Could this be the most well balanced design trend?
If you’re a fan of minimalism and clutter free spaces but don’t like the idea of your room feeling devoid of character or lack of colour, you may meet your perfect interior design match with midimalism.
This well balanced design trend takes inspiration and colour from the eccentric design trend, maximalism, whilst incorporating aspects of minimalism for a meet in the middle design trend that feels warm, inspiring and let’s face it, incorporates the best of both worlds.
Looking for some inspiration to help you get started? Here are some midimalist dining room ideas that are nothing short of characterful.
1.Lean Into A Bold Colour
Maximalism is very much all about using bright, bold and often clashing colours. So leaning into one bold colour for your scheme is a perfect middle ground for this design trend.
Painted walls create a perfect backdrop for introducing other accented colours into your artwork, styling and table dressing. When setting the table, personalized dinner napkins are a beautiful way to introduce some colour and personality into your overall scheme.
2.Simple Backdrop
You can choose to lean into your favourite (more dominant) design trend out of the two. The dining room below encompasses minimalism to a tee with simple styling, and a neutral wall colour.
Be tasteful with your maximalist choices by introducing one show-stopping piece of artwork.
3.Add A Teak Sideboard For Warmth
Typically of a mid century design trend, a stunning teak sideboard can satisfy those maximalist design cravings. It’s a much warmer wood than is typical with minimalism and looks beautiful against a more minimal, neutral colour scheme.
4.Make Your Lighting A Key Feature
There’s no such thing as a ‘less is more’ approach with maximalism, whereas you’ll find the opposite to be true with minimalism!
The perfect bridge between these two trends is opting for an extravagant feature, such as making a key feature out of lighting over a dining table. The rest of the interior scheme is very relaxed and sophisticated so it works beautifully in situ.
midimalist dining room 1
Instagram image credit: @andreabenedettini
5.Squeeze More Bums In With Banquette Seating
It’s no secret that I am a huge lover of banquette seating for dining nooks, they fit more bums onto seats and are highly practical for both small and large spaces.
Lean into a bold fabric for the upholstery of the seat, it brings warmth and personality without causing chaos in the shared design scheme.
6.Elevate With Wicker
This dining room is the perfect blend of colour, pattern and more minimalist characteristics.
Using a natural material such as wicker on chairs helps to ground the scheme, it brings warmth but is minimal at the same time.
7.Thrifted Gallery Wall For An Eclectic Feel
Gallery walls are most definitely a more maximalist lean, but you can still keep them minimal by opting for more minimal frames and mounting onto white card for a cleaner, and sleeker overall look which is favoured by minimalist design.
8.Colour Drench For High Impact
Colour drenching is one of the most contemporary ways to decorate right now, but in a bold colour? It’s strictly not minimalist!
With a bold shade on the walls and a contrasting colour for the curtains, maximalist tendencies are all standing to attention, but the rest of the room? There’s a perfect breathing space with a clutter free styling approach and simplistic pieces of furniture.
9.Embrace Natural Elements
Natural elements can be embraced by both design trends, but they really ground any scheme and help to achieve a relaxed, yet stylish overall feel in your dining room.
Wicker, seagrass, rattan, stone and marble are shared natural materials that can help to pull any scheme together.
10.Dress The Table
If you find colour a little bit daunting, why not start by dressing the table? It’s an element that can easily be swapped out when you get bored of it, but little by little it will make you feel more confident in using colour.
I adore the bold maroon shade on the napkins below, it contrasts beautifully with the dark stain on the table and neutral walls.
11.Ground The Room With Functional Floor Tiles
Terracotta tiles bring such a mid century modern feel, yet are popular in maximalist designs too. They do a fab job at grounding the room, contrasting with lighter walls for that tell tale minimalist feel.
The addition of the globe paper pendant light is one that is truly characteristic of the more stripped back, minimalist design trend.
12.Less Is More
Don’t overdo the styling in this shared design trend, less is more, and empty, white spaces among items should be welcomed!
This fun dining room isn’t afraid of colour, but it knows when to take a step back and let more statement items do the talking.
13.Add A Fun Accent Colour
How fab are these cobalt blue chairs?! What a fun maximalist touch in this neutral dining space, it brings fun, personality but it doesn’t affect the rest of the overall scheme, it balances perfectly with the neutral colours.
14.Restore Original Flooring
If you’re lucky enough to find original wooden flooring in your dining room, restoring it can bring a whole new look to your dining room that feels warm, and equally grounds the dining room.
Pick a couple of colours out as accent colours such as reds and blues for that true nod towards maximalism.
15.Dress The Floor With A Vintage Rug
Break up the monotony of flooring with a vintage, colourful rug. Just make sure you choose a rug that is larger than your dining table and will comfortably sit chairs onto it too.
A colourful rug can completely transform a minimalist space, and it can easily be changed in the future if you plan to restyle the space!
Which of these looks is your favourite?
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