If you’ve been following along for a while, you know I love sharing the latest home decorating trends and design styles with you — especially the ones I think will last beyond 2024. So today I’m taking a look at the quiet luxury interior design trend, with ideas for bringing a touch of the quiet luxury aesthetic to your home, where to shop for quiet luxury style decor, and more.
Whether you’re already a fan of quiet luxury style or are simply wondering what quiet luxury home decor is all about, I hope you’ll find all sorts of helpful ideas and inspiration in this post.
First, what is quiet luxury interior design?
The quiet luxury trend originated in the fashion world and moved to interior design late last year.
A quiet luxury space might include neutral hues, streamlined silhouettes, sumptuous fabrics, warm woods, and pared-back decor — anything that evokes a relaxed, intentional way of living.
Terms to describe the quiet luxury aesthetic include minimal, refined, subtle, classic, neutral, understated, timeless, pared back, sophisticated, high-quality, and elegant.
No matter how you define it, quiet luxury style reflects a calm simplicity anyone can appreciate and adopt.
What is the difference between quiet luxury and old money interiors?
Quiet luxury is sometimes equated with the old money aesthetic — and while both looks embrace the art of understated elegance and luxurious living, quiet luxury design is generally more approachable, minimal, and contemporary, while old money spaces are typically more formal, embellished, and traditional.
How to bring the quiet luxury aesthetic to your home
To bring the quiet luxury look to your home, start with a neutral color palette, add in a mix of timeless and on-trend elements, then layer in some lovely textures through rugs, curtains, throw pillows, and blankets in sumptuous fabrics like velvet, cashmere, wool, and linen.
A quiet luxury color palette is generally warm and neutral — think rich camels, muted greens, creamy whites, soft blues, and washed out blacks — with minimal branding, embellishment, and pattern.
Materials in a quiet luxury style home might include millwork and wall moldings, stonework, limestone flooring, aged brass fixtures, weathered wood, stucco, marble, or travertine.
Since quiet luxury interior design is essentially understated, it’s easy to end up with a space lacking in personality, so when incorporating quiet luxury interior design in your home, make sure to add in some personal items, such as artwork, photos, or mementos from your travels.
Here are a few more tips for bringing the quiet luxury look to your home:
- Stick with a soothing neutral color palette.
- Incorporate jute, wool, or sisal rugs.
- Choose soft cotton or fine linen upholstery, slipcovers, and bedding.
- Opt for curtains and window coverings in cotton, velvet, or linen.
- Incorporate plenty of candlelight and soft ambient lighting.
- Display black and white family photos in silver frames.
- Stack your favorite books on shelves, side tables, console tables, and coffee tables.
- Use linen tablecloths and napkins for dining.
- To create a quiet luxury look in the kitchen, display lovely items used for cooking, such as wood cutting boards and marble pastry boards, a salt & pepper cellar, a marble mortar and pestle, olive oils, and wood utensils and rolling pins gathered in a vessel.
For more ideas and inspiration, you might want to take a look at sites like Serena & Lily, Dear Keaton, Arhaus, or Pottery Barn, which reflect what the quiet luxury trend is looking like in 2024.
At the bottom of this post, I share some places to shop for quiet luxury style decor, as well as a few of my favorite pieces.
Quiet Luxury Interior Design Ideas for Your Home
Below, you’ll find several beautiful spaces showing how to incorporate the quiet luxury aesthetic throughout your home.
Quiet luxury living room ideas
A quiet luxury living room isn’t glam, shiny, mirrored, or glitzy. Rather, quiet luxury style living rooms are filled with warmth, collected accents, plush seating, soft rugs, layered lighting, and pillows and throws in luxurious materials.
This living room is a great example of quiet luxury style: modern, refined, pared back, and comfortable.
Ariel Okin Design – Photo by Seth Caplan for Elle Decor
This living room features an abundance of interesting textures, materials, and neutral tones for a stylish and contemporary look.
This beautiful living room features an interesting mix of modern and organic elements.
Whittney Parkinson Design – Sarah Shields Photography – similar coffee table – similar chandelier
A light neutral color palette and mix of curved and structured silhouettes lend a touch of quiet luxury style to this beautiful great room.
This sophisticated sitting area features a neutral color palette and a mix of straight edges and cozy curved swivel chairs.
Quiet luxury can be interpreted in many different ways, as shown in this modern living room.
