What exactly is Natural Living?

This living trend is all about bringing as many facets of nature as possible into your own home. The aim: a relaxing, calm furnishing style that can run like a common thread through all areas. The focus is not only on pieces made from untreated wood, but also many other natural materials, including bamboo, jute, wool, cotton and stone home accessories.

The color palette is broad and ranges from creamy white to beige and all conceivable shades of brown to dark leaf green and rich poppy red. This creates wonderful options for powerful accents.

Wood as basics for furniture and accessories

Untreated wooden furniture is one of the most important elements of the trendy furnishing concept. Tables, chairs, shelves and cabinets with a recognizable grain are truly unique pieces, even in series production, and enhance the respective room wonderfully. No two trees are the same!

Natural living accessories made from solid wood are just as unique. Sculptures made of driftwood, decorative columns and decorative bowls, picture frames or wall coat racks complete the natural look in a particularly successful way.

Incidentally, wood species from sustainable forestry are best suited to the natural lifestyle, but recycled teak is also an environmentally friendly solution.

Natural fibers: the raw charm of nature

Fibers of natural origin can usually be processed directly without chemical or other treatment. They are robust, original and versatile.

Baskets made from seagrass or rattan, for example, are ideal for storage and sorting, but can also be used as plant containers. Rugs made of jute, sisal or hemp are tear-resistant, dirt-repellent and antistatic and are currently experiencing a great comeback. They can also be used to make rugs, bags and baskets.

Cotton and linen are also a must. They can be found wherever soft and robust fabrics are needed: Cotton for blankets and cushions, towels and rugs; linen for tablecloths, table runners and napkins.

Durable, lightweight, stable: rattan is a convincing all-rounder

Not only baskets, but also pieces of furniture, seats for chairs or chest of drawers are made from this beautiful, sustainable material. The origin of this fast-growing natural product is the rotang palm or rattan palm, which is at home in East Asia. The art of weaving is centuries old - genuine traditional work for a lifestyle close to nature. Other materials are also often used in modern rattan furniture. For example, the chair legs can also be made of plain metal or the furniture can be visually enhanced with wooden armrests.

Natural looks for windows: linen curtains & wooden blinds

The authentic natural style can also be implemented surprisingly effortlessly at the window. Curtains and drapes in natural shades and a rustic linen look go just as well as wooden blinds with different textures. The interior privacy and sun protection with horizontal slats is made of robust real wood in different color shades such as light brown, walnut or olive with a very light or even stronger grain. Made from a renewable raw material, wooden blinds are virtually predestined for the new natural lifestyle.

Green plants and dried flowers: the perfect team

The Natural Living color palette consists mainly of light earth tones, shades of grey and various off-white hues. Bold splashes of color, such as those found in nature, add dynamism to the trendy living trend, for example individual walls painted in green. Large-leaved green plants not only provide colorful variety in the room, but also contribute to a healthy indoor climate. Ornamental grasses and dried flowers also harmonize with the natural style. As appealing and long-lasting decorations, they fit in perfectly with the sustainable living concept.