Masculine Interiors

| pic: Lonny Mag |

I have received quite a few questions about male or masculine interiors. How To decorate for a man to feel at home. How to downplay the prettiness and the feminine vibe still keeping it beautiful. Being a believer in personal, gender-unspecific, what-ever-makes-YOU-happy-decor, I have no idea. Honestly. There’s no room for male and female decor in my world. BUT, there has been a bout more typical (stereotyped) masculine interiors lately. So I figure a little round of pics won’t hurt. And hey, just think of all the vintage suitcases and the industrial style. That’s in the masculine compartment isn’t it? The well-travelled globes? Hunted down animal heads? Mostly also the dark painted walls? Blame my (relatively) gender-equality-forward country for not knowing! Here’s a few pics the magazine editors said were masculine :)

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…and if you want more, have a glance at Todd Romano’s and HEIR for some nice ones. Happy week!

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cool u highlighted this subject since I am man and a interior design nerd not gay mind you. funny you mentioned industrial vintage thats my signature style. it all comes down to whos interested in the field. my wife cares not all design decisions taken me alone. design is worthy the extra bucks.
http://trendey.com Mia

Hi and thanks a lot for your note! You are probably absolutely right – the interest in decorating is key, no matter if you’re a man or woman. Great to here wives can be uninterested too, as the problem is so often described opposite! Many thanks for stopping by /Mia
http://design-vox.com Christina

Haha, you’re funny Mia. I appreciate your honesty on the topic. It is definitely a matter of personal opinion what could be described as “masculine” or “feminine”. While I do use those words to describe elements of design sometimes, I prefer to keep an open mind and as you said: the important thing is always that your decorating make you happy! Well and ideally it would make your husband or wife happy too, I suppose. :)
http://trendey.com/ Mia

Hah – glad you appreciated it! :) It is a kind of complex topic this one! I guess if we disregard the feminine vs masculine-part of the issue (the part where I’m lost:)) there is a pretty interesting core question on how to decorate a home as a couple. One with love for dark colours, one who’s happiest in white interiors. Etc. Like in so much else the solution spells compromise, but compromising can be hard in decor! ;)
http://design-vox.com Christina

Yes you’re right, the core issue is definitely just how to compromise when tastes differ. I was looking at a bench online that I thought was gorgeous and when my boyfriend noticed it he nearly gagged. Haha. May be a little tricky whenever he moves in!
http://trendey.com/ Mia

Haha, that has happened to me too =) My boyfriend is getting increasingly interested and thereby harder to trick, so things are more difficult now ;) On the other hand he contributes with his own ideas so the results are more interesting and it’s nice to have a home formed by both of the people who lives in it. I would have real problems with a strict, white-loving minimalist though! :D