If you have decided to take on the interior design of your space and feel overwhelmed, there are a few things you can take into consideration to get started. On the contrary, when working with a professional for interior design North Vancouver services, you can be equally as involved in the design process, learn tips from the pros, and finish with a truly balanced space that is true to your vision and lifestyle. Let’s take a look at some tips when taking on any interior design project.
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SOFTER LIGHTING
Designers are advocates for natural lighting with large windows, however, if your home gets insufficient light it’s important to compensate. Don’t compensate with extra bright light as that can be harsh and ruin the atmosphere. Instead, install extra-soft light bulbs in your light fixtures or change your old ones out with dimmable bulbs.
COMBINE HIGH & LOW PRICED ITEMS
Expensive or brand name doesn’t always mean better or higher quality. A good tip here is to invest or splurge on a piece that you really love that can be the centre-piece in a room, and work around it with vintage pieces (which can be refinished or reworked to look modern), or lower priced items from smaller furniture stores or “unknown” designers. Mixing in this way makes for truly special spaces.
BECOME THE ARTIST
If you are working with a large room or empty walls that you want to fill with art but can’t afford to, buy blank canvases and make your own. You can include your significant other or your entire family and kids when doing these crafts projects to make it personal and unique to your home. Large-scale pieces of artwork can have steep price tags, so make your own.
DETERMINE WHAT YOU DON’T LIKE
Sometimes by figuring out what you don’t like, it gets much easier to define your style and narrow things down. There may be certain trends, colours or even styles of art that bring back certain childhood memories you prefer not to be reminded of and on the contrary, there may also be those that you do want to be reminded of and surrounded with. Start with some words that define styles you do not want, for example; traditional, colourful etc…
DON’T START WITH THE SOFA
It’s easy to want to start by picking the sofa and working around that, however, that limits your options design-wise. Instead, you can begin by choosing the rug. If you choose a vintage rug, you can pull colours from it and integrate them into the design of the room, or make the room neutral. Choosing a neutral-toned piece, on the other hand, makes you more flexible in terms of integrating more colour throughout the room.
If you would like to work with our interior specialist for interior design North Vancouver services, get in touch with us to book a consultation and get started. We can’t wait to take your space to the next level.