Friday, 8 June 2012

Choosing The Right Interior Design Style For Homes

By Frank Brown


Houses have different interiors, and thus need different interior design types. Some are designed in minimal fashion, some are basically practical, and others are elaborately designed. Whether the owner has a simple home improvement in mind or a completely different look, the interior design need to enhance both the appearance and the usefulness of the home. But while we all have a thought or two about how we like our home to look like, there are rules that we must follow in order to create a space that is both sensible and tasteful.

Interior designers don't just paint a room or set up furnishings with the owner's favorite color. They apply certain guidelines on home interior design to realize concepts and styles. The first step they do is to take into account the proportion and size of the room and its furniture. This will ensure that they won't make the room overcrowded when they bring in the furniture and other stuff.

All home interior designs should radiate serenity. Because city living can be frenzied and tiring sometimes, it is a must that houses create harmony for the occupants. Harmony in interior design begins with the theme. There are occasions that we wish to include more than one theme into a room, but that just generates more confusion and chaos. For example, a living room already has an Asian modern theme design. Adding a European Victorian style settee would just clash with the room's theme.

A regular practice in designing a home interior is to make an object as the focus of the room, such as a lamp, a sofa chair, or a center table. the focal point is where a person's vision either lands in first upon coming inside the room or where it stops. It doesn't mean, however, that it is the only article in the room. There need to also be balance of visual weight. Other furniture and decorations must also be interesting so people can absorb visually everything from corner to corner in a constant manner.

Whether you have a minimalist style or a classic theme in mind, if you are searching for an interior design for your home, you can make it reflect your character and needs. Choose the design that you can be proud to own and content to live in. Because if it opposes with your taste and needs, the design becomes useless to you regardless of how gorgeous a design ends up.




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