For those who love modern elegance and prefer clean lines and sober rooms, the best choice is the minimalist style, in which empty space takes centre stage as a veritable furniture element and simplicity is the keynote. The minimalist style originated in the 1960s and its motto was “Less is More”, the well-known phrase pronounced with conviction by architect & designer Mies van der Rohe. This trend, which affected all the arts and therefore furniture too, emerged at the turn of the century.
The minimalist style can come in various guises: Scandinavian, chic, industrial, but in any case the term “minimalist” should not make you think of a bare, stripped-down or cold atmosphere; in actual fact, if well applied, this style will often give the room a relaxing, welcoming and uncluttered character. A must in minimalism is to remove all that is redundant and ornamental. While this approach can create an interesting effect in a large home, it is even more appropriate in a small flat where a feeling of space and airiness is essential.
Colours and materials
Considering that the guiding principle of this style is subtraction, when furnishing a bathroom in minimalist style, the first thing to keep in mind is that white is the colour par excellence.
Total white, in fact, is the dominant colour for this style, but if you really do not want to give up colour, then you should consider neutral nuances, such as shades of grey for cool tones or beige for warm tones.
Natural materials, such as wood, concrete, glass and steel, should be preferred. Thumbs up for bleached or natural wood and white furniture and accessories. Lighting, preferably integrated into the furniture or the architectural elements, also plays a major role, and so does natural light.
Minimalist but stylish
In the bathroom, it is essential to choose wall coverings without decorations, such as marble-effect porcelain stoneware slabs, or resin, which is a neat, uniform material. Regular, simple and pure shapes are to be preferred for sanitary ware and washbasins.
We may therefore summarise the guidelines of the minimalist style in five points:
- Light, uniform colours, predominance of white and neutral shades;
- Linear, minimalist, geometric and simple furnishing accessories;
- Integrated lighting, possibly concealed and with minimum visual impact;
- Prevalence of square, geometric lines and shapes;
- Less is more: get rid of everything superfluous and keep only what is necessary.
Minimalist style in the bathroom according to Flaminia
Ceramica Flaminia interprets this concept in a sophisticated way with a catalogue of products of contemporary and versatile design.
One of Flaminia’s newest products, the Play line, with its square shapes, rounded corners, and its pure lines, is perfectly in line with this style. Combined with the new geometric and thin-edged AppLight washbasins, Play elements highlight the essentiality of a minimalist bathroom. As for the furniture, suspended units with regular shapes are to be preferred: Flaminia offers Cubika, its modular furniture collection. A wide range of finishes offers various options for the furniture and fittings of a minimalist bathroom: lacquered matte White, Grey, Jute, and Taupe, or Fokos Terra and Fokos Sale stoneware finishes. For the bathtub/shower area, if the bathroom is generously sized, the new 170-cm Play tub or the AppTub bathtubs are a good mix between the spectacular effect of the freestanding tub and a linear style. If you view a shower as more practical alternative, CM3 slim shower trays, installed flush with the floor, have a continuity effect with the floor that does not take up space.
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