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3 Reasons to Consider Minimalism in Your Home

by Jeffrey Germagian 07/24/2022

Minimalism is a concept that people use in many parts of life. In interior design, it’s characterized by intentional simplicity and organization. Everything has its own place and everything has a reason to be included—thus helping you avoid distraction, clutter and achieve better focus. If you’re curious about adopting minimalism into your own home, here are a few more benefits to consider:

Save Money

Less is more with minimalism, which positively affects your wallet. Fewer items in your home means the less money spent on obtaining and maintaining them. For interior design specifically, this means fewer expensive furnishings and decorative items to fill each room. Instead of a higher quantity of items, fewer higher quality items can help you feel more connected to your home and everything in it.

Save Time

Fewer items in your home also means less time spent cleaning and taking care of them. You can say the same for the home, too. Many homeowners choose to downsize their living spaces to live simpler, and much of that ease comes from reduced time and energy on cleaning, organizing and more. You may find that you have time to take up an entirely new hobby with all the time saved thinking minimalist in your home design and decor.

Help the Environment

Reducing your consumption also reduces waste. Many minimalist experts will suggest dramatic lifestyle changes like exchanging a car for a bicycle or converting your home’s energy grid entirely to solar. However, even minor changes can help you create a minimalist home. Anything you can do to reduce waste will also help you reduce clutter and improve your own peace of mind all while helping the environment.

Like all design and lifestyle choices, minimalism isn’t for everyone. It’s also not something that has to be achieved all at once. Rather than completely overhaul your home to fit a more minimalist lifestyle, try focusing on one room at a time. If you’re looking for a change, whether it be design style or lifestyle, these benefits are worth considering.

About the Author
Author

Jeffrey Germagian

Dating back to the 1970s when his father put him in charge of the family real estate business, Jeffrey Germagian has built a longstanding portfolio of real estate transactions and developments. Along the way, he has grown the family’s original company, then known as Baystate Realty, to the elite status it represents today as ERA Key Realty Services.

Although we’ve expanded our real estate offerings and our branding has evolved to represent all of the real estate services that we provide, ERA Key Realty, The Baystate Group still holds true to the honest business practices and principles that Jeffrey’s father set out with decades ago.

Jeffrey manages the Baystate Group which specializes in traditional home resales, land development, and 55 communities.

He lives in Hopedale, MA, and serves the local towns in the area including most suburbs of Boston as well as southwest of Boston. He is a Certified Residential Specialist and is fully licensed as a real estate agent to practice throughout the entire state of Massachusetts.