Quiet Luxury: The Interior Trend Taking Over Homes

In a world full of distractions, we’re ready to embrace the latest emerging interior design trend: quiet luxury. This captivating concept is all about understated elegance and bringing a sense of tranquillity and refinement to our living spaces.

In this blog, we’ll explore the essence of quiet luxury, sharing our top tips on how to incorporate this timeless trend into your home.

What is Quiet Luxury?

Quiet Luxury is a design philosophy that transcends traditional ideas of luxury by focusing on understated, mindful and timeless design elements.  It celebrates the art of simplicity and refined living to create a sense of calm and harmony. 

This trend embodies the belief that true luxury lies not in the grandeur of decor, but in the appreciation of craftsmanship, quality materials, and a balanced aesthetic.

How to Incorporate Quiet Luxury into Your Home

Incorporating quiet luxury into your home involves creating an elegant, serene, and comfortable space without unnecessary distractions. Combining high-quality materials with thoughtful design can instantly create a sense of tranquillity throughout your home. 

Here are some tips to help you achieve a sense of this trend:

Opt for Neutral Colours

Choose a soft and neutral colour palette for your walls, furniture, and decor to cultivate calmness in your space. 

Whites, creams, greys, and muted pastels create a tranquil atmosphere and allow different textures and materials to take more of a focal point. For instance, you could opt for white bedding within your bedroom or inject touches of subtle greys and creams with neutral-toned throws in the lounge.

Choose High-Quality Materials

Invest in decor made from high-quality, natural materials such as wood, leather, stone, cotton, linen and wool. These materials can be put centre stage through various pieces, such as wooden dining furniture and bedroom pieces, or Egyptian cotton bedding. These materials exude luxury and add a tactile element to your space.

Focus on Minimalism & Simplicity

One of the most essential aspects of quiet luxury is embracing a minimalist design approach with clean lines and uncluttered spaces. For a luxury living room feel, avoid excessive ornamentation and instead opt for a few well-selected statement pieces, such as an eye-catching piece of wall art or sculpture. 

Maximise Natural Light

Maximise natural light by using sheer curtains or blinds that allow sunlight to filter through. Natural light creates an airy and inviting ambience that complements the idea of quiet luxury. 

If you often experience interrupted sleep due to natural light waking you in the early hours, you could pair sheer drapery with heavyweight curtains. This combination will ensure quality sleep while still harnessing the soft light that sheer curtains allow to permeate into the room throughout the day.

Include Soft Textures

Combining different textures can instantly make a room feel more cosy and three-dimensional. Incorporate soft textures through plush rugs, snug throws and cushions made from luxurious fabrics. These textured accessories will add warmth and comfort to your space.

Consider your Lighting

To promote a sense of calmness, opt for soft and warm lighting fixtures that create a cosy atmosphere. 

Consider installing dimmers to adjust the light intensity level according to the mood. And when it comes to creating a tranquil evening routine, lower light exposure has been proven to help you unwind before bed, so why not ditch the big light and invest in some stylish lamps for your bedside tables? 

Embrace Nature with Indoor Plants

Bring nature indoors with the simple addition of a few houseplants. Plants add a touch of luxury and a splash of colour to your surroundings, but they also purify the air and promote a sense of relaxation, helping you achieve a better night’s sleep.

Our DUSK Quiet Luxury Staples

To help you on your way to weaving aspects of quiet luxury throughout your home, we’ve collated a roundup of your most-loved DUSK products which go hand in hand with this minimalistic interior design trend.  

The Brooklyn Sofa Collection

Our Brooklyn sofa collection is simplicity at its finest.  Combining a minimalistic shade of ivory with textured chenille fabric, opt for one of our 2-seater or 3-seater sofas or combine them in an innovative all-in-one modular sofa design.

Not sure what sofa is right for your home? Check out our sofa comfort buying guide to help you prioritise your top criteria when considering your next purchase.

The Hampshire Loveseat

Luxurious loveseats with clean lines and graceful silhouettes exude elegance and comfort. Choose neutral or pastel-coloured upholstery to maintain a tranquil ambience. Our Hampshire loveseat comes in a selection of colours to suit this theme, including beige, blue, light grey, blush pink and sea green.

The Hattie Panel Dining Table

Solid wood furniture pieces with natural finishes add instant warmth and a touch of texture to your interiors. When creating a luxury dining room, opt for well-crafted wooden dining tables, console tables, and bedside tables that showcase the beauty of the wood's grain. 

Our Hattie 4-6 seater dining table features a circular design with intricate panelling and is a perfect example of how statement pieces can echo quiet luxury.

The Mabel Dining Chair Set

Every statement dining table needs some elegant dining chairs to match. Exuding opulence with a curved silhouette, our Mabel set of 2 dining chairs makes the perfect companion for any table. Available in various colours, go bold with a majestic velvet green shade or keep it light and airy with natural chenille. 

The Mohair Style Throw

High-quality textiles such as cashmere throws, velvet cushions, and large plush rugs bring tactile opulence to your home. Choose our mohair style throw to add a splash of tonal texture and depth to your space to create a cosy atmosphere.

The Windsor Ottoman Storage Bed

As well as embodying opulence and style, quiet luxury is also about the simplicity and refinement of the space around us. 

Opting for an ottoman design bed provides ample storage space to ensure you can keep your belongings neatly tucked away. Our Windsor ottoman storage bed features a minimalistic design with subtle piping around the edge, perfectly encapsulating quiet luxury to instantly give your bedroom a luxury feel.

The Sienna Chest of Drawers

Our Sienna chest of drawers combine a natural colour with gold accent handles for that added touch of decadence. Available in a 4or 5-drawer design, these chests of drawers also come as part of a set with matching bedside tables to tie your bedroom ensemble together effortlessly.

For further tips and tricks on the latest interior trends, keep an eye on our inspiration page, where you’ll find helpful how-to blogs and styling guides for your home this season and beyond.