Japan­di Style

What both cultures share is a love of reduction and tranquillity. Japandi transforms this into a design principle that doesn’t overwhelm – it opens up space for air, light and life.

The spatial design matters too. A natural wall tone lets the kitchen breathe. Open shelving, combined with closed fronts, brings lightness. Indirect lighting stages key zones – from the kitchen island to the open shelf holding cherished objects.

• Func­tion­al min­i­mal­ism: Plan less, but smarter. Use restrained fronts, clean lines and inte­grat­ed stor­age to cre­ate order and peace.
• Main­tain colour har­mo­ny: Choose warm earth tones like sand, taupe, sage or wool white. Mate­ri­als like linen, wood or stone add depth and authen­tic­i­ty. Use black or navy spar­ing­ly for sub­tle contrast.
• Play with tex­ture: Pair soft, mat­te fin­ish­es with rich­ly tex­tured nat­u­rals. A smooth ceram­ic top meets warm-toned wood or coarse linen – a sen­so­ry blend of touch and aesthetics.
• Light with intent: Use mul­ti­ple light sources to define zones. Indi­rect light­ing – under grip rails, shelves or base units – adds calm and depth. A sim­ple paper or fab­ric pen­dant brings a home­ly accent.
• Cre­ate seam­less tran­si­tions: Choose kitchen fur­ni­ture that visu­al­ly con­nects with the liv­ing area. Repeat­ing colours or mate­ri­als enhances cohe­sion. Side­boards, shelves or wall units in the same style com­plete the look. Get inspired by pronorm’s cus­tomised liv­ing fur­ni­ture here.
• Edit your décor: Choose a few curat­ed pieces – a ceram­ic vase, a wood­en dish, a tex­tured linen run­ner – instead of many small acces­sories. It keeps the atmos­phere clean and open.
• Use tex­tiles con­scious­ly: Nat­ur­al fab­rics like cot­ton, linen or wool bring soft­ness into the room. Cush­ions, rugs or cur­tains in mut­ed tones cre­ate a warm, cosy feel – with­out visu­al noise.