▷ How to decorate luxury homes: inspiration, photos and care!

Luxury homes are a common dream of many people. After all, they offer the most modern and comfortable environments that add refinement, style and elegance. But decorating luxury homes is definitely not an easy task!

Even though we have access to magazines and the Internet filled with photos of the most incredible homes in the world, this task requires a great alignment between the desires and tastes of the owners with the trends and details of each decorating style, after all, a luxury home must convey personality.

What truly defines luxury home decor goes far beyond the value of the furnishings or the money invested in constructing the environment. Luxury decoration stands out for its details! With this in mind, we’ve selected some tips to help you stay on top of this topic!

How to decorate luxury homes?

Many still have Hollywood and classic houses in mind as a model of luxury decoration, but these days, this is no longer quite the case! These days, luxury isn’t limited to gilded pieces, marble floors and crystal pendants!

Many other elements have become synonymous with grandeur, such as gardens and landscaping in general. The differences include the swimming pool, the children’s area and the gourmet balcony. The composition of each piece, the finishes and each detail (like that designer piece that defines your style) are part of today’s luxury decoration.

Functionality and quality

A luxurious interior is a feast for the eyes with layers of visually stimulating colors, textures and shapes. A luxurious environment should provide a feeling of comfort and refinement to residents and visitors. But we can never forget two points: functionality and durability!

Regarding the functionalities:

Avoid choosing objects, technologies, furniture and buildings that are not useful in your daily life. When decorating luxury homes, many people end up transforming the environment into a real “depository of useless things”, this is something more common than we imagine!

We often get excited about newly released trendy products or even the environments we see in other people, but when we integrate them into our daily lives, they serve no purpose. There’s no point having an abandoned piece of design in the corner of the room, a sofa that no one sits on, a state-of-the-art telescope that’s only used once the day you bought it, or a screen that never turns on.

A luxury space also values mobility, an excess of pieces to move around the house can also lead to long-term regrets! Although the aesthetics of furniture are of great importance, do not forget functionality as the main element.

Regarding quality and durability:

High-quality materials and specialized labor guarantee the longevity of the spaces. A luxury home must remain an object that can be enjoyed over time, so it cannot go out of fashion quickly, let alone wear out easily over time.

Always choose very resistant and durable materials, there is nothing more annoying than worrying about a floor that stains or scratches easily, or a wood or covering that is extremely difficult to clean. This can become a daily headache and even more so when entertaining guests. Therefore, when choosing materials, it is always good to check these characteristics.

Choosing the style and materials

The secret to decorating luxury homes is attention to detail. To meet all the requirements required by this level of decoration, it is necessary to first define which of the luxury house styles will be used: a more classic house or a more modern house? After that, do we have to choose between following a sustainable or technological style? It is only after these two definitions that we move on to the definition of materials.

Classic-style luxury homes require the use of traditional materials and colors, such as marble or granite, metals and gold coins, as well as the presence of glass, crystals and stones. This is a more standard style, which appeals to many people.

Project: Chris Hamoui

But if the chosen style is modern, head to the world of design! Furniture, lighting and the entire decorative composition must comply with the most modern technology. This will certainly guarantee the comfort and sophistication of the most modern homes, which bring luxury that is both bold and “clean”.

Project: Luis Bosch

Project: Spagnuolo Arquitetura

For those who will follow the path of sustainable luxury, it is worth remembering the planning of environments to make maximum use of sunlight, rainwater, optimizing the use of energy with solar panels and other technologies that allow the use of natural conditions. This is an incredible decoration line, considered the future!

Choosing colors and textures

An essential issue in decorating luxury homes is the choice of colors and textures to use in the composition of walls, floors and ceilings. At this time, it’s important to remember that colors bring life to a space, but they can also become tiring over time.

Project: Larsson Mantovani

Be careful when going for seasonal trends, summer color, winter color, in other words, be careful not to opt for something that is just a passing fad.

Choose colors that give you a good feeling of lightness for an environment in which you will live every day. This is why it is increasingly common to find “clean” environments, sober or light tones in modern luxury homes.

The same goes for textures, wallpapers, upholstery and coverings.

The Lights

As we always say, lighting is one of the greatest assets of any decorating project. When decorating luxury homes, it would be no different!

Lighting will play a crucial role, no wonder the most incredible projects in luxury homes attract attention because of their sophisticated and well-planned lighting designs.

Lighting is capable of transforming the printed feel in an environment, giving sophistication, elegance and appeal to a space. Plan carefully so that lighting highlights every room in your home.

Project: Priscilla Bailoni

Project: Ana Paula Araujo

Project: Denise and Juliana Zuba

The furniture

As we said previously, the choice of furniture will depend on the style chosen for your decoration. Designer furniture is the great charm of a luxury decoration project.

The presence of luxurious materials, such as leather, velvet or silk, never goes out of style. Differentiated woods will also provide a rich and luxurious finishing element.

Project: Fabio Fantolino

Project: Paula Neder

Personalized, handmade details can also make a difference: styles range from antique, vintage or classic reproductions to contemporary and ultra-modern designs, depending on the style of the home.

Accessories to decorate luxury homes

No expense is spared when it comes to luxury home accessories. This is a cool feature that turns luxury environments into what they are! Therefore, we are going to present you with some options to create your luxury environment.

Works of art in the form of original oil paintings by current contemporary artists or historical masters adorn the walls of luxury homes.

Modern art, metal, large framed photographs also attract attention in the most modern projects!

Project: João Armentano

Sculptures or glass art are elegant pieces that take over spaces, whether in niches in living rooms and offices or as centerpieces.

Project: Luis Bosch

High quality Persian and Oriental rugs add exquisite detail to floors. This is a commonality of large luxury decorating projects, so when decorating a luxury space, think about it!