fingers crossed it will look OK 😀 2 7143 Hi - thanks for your reply. Yes I think 'Ill go for whitish with very speckly bits rather than pure white something like this. PS was actually 2008 I built the… 2 11674 Looking for advice on whether this variation in tile colour is acceptable. The large tile on the left was used in my main bathroom renovation 1 year ago. My ensuite… 0 8485 |