{"id":101520,"date":"2014-09-21T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=101520"},"modified":"2014-09-20T10:47:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T14:47:55","slug":"maximalist-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/design\/maximalist-rooms","title":{"rendered":"Because understated is overrated, 16 maximalist rooms that have it all"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As a counterpoint to last week’s collection of beautifully simple minimalist rooms<\/a>,\u00a0here’s a roundup of living spaces\u00a0that take their cues from\u00a0maximalism — a design\u00a0aesthetic of excess and redundancy. You know, because less<\/span> more is more.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: MMR Interiors<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Interior design\u00a0by\u00a0Melissa Miles Rufty, named one of Architectural Digest’s “Ones to Watch 2013.”<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Hatfield House<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Behold England’s lavish\u00a0Hatfield House,\u00a0built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: treeingger<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Are angelic statuettes and flower-draped chandeliers tacky or tasteful? You decide.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo:\u00a0Pinterest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

What your college history professor’s home looks like.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: domainhome<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Cool lawn chair boardroom, guys!<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: domainhome<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Commercial kitchen meets backwoods hunting lodge.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: Brooklyn Museum<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

A yarn-bombed room by New York City artist Allyson Mitchell.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

There’s no quicker route to maximalist bliss than garish wallpaper.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist-9\"<\/a>Photo: thesymmetric<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

There’s a kitchen in there somewhere.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: Sotheby’s<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

This one actually seems kind of cozy.<\/p>\n

\"red<\/a>Photo:\u00a0imgur<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

One of our 19 favorite\u00a0lovely lofts<\/a>, this busy Boston apartment\u00a0looks like a set on Happy Days.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: casasugar<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The 1960s vomited on this room.<\/p>\n

\"home-library-8\"<\/a>Photo: LvivAlive<\/a>
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This bookish hoarder should consider buying\u00a0an e-reader.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: Babylon Sisters<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Presumably this home is occupied by a palm-reader.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: Pinterest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Double the clutter with wall mirrors.<\/p>\n

\"maximalist<\/a>Photo: Inquirer.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Philippine home of artists\u00a0Cesare and Jean Marie Syjuco. More info and photos this way.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Including, in some cases, the kitchen sink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":102015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11115],"tags":[11113,11129,11149],"coauthors":[10332],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nBecause understated is overrated, 16 maximalist rooms that have it all | 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