Japandi style blends the best of Japanese minimalism and Scandinavian comfort—resulting in spaces that feel calm, uncluttered, and effortlessly stylish. Think natural materials, neutral tones, clean lines, and a “less is more” approach that still feels warm and livable.
To explore this serene design trend, I used AI tools like Ideogram and Midjourney to generate 15 Japandi living room looks. Each image includes the exact prompt used, so you can see how the designs were created and use them to inspire your own peaceful, modern living space.
In order to come up with the very specific design ideas, we create most designs with the assistance of state-of-the-art AI interior design software.
1. Serene Minimalism: A Japandi Retreat
Midjourney Prompt: An entire living room is visible, showcasing a serene Japandi design. The room features neutral tones with minimal furniture, such as a low-profile sofa and a wooden coffee table. The decor includes natural elements like a small bonsai tree and a wool throw, emphasizing the Japandi style. The image captures the full room to convey the overall atmosphere of tranquility and simplicity.
Ideogram Prompt: An entire living room is visible, showcasing a serene Japandi design. The room features neutral tones with minimal furniture, such as a low-profile sofa and a wooden coffee table. The decor includes natural elements like a small bonsai tree and a wool throw, emphasizing the Japandi style. The image captures the full room to convey the overall atmosphere of tranquility and simplicity.
2. Natural Light and Open Space
Midjourney Prompt: A wide-angle view of a living room filled with natural light, showcasing the Japandi design. The room features large windows, light wood floors, and minimal furnishings like a low sofa and a couple of woven floor cushions. There’s a large leafy plant in one corner, contributing to the nature-inspired aesthetic. The entire room is visible, focusing on its open and airy ambiance.
Ideogram Prompt: A wide-angle view of a living room filled with natural light, showcasing the Japandi design. The room features large windows, light wood floors, and minimal furnishings like a low sofa and a couple of woven floor cushions. There’s a large leafy plant in one corner, contributing to the nature-inspired aesthetic. The entire room is visible, focusing on its open and airy ambiance.
3. Earthy Textures and Organic Materials
Midjourney Prompt: A living room showcasing a mix of raw wood, stone accents, and woven textiles, characteristic of the Japandi style. Visible are cedar shelves displaying ceramics, a polished stone coffee table, and a jute rug. Woven wool pillows add texture to the minimalist sofa. The full room is visible, highlighting the use of organic materials and earthy textures.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room showcasing a mix of raw wood, stone accents, and woven textiles, characteristic of the Japandi style. Visible are cedar shelves displaying ceramics, a polished stone coffee table, and a jute rug. Woven wool pillows add texture to the minimalist sofa. The full room is visible, highlighting the use of organic materials and earthy textures.
4. Functional Furniture with Clean Lines
Midjourney Prompt: A complete shot of a living room featuring Japandi-style functional furniture. The room includes a low wooden sofa with clean lines and minimal cushions, as well as wall-mounted shelving for display and storage. All components maintain the Japandi aesthetic of simplicity and functionality. The entire room is visible, showcasing how space is used efficiently and elegantly.
Ideogram Prompt: A complete shot of a living room featuring Japandi-style functional furniture. The room includes a low wooden sofa with clean lines and minimal cushions, as well as wall-mounted shelving for display and storage. All components maintain the Japandi aesthetic of simplicity and functionality. The entire room is visible, showcasing how space is used efficiently and elegantly.
5. Muted Color Palette with Accent Hues
Midjourney Prompt: A living room showcasing a Japandi design with a muted color palette. Visible are soft neutral tones like beige, gray, and white, complemented by subtle accents in deep blue and muted green. The room includes a sofa with indigo blue throw pillows and a wooden coffee table with a green ceramic vase. The entire room is captured, highlighting the interplay between serenity and subtle color accents.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room showcasing a Japandi design with a muted color palette. Visible are soft neutral tones like beige, gray, and white, complemented by subtle accents in deep blue and muted green. The room includes a sofa with indigo blue throw pillows and a wooden coffee table with a green ceramic vase. The entire room is captured, highlighting the interplay between serenity and subtle color accents.
6. Indoor-Outdoor Harmony
Midjourney Prompt: A living room showcasing Japandi design with large sliding doors or floor-to-ceiling windows. The image shows the full room with doors open, blending indoor and outdoor spaces and emphasizing natural light. The room includes minimal furnishings, reflecting the Japandi style’s embrace of nature and harmonious living between interior and exterior environments.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room showcasing Japandi design with large sliding doors or floor-to-ceiling windows. The image shows the full room with doors open, blending indoor and outdoor spaces and emphasizing natural light. The room includes minimal furnishings, reflecting the Japandi style’s embrace of nature and harmonious living between interior and exterior environments.
Midjourney Prompt: A full view of a living room featuring Japandi style that blends Scandinavian hygge with Japanese wabi-sabi. The room includes a mix of soft textiles like woolen throws on a couch and handcrafted ceramics displayed on a rough-hewn wood coffee table. The fusion of cozy comfort and imperfect beauty is evident, with the entire space visible, highlighting the harmony between these styles.
