Casual Yet Chic Minimalistic Interiors & Paint Colors

February and March can be blustery round these parts. No worries since we are snuggling up to earthy warm casual yet chic minimalistic interiors to inspire. Love a warm neutral paint color to create sophisticated cozy charm? Find them ahead. Comforting home and lifestyle resources, earthy warm interiors, and (as usual) random stream of consciousness awaits.

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Casual Yet Chic Minimalistic Interiors & Paint Colors

Warm Earthy Chic from Lone Fox (Drew Michael Scott)

The bedroom he transformed in his Spanish style home in California captures the mood we’re after here. He started with board and batten for the bed wall. The room has this amazing little sitting area:

But when he added shoe mold to elevate the paneled look and painted it (the now discontinued Valspar Lamb’s Ear) and layered a rug and bedding, it came to life!

I love how this room evolved. Despite all of the thought and attention to detail, it feels effortless and beyond natural. The color he used for the paneling captured my attention:

Valspar LAMB’S EAR

Since it is no longer available, I found some close approximations! Notice how similar Farrow & Ball Stony Ground no. 211 is to Lamb’s Ear:

With a bit more gray undertones and a little less light reflectance (LRV), peek at Benjamin Moore Stone Hearth 984:

These colors are giving us all the warmth of stone, oui? Here’s another Farrow & Ball stunner that has less yellow undertones:

It’s all very subtle and textural with a lived-in luxe earthy feel.

Even better? Drew regularly demystifies the design process with ideas we can apply to approach our interiors with a more relaxed, imperfectly-focused mindset.

Rich Carmel Tone on Tone

How to get that “not too done” underbaked look? Not an easy feat even if you know your way around curating and layering. It isn’t about matching or copying a look you’ve seen.

So much intuitive wisdom is at work. It also helps if you understand color theory and have experience creating pleasing combinations.

The enveloping hue Drew used in this guest room is actually a limewash which involved a few steps. You can see it at the beginning of the makeover video above. The color reminds me of caramel apples, and here’s a possible paint to sample:

It’s pretty and reminds me of a color I chose a few years ago when I consulted on a project where the client wanted to retain stained oak cabinets but get rid of the red color story. We chose a caramel-gold color that worked magic. You have to be careful. You don’t want kitchen walls to remind you of the interior of an infant’s diaper. 🙂 Not every caramel is appetizing. Sample, sample, sample!

Oh those little touches! Look at how the sweet pendants are hung:

If you love the furniture in that bedroom, it’s at Lulu & Georgia here.

Inspo from The Venetian Pantry

I love everything this Italian living in the UK does with her home! Warm, organic, spare, simple, and textural strokes of genius are everywhere.

In a bedroom, we see a mix of warm neutrals with white. Here’s the exact color she used on the tongue and groove paneling behind the bed:

Her gorgeous kitchen has all of those tones pulled from the rustic ancient stone of the cottage too!

Let’s peek at more inspiring earthy modern warm interiors. They always seem to include natural materials, patina, a relaxed attitude and colors that soothe with timeless charm.

Earthy Modern Warm Interiors

Did you know you can always spray paint checks or stripes on a natural fiber rug? I’m dying to give it a whirl.

There’s nothing like the warmth of wood to cozy a space:

And sometimes a rug is all you need to inspire an entire color story. This one does it for me:

I still adore how Sherry Hart uses neutrals in such a sophisticated manner.

Spring is coming, but I just stocked up on cozy socks and pajamas…

Because that’s a great place to begin a journey toward earthy warmth.

Must Colors Be Muddy & Moody to Be Earthy?

Even though moodier rooms are all the rage, they aren’t something I can live with for long.

Even the color of my bedroom and office walls are feeling a bit too moody so I toy with tweaking them.

Make sure you consider the time of day you use a particular room and notice how the color makes you feel at that time.

Because nighttime rooms and daytime rooms have different qualities.

I don’t mind the moodiness of our muddy colored bedroom in the evening, but during the day?

It’s not inviting.

I miss the texture in our former bedroom. It never felt too gritty or dirty which is a plus!

Because there’s earthy and then there’s too earthy!

Linen Decor & Resources for Getting Modern Warmth

Cozy New Touches

Need a new bath mat? I love ours. The old one from RH was so well-used it was threadbare with holes. This plush one below from Cozy Earth was just what I had been searching for, and it protects the floor even as it protects feet from slipping on that floor.

Natural, Neutral & Nurturing Spaces

What a shift when you begin to see shelter as more than mere walls keeping out weather.

As the world and culture change outside of those walls, we must adapt.

How do we adapt gently with healthier coping strategies?

There’s always a fair amount of resistance within me to change, but if I get in touch with my core values, I find that growth and expansion are high on the list.

Can I build daily practices into my day that support such expansion and nurture my nervous system to meet the new normal without growing cynical?

For me, the answer is YES. And the way to joy is curiosity and awe.

Whatever draws us toward more beauty and love are probably worth exploring.

Temperament & Cozy Warm Interiors

From the look of my curated inspo and resources, I suppose extra sensitive types need extra soft surroundings.

So today, I wish you opportunities to become still,

to become quiet,

to become permeable and open

to the goodness and light on its way just now.

May the wind awaken you and awe you,

without overtaking you.

May new shelter arising from sources of unexpected blessing welcome you into warmth and understanding.

Peace to you right where you are.

-michele

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