You may have moved into a new home, or perhaps even recently considered remodeling a room within your home. At first, designing your space may seem like an intimidating and overwhelming task, yet here are some simple steps you can take to help make that process easier.
1. Choose a room in your home you want to focus on, or remodel. With nothing inside, notice the room's unique features.
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· If you already have a color in mind, this would also be a good time to add a fresh coat of paint to your walls.
2. Measure the dimensions of your room’s floor space and wall space. This is important in order that you choose furniture and accessories that are proportionate to the space.
3. Choose your large furniture pieces: table, sofa, bed, area rug etc.
· Potential places to shop: Pottery barn, Restoration hardware, West Elm, CB2, Macy's, Ikea, Costco, World Market, Hobby lobby, Overstock, Amazon, Article, Wayfair, Homegoods, Target, offerup and other local stores.
4. Notice what colors you are gravitating to, and consider the 60-30-10 principle to provide balance to the colors used in your space.
· 60% of the room should contain the primary color. This is usually displayed in the walls, floors, or largest piece of furniture.
· 30% of the room contains the secondary color. This is usually displayed in the curtains, large rugs, bedding, accent wall, and smaller furniture.
· 10% of the room contains the accent color. This is usually displayed in the throw pillows, bedding, lamp shades, artwork, small rugs, collectables.
5. Continuously reassess proportions, and functionality of the space. Form follows function, therefore the design should reflect the lifestyle and habits of the people using the space.
6. Consider adding artificial lighting through table lamps, floor lamps, accent lamps, pendant lights etc. to areas where natural lighting is not present.
7. Add personal finishing touches like plants, flowers, books, trays, candles, vases, art, pillows, throw blankets, framed photos, and other accessories that add meaning to the space and perhaps even contain your accent color.
· Avoid adding too much accessories to prevent visual clutter.
· Consider different patterns and textures (smooth, rough, soft, hard, chunky, fuzzy etc.) within your color palette to add depth and dimension.
8. Enjoy your space!
What room are you planning on designing?
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