How to Select a Home Interior Design Firm

May 5, 2020

If you are planning on hiring the services of a professional home interior design firm, there are various considerations that would need to be analyzed before making a decision. Choosing the right expert or team will help to ensure that you end up with a style and ambience that matches your requirements perfectly.

First of all you will need to put together a short list of possibilities. There are likely to be a number of firms you could contemplate hiring that are based in your locality or region. Use the internet to draw up a list of five or six options. Spend time browsing the websites of the designers in question as this will give you some idea about their services.

It would be wise to check the design companies’ portfolios of work. There should be a page on their websites which highlights past work that has been completed. Do … Read More

Interior Designer Dorothy Draper – Inferior Desecrator?

May 5, 2020

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The actual profession of interior designer is credited to a woman named Dorothy Draper, who was commissioned to decorate all thirty-seven floors of the Hampshire House hotel in 1937 Manhattan. Even though renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright called her an “inferior desecrator,” Ms. Draper had decorated scores of offices, restaurants, hospitals, and even a car for Packard (in 1952) and an airplane interior for Convair (the 880) before she died in 1969.

Ms. Draper also left a legacy through a number of books, as well, including a string of books on entertaining etiquette, some of which have recently been reprinted to help modern socialites entertain guests and be the life of their parties. In a way, Dorothy Draper was the Martha Stewart of her day, offering tips on a wide variety of issues to her eager readers.

Although Dorothy Draper is no longer a household name, she had an enormous … Read More

Horizontal and Vertical – Do You Know the Basic Elements of Interior Design?

May 5, 2020

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A well-designed and appropriately decorated room demonstrates the basic elements of interior design, horizontal and vertical lines. Good design in all styles, traditional, neo-classic, modern or contemporary is confirmation to the interior design world that those simple elements are represented.

The two foundations of design are vertical and horizontal lines. If used correctly, these design elements position the focus in a room for the best visual balance. They are the design features that provide the essential support for the room design and serve to accent a specific interior space. More important than focal points, a design without properly used horizontal and vertical elements is a failed design.

For example, crown moulding on the ceiling is a strong horizontal element. The horizontal line takes your eyes around the perimeter of the room. This is why all home stagers emphasize the mouldings in homes that they prepare for resale. Commonly used vertical … Read More

Match the Interior Decor to the Exterior Architecture of Your Home For A Quicker Sale

May 5, 2020

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A while back my husband and I decided to move to our favorite vacation destination in the mountains. But in order to make this dream of ours happen we had to sell our city home. We put our house on the market and started to make plans to move as quickly as possible.

Sadly, things did not go as we hoped. Our house didn’t sell and according to our realtor the problem was our kitchen. It didn’t match the exterior of our house. Our house was a Cape Cod style with rock around the front door and dormers on the second floor. It was very traditional and pretty cute.

Buyers who saw the exterior expected to see something similar inside and they did to a point. The interior included a fancy trim package, two fireplaces with over mantels and a beautiful dining room with even more fancy trim. The dormers … Read More

Interior Design Styles

May 5, 2020

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ASIAN: Asian interior design reflects materials and completions from the East. This design style is ordinary of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.

BRITISH: There are numerous styles to celebrate British interiors anyway, I am going to concentrate on two of them, Cool Britannia and Shabby Chic.

CONTEMPORARY: Contemporary interior decorations got to be well known in America in the 50’s and early 60’s generally as go via flying machine got to be open. The look has either straight lines or wonderfully bended. Truly this style identifies with what is present, happening now and is reflected in today’s design. Contemporary interior design meets expectations with most, if not all interior styles.

FRENCH: Regular French interior decoration is reasonably established. It might be both complex and exquisite or over rich and sensational.

GOTHIC: When I contemplate Gothic interior decoration, I am transported completely into an alternate world, of an alternate time. Life … Read More

Interior Design Ideas for Modern Homes

May 5, 2020

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Interior design is the most interesting concept that is subject of much enjoyment for home owners and home builders. If you like playing with floors, ceilings, kitchen area, wash area, furniture and spaces, interior design is for you. Today, it has greatly revolutionized and home owners with builders are designing innovative and creative interiors through marble. They are continuously using marble products for more efficiency and beauty.

The great thing about marble interiors design is that you don’t necessarily have a deep knowledge about it. Home builders give exceptional ideas to change your interiors and apply marble in it. It certainly gives genuinely modern look to the houses and adds more value to it. Modern home builders also help you choose the best place to apply marble stone.

Today, one of the best ways of interior designing is using marble products. Marble interiors look stunning and redefine its value. One … Read More

Repairing Interior Pocket Doors

May 5, 2020

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Interior pocket doors are a great feature in a home. With limited space you can have a door disappear into the wall. Need to close the door? Just slide it back and you have privacy. It is that sliding and disappearing feature that causes some special problems. In this article we will identify the problems you may encounter with a pocket door. Most problems can be repaired without too much difficulty. Can you fix a door that has gone off the track? Do you need to replace the rollers? How do you get inside the wall to fix a problem? Can you lubricate the rollers? These are all questions you may be asking. The following paragraphs will address them.

The majority of the issues with pocket doors will be related to the roller-hanger assembly. The rollers keep the door on the track, provide adjustment for the alignment of the door … Read More

How to Reduce or Eliminate Your Mistakes in Interior Design and Decorating

May 5, 2020

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We all reside in houses of one kind or another. When furnished, whether well done or not, they constitute the environment in which we spend the great part of our lives. These environments influence us continually and profoundly.

To the degree that your home is beautiful and comfortable affects us favorably and provides a wonderful haven for recuperation of mind and body. It also facilitates a richer and more satisfying life. To the degree that it is uncomfortable and lacking in beauty, it provides the exact opposite. This can develop into a potentially devastating degree.

As you can see, a properly furnished home is a very significant matter. It affects your life, as well as your attitude and ambitions. Your home should be an environment that is as supportive of your life as possible. Therefore, knowledge of how to furnish a house properly is very meaningful.

Beauty and comfort in … Read More

Why Tribal Rugs Are an Interior Decorator’s Dream!

May 5, 2020

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First of all, I will clarify what exactly a tribal rug is by giving you a simple definition.

Tribal Rug: A rug woven by nomadic or pastoral people based on traditional motifs woven with hand-spun wool. Tribal rugs were originally woven on wooden looms set up on the ground to be dismantled and reassembled while traveling. Normally a tribal rug will have a lower knot count and a geometric pattern verses the tightly woven symmetrical floral styles usually found in rugs produced in the larger cities. Older or antique tribal pieces will most often be woven with a wool foundation with plant based dyes. Tribal pieces would also include textiles woven to be used in daily life. This includes any pieces used inside or outside of nomadic dwellings or as animal trappings; functional or decorative. A few examples are: tent bands, saddle bags, salt bags, etc.

The above definition is … Read More

Eliminate Interior Home Disasters

May 5, 2020

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Hello and welcome to my design thoughts.

With thousands of websites, articles, newsletters and blogs on interior design, is it any wonder home design is confusing? As an artist and designer, it never ceases to amaze me the amount of fabulous information available for the curious and motivated homeowner. And Free to boot!

Keeping it simple is a little more difficult. I have visited many “designers” client homes, just to see the designers particular brand or style stamped all over the place. How do we keep our homes in the realm of our own personalities?

When you are searching for a design and or designer, first look at their product. Talk to past clients. Visualize the designers work in your private space. Does it work? Or could you have done a better job on your own and a whole lot less expensive?

I have designed many different styles. Each as … Read More

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