The unique blending of different design elements makes this quiet luxury living room feel collected and unique:
Organic touches bring a warm feeling to this stylish living room and great room.
I love the luxurious, light and airy feeling of this beautiful living room.
A neutral color scheme brings a sophisticated look to this light-filled living room.
Streamlined furniture pieces lend a modern look to this living room, while curved seating and a soft color palette retain a sense of softness and femininity.
An abundance of natural light creates a calm feeling in this luxurious living room.
For more quiet luxury living room inspiration, you might be interested in my post, Beautiful Living Room Ideas and Trends for 2024.
Quiet luxury bedroom ideas
There are countless ways to bring a touch of understated luxury to the bedroom, as shown below.
I love the calm feeling of this beautiful master bedroom featuring soft bedding in muted shades.
This luxurious bedroom design features both modern and classic elements.
A quiet luxury bedroom often features a calming color palette of soft neutral tones.
This quiet luxury bedroom design achieves a modern feeling via the chic sconces and tall headboard.
Lisa Sherry Interieurs – Rue Mag
The quiet luxury design style generally incorporate a soft, neutral color palette and luxurious fabrics like linen, velvet, and cashmere.
from my post, Restoration Hardware Style: How to Get the Look
This beautiful bedroom has a calm aesthetic, with its layered rugs and velvet settee.
This quiet luxury bedroom features a soothing color palette, luxurious draperies, a vintage chest of drawers, and an airy woven light fixture.
Soft window treatments bring a touch of elegance to this chic bedroom design.
Betsy Brown via House and Home
For more bedroom ideas, see this post: Bedroom Ideas and Trends for 2024.
Quiet luxury kitchens
Whether you opt for warm woods, aged brass hardware, marble countertops, topiaries, or simply a vase of fresh flowers, there are many ways to bring a touch of quiet luxury to the kitchen, as shown below.
A masterful mix of polished nickel faucet and pulls, black pendant lights, and brass sconces lends a warm and wonderful feeling to this timeless kitchen design.
Jean Stoffer Interiors – sconces – pulls
The incorporation of warm woods creates a beautiful balance to the white cabinetry and marble backsplash in this lovely kitchen design.
This stylish space incorporates warm wood cabinetry, modern black pendant lighting, and woven counter stools, for a sense of quiet luxury in the kitchen.
David Frazier Interiors – similar counter stools
A beautiful mix of white kitchen cabinets, black countertops, and brass fixtures combine to create a kitchen that will never go out of style.
This chic butler’s pantry is the perfect example of quiet luxury design at its best.
I’m so inspired by this stylish kitchen design featuring double islands, a shimmering zellige tile backsplash, and classic brass and glass pendant lights.
I love this elegant kitchen design featuring abundant natural light and built-in bench seating. We have the same pendant lights in our kitchen.
Such a stunning kitchen design, complete with a mix of white oak and white cabinets, brass accents, and a shimmering zellige tile backsplash.
Sleek brass pendant lights bring a striking focal point to this elegant kitchen design featuring coffered ceilings and warm marble countertops:
Brandon Architects – Patterson Custom Homes – pendant light – similar pendant
I love the timeless feeling of this beautiful lake house kitchen, with its classic white cabinets, subway tile backsplash, wooden beams, and brass hardware:
Here’s a timeless kitchen design featuring brass pendant lighting and hardware and a mix of white and white oak kitchen cabinets.
The Cabinet Gallery Utah – Cambridge Home Co.
For more kitchen decorating ideas, you might be interested in my post, Beautiful Kitchen Design Ideas and Trends for 2024.
Quiet luxury bathroom ideas
The bathroom is one of my favorite areas in the home to incorporate quiet luxury interior design.
An elegant wall treatment, double mirrors, brass sconces, a white oak vanity, and mixed metal finishes bring a feeling of quiet luxury to this beautiful master bathroom design.
Here’s another view of this luxurious master bathroom:
With its luxurious finishes and wall moldings, this timeless bathroom a great example of quiet luxury interior design.
Carrier and Company, via Architectural Digest
I love the neutral color scheme and mixed metal finishes in this stylish bathroom design.
Stylish architectural details bring a sense of quiet luxury interior design to this master bathroom.
This chic master bathroom design is a great example of how to make the best use of a narrow space.
Here’s a luxurious primary bathroom featuring twin vanity cabinets in light oak as well as a statement chandelier.
