How to furnish a space in Japandi style

Today we will talk about Japandi style: what exactly is this style of furnishing and how should you proceed if you want to furnish your spaces in Japandi style? We try to answer these questions in an exhaustive way, clarifying every aspect of this type of retro chic furniture.

Japandi furniture style, what is it?

Japandi is a particularly trendy and trendy furnishing style, characterized in recent years by a particular success. This furnishing style is today particularly well established in the interior design sector: at the basis of the Japandi style concept there is a clever combination of classic Scandinavian house furniture and traditional Japanese furniture.

Although these two furnishing concepts are particularly different, they nevertheless have certain aspects in common and in particular the minimalist approach that characterises their concept of space. In this way minimalist and at the same time extremely refined and sophisticated environments are created.

The Japandi style is the perfect blend between the simplicity of the Nordic Scandinavian trend and the wise and sophisticated soul of oriental design. For this reason Japandi is the perfect answer to the question of how to furnish one's rooms in Japanese style, without neglecting the modernity and simplicity of minimalist lines that often characterise contemporary design.

The furnishing dictates that characterize the environments conceived with the logic of the Japandi style allow to give life to fresh and innovative spaces, thanks to the fusion between the Scandinavian style and the traditional Japanese style.

Japandi style: choice of colours

Choosing the Japandi style for your rooms means first of all eliminating colours and colours that are too strong and bright, giving instead space to the colours that characterise nature and its materials.

Special features of Scandinavian furniture are the cold and bright colours, which are perfectly combined with the different natural shades of wood.

As far as the traditional Japanese style is concerned, we can instead say that colours and colours are more relaxing and cosy than the Nordic style.

Having said this, the colours that we suggest you use for the realization of your rooms inspired by the Japandi style are respectively:

• emerald green
• the blue
• the pastel pink
• the grey
• ivory

Regardless of the colours and shades you choose, the function of natural light, enhanced by the use of light curtains, is very important in the design of your Japandi style rooms.

Japandi style: choice of materials

A modern, minimalist home design must first and foremost be synonymous with simplicity and functionality. This applies to contemporary furniture inspired by the Japandi style, but also to all types of vintage shabby furniture.

As for the choice of fabrics for a space conceived according to the dictates of the Japandi style, it is preferable to choose fabrics in their raw version; it is better to prefer natural materials such as jute, satin, or even silk and cotton. These materials are certainly more suitable for furnishing accessories inspired by this type of style.

In an environment inspired by the Japandi style, the use of wood and the predisposition in the spaces of furniture made with the help of this material cannot certainly not be lacking. In this regard, our advice is to prefer the purchase of wooden furniture characterized by warm shades of colour.

The brown and brown shades, if compared to the classic white colour, are able to give the environment an extremely comfortable look and with a strong personality.

Characteristics and peculiarities of Japandi furniture style

To take up the characteristics and peculiarities of Japandi style in one's own environment means first of all to be based on essential and at the same time functional lines. Your objective must be compatible with the creation of an essential environment, but at the same time designed with maximum comfort in mind.

Your spaces must be extremely relaxing and able to represent the perfect place for your moments of extreme relaxation.

The choice of furniture is absolutely fundamental: the furniture must be practical and able to perform its respective function in the best possible way. Obviously, the choice of each piece of furniture must be based on a careful examination of the respective design.

The same concepts also apply to furniture and accessories. For both, it is always best to opt for a not excessive number of elements in your room.

We can say in general terms that for a room designed in the Japandi style, there will be room for the essential and carefully selected furnishing elements.

Japandi style: great furnishing trend in 2020

Japandi, this name is the result of the perfect combination of Japanese furniture and the simplicity of Scandinavian style. For interior design experts, this innovative style represents the latest frontier of minimalism.

The Japandi style is the undisputed protagonist of the furnishing trends that are characterizing 2020. The trend of this style is increasingly loved and appreciated not only in Europe but also overseas. According to insiders' forecasts, Japandi style will certainly be the protagonist of summer 2020 and next autumn.

Underlying the popularity of this furnishing style is the perfect combination of the elegant simplicity of the Nordic Scandinavian style and the classicism and romanticism of traditional Japanese furniture: a sort of perfect mix between the essentiality of the Danshari and the lifestyle of the Zen tradition.

The stylistic strength and personality of the Japandi style are also expressed in the wider interpretations of its living style. This style represents today a perfect furnishing solution, congenial and particularly suitable for all those people who are looking for an elegant but at the same time extremely functional style.

The iconic pieces of the Japandi style

Among the iconic pieces that have made Japandi style famous all over the world is certainly the famous Bamboo Basket Chair: it is a famous chair designed and conceived during the fifties by Isamu Noguchi and Isamu Kenmochi.

Another iconic piece of Japandi style worthy of note is Dream Chair, designed in 2013 by the famous architect Tadao Ando, for Carl Hansen & Son. Dream Chair is par excellence the classic Japandi style furniture: sculptural lines and use of natural materials create a perfect meeting of East and West.

Japandi: a multitude of furnishing solutions

Today Japandi style is able to open up and adapt to a great variety of furnishing solutions. The colours to be preferred to give life to a Japandi environment are today more up-to-date than ever: shades of blue, green, emerald, ochre, cobalt, grey and taupe.

The colours reminiscent of sandalwood and cedar are undoubtedly the most successful to enhance the peculiarities of natural elements such as wood. In the spaces conceived to express themselves in Japandi design, bamboo is often and willingly used for the realization of furnishing accessories.

Among the most typical aspects that Swedish furniture style and Japanese design have in common is certainly the great attention paid to well-being and eco-sustainability. It is presented in the environment of nature (with its woods and plants) and represents an essential expression of the Japandi furnishing style.

The Japandi style is in a certain sense capable of exalting simplicity, but also the imperfections of natural materials. In addition to the materials mentioned above, this style of furnishing favours the use of ceramics, which are used to make bowls and plates. In this regard how not to mention the beautiful Japanese vintage ceramics, sometimes chipped, opaque or even fragmented.

How to enhance a Japandi style corner

If you want to enhance your rooms made in Japandi style, you can arrange in the spaces of the works made on paper, even better if in ink, inspired by abstract art. Very interesting for these environments are the works inspired by lettering and handwriting, perhaps oriental.

The natural textures often and willingly are elements able to guarantee the success of these environments characterized by a charm that we could define immortal.

Alternatively, you can decide to prepare on the walls the classic wallpaper: you can choose a paper characterized by floral patterns, which will give rise to a pleasant exotic scent. Our advice is to choose wallpaper that represents cherry blossoms, made with the help of pastel colours: maximum expression of the emotions that the Orient can give.