#maximalist-design

#maximalist-design

While minimalists may look to reduce visual stimuli in design layouts, maximalists take the counter approach (see what we did there). Maximalist designers regard more as more and look for ways to layer bold colors, patterns, accents, and wallpaper to spark interest in spaces. These kinds of bold, dramatic trends add spice to white kitchens and create points of conversation for homeowners and houseguests.

If there's one thing I love as a decor maximalist, it's interesting wall art. Paintings, collages, vintage posters, you name it: I have it all, and it's carefully arranged from floor to ceiling in my white-walled Bushwick loft. I also love Halloween, and if you have been to my home in fall, you absolutely know this. That's because I decorate for Halloween like the true maximalist I am.

Housed in a National Register of Historic Places-listed, red-brick mansion that dates back to 1886, the hotel is a glaring departure from the contemporary gray buildings that line Grant Street in the city's Capitol Hill district. Inside, the walls are lined with original burgundy wallpaper and ornate Bavarian woodwork. And the staircase, with its intricate carvings of flowers, gargoyles, and swans all across the balustrade, took my breath away.