Although two homes can have the same layout, they can have entirely various personalities thank you to their interior designs. Our personal tastes are reflected in how we decorate our homes, today we are spoilt for choice enabling us to furnish our homes in almost any style imaginable. Here is our guide to styles to consider:
Classic
This style comes from Greek and Roman design, creating a sense of balance and harmony to enhance a focal point, like a fireplace. There will be a great sense of symmetry in the rooms and colors will often be inspired by nature.
Country
This design style is casually elegant with a mix of sturdy, practical furniture, colourful textiles and useful accents to create a cosy, comfortable and lived-in look. Incorporating a number of looks, including, French Country designs of Provence, Floral English Country design and Rustic.
Eclectic
If you want to travel or rooting by the flea markets for buried treasures, then this is the design style for you. Eclectic is all about blending a mixture of designs to express your unique personality through your house. By a combination of designs we mean, different furniture, furnishings, and accessories from different styles, countries, cultures, and periods, during a mixture of colors, textures, shapes, and sizes. But the important thing to keep in mind is you are trying to create a harmonious design, not a jumble sale.
Minimal
This style is a manifestation of a way of thinking to let you maintain order and feel relaxed; your home will feel like an oasis of calm in a world of chaos and clutter. This can be attained by making sure everything serves a specific function and is not just there for show, with open plan spaces, clean lines, and order. Do with pure white with less texture and ornaments to allow space and light to create the decoration. As an outcome, this simple living will make for a relaxed and tranquil life.
Modern
The less you have the better; this style is well known among young professionals, with the main focus being on straight lines and organization reflected in both furniture and decorative items. There is definitely no room for clutter, sparsely decorated with only a few, unique items. Blacks, whites, reds, and greens are usual colors for a modern design.
Retro
For this style you turn to the past for inspiration, implying predominantly to design styles from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Strong retro colors include avocado green, mustard yellow, orange, brown, and aqua. The retro design pays close attention to the detail of lines, for example, rounded edges. For this style you turn to the past for inspiration, referring predominantly to design styles from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Strong retro colors include avocado green, mustard yellow, orange, brown, and aqua. The retro design pays close attention to the detail of lines, for example, rounded edges.
Rustic
A range of styles can be considered rustic; they will commonly have an emphasis on natural, unrefined elements, specifically when it comes to the color palette.
Choose your style and create a mood board
Mood boards
Get all images of things you like, whether its rooms, color swatches, wallpaper samples, styles of furniture, accessories etc and compile them together into a collage to inspire you.
Trends to consider
Furniture
Eco-friendly; products made from recycled materials and ethically produced are becoming more affordable giving more people a reason to go green. For example, tables made from driftwood.
Painted furniture; available in a large range of colors and finishes.
Statement beds; Invest in a bed that can last a lifetime, making a big impact with your bed means you can keep to a simpler backdrop. For example, you can make that statement with a stunning headboard.
Wallpaper
Retro-style prints; loud, vintage designs with bold colors.
Floral; Inspired by nature with bold leaf prints and feminine floral, by the use of modern neutral palettes combined with accents of color.
To make a feature wall; Make a statement with textured wallpaper as a way of taking pattern into your scheme. For example, the patterned wallpaper back of your bed combined with a harmonizing paint color is perfect for the bedroom.
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