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Bring home zen, simplicity and naturalness with these Japanese interior ideas
Home interior design has changed tremendously over the years. People have started rooting for simplicity over extravagance and the natural over the artificial. And it has become more apparent in today’s home designs.
People are demanding open, simple and organic home interiors that advocate simple living. This is why Japanese home interior design is finding its way into Indian home interiors. Japanese home interiors follow the Zen concept. They celebrate minimalistic living with an inclination towards natural elements.
The interior style manifests as a simple lifestyle with a lot of emphasis on peace and harmony. It also inclines towards functional designs. Thus, it uses furniture pieces that are necessary and purposeful.
Japanese house interior design follows these concepts as the backbone of its design aesthetics:
- Open spaces with a lot of natural light
- Large windows to bring in the nature
- Handmade decorative elements like handwoven mats, macrame, etc.
- Wabi-sabi designs to embrace imperfections and incompleteness
- Low-height furniture to follow the traditional lifestyle
- Simple and space-saving furniture for clutter-free living
Inspired by these Japanese interior design concepts, here are eight gorgeous design ideas to let you bring zen into your house.
So shall we hop on to our ride to the zen spaces? Sou shimashou! (Let’s do that)
A Simple Living Room With A Japanese Interior Design
Here is a simple living room design that celebrates Japanese-style minimalism. As the picture shows, this is a Japanese-style living room with two sets of seating arrangements. In one section of the room, there are the local Japanese-style drawing-room arrangements. It has seat cushions and a low-lying coffee table. You can decorate your living room floors with some handwoven mats to keep your space warm and homely.
A Japanese-style living room with low-lying furniture and handwoven elements
The other section of this Japanese interior living room has a low-lying sofa with some simple wooden wall decor. A wooden room divider separates the two sections — also a popular element in Japanese interiors.
A Modern Living Room With Some Japanese Interior Design Elements
In case going fully Japanese for your home is not feasible, you can add Japanese interior design elements to your modern home. Here’s such an example: the living room has an open-space design with a large window to let in natural light. The room has simple modular furniture relevant to the Japanese style. It has a low-lying sectional sofa, a modular wooden TV unit with a wooden modern coffee table and a bamboo chair. The room also has a touch of Japanese-style green plants and handwoven window blinds. These form a beautiful combination of modern and Zen interiors.
A modern living room with Japanese interior design elements
A Japanese Interior Design Kitchen With A Dining Set-Up
This is a Japanese Wabi-Sabi-inspired kitchen design that inculcates truly natural interiors. The kitchen has a complete wooden design with super functional furnishings. This includes a tall microwave unit, lower base deep corner units, diverse storage solutions, etc.
A modular kitchen design with Japanese interiors
The kitchen has an open layout with enough natural light and greenery around. The kitchen also has a wooden panel ceiling that accentuates the organic look of the space. Right in the middle of the kitchen, there is a Wabi-Sabi-style dining set-up with chairs and a seating bench.
This type of Japanese interior design kitchen can be easily adapted in modern Indian apartments.
A Peaceful Zen Bedroom With Japanese Interior Design
In Japanese designs, bedrooms have the most simple designs. Here is such a simple bedroom with a low-lying Japanese style wooden platform bed. The window by the bed has a typical Japanese style sliding door space-saving set-up. As you can see, the rest of the decorations in the bedroom are next to minimal. There are a handwoven mat and green indoor plants to create the perfect Japanese zen set-up.
A simple Japanese style bedroom with a low-lying platform bed
A Nature-Inspired Study/Work Room With Japanese Interiors
Since study rooms and home offices need a quiet set-up, Japanese home interiors are ideal for them. Select a simple wooden study table with storage to keep the place clutter-free. Add an old-style wooden bookshelf and some natural decorative elements. Go with a tree trunk stool, a handwoven rug and green plants.
A Japanese style study room with a wooden desk, bookshelf and a lot of greenery
You can also choose specific Japanese plants such as bonsai to keep the aesthetics more authentic.
Don’t forget to place your study/work desk near the window so that there is always enough natural light in your room.
An Elegant Modern Japanese Interior Design Bathroom For Peaceful Shower Hours
Your bathroom is the second space where you can enjoy quiet time. Hence, make it more Zen-like with a modern Japanese house interior style. Keep your bathroom simple and open with only functional elements. Include a big bathtub where you immerse and wash away your worries.
A modern bathroom design with the peaceful aesthetics of Japanese home interiors
Keep the vanity unit clutter-free and straightforward to avoid heavy interiors. You can play around with wooden elements to infuse the organic appeal in your bathroom. Make sure your bathroom space has big sliding windows to highlight the openness of the Japanese style.
Divide Rooms In A Japanese Style With Wooden Frame Glass Partitions
Add a Japanese feel to your modern house with a classic Japanese room-divider apparatus. These room dividers are sleek and gorgeous and look great with modern interior homes. Thus, you can infuse this Japanese element without going for a complete home makeover. You can use these dividers in your living-cum-dining room or even in your bedroom. You can also decorate these room dividers with some Japanese indoor plants.
A Japanese interior room divider to infuse the Zen style in modern houses
Japanese interior design promotes simple and organic living. And this is why people are becoming more and more interested in this interior theme. The best part? This interior style doesn’t require luxurious furnishings. And you can totally combine Japanese interiors with modern minimalistic designs. So, go ahead and create your Zen Japanese interiors.
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