Home inspirations from interior professionals who are naturals in the art of maximalism
Essentially, maximalism is a “display of the things we love,” the coming together of favourite and treasured possessions, in a complicated yet curated layering style.
As Megan Hopp of New York-based Megan Hopp Design told Architectural Digest: “a style and aesthetic that leans into the more is more mentality” from people who are “trying to make a statement in their home.”
However, when not executed properly or intuitively, your home could end up looking like a museum display that lacks personalisation, or worse, as if you just turned your storage rooms inside out while spring cleaning—everything everywhere all at once, each item without a designated place in the space.
Maximalism is a lot, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be tamed to your preference. Here are six interior designers who are fluent in the aesthetic of excess, each with their own maximalist style that you can reenact for your home.
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1. Kelly Wearstler
Since the mid-90s, Wearstler has worked on notable projects for the Viceroy hotel chain and is currently serving as the design partner for the Proper Hotel Group. Her portfolio includes high-end residential designs for famous clients such as Cameron Diaz and Gwen Stefani.
The American designer has been credited by the New York Times as one of the several designers that brought “the decorative back to interior design,” describing her own style as romantic.
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