Japanese Interiors as a Different Way of Looking at Colors

Black and whites interior designs are not considered colors in our customary view but, throughout the Orient they are important color elements. The black interior decorator is put to distinctive use defining form and aligning structural geometry.

Consider that the most widely used interior colors are off whites and neutrals that take their cue from nature. Black doesn’t clash, it defines. It works in harmony. Think of opaque white rice paper room dividers with polished black wooden frames, a thought where calmness rules.

When choosing color, don’t let it to stand in the way of the architecture of the room. Neutrals will help you imply an orderliness which you will soon discover, should be, will need to be, an underlying objective of your entire Japanese decorating plan.

When vivid color is put to use, resist the urge to apply it in multiples. Primary colors are used to stand out and stand alone on a single object or architectural feature chosen to be a focal point.

Western thinking would have us stand back and decide “if it looks good there then lets put some more of it here” but doing so.

Red lacquer on a single bamboo post or column is a strong statement.

Continuing the Japanese search for balance

As with color, selecting materials of strongly contrasting finish and texture is not a contradiction to your goal of achieving tranquility, balance and order. Keep thinking yin and yang, the widely known Buddhist doctrine of balancing opposites.

Long grained cedar wood matched with a perfectly crafted, shinning lacquered box. Floors of engineered bamboo hardwood surrounding a single large slab of quarry-stone. Wicker furnishings topped off with silky smooth cushions. Strive for simplicity. Nothing complex.

A heavily textured, natural fiber mat centered and stretched taunt and inlayed into as opposed to onto a smoothly finished, similar tone wall is transformed into a finishing material. This is not simply a hung accent as we might traditionally consider such an item but, rather an integral part of the search for balancing contrasts.

There Cannot Be Peacefulness Where Clutter Is Present

The underlying design feature of a room or series of rooms is dictated by the Japanese fixation on simplicity and approach to Japanese design flowing interior. Furniture placement and display follows prescribed rules of fluidity.

The central theme can be furniture grouping, a simple pebble dry garden, an open fireplace, or perhaps a shrine. Always, keep in mind that serenity cannot be achieved where there is a clutter. Keep the lines and appointments of these focal points cleanly defined.

Asian Interior Decorating. Less is more

Japanese furnishing overload is definitely out of the question. Don’t be afraid to allow for lots of open space if the area you are decorating in the Japanese style happens to be large. Should your space be confined, rejoice in the fact a huge investment in furnishings isn’t mandatory. Many items are and should be multi-functional. A futon is a good example. Rolled up and set on end the futon is a decorative piece which might be flipped down on edge for seating or a foot-rest, then find itself rolled out as an exercise mat. Should you be inclined that same futon can be a great place when an afternoon nap is in order?

Quality is a key to all your selections. Concentrate your search on the appeal and evidence of fine workmanship, like in the Imari Japenese Porcelain. If budget is limited, enforce that limit on quantities not quality and your project will pull together nicely. Come to understand minimalism and learn your personal lesson how less really can mean more.

Centuries in the making; a lengthy future awaits

There is nothing new about a Japan interior room design features. It has been slowly and tastefully evolving over the centuries. There have been improvements in the materials and processes but the basics have been graciously preserved.

As our world becomes increasingly chaotic, the place of peace and order which Japanese decoration creates inside the home will do nothing but grow in importance.

Mediterranean style, allure, charm, grace, seductiveness should be enough adjectives to describe the coastal style of countries occupying the northern side of the Mediterranean Sea where this decorating style originates.

Moorish influence, the demands of it’s climate, available materials and maturity over time have set the tone for this design and decoration that has spread outward from the region. .

With oil paintings you could get easily with a Mediterranean-themed room. As a much loved regional decorating theme, especially in Spain and Tuscany for the tradition it represents, Mediterranean will always have an important place.

Beyond, it is being altered by the popularity of other decoration themes having shared similarities.