When you renovate your home....(2)

 

Recycling old items from your grandmother’s trunk could be a great idea to add a zing to your house. Some old quilts could be painted to give a fresh look. Changing the place of your furniture a little bit would also go down well. Just keep in mind, don’t try to match everything with the color scheme that was there before. Change the look totally with new complimenting colors to give a new stylish yet sophisticated look to your house.

Play with your imagination. Try to be more creative in your thinking. Think of creating a very small garden like look in your house. A corner of the room can be highlighted with some colorful stones and pebbles along with some small plants. This will give a nice feel to your home and will look soothing to your eyes also. Renovate your closet too, with some paints and picture in it. You get bored of having a same look in the closet too.


Decorating is never ending; try changing the look of the house through these ideas every five years at least. It will give a fresh feel always

When you renovate your home....

Interior Decoration generally speaking means giving a makeover to your home by changing the old furniture’s, antiques, and frames and color of the house. It’s like giving a new look without spending much on it. Let me give you some tips on doing so.

You can change the look of your walls by painting them on your own with some geometrical or abstract objects to give a chic look to the wall. Nice wallpaper can be used to accessorize the wall. There are cheap wallpapers available that can be used on temporary basis of a year or two. You can even give just borders to your house with wallpaper rather than applying it on the whole wall. These can be done with the help of double sided tapes. Change your rug to a carpet to give a different look to your flooring.

Changing the color pattern of your drapers, cushion covers and bed sheets would also highlight your room. It’s not necessary to go with your old color scheme you can use a totally new color which could be complementary with the walls and other items. You can paint your night lamps or add photos to it. Changing the decorative items like showpieces could be an added attraction. It’s not necessary to get some expensive pieces of decoration, you can get some really old antiques at a low price and glitter them to make it new.

Keep it Natural

After a log day at work we all need to go at home to relax and chill. Home is the only place where we feel the most comfortable. It is a heaven indeed if it’s made and decorated well. Make your home your house of dreams where you would love to stay the longest. A house is the reflection of their inmates. Interior designing not only changes the look of your home but gives an aesthetic feel to your house.

While doing the interiors of your home try and take inspiration from your surroundings and nature. Nothing soothes the eyes more than nature. Keep in mind while designing the size you want to allocate to each room; you are the person who best knows the size of rooms you want according to your use. The color palette should consist of warm and earthy tones like olive green, browns and whites. The more subtle the tones the more cool it will look. Repetition sounds little dumb but trust me a little repetition of colors give a nice continuous look to the home. The walls can be made more attractive through wallpapers at one side of the room. How about wallpaper with some scenic beauty. There are plenty of choices available to choose from.

Always opt to make large open glass windows. It allows natural light to sink in. why create an obstacle to view the natural beauty. It also makes the room look brighter and larger. The floorings of the house are other important aspect of designing. While choosing the floorings keep in mind that they have a well finished look. Opt for floorings that are anti skit, the ones which allow walking freely without slipping on it.

Try to create a focal point in every room while designing so that you can emphasize your designing on that aspect. A fireplace in a living room can be your focal point or a bed in your bedroom. A focal point helps you to work around it. Some greenery can be added with plants to give a cooling effect to the eyes. Make use of fabrics for bed sheets and cushions in natural prints and textures.

Selection of furniture should be stylish and ascetic that expresses your own style statement. Your furniture’s that is sofa set or even a bed in the bedroom should be comfortable enough to attract you and your guests. It should be well arranged to make the conversations easy.  

Minimalist Interior Design

Minimalist interior designing means very simple interior decoration of the house. It takes into considerations only the basic necessities of living. In minimalist designing less is more exquisite. People believe that minimalist designing is more of a traditional one which is not true. Minimalist interior can be even done in modern style. People with simple living and higher standard of living opt for a minimalist interior designing style. It has a light, stress free and sleek look

Everything from the ceiling to the flooring has a very simple yet unique look. The walls have simple and sober neutral shades. Neutral look best with the minimalist interior design. You can highlight one wall in a different shade that has a contrasting effect. The wall decoration is kept very aesthetic with minimum décor on the wall. Even the flooring has to be kept very simple and plain with creams or beige and white tones.Windows of the rooms are kept simple with white sheer drapes and blinds for privacy.

