I had many bedrooms like this: simple, humble, practical and most of all quiet. I like the clarity it has – so my mind it not distracted.

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When you visit Europe’s old feudal palaces and houses one is overwhelmed by the lushness and pomp of their interior designs. The Baroque epoch was certainly the most playful period in that respect -  and there were certainly "quieter periods" in European history. Especially northern European protestants dimmed all that crazy ornaments seriously down.

But overall there was never such a thing as "feudal minimalism" in European interior design before movements like Futurism, Modernism and Bauhaus arrived.

I think such a place as the one pictured above would drive any Feng Shui or Zen master mad.

This design from the 50/60’s is once again modern in it’s simplicity and naturalistic approach. I wonder if minimalism can ever run out of fashion?

Human is amazing – we spend huge amounts of resources designing, producing and than selecting minute details of our lives. Who actually gives a crap about hundreds of different knobs? Snobs!