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• How to set a decorating budget
• How to create a focal point in the room
• How to Define Your Interior Design Style

How to set a decorating budget Posted: 24 Nov 2016 09:41 AM PST Interior design can be pretty expensive getting you into serious financial trouble if not well planned. Decorating your home is not something you wake up one morning and decide to do. Even if you plan to redecorate one room, costs can add up quickly. You've got to decide how much you want to spend before starting any interior design project. The most important question every homeowner should have an answer to is, "How much will the room cost?" Will you buy a new carpet or use hardwood for the floors? What is your favourite paint and how much will it cost you to cover the entire home? Are you buying any new light fixtures or new furniture? The idea of what to purchase can be overwhelming if you have a limited budget. Setting the decorating budget can always be a challenge to homeowners who have no idea the cost of things. The following steps will help you set out your decorating budget without running into financial trouble. Plan everything before you begin Proper planning is always essential for any home improvement projects. The first step is finding the right design that inspires you. Look at the internet and magazines to find a design that best emulates what you want. Break your project down into the following: Furniture Flooring Paint Accessories Décor Associated costs of hiring handymen Breaking down your projects into the above components will enable you to know how much you will need to complete the entire decorating project. Be realistic and honest with the amount you have available for the project. If the amount falls short, you can set to save every week until you reach your goal or cut down on some items. Consider the size of the room(s) that needs decorating Are you planning to decorate the entire house or just a specific room? There is no problem decorating certain rooms in your home. Homeowners with limited budget must consider priority rooms to decorate first. This can be the kitchen, bathroom or even the living room. When choosing what room to decorate or what is required in specific spaces, ask the following questions: How will I use the room? Are there pets or young children? How many people will the room accommodate? What furniture will you re-purpose? What is it that is not working for you? These questions will enable you to know what you need and what you don't need and budget appropriately. Re-purpose old items and accessories Look around your home and think of ways to re-use some of the items you already have in your home. Re-purposing might not sound exciting when planning for new pieces to arrive but it will save you some cash for the must have items. Ask yourself if you need new kitchen cabinets or just reface the old ones. Once you have items that can be re-purposed, look for DIY guides to helps you finish some of the projects. Remember, it is only you that knows how much you have to spend. Friends or relatives should not tell you how much to spend as they don't understand your finances. You have to be willing to pause and go through your finances to know exactly how much you can spend. The post How to set a decorating budget appeared first on Home Blog Designs.

How to create a focal point in the room Posted: 16 Nov 2016 03:26 AM PST A focal point in your room is probably the most important aspect in the room. It is the main point of interest where your visitor's eye will be drawn first. How a room flows and ties together starts from the focal point. It then travels throughout the entire home taking up in scale, patterns, colour palette, balance, and textures. The central point is very crucial in any home being the main anchor points for rooms and other contents in the house. Creating a focal point is a very important step in creating a personal style in your home. It gives the eyes a place to rest. Without it, a feeling of discomfort and chaos is created for the viewer. So how do you create a focal point? A signature piece of furniture, a large piece of art and an accent wall are some of the elements to use to create a focal point. Here are some suggestions on how to create a focal point: Fireplace Do you have a fireplace included in your living room? If so, consider yourself lucky. Fireplaces are great places to build off your focal point in the home. Hang a large decorative mirror or piece or art above the mantel to emphasize the fireplace as your focal point. Vases or candles of different sizes brought together are some of the things you can add. Keep the accessories simple. Those without a fireplace might look for other options like a vinyl fireplace wall decal. You can then hang your piece of art over the decal. Use the built-in shelves There are homes that have built-in shelves that you can use to place your favourite objects. Make if your focal point and place your favourite books or picture frames in a convenient way that they stand out. Painting the walls behind the shelves with a contrasting colour is another great way to make your focal point stand out. Adding some fabric behind the shelves is another great way to make built-in shelves become great focal points. Your current décor style and accessories can be built to the shelves but ensure to make them simple. Re-position your sofa Creating a focal point does not have to be a difficult task. Re-positioning your sofa can sometimes do the trick and give you a great focal point. Place the sofa along the longest wall in the house and have a large piece of art hanging over it. The piece of art chosen must match your personality and décor style. It must create a statement that catches the attention of the visitors. Colour Colour can be used to create a focal point in your home by focusing attention on a specific area in the room. You can decide to colour one wall differently making it stand out from the rest. However, make sure the colour does not affect the identity of the room. If you cannot change the colour on one wall in the room, the covering large canvases with fabric that matches your décor will do it. Window Picture windows in the living areas can also be terrific focal points. Highlighting the picture window will capture the attention of guests in your home. You can hang eye-catching curtains above the window and place an area rug beneath the furniture that is close to the window. The post How to create a focal point in the room appeared first on Home Blog Designs.