Unique inset curved mirror panels create a look of quiet luxury in this timeless master bathroom.
Brass mirrors and sconces, mixed with polished nickel faucets, black pulls, and a warm wood vanity cabinet, create an elegant and timeless primary bathroom.
For more bathroom ideas see my post, Beautiful Bathroom Ideas and Trends for 2024.
Quiet luxury entryway ideas
I love the understated elegance and interesting mix of textures in this beautiful entryway.
Architectural Digest – RH Design for Kerry Washington – similar console table
Modern artwork and wall moldings are two great ways to bring a luxurious feeling to the entryway.
Salt Design Co. – chandelier – similar artwork – similar artwork – similar artwork
With a wonderful mix of modern and traditional elements, this beautiful foyer exudes quiet elegance.
Chic modern artwork and minimal styling lend a pared-back sophistication to this lovely entryway.
A dramatic chandelier and black front door lend a sense of quiet luxury to this beautiful foyer.
A vintage rug, paired with a mid-century modern console cabinet, creates a sense of quiet luxury in this beautiful entryway.
A neutral color palette and abundant textures add a sense of quiet luxury to this entryway.
For more entryway and foyer ideas, see my post, Stylish Entryway Ideas for a Beautiful First Impression.
Quiet luxury dining room inspiration
You can interpret the quiet luxury interior design style in a dining space via soft lighting, clean-lined furniture, and sumptuous fabrics like silk, linen, and velvet.
Here’s a chic dining room featuring a beautiful mix of neutral tones and natural wood elements. I love the idea of using two chandeliers over the dining table.
This beautiful dining room features chic slipcovered dining chairs and a statement chandelier.
Pure Salt Interiors – chandelier
I love this beautiful dining area with its statement dining table, slipcovered dining chairs, and black and brass chandelier.
A rustic wood dining table and linen slipcovered chairs add texture and warmth to this beautiful space.
Such a stylish and elegant dining area! I love the elegant chandelier.
Here’s a modern way to bring the quiet luxury look to the dining room with fresh branches, a rustic terra cotta vase, linen napkins, a statement chandelier, and applied molding.
Kelsey Leigh Design Co. – Photo by Emily Hart Photography
For more dining room decorating and furniture ideas, see my post, Modern Dining Room Decorating Ideas.
Luxurious outdoor spaces
The patio and other outdoor areas are the perfect place to experiment with quiet luxury design. Here are a few spaces that celebrate relaxed indoor-outdoor living.
A long-time favorite, this outdoor dining and seating area is the home of interior designer Suzanne Kasler.
Suzanne Kasler, via Architectural Digest
This beautiful patio, with its slipcovered furniture, striped pillow, and touches of bamboo, sets the ideal tone for luxurious outdoor living and entertaining.
Quiet luxury style outdoor spaces might include fireplaces, outdoor kitchens, swimming pools, pool houses, greenhouses, and raised-bed gardening areas.
Living Gardens Landscape Design – Styled by Pure Salt Interiors
With its relaxed, upscale aesthetic, this covered outdoor seating area is quiet luxury living at its best.
Monika Hibbs – lantern pendant
This side porch entrance is a great example of quiet luxury design in outdoor spaces. In addition to classic materials and plantings, it features a simple and soothing color palette of white, black, and green.
For more outdoor decorating ideas, see my post, Beautiful Patio Ideas for Relaxed Outdoor Living.
Quiet luxury interior design on a budget
Although quiet luxury style interiors embrace quality materials and finishes, adopting this look doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.
You can achieve the quiet luxury aesthetic on a budget by incorporating a mix of high and low pieces, shopping thrift and antique shops, making deliberate purchasing decisions, and curating your spaces over time.
Start by looking at your home with a fresh eye and using pieces you already own and go from there. It’s all about creating a beautiful life — whatever that looks like for you!
quiet luxury style decor and furniture:
Quiet luxury brands – places to shop for decor and furniture:
Arhaus
Serena & Lily
McGee & Co.
Dear Keaton
Alice Lane
Kathy Kuo
Pottery Barn
Jenni Kayne
Wayfair
Restoration Hardware
Estate sales
Flea markets
Garage sales
Looking for more interior design inspiration and ideas? Here are a few related posts from Jane at Home:
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I enjoyed putting this post together and hope you found it helpful and informative. Please let me know if you have any questions about quiet luxury interior design. Have a wonderful day! xo Jane
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