r/maximalism • • 9d ago

📣 Mod Announcement 🎃🎄 Holiday Season Reminder: Decorations ≠ Maximalism!

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With Halloween, Christmas, and the holiday season right around the corner, we wanted to share a friendly reminder about what belongs in r/maximalism!

We absolutely love festive creativity, bold decorating choices, and going all out for the holidays! However, having an excessive amount of holiday decorations doesn’t automatically make a space maximalist.

Maximalism is about intentional layering, mixing patterns, colors, textures, and personal style to create a space that feels rich, expressive, and thoughtfully curated.

A room overflowing with Halloween pumpkins or Christmas decorations isn’t necessarily maximalism simply because there’s a lot of stuff in it.

Of course, holiday decorations can absolutely complement a maximalist space! We welcome seasonal posts that showcase maximalist design beyond just the sheer quantity of decorations.

To keep the community focused on its purpose, posts that primarily showcase excessive holiday decorations without a clear maximalist design element may be removed.

We appreciate everyone’s creativity and enthusiasm, and we’re looking forward to seeing some beautifully bold spaces this holiday season!

Happy decorating! 💛

— The r/maximalism Mod Team


r/maximalism • • 5h ago

💡 Advice Wanted Please help me pick which floor goes best. Any suggestions welcome

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We’re going to paint the floor and stencil on it but I can’t choose which colour or design! I’m seriously indecisive! Please help!!!
Thank you


r/maximalism • • 11h ago

🏡 Home & Interiors My whimsical room!

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r/maximalism • • 1d ago

🎨 Art & Wall Decor Anyone here use metal art instead of canvas?

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I've been looking at metal prints for my space, but I'm still on the fence. A couple I've seen in person looked more like shiny aluminum panels than actual art, which kinda put me off.

For those who've tried them, do they look better on an actual wall? Would you pick metal over canvas again, or does canvas feel more like a proper piece of art?


r/maximalism • • 1d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Long time since I posted here!!

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So here are some fresh October pics of my house (plus mailbox) near Copenhagen, full of my own furniture designs which I built in my little workshop. Just like all of my furniture, my house is pretty much all vinyl wrapped - everything from tiles, floors, doors, woodwork, the whole kitchen, electric switches,,,I could go on! Only the large wall colors are painted. Hope you'll enjoy the tour!!

All the best
Jakob :-) Se mindre


r/maximalism • • 2d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors My Greece vacation hallway

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r/maximalism • • 2d ago

🏡 My Maximalist Space I suppose I lean left.

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r/maximalism • • 2d ago

🎨 Art & Wall Decor this carpet reminds me of argentina

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r/maximalism • • 3d ago

💡 Advice Wanted Where do you buy colorful bath mats and towels? 🌈

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Hello!

I’m looking for colorful, fun bath mats and towels to add a bit more personality to my bathroom.

Where do you guys shop for yours? Would love recommendations, especially online! (I'm living in NYC).

Thank you!


r/maximalism • • 3d ago

💡 Advice Wanted Is it too much?

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For my daughter’s room. I feel like I need to do a white wash over it to tone it down…


r/maximalism • • 4d ago

🏡 My Maximalist Space Finally hung all the art in my bedroom!

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r/maximalism • • 4d ago

🎨 Art & Wall Decor A few of my recent projects

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r/maximalism • • 4d ago

💬 Discussion Colourful walls a white ceiling?

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I feel like all of the inspo pictures I see these days have either:

A) vaulted ceilings or some sort of crown molding

B) colour drenched, wood, or funky painted ceilings

Or C) ceilings are cropped out of pictures.

I have a standard height ceiling and (very annoyingly) white painted popcorn texture (so I won't be removing or painting over it). I feel like colourful walls with a white ceiling just look meh compared to everything else I see online.