The furniture in minimalist design has a more of a functional use rather than it being a piece of decoration. The furniture used is kept simple and elegant. Only basic necessary items of furniture are used, bulky looking items are avoided. Lighting used is more of a pendant lights or concealed lights for brightness in the rooms. For the decoration of the room keep it really minimal with just some photo frames and vases on the table.

Minimalist style of designing is great for smaller house because it utilizes all the space wisely for extra storage. Importance is given to storage rather than decoration in the room. It has been founding more popularity with even high profiled people who want simplicity at home.

Latest Interior Designs-: A Quick Makeover

There are many new styles and trends that keep on coming in our society. We have some really fabulous ideas to change your simple and decent looking home in to a stylish pad. These will help you create a classy look for your home.

Tips to make your home beautiful-:

1) Decorating your wall is more easy and fun. You can just tear of a favorite page from your coffe table magazine or newspaper and hang it or frame it up stylishly. This is not expensive at all and can be changed every now and then to give a new look to the home every time. This is the new trend that’s going on amongst the middle class too.

2) Nowadays it’s very much in trend to instantly change the look of the house by using wallpaper. If you feel it won’t come out easily and will stay forever then try out a wall decal. They are smooth like a temporary tattoo and can be removed very easily.

3) Roll over rugs on the floorings for a change rather than just plain wooden or tiles flooring. During the festive seasons it gives a nice traditional look too.

Living Room Design Ideas- Stylish and Classy look

Living room is normally a place where you gather with your family over a cup of coffee or a chat. The living room has to be lively as people live here. The color of your living room should depend on the preferences of all the members of the family. It has to be those colors which would soothe the eyes of all the inmates. Warm and cool colors go well for the living room. Like the olive green and grey.

The decorating items in the living room need not be on the shelves, try using a wall instead to hang all the decorative items. It will occupy less of the space too. You can show up your creativity or any of the inmates handmade items can be used for decorating one side of the wall. Shadow boxers or self stick hooks can be used for hanging these items rather than hammering nails in the walls. If you have a cabinet made for books and showpieces than leave some space between for breathing. Don’t fill up the shelves leave spaces in between it looks more appealing to the eyes. You can use under counter lights in the shelves to highlight the glass photo frames.

Make covered storage in the living room to make it look clutter free. Living room is the only place in the house where everyone keeps dumping things as and when they come from office or schools. Choose cabinets that have drawers, hooks, and shelves to keep purses, keys, mobile phones, shoes and other spare items. Keep your living room neat and clean because that’s the place for all guests also have their first impression of your home.

The curtains of the room should be of the dominant color of the furniture. Keep the curtains bright in color. The sitting arrangement in the living room has to be cozy and the placement of sofas has to be in such a way that guest can talk closely to each other. Avoid putting up all the furniture in a single line. Sofas in a line don’t look good. Let them be scattered so that people while sitting are close to each other.

Contemporary Interior Design- The modern look.

Contemporary basically means what is in and new. It’s modern yet has a traditional touch to it. It is very popular and favorite today with all the interior designer lovers. The furniture used is classic and timeless. Contemporary style is basically pure white or aqua blue in which you add the whole color spectrum. This color scheme warms up the room with brighter shades to emphasize on them. It involves the designer to play with all the colors but tastefully as contemporary designing concept is broader and much prettier. The way you use different colors on the white background is very important. It shows the creativity of the designer. In this style you can always make changes as per your tastes. Everything goes really well with these shades. Just keep in mind for the best contemporary look your color palette needs to have pales and neutral shades. 

The walls in contemporary designing are kept simple and highlighted with some artistic paintings and artworks. Don’t try to get fussy with wallpapers as these don’t suit the contemporary designing. The flooring of contemporary designing is very simple. A plain carpet maybe or wooden finished flooring would go very well with the concept. If your walls are very plain and flatly painted then a cushioned carpet would look very stylish and give a great effect to the flooring.

