There are a lot of decisions to make when designing your home interior, and it can be challenging to know what size furniture would best fit your space. In order to make your space both beautiful in form, and practical in function, here are some general design principles that can help guide you in making smart design choices in terms of proportion and fit. Now, take out that measuring tape and lets start planning!
1. Bedroom
· Start with crisp white bed sheets, pillow covers, and duvet covers. Add accent color in decorative sham pillows, and throw blanket.
o Choose a sham pillow between 18”-22”. Choose two sham pillows in a larger size and one sham pillow 2” smaller. Optional: add a lumbar pillow.
· The nightstand height should be at the level of your mattress, or about 2”-4” taller. The nightstands should be between 1/3 - 2/3 the width of your mattress.
o To style it, add a bedside lamp, storage solution, greenery, or personal touch (frame, candle, clock).
· The bedside lamp height should be the same height as your nightstand, plus 2”-3”. The lampshade diameter should be 1/3 the width of your nightstand.
· The rug should extend at least 1 foot beyond the end of the bed and at least 18”-24” beyond the side of the bed.
o Leave at least 12”-18” of space from the wall to rug edge, and have at least 8” of space between the edge of the nightstand and rug.
o Typically, the rug sizes are 5 x8 for a Twin, 6 x9 for a Full, 8x10 for a Queen, and a 9x12 for a King bed.
· To style your dresser, consider adding artwork, mirror, lamp, tray or storage solution, greenery (terrarium, vase of flowers), or personal touch (frame, candle, books).
2. Dining room
· A table length of 48” sits 6 people, 72” sits 8 people, and 96” sits 12 people. (Essentially, allow 18” of table width per person.)
o To style it, you can add candlesticks or vase, paired with a tray or bowel with fruit. Consider getting placemats.
· Chair seat height should be at least 18”, for a 28”-30” high table.
· To make it look more formal you can add a rug under the table. The rug should have 24”-36” of extra room from the dining table edge to the rug edge to allow enough space to pull out the chairs.
o Leave at least 12”-18” of space from the wall to rug edge.
o Typically the rug sizes are 6x9, 8x10, and 9x12.
· The chandelier should hang 30”-34” above the table surface for ceilings that are at least 8’ high. If ceilings are higher than 8’, hang an additional 3” higher per foot. If hanging more than one chandelier, hang them 30-34” apart from each other.
o The chandelier should have a diameter that is half the width of your dining table. (Or, add the length and width of the room in feet, and that should be the diameter of your light fixture in inches.)
· You can consider adding a buffet, hutch, china cabinet, or serving table for extra storage space.
3. Living room
· When choosing a sofa, ensure there is at least 18” of space on either side of the sofa. If getting a sectional with chaise, ensure that the chaise does not extend more than half the length of the wall.
o Fill up to 5ft of height and 2/3 of length of wall space above your sofa.
o Have 26”- 48” of clearance between furniture pieces to allow enough room to walk through.
· Rugs should extend at least 6” on the side of main furniture pieces, and the front of the legs of the furniture should be on the rug.
o Leave at least 12”-18” of space from the wall to rug edge.
· Coffee table height should be 1”-2” less than the height of the sofa seat cushion, and be 2/3 the length of the sofa.
o To style it, add a tray, storage solution, greenery, or personal touch (decorative object, candle, clock, books).
· Side tables should be 2” below the height of the sofa arm
· Artwork should be 6”-12” above the top of the furniture you hang it over. If not hanging over something, hang the artwork at eye level 60 inches from the center of the artwork to the floor.
o If hanging more than one artwork, hang them 1.5”-3” apart from each other.
· Lighting: Look at fixture to find out the maximum amount of watts that particular fixture can handle, then pick the lumen size. Watts = how much energy a bulb uses, and a lumen = how bright a bulb is. The following will help you determine how much brightness you will need for a space.
o Square footage of space X 20 Lumens = How many lumens will be needed to brighten up walk through areas like floors/hallways.
o Square footage of space X 30 Lumens = How many lumens will be needed to brighten up useable surfaces like tables.
o Square footage of space X 50 Lumens = How many lumens will be needed to brighten up areas used for tasks like in a kitchen, desk, nightstand etc.
· Curtains should hang 2-3” below the ceiling, or molding, with the rods sticking out 4 -10” (excluding the finials) wider than the window. The curtain panels should have a combined width of 2-3 times the width of the windows. Choose lined curtains that touch the floor, or are 1-2” longer to get the “puddled” curtain look.
· Indoor plants: Plant foliage should be twice the height of the pot.
o High: Rubber fig plant, fiddle leaf fig tree, split leaf philodendron
o Medium: Algo silver leaf bay, small fiddle leaf, snake plant
o Small: maiden hair fern, rosemary, lavender, cactus
· Fireplace mantel: The width of the mirror/art piece should be as wide as the fireplace opening.
o To style it add a focal piece (mirror/artwork), storage solution, greenery (vase with flowers), or personal touch (decorative object, candle, books).
4. Bathroom
· Wall scones are placed at eye level 60 inches from the center of the scone to the floor, and at least 36” - 40” apart from each other.
· Place your over the mirror lighting fixtures 75”-80” from the floor, or if your mirror is exceptionally tall, place it 3 inches above your mirror.
· Provide a unique focal point by choosing a feature that is proportionate to the room. For example, a standout vanity, mirror, sink/faucet, lighting, decorative tile, or accent color.
In closing, if something makes you feel good, yet might not fit the rules, go ahead and add the visual contrast. Above all, it is important you create an environment you l
What tips do you use when designing?
What tips do you use when designing?
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