Combining the clean lines of Japanese design with the understated beauty of Scandi style, Japandi will turn your home into a calming retreat.
Cosy but simplistic, this classic and timeless look encompasses a neutral palette and natural materials, combined with sculptural, sleek shapes and decorative touches celebrating texture and asymmetry. It focuses on simplicity, functionality and fluidity and provides us with a sense of reliability, certainty and comfort in our living space.
'Think of Japandi as Japanese minimalism – simple lines, neutral colours and big leafy houseplants,' says Jules Upton of Oval Interiors and interior designer for North Sands Developments. 'The simplistic, natural elements of both Scandinavian and Japanese décor make this trend an easy one to get right.'
Japandi, also sometimes referred to as Scandinese or Japanordic, is not a new trend, having garnered interest back in 2017. Despite this, it's been popping up on countless 2021 interior trend lists, which isn't surprising. In many ways, the Japandi aesthetic caters to our desire to create a zen space and a sense of harmony in our homes – needed now more than ever as a result of the pandemic and the unpredictability of the outside world.
In fact, according to IKEA's Life at Home report, three quarters of us believe that home has been our sanctuary during the pandemic, and the number one place where we have felt most secure.
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