In a contemporary look the bedrooms should have a monochrome color scheme. Avoid girly colors such as pinks and pastels or light shades. The look of bedroom in contemporary designing has to be very sleek and stylish.

For the décor of your home in contemporary designing there are lots of furniture and objects available in the market that can be added to your room. Bright colored objects are preferable. Items in glass wood and metal will look classy with this style. Avoid ornate objects as they make it look giddy. Arrange the items well without making it look messy. Things should be placed well and the place should not look much cluttered. Do not overdo it with heavy embellished items; keep it real simple and classy. Try to keep a balance when combining colors and finishes so that your house looks well synchronized.

Contemporary style is such that you can make changes anytime according to your conveniences. There’s no rule or format to follow. The new trends and style keep on coming up and you can easily keep on adding it to your home interiors.

Designing is thinking made visual

Even before you make an offer on a new place, get ahead of the game by starting this process. This critical first step will not only make your current digs easier to pack up, but it will put you miles ahead during move-in. Be strong and rid yourself of anywhere from 25 percent to 50 percent of your old stuff: wobbly furniture in the attic, faulty appliances in the garage, questionable accessories you received as gifts. This is the perfect time to start over. Pare down your accumulated possessions to the minimal amount. Have a garage sale, auction it off on eBay or donate it to charity. You'll be amazed at what you won't miss.

History of Interior Design

Interior designing as a main profession existed only in the twentieth century. Through ages people have been decorating their houses in different ways. The ancient cavemen would decorate their caves by painting on the walls of the cave. There has been a constant improvement on the decoration and interiors of the houses since then. Those ancient men would have paintings of trees, animals and human on the walls. Animal skins and horns were used to decorate houses. 

The middle class women in the nineteenth century were more homely women who used to be at home and take care of all the little things related to their home. They were the ones who would make efforts to make their atmosphere comfortable and pleasing to the eyes. The desire to do something creative and new in their home everyday made them decorators of their own house. The women were keen on knowing new things to make their houses more beautiful which gave rise to professionals.

Glimpse of a stylish kitchen.

What makes this kitchen so beautiful is its architectural features. A blast of stylish kitchen design with sophisticated decor and a trendy twist.

How To Design Your Own Kitchen

Home is where the heart is and the heart of the home is our kitchen. This is the place in the house where we share our daily meals along with some gossiping. The atmosphere of the kitchen has to be warm with a homey feeling. Always try to make your kitchen bright and lightened rather than pale and dull. Kitchen interior designing needs careful planning.

But if you have a small kitchen than opt for pastel and lighter shades of white and yellow it makes your kitchen seem larger. If dark colors are used in smaller kitchen it will make your kitchen look all the smaller. Put up lots of lights in smaller kitchen so that it does not look dark. The kitchen will appear darker if there are no windows, so adequate amount of lights are very essential. Make it a point to have proper lights at the centre of the kitchen in the ceiling and may be the cabinets too.

The other most important thing to consider when designing your own kitchen is storage facility. No matter how spacious you try to be you will always tend to find the kitchen cluttered and messy due to shortage of space. The corners of the kitchen have to be well utilized for storage of appliances and other items. Dividers in drawers are very useful as it creates more space. Try and utilize the spaces below the sinks for putting your dustbins as it will save more of a carpet space. To increase the visual sizes of the kitchen opt for small size tile or prints rather than larger size.

The size of the platform of your main kitchen has to be big enough so that you feel comfortable while cooking and do not mess up. Try and maintain a proper distance between the refrigerator sink and the platform. It’s irritating if you have to hop skip and jump here and there to reach all the appliances. Be very systematical in arranging all the appliances. In my view a kitchen that is triangular is more preferable and comfortable too.

The kitchen is that part of the home where you try to be more creative with your culinary skills. All the creative ideas while cooking comes up in the kitchen so it has to be well organized and maintained. Kitchen is the most important place where the whole family comes together for all the meals.