Ideogram Prompt: A full view of a living room featuring Japandi style that blends Scandinavian hygge with Japanese wabi-sabi. The room includes a mix of soft textiles like woolen throws on a couch and handcrafted ceramics displayed on a rough-hewn wood coffee table. The fusion of cozy comfort and imperfect beauty is evident, with the entire space visible, highlighting the harmony between these styles.
8. Minimalist Art and Decor
Midjourney Prompt: A living room featuring a wall with minimalist nature-inspired artwork, characteristic of Japandi style. Black-and-white botanical sketches in simple, wood frames are visible, creating a serene atmosphere. The image captures the entire wall within the context of the living room, showcasing how these decor pieces integrate with the room’s open and airy design. There’s a couch and wooden coffee table in the living room as well.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room featuring a wall with minimalist nature-inspired artwork, characteristic of Japandi style. Black-and-white botanical sketches in simple, wood frames are visible, creating a serene atmosphere. The image captures the entire wall within the context of the living room, showcasing how these decor pieces integrate with the room’s open and airy design. There’s a couch and wooden coffee table in the living room as well.
9. Open Shelving with Purposeful Display
Midjourney Prompt: A living room featuring Japandi style with wooden open shelves on a wall. The shelves display a curated mix of Japanese ceramics, potted plants, and neatly arranged books. The entire room is visible, capturing the cohesive integration of the shelving into the overall minimalist and aesthetic environment.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room featuring Japandi style with wooden open shelves on a wall. The shelves display a curated mix of Japanese ceramics, potted plants, and neatly arranged books. The entire room is visible, capturing the cohesive integration of the shelving into the overall minimalist and aesthetic environment.
10. Greenery with Potted Plants
Midjourney Prompt: An image showcasing an entire living room featuring Japandi design with an emphasis on indoor plants. The room includes bonsai trees and monstera plants, strategically placed near windows to capture natural light. The entire space is visible, highlighting how these plants complement the neutral tones and minimalist furnishings typical of Japandi style.
Ideogram Prompt: An image showcasing an entire living room featuring Japandi design with an emphasis on indoor plants. The room includes bonsai trees and monstera plants, strategically placed near windows to capture natural light. The entire space is visible, highlighting how these plants complement the neutral tones and minimalist furnishings typical of Japandi style.
11. Monochromatic Elegance
Midjourney Prompt: A living room featuring Japandi design with a monochromatic palette of earthy tones. The room includes a deep taupe wall, a sand-colored sofa, and clay-toned cushions. Woven textiles and ceramics in similar shades add texture. The entire room is visible, highlighting the depth and elegance created through varying shades of a single color.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room featuring Japandi design with a monochromatic palette of earthy tones. The room includes a deep taupe wall, a sand-colored sofa, and clay-toned cushions. Woven textiles and ceramics in similar shades add texture. The entire room is visible, highlighting the depth and elegance created through varying shades of a single color.
12. Exposed Wood Beams and Structures
Midjourney Prompt: A living room featuring Japandi design with exposed wooden beams. The room includes these natural beams as a focal point, paired with large windows that emphasize a connection to the outdoors. The beams are visible against neutral wall tones, and the entire room is shown to capture the integration of structural and natural elements.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room featuring Japandi design with exposed wooden beams. The room includes these natural beams as a focal point, paired with large windows that emphasize a connection to the outdoors. The beams are visible against neutral wall tones, and the entire room is shown to capture the integration of structural and natural elements.
13. Large-Scale Wall Art with Minimalist Designs
Midjourney Prompt: An entire living room showcasing a Japandi design with a large-scale abstract wall art piece. The artwork features clean lines and muted colors, serving as a subtle focal point without overwhelming the room. The entire space is visible, highlighting how the art complements the minimalist furniture and serene aesthetic with natural elements.
Ideogram Prompt: An entire living room showcasing a Japandi design with a large-scale abstract wall art piece. The artwork features clean lines and muted colors, serving as a subtle focal point without overwhelming the room. The entire space is visible, highlighting how the art complements the minimalist furniture and serene aesthetic with natural elements.
14. Layered Lighting Techniques
Midjourney Prompt: A living room with Japandi design featuring a layered lighting scheme. The space includes an overhead fixture for ambient lighting, a floor lamp for task lighting, and dimmable accent lights on shelves. The entire room is visible, showcasing how the lighting creates a versatile and inviting atmosphere that complements the minimalist decor.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room with Japandi design featuring a layered lighting scheme. The space includes an overhead fixture for ambient lighting, a floor lamp for task lighting, and dimmable accent lights on shelves. The entire room is visible, showcasing how the lighting creates a versatile and inviting atmosphere that complements the minimalist decor.
15. Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Materials
Midjourney Prompt: A living room showcasing Japandi design with sustainable materials. The room features bamboo flooring, reclaimed wood furniture items, and eco-friendly textiles in neutral tones. The entire space is visible, highlighting how these elements create a minimal yet warm and inviting environment that reflects a commitment to sustainability.
Ideogram Prompt: A living room showcasing Japandi design with sustainable materials. The room features bamboo flooring, reclaimed wood furniture items, and eco-friendly textiles in neutral tones. The entire space is visible, highlighting how these elements create a minimal yet warm and inviting environment that reflects a commitment to sustainability.
