By Bed Threads Interiors 10.09.2026

7 Maximalist Décor Ideas For Your Inner Extrovert

Go big *and* go home.

We talk a lot about how your home is a reflection of your personality, and perhaps one of the biggest markers of your character is whether you're an introvert or an extrovert. Having already covered the cosy interior trends that best suit introverts, it's time to shine the spotlight on the best home décor for their (typically) more outgoing friends.

Extroverts, broadly speaking, are sociable, recharged by being around others and like to fill their calendars with parties and catch-ups. So, it makes sense for their homes to be a bit on the bold side – just like them.

Enter: Maximalism, a more-is-more design style that's perfect for extroverts who want to fill their home with colour and vibrancy.

But how do we start to achieve the look at home? And is there a tipping point when too much really becomes, well, too much? (Yes, there really is.)

Follow these tips if you want to achieve a maximalist haven in your own personal space.

1. Paint is your friend

Like all styles of interior decorating, it’s astonishing what you can achieve with a lick of paint when it comes to maximalist design. You can jazz up any old piece of furniture, from a battered chest of drawers, bedside table or a desk, with a hit of bright, extra bold paint.

Pick a colour that makes you smile, or go for an ombré style. You could also paint just the interior of a shelf or cupboard with glass doors, for an understated/overstated impact. The idea is for the colour to hit in small doses, creating maximalist impact in a minimalist space.

2. Go big with the prints

It really is the more the merrier when it comes to mixing and matching different prints and fabrics in a maximalist home. Don’t think that the sweet couch throw quite matches the rug? Who cares!

Throw them together and just see how well different prints work with each other. The only real tip is to keep the colours harmonious. If you’re working from a specific colour palette – even a maximalist, oversized, loud one – then it doesn’t matter how clashing the prints are; they’ll magically blend in.

3. Let’s hang out

We must sound like a broken record, but more really is more when it comes to maximalist décor. Remember when we talked about salon hangs being the next big thing in interior design? Well, it’s time to get one in your home.

In fact, get a few. Get all of the art that you have – big portraits, tiny prints – and hang them grouped together in every room. Make your home feel like a gallery and display all your treasured pieces in your bedroom, living space, kitchen and hall.

If you don’t think you have enough art, leaf through your old magazines and tear out pictures that you love, or have a look through old boxes of keepsakes and find some postcards, love notes or photographs that you can frame. Then, group them all and hang them in one lovely clump!

4. Plastic fantastic

One way to achieve the maximalist trend at home is to incorporate some plastic furniture.

Plastic chairs make for a great dining or desk chair, and there’s nothing like a perspex coffee or bedside table. In fact, any bright and shiny surface, like plastic and metal, will have the desired effect.

When the light hits the furniture, it will make your room sparkle like a jewellery box in the most kitschy and delicious way.

5. Feel the rainbow

Let these curtains serve as a reminder that you can incorporate maximalism into any home, anywhere.

Juxtaposing contrasting yet harmonious colours, this rainbow drape look is all about creating a unique "lightscape" in the room.

Each of the coloured curtains will filter light differently, and together the colour-blocked drapes make for a real statement.

6. Checkmate

Are chequered floors a maximalist mainstay? Are they the best thing to line your bold kitchen or bathroom with? We think the answer might be "Yes". As with prints, the key to maintaining the "more is more" philosophy without teetering into eyesore territory is to get the right balance with your colour palette.

If you choose complementary colours for your checks (high contrast, opposites on the colour wheel), ensure there is a flow of similar colours (think shades and saturation) throughout the rest of the room. If you'd like to have the check cover more surface area, consider keeping the colours more harmonious and evenly saturated, with one of the colours being a neutral, e.g. a combination of muted olive and cream. If in doubt, the 60-30-10 rule is a pretty failsafe guide to getting your colour balance right.

7. When all else fails, get a colourful couch

We looked at a lot of maximalist interior accounts to write this article, and do you know what they all had in common? A brightly coloured sofa.

Banish those grey, beige and neutral couches and get cosy on a rich and saturated number in jewel-toned velvet. The actual colour of the sofa itself is up to you: we saw couches in cobalt blue, millennial pink, emerald green and mustard yellow, among many others.

The point is that a zap of colour in couch form will anchor your living space and provide the base upon which you can build your maximalist design aesthetic. May the force be with you.