Some more tips on How to Become an Interior Designer

    Most important of all the above qualities a proper affiliated course in interior designing is very essential to have a successful career. To test their designing and drawing skills a candidate has to clear an entrance exam. A portfolio too is needed in the college to showcase their skills and ideas of drawing. To get yourself enrolled in a good institute for interior designing a minimum qualification of 10+2 is required. The places where you can study these courses are The Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahemdabad it offers a five year program in interior design to students who have completed their senior school with science, Exterior Interiors, in New Delhi, Apeejay Institute of Design, DIA Academy, and Raffles Millennium Institute in Delhi. There are numerous other institutes all over India which provide best courses for interior designing. Interior designing can be pursued even through a polytechnic or a private institution that provides specialization in this field.

You have to meet lots of people from all the walks of life. Networking and interpersonal skills are a must in this profession to get interesting projects.  Create contacts with personalities to get some interesting projects in hand. You have to be mentally prepared to adjust your timings for your work schedule. You might have unpredictable work timings to cope with excess of work burden.

    Client satisfaction is the most important thing in this field. If you feel you have the capability and understanding of transforming a simple house in to a beautiful paradise by adding your own creative touch to it then you are right in taking up the profession of interior designing.

How to Become an Interior Designer- Basic Tips to Start

    To become an interior designer is not an easy job. You have to be very creative in nature. Only educating yourself in the course of interior design is not adequate, you need to have an innate quality of creativeness. Understanding of colors and their effects on the mind is equally important in an interior designer’s field.  You should have a keen interest and likeness towards the field.

    You should have the ability to understand your client’s point of view. His needs, style and objective have to be considered. You have to keep in mind his budget while working.  While working on the client’s project you should understand his lifestyles and personality and work according to his taste. Meetings with the clients and knowing him better would give you a better idea about his personality and lifestyle. 

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A picture of efficient work culture.

Make smart use of space and creative ways to design the office.  Image is very important for the company as it speaks more than words. The smartest thing to do is to hire an office interior designer which will make 10-20% more usage in your office. Emphasize on the objective of the company to him which leaves a positive impression on the client.  Also make sure you communicate about occupant’s strength of the company. He will turn this visible space into a usable space.

Some inputs for office interior design are as follows:

ü  A person will be unproductive, boring and lethargic if the office atmosphere will be cluttered. Output will be elevated if the space is comfortable, flexible and personal.

ü  External noise creates distraction and results in low productivity. It is the biggest hindrance for focus and efficiency. The feel should be quiet and relaxing.

ü  Bright colors create positive vibes among team members. Energetic and confident attitude is promoted amongst them. Green color is best suited to re-energize enthuse your team.

ü  Late office hours are stressful. So using chairs with adjustable position can relax back pain and arm rest is often recommended. Chairs should be kept facing the window or door so it causes less strain on the eyes.

ü  Depending on the Nature of the work, job specific furnishings should be designed. One has to keep in mind future business requirements like hiring new personnel for the job. Space therefore should be well designed.  E.g.: an airline reservation desk employee has to attend calls and no interaction with other employees. He should have enough of room to make himself comfortable.

ü  Stress busters like plants which give oxygen and aerate the room. Place them on the corners instead using designer equipment and antiques.

ü  Avoid traditional yellow lamps and replace with bluish ones which is similar to natural light.

ü  Use latest technology like space should be as flexible as possible by creating “plug and play” for the   individuals to work on their laptops.

ü  Enough of space between different departments and the workers themselves so they don’t crash with each other. Basic idea is to avoid inconvenience to any other team.

ü  Allocating space wisely to a group of people who do different tasks. Like an engineer is mostly found on his desk while sales person or president are there for a couple of hours.

   Simple and unique office creates an image both in minds of the employees and the clients. Create space which is for the well-being of the employees.

Some more styles for you.

Garden: This style is often ideal for nature lovers. A room full of plants with natural light surging in through large windows beautifies the landscape pictures in the house. Vibrant and natural colors are used for each living space.  

 

Asian: Space usage in the key or the priority to decorate a house in Asian Style. Keeping the centre of the room empty refers to the openness of the heart in Asian cultures. Subtle colors are used and bright colors to highlight focal points in a room.

 

New York: This style has its furniture in contrast to the wall colors. Often the place to fit in the furniture is around the edges of the room keeping in mind a wide range of space to move about through main corridors. Light fixtures are used to attract vision of displayed accents at each point. Similarly, storage place is also widely available made of furniture with different materials.