How to Define Your Interior Design Style Posted: 05 Nov 2016 01:08 AM PDT How does your ideal home look? Do you have everything inside your home designed the way you want? The interior design of your home plays a very big role in your life every day. How do you understand interior design? It is not just about the looks inside the building. Interior design is more than just painting colours and selecting fabric. Interior design is a process of providing solutions to your home's interior and making beautiful, relaxing and appealing. Interior design helps people learn about space and feel comfortable at a specific place with its facilities. The interior of the house must be practical and aesthetically appealing at the same time. For most people, it is difficult to decide the right interior personal style that meets your lifestyle and needs. Most designs rarely show the need for improvement or alterations until they are actually used. How to choose one's personal style for your home's interior is not something easy. Interior designers help clients choose a design according to their lifestyle. However, the designer needs to take into consideration the architecture plans of the house to reduce the cost of tearing down walls. However, if you already know what you want, you can ask your architect to make it realizable by building the interior to suit your style. The interior designer will help you choose the right décor, paint colour, lighting, etc. They do not change the layout of the house. The best advice on any interior design project is to know what you need first. The best interior designers are not expensive, but the real cost comes when you have to tear down walls to change the looks of your interior after a year. Depending on how much you want to spend on your interior, choose what you can do and leave the rest to the designers. How to define your style to the designer Most people spend a lot on interior designers but never get the exact interior design they had in mind once the project is complete. The better you paint the picture of your personal style to the designer, the more likely you will love the outcome. It is always important to be able to communicate your desired designs and ideas about your dream home to your decorator/interior designer in the best way possible. Knowing what you like is not the hard part; it is putting it in words to your designer that is difficult. Here is a simple way to be able to define your personal style and be able to make your designing team understand it. Create a list of items you love When you want to figure out your style, first figure out the things you love. These are simple things that catch your eye. These can be snapshots of décor, pages you tear from magazines, scraps of fabrics, or just anything in your home that you love. You can even create a Pinterest boards with rooms and favourite furniture. Note the similarities Once you have a collection from your list ready, check for similarities. Are they brand new or antique? Is there any specific colour palette you like? What are your preferences? Pastels or jewel stones? This questions will enable you to understand your personal style. How does the home feel, formal or casual? Write the similarities noting down the pieces you love most. Choose your style There are three main styles to choose from when assigning your designer a style. These are: Contemporary: This is commonly referred to us modern Traditional: Classic and timeless, often seen as sophisticated and classy Transitional: A mixture of modern and transitional Most people will usually fall in transitional, but there are several other specific styles that you need to learn to choose a better style that suits your lifestyle and needs. Some of these styles include Bohemian, rustic farmhouse, Scandinavian, shabby chic, minimal, coastal, mixed prints, glam, mid-century modern and much more. The importance of rugs in all interior design projects Following the steps above should help you define your personal style well. Most who manage to have their style nicely implemented by the designer make one major mistake. You can walk into a room and see everything is great, but there is one big flaw you just can't figure out. Everything from the painting, positioning, lighting and colours will look just fine, but then everything feels off. If you look a little harder, you will realize the problem is with the rug used. Most interior designer experts will tell you the crucial role a rug plays, and you can get the best out of it by choosing the right rug. A fine rug will soften the tone of the room making certain features of colours stand out. The texture of the rug will also impact the texture of the space. Rugs lighten everything around the house and create the right ambiance to resonate with your personality and character of the room. You can see a lot goes into interior designing if you are to achieve your dream home. Every single aspect must be taken into consideration to have the picture in your mind replicated in the home. The post How to Define Your Interior Design Style appeared first on Home Blog Designs.

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