The people I know who are really into minimalism in a quasi-spiritual way are actually married or long-term partnered couples. It can take either a hippie-ish sort of form, or an upscale-but-minimalist, sleek modernism type of form.
I think of bachelor pads as really more defined by "stuff". Most single guys I know have huge piles of entertainment stuff especially: big-screen TVs, videogame systems, a wall of videogames and DVDs, miscellaneous electronic gadgets that seemed cool at the time, etc.
We know different bachelors. Most of the non-fratboy pads I have seen that are truly depressing are an inflatable mattress/pile of yogamats/camping mattress on the floor and a pile of books (sometimes a laptop). I've been in 4 bedroom houses which other than a thin layer of dust had nothing but the mentioned items in them. Some view their lifestyle as minimalist, others just don't see the need for owning anything. 'I don't need a fridge because I don't cook', 'the washing lady comes once a week, so I don't need a washing machine', 'I've never opened that cupboard'. Those sort of statements are signs that you need to help your friends get some serious help. If someone can't come round to your house because of your 'minimalist' lifestyle that is a serious problem. Humans are social creatures, if you can't socialise something is wrong.
That sort of lifestyle is just as damaged as the sort that compels people to store every pizza box and newspaper in the corner and prevents them from throwing anything away.
I think of bachelor pads as really more defined by "stuff". Most single guys I know have huge piles of entertainment stuff especially: big-screen TVs, videogame systems, a wall of videogames and DVDs, miscellaneous electronic gadgets that seemed cool at the time, etc.