Become an Expert in Decoration with these Tips

INTERIOR DESIGN

Whether you re looking for a fresh start for a new home, or you want to update the interior of your present home, these cornerstone ideas will help you get started.

1-     FLOOR PLAN

It all starts with identifying a room’s focal point. Is it the fireplace or perhaps a beautiful view of Mother Nature’s glory from a wall of windows?

Next, arrange the furniture into an attractive grouping to call attention to the focal point.

As you regroup furniture settings, you can angle larger pieces for a more dynamic arrangement, add new accent tables, send a chair or sofa out to be reupholstered in a fabulous new fabric. At times, it is the small changes you make in a room that have the biggest impact.

And don’t rule out buying new furniture. Consider selling pieces you've outgrown in order to invest in items that will serve you better as you transition to the next stage of your life.

2-     COLOUR SCHEME

Nothing adds more instantaneous drama and pizzazz to a room than colour. And it can be as fast and easy as painting an accent wall in a dramatic tone, installing a new piece of art over the fireplace, or replacing a worn out area rug with a textured, multi coloured one.

It’s amazing what a fresh new colour scheme can do to uplift a room and provide a totally new outlook on life in the process.

3-     ACCESSORIES

This is the least costly way to refresh your living environment.

You can upgrade the ambient lighting, pick up a couple of new accent tables, switch out the pillow covers – it all depends upon the room. A new lamp can provide better light for reading, or maybe a new lampshade is all you need.

Organic accessories offer a constant refresh. A beautifully designed floral arrangement filled with multi coloured blooms is sure to usher in spring with a festive flare. And, when fresh botanicals are not readily available, everlasting silk arrangements can also add drama to any room.

4-     WINDOWS

Custom designed window treatments definitely set the tone for a room. If your current window treatments blend unobtrusively into the background, maybe now is the time to allow them to take centre stage.

Do you need to hide an unattractive view without shutting out sunlight? Do you have a large room with small windows, or a small room with large windows? Carefully crafted window treatments are often the best solution because they can be tailored to showcase a room in its best light possible.

With spring in the air, now is the time to breathe new life into your tired interior.