 

Eclectic: The room can be transformed giving a miscellaneous look with a varied number of decorating items. Many people choose this style as they enjoy different aspects of any of the above interior. Colors choice is left open according to the taste of the individual. 

Styles in many forms.

Designing home styles have progress over the centuries in comeback to the varying flavor of various groups of people. Each approach has benefits to the people who will benefit from the home for many years to come up to. Many styles were born out of earlier styles and have developed into a separate type of decorating for certain belief. Each of the following plans articulate qualities and taste precise to an era.

Shabby chic:  Integration of white interior walls, floors and ceilings with vintage items on your recycled furniture. Using soft and neutral colors enrich the look of the items displayed.

Traditional look: A traditional look from the 60’s and 70’s is often preferred for a timeless home. Its traditional sense is appreciated for people who want to set a formal look. Fabrics often favored are silks, brocades and satin for decorating styles.

Swedish style: Focusing on those interesting objects that are displayed to gain maximum visual appeal. Visitors can therefore observe each minute piece more closely. Vibrant colors are often chosen to be the central spot. 

Do it the Vintage style

Are you worn-out of present everyday around you? Then give up with your present décor and reinvent yourself by refurnishing your house in the vintage style or simply old world or Victoria. “Out with new and in with the old” will sum up to your cozy & lavish style. This style comes with comfort and calm down vibes. With vintage you don’t have to shoot up your budget since you replace items which have started to look old. It gives an opportunity to merge both old and new pieces of furnishings and accessories which can be appealing.

The color palette: - Using pastel colors like pink, green, blue & yellow and embellishing it further with floral, polka dots, and varied pattern upholstery will bring in the magic of the Victorian era. This can give a breezy and casual vintage look compared to bright colors.

Furniture: - While selecting the furniture remember that mismatched furniture always works well. A rocking chair and stools are two things which you should never let it go. The furniture should be antique and painted in soft shades white wash wardrobes, leather sofas, old cabinets, standing floor mirrors, wooden chest are some of the things which you can experiment. To transform your room you can even restore the existing furniture to make it last longer. This gives your vintage items a new life.

Accessories: - The input to a genuine vintage look is vintage pieces which might include second hand pieces as well. The key pieces could be old lamp shades, floral fabrics, wrought iron furniture, lace cloth tables, unusual and recycled accessories can bright up and give it a classic approach. Look for handmade products like fabrics and quilts which gives your house a more intimate feel.

Displaying things: - There is no ruling about putting the pieces together. The way you visualize and want to present your décor is up to you. Create a theme for your decors and accordingly interpret how to put them in the right place. Vintage is just the impact of your mismatched bits and pieces gathered.

Give your house a unique look by assembling your vintage piece and other small décor parts. Deal with the things that you possess and get started with them. You can shop anywhere like an online website or even flea markets by knowing beforehand what you want.

Keep it Simple

Simplicity is the true essence of beauty. Take creativity to the next level inspiring warmth and comfort. Make things stand out by the way you design without compromising on style and other significant elements. Thats the idea.

A perfect home!

Want a house which looks trendy, modern and fashionable?  The best way to decorate is to blend both function and design which will give it a modern look. Many people simply end up buying any furniture and decorations having no general idea how to do it effectively. Items look good but are uncomfortable with very less functional purpose. Modern interior design will tell you to be as trendy as possible along with minimalistic design which forms an essential part of the overall décor. The only thing that differs between traditional and modern interior design is “Technical Advancements”.

Modern homes are therefore technically advanced and eco friendly. These designs are simple and give an aesthetic appearance to enhance the beauty of the house. With infusing advanced new techniques you can make your life easier and just worth it. If you don’t mind spending you can upgrade features from time to time.

Living Room: First room for your guest.

Living room is the place where you find place to settle most of the things. This room can give a glance to the guests about creativity and your personality. Keep it uncluttered while keeping enough storage for your essentials in an orderly manner. Give the living room a feel free space which is very crucial. Basically it has to make you feel happy and fulfill your needs. Keep things simple and as desirable by you.