Friday, December 28, 2012

Interior Design - Some Guidelines To Help You Out

By Anne Merlin


A house will look like your home only after decorating it according to your tastes and personality. The interior design and decoration of a house can often make or break the reputation of the owner so you must be cautious while undertaking this exercise.

It is not a particularly difficult job to think of fresh, pragmatic, and artistic ideas about interior design. You can seek help from books on this topic and from interior design experts while undertaking this task. However if you plan to do the designing yourself, here are a few tips that will help you out.

The first step is to choose a style which will go with your individual tastes. Your effort should be to find a style, which you can identify with. For example, you can go for a modern interior design, which uses space efficiently or a more conventional and sumptuous European design, which will give the house a classical feel.

The colours should support the style that you have chosen. If there is a paucity of natural light in your house then you must pick lighter shades. If you like colours which are dark then you can make use of artificial light in form of lamps to give a shadowy look to your house.

The furniture needs to be according to your taste but it must also consider your specific needs. For a small apartment, go for small and flexible furniture, which can serve multiple objectives and does not use a lot of space. If your house is bigger then you do not need to bother about the size of the furniture, but keep in mind the utility aspects.

You should pick tablecloths, bed sheets, mats, curtains etc., which go well with the theme of the rest of the home. Remember that you must always be careful and thoughtful in decorating your house as otherwise it would be counter-productive for your reputation.




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