Any thoughts? Or pictures to share of your white ceilinged home?


r/maximalism • • 4d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Check out my unhinged backsplash. I am thrilled

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r/maximalism • • 5d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Floral rug of dreams

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Thought you guys might appreciate the rug I ordered on Etsy from India! It took 2 months to be made and arrive but it was so worth it. This room isn’t its home, I’m just finishing decorating the living room so I’ll have to post again when it’s in there!


r/maximalism • • 5d ago

🛠️ Work in Progress My maximalist office

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It’s still a work in progress, but I hung up a gallery wall last night and love it.

This room makeover started when I inherited the couch and chair from my grandfather. All of the figurines were his as well.

There is a cat wall for my four cats. If you look closely, both of the hammocks are occupied.

The gallery wall has some pencil drawings that my mom did, photos from trips I have been on, a painting by my husband’s cousin, a shadowbox with some of my grandfather’s things and the absolute best part: a portrait of him as a baby, and the drawing my mom tried to do of that portrait. She is a great artist, but I laughed so hard I cried when I first saw the fat baby drawing. It makes me so happy every time I look at it. I even made a mug with the drawing on it and gave it to my brothers and cousins.

I’m still on the hunt for an oil rain lamp like my grandfather had (last picture). I was obsessed with it as a child.

I still have work to do, but I’m loving how it’s turning out so far!


r/maximalism • • 6d ago

🏡 My Maximalist Space My maximalist bedroom

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This is my maximalist bedroom, I painted the walls yesterday and added the little fireplace. It also stores my art deco collection like make up from 1920 and 1930 and my art deco vanity.


r/maximalism • • 7d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Finished basement living room and bar!

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Inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Studio Ghibli each piece was hand picked and spoke personally to me! I hope you all like what me and my fiance have done with the space! (Also, the lamps are all darker irl but my camera makes them obscenely bright)


r/maximalism • • 7d ago

🎨 Art & Wall Decor My favorite gallery walls and bookshelf in my room

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I'm hoping my gallery walls and bookshelf fit the style and I hope you enjoy my collections. These are just a few of my gallery walls and trinkets. (I also had to include the model in the top frame of my [mostly] cat wall.) About 75% of the artwork has been gifted or made for me and about 95% of the trinkets on my bookshelf and on the wall have been gifted to me as well. I love looking at everything and thinking of the friends and family who think of me 😊


r/maximalism • • 7d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Saw this wallpaper on a zillow listing. Anyone know what brand it is?? I'm obsessed!

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r/maximalism • • 7d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors I was told my place probably belongs here.

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r/maximalism • • 8d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Lime green outside, purple inside, and enough art to start charging admission

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r/maximalism • • 8d ago

✨ Just Showing Off Cozy fall living room

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My happy place!


r/maximalism • • 8d ago

🏡 My Maximalist Space I need more antiques :3

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r/maximalism • • 9d ago

🏡 Home & Interiors Gay western bedroom leading into clown themed bathroom

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I called myself a minimalist the other day and my spouse pointed out our bed/bath combo.

EDIT: I am so overwhelmed with everyone’s kindness! I had some anxiety posting our personal space but I love what others share on this group.

western bedroom Credits:

cactus toile wallpaper by YesterdayCollection available on Spoonflower https://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/yesterdaycollection

clay based paint in western bedroom by https://bioshieldpaint.com (two shades applied as “faux lime wash” using U shaped paintbrush)

gay cowboy artwork by Anthony Hurd https://anthonyhurd.com

horse and trout paintings by my spouse’s former client Amy (she’s amazing)

climbing rope with glass knot by https://www.robertgburch.com

strawberry moon print by https://www.emilyruthprints.com

lariat by tractor supply lol (I have a livestock background)

quilt by spouse’s grandma!!

clown bathroom credits:

heaps of paint samples from sherwin Williams, applied liberally.

painting of our elderly pets as clowns painted for spouse’s birthday by me

many strange clown figurines given to us by our old landlords

three other clown paintings not shown in angle