When it comes to wall coating, there is an abundance of choices to be had. Interior design has seen an upsurge in popularity over recent years and the home has now become a place to show off your taste and skills in this new area of fashion.
The wall coating you choose will come and go into fashion more often than the choice between big knickers or thongs, bootcuts or skinny jeans. Once you get that hugely pattern (more…)
Take inspiration for interior design styles from everywhere you go! Staying in hotels is a great way to get some fantastic home interior styles, remember that the hotel paid for a designer to create their unique look, but you can use the room layouts, soft furnishings and colours to inspire your home particularly for bedrooms, bathrooms and informal seating areas!
You can also use their design ideas to decide what y (more…)
Are getting a little tired of the way your house looks like? Doesn’t have enough budget to hire an interior designer? Well designing your home doesn’t necessarily need the help of an interior designer, you can do it on your own actually, you just need some guidelines one this, and the best guide is a magazine.
Next to the internet, magazines are the best source of information when it comes to home styling, a (more…)
What is Interior Design?
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Design is a sub-discipline of architecture. It is the process of decoration of a space; the planning and laying out of furniture, drapes, flooring, wall treatment, plants, artwork and accessories to make it a pleasing for the eye and comfortable to live or work in.
Here are the questions to ask to plan your own interior design:
How long do you (more…)
Interior design colours, like fashions, alternates from season to season and sees an introduction of ‘hot’ new colours each year.
The credit crunch and falling house prices is expected to have a huge impact on the way people decorate their homes in 2009. With people opting to stay put rather than try to move the bland beiges which ’sell’ houses is being replaced with a mixture of bright and warming colours. Dulux is (more…)
The art nouveau style saw a fundamental change in interior design styles. Rather then using inspiration from the past designers began to look at the things around them to inspire some of the most wonderful furniture, lighting and patterns which make this particular style unique.
In the beginning people either loved it and embraced the designs with open arms or loathed it and said it would never become popular-the la (more…)
Many homeowners will put a considerable amount of time in determining the best use of color in interior designs throughout the home. They will take the size of the room into consideration and the way the room will be used. Some people choose to use bright colors in dark recesses of the home, and use darker colors when they are trying to achieve a warm effect.
The use of color in interior designs can set the mood in (more…)