Embracing the Growing Design Trends that Lean into Chaos

Snaps of interior design, be it for a professional magazine or even just someone on social media with an eye for it, tend to relay a kind of perfection. Regardless of the style, it’ll be over-styled, with clean cut edges, natural colour matching, and even cushions turned to just the right angle. It’s all very showroom-esque and almost synthetic.

Perhaps it’s because of this, and because we can’t possibly live like this and relax in our own homes, that a kind of chaos has crept into design. Many will still scoff at this, particularly the minimalist contingent. However, backed by stylish features, letting in the chaos can offer a more natural feel and allow you to express yourself better.

An Increasing Display of Apparent Chaos

It should be made clear from the get-go: a chaotic interior design approach doesn’t mean that things are messy. You don’t leave your dirty washing around, boxes aren’t just piled up and spilling out in an area, or anything like that. The approach is much more about deserting the strict rules of almost all other approaches.

You don’t need to only use complementary colours, minimise the number of items in the room, or even make sure that all of your wall décor pieces are within a coordinated square. One trend that BHG describes as being cluttercore is labelled a form of organised mess, punctuated by artwork, collections, and sentimental objects.

A bold aesthetic to be sure, it gives you ultimate free-roam to express yourself. Personalisation is key, so many suggest prioritising your most meaningful pieces and the placement of them, as CL details. Mismatch as much as you want, but make sure the pieces are meaningful so that you don’t get bored of them.

Clutter can absolutely be well executed. Not everything in its placement needs to make sense or match. It is, however, important to make sure that the clutter doesn’t detract from functionality. If it’s in the way, it’s a poor choice. For room design, shambolism is a new term that describes a path to embracing playful pieces and clashing colours.

Breaking the Mould to Embrace a Chaotic Approach

Moving your eye from the clean-cut design principles and aesthetics that we’re so used to can be tough. Luckily, there are easy ways to embrace a more cluttered, chaotic, or shambolic approach that will break the mould and help to get you into this new approach.

To gamify the approach and ease you in, you could try out some randomisation – very fitting for a chaotic theme! You can draw from the mechanics of just about any game found on bingo online UK sites. The daily free wheel is an easy one to adopt, or you could go for the more deluxe numbered balls of bingo inspiration.

Either way, you assign all of your options to a number, a segment on a wheel spin, or even a card in a deck. Then, you roll the cage, spin the wheel, or shuffle the deck, pick a spot, and trust what the game reveals. This way, you can ease into the process a bit more by splitting colours, items, and the like into general placement brackets first.

A cluttered and chaotic approach to interior design will guarantee you a unique and personalised home aesthetic. However, it can be tough to get into the swing of things.

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Kenneth Stevenson

Kenneth is a home design enthusiast and a professional content writer for RapidHomeDirect.com. He is committed to helping customers discover exciting and customisable home designs that range from classic to modern chic by providing high-quality information and product reviews. Through his writing, he hopes to help his readers make an informed decision when purchasing furniture or architectural products for their homes.

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