Atlanta Bartlett and Dave Coote’s new book, “The Romantic Minimalist — Simple Homes with Soul,” explores how to marry simplicity with comfort and glamour in your home design and d…
Although an antique gilt-framed mirror dominates this dining room, featured in “The Romantic Minimalist,” the rustic farmhouse table, vintage Bakelite railway clock and workaday lighting bring the whole space back down to earth. I like spare interiors, and I like beautifully adorned rooms. I like crystal chandeliers and rustic tables, gilded mirrors and industrial light fixtures, and modern furniture alongside antiques.
“We’ve been through the more is more era and through the really pared-back era with concrete floors and no curtains,” Coote said. “This book addresses how to find the synergy between the two.”“First, understand that all furnishings look better when they have a foil, something that opposes or contrasts with them,” Bartlett said. “We are all a mad mass of contradictions. Our homes should reflect that, shiny and matte, rough with smooth.
“The emphasis lies in appreciating the imperfect, encouraging self-expression and never compromising on comfort,” the authors write in the introduction. Beyond that, Bartlett and Coote offer the following hallmarks of romantic minimalism: Romantic minimalism celebrates the use of raw materials like hand-troweled plaster, natural wood, nubby linen, worn leather and any honest material that is not trying to pretend it’s something else.
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