When we design a space, it’s akin to writing a new chapter in our life.
Painstakingly put together, it speaks of our innate character, values and aspirations. In luxury interior design, this becomes of even more profound significance.
The shift from the ordinary into extraordinary, all the time resonating with who we are, is how luxury feels like. Luxury is that which defines you without shouting loud for attention.
It is subtle, refined, not always understated but always tasteful.
Luxury that is a reflection of you, is the tougher thing to do. Even tougher, is how you’d get a few elements and make them look like an amalgamation of your own personality.
Now the market is inundated with opulent designs in everything that goes to make a house into a home and look like those pictures you see on Pinterest or in the interior design magazines.
While everything out there is in keeping with the taste of the masses, it takes a discerning eye to know what will look classy and not ‘massy’.
It is simply a case of walking the tightrope between too much and too little. There is always the risk of making things a lot busy at home or keeping them minimal to the extent of being sparse.
Luxury is that warm feel nestled between too much and too little. Having said that, it is no easy task to know your luxury and there can be times when the actual translated vision of your mood, turns out into something totally incomprehensible.
Given that choice has become easy but making informed choices, so much more difficult, it is good to rope in the experts in this field.
They are good at knowing good luxury from faux luxury. They can bring to you what you want as part of your home, minus the effort to move places, getting into negotiations, finding sources/ vendors, drawing tables and excel sheets – in fact, practically everything that can cause anxiety and stress.
This article is putting in a nutshell what our experts had to say about the trending luxury interior designs.
Top luxury interior design trends
Planning out ‘breathing’ spaces
A lot of methods are what comes into play when you are looking at creating out of this world, unique spaces. And luxury spaces are birthed out of rigorously worked upon blueprints.
Space planning is important to make harmonious homes.
Having already thought of what goes where and how, shapes the overall aesthetics. It is this foresight that balances the scale between simplicity and opulence. Design or more like the art of design factors in all elements such as open air, sunlight and airflow.
These factors decide on how a place would shape up, not just in visuals but also, as a conducive place for purposeful living.
Paying attention to materials
Think hardwood floors, silk and velvet, teakwood, quartz and you’ve created a tactile win.
Materials such as these act almost like an aphrodisiac, elevating your senses, taking you into a world of style and sophistication.
Luxury has a lot to do with how it feels to the eyes and to the hands. A good mix of textures in the house is a good way to not just make your home look like a haven of luxury but also, feel the same way, inside of you.
Weaving in color psychology
It is now scientifically proven that colors have a role to play in our emotions and not just deciding the ambience of a room.
Timeless ones like ivory, beige and gray, serve as the perfect backdrop of sophistication and elegance. These colors allow you to get a lot more experimental with textures in upholstery and other accessories in the house.
Carefully curated pieces of artwork, some eclectic designs in cushions, a few things here and there and you’d have created a dynamic visual treat within the walls of your home.
Incorporating statement pieces
Carefully chosen pieces for your home, can well be the storytellers of your personality and taste. They exude charm and sophistication and will more often than not, be the start of a conversation or at the least, a part of most.
They transcend functionality and lend themselves to being this piece of exclusivity which can afford to at times, discount the considerations of worthiness and practicality.
This is also not to say that luxury is impractical. It is just that the visual appeal has a larger role to play in the scheme of things.
Creating an outdoor-indoor harmony
We are all intrinsically bound to nature.
The perfect way of life is a blend of indoors and outdoors. Some fruit/ flower bearing shrubs or trees, some foliage and big and small plants, can make you feel like you are living in the midst of nature.
Over time, potted plants are being seen not just for their aesthetic appeal but also as air purifiers. Depending on the space that is available to you, making a few green pockets in your house can elevate not just the feeling of warmth but also, make it look a lot more classy.
Arrange them in corners or if the room permits, even in the middle. It’s just a good feeling to have live plants in your house.
Biophilic designs are here to stay. Think vertical gardens, indoor gardens, green walls and think use of organic materials such as wood, stone and natural fibers, in giving the plantsa home.
Creating smart and integrated living
Smart homes are the new hot selling inventories across the world. These homes don’t compromise on sophistication and design. Everything is seamlessly incorporated.
Voice- activated systems, home automation and smart appliances, have given luxury a whole different definition. Convenience, comfort and security are all taken care of by a few sleek gadgets.
Think also of the adaptive lights that suit your every mood, intuitive entertainment systems and self- adjusting climate control. If all of this doesn’t make you get that feeling of luxuriating, well, wait for the next viral invention to hit the market.
Reviving the vintage
Classic designs never go out of vogue. Increasingly, there is a shift towards mid-century modern pieces of furniture, some carefully picked antiques and art deco pieces. This look creates a sense of history and character in a space.
More often than not, it’s about recreating the charm, nostalgia and uniqueness of a particular time period. Vintage finds favor with a lot of them who’d like to stick to the basics (read, classics) and maintain a character away from the fickle trends and the unending race.
Seeking timeless elegance
Trends may come and trends may go but timeless elegance is the cornerstone of luxury interior design.
Staying with timeless classic silhouettes, quality material and designs that stand the test of time with design principles that may be all simple and plain but have proven to stay in vogue, over time. There is a sense of timelessness in these kinds of interiors.
They feel like what you will likely bequeath to the generations that follow.
Conclusion
There is no one way to define luxury.
It is a word that adapts itself to individual tastes and likes. More often than not, it is used to state the opulence, the fine and the finesse, in the interiors of a home.
From walls to fabrics, from furniture to what lies underfoot, drapes and cushions, lights and paint, mood and period that’s been recreated – luxury is what you prefer to see and how.
So, every luxurious place has to be unique because no two people can ever have the same taste in aesthetics.
And everything starts with attention to the rudimentary.
Begin with a mood board. It’s about putting all of the ideas you’ve gathered over the years to create a dynamic template you’d like to actualize. Spend enough time in clubbing your ideas and make all the changes you want to the mood board.
When what you want has been amply researched, rope in some experts. It will be easier to articulate what you want. It will be simpler for them, in turn to sit themselves down with your ideas and gestate, before getting to the brasstacks of sourcing your luxury and wherefrom.
Their expertise takes care of a lot of runs for quotes, sources, getting deals, drawing comparatives, ensuring quality and then bringing it to your home.
One has to bear in mind that it is so very easy to slip into the quicksand of faux luxury. There are enough staking claims of quality and quantity in the name of luxury. It takes a discerning eye to know the difference between pseudo claims and the real deal.
Classics take a lot of effort to put together when the end goal is to have a timeless feel in the house. It is also a given that the antiques are priced steeply. It is important to draw your lines and rethink the luxury you want so that you don’t end up burning up all your money.
Hasty buys could make you feel like you’ve wasted a lot of money over things you actually don’t need.
It is best, therefore, to trust the experts who’d tell you how much of your vision is doable and what may just not be worth the effort.
Not sure which luxury interior trend is for you? Speak to our experts today.
