You can drive yourself silly trying to have the perfect room or the perfect home or perfect hair! In this interior we worked with the existing side board and the client added a new in expensive dining set and carpet. Because all the planning with the right colour scheme was figured out ahead [...]
My head was all cluttered as I fled the studio. Proposal after proposal was getting rejected. I was flustered and felt betrayed by my “education” especially in historical design. Or more likely I didn’t pay enough attention to historic design. But later I went back to college and studied Art History — hard.What [...]
The client presented me with a three sided fireplace she planned to put in the room to divide the living and dining areas. Although it was a great idea, the fireplace as a focal point, is too small to actually be THE focal point. A more dominant focal point was needed to ground [...]
When I presented this headboard to the client, it had all the elements she wanted, a focal point for the room and place to provide comfort for her and her hubby. But what I did wrong was the introduction of a diagonal diamond shape in the button tufting. Although it matched the traditional [...]
Ultimately the designer’s job is to provide a design that the receiver likes and can make his own. This is a skill. It’s taking on the viewpoint of the person you are designing for. You have to look from his point of view when you are selecting and putting together all the parts. [...]
Sketching is the best way to work out a design. My sketches are loose and messy but they are usually for my own use – to make sure all the parts and pieces I’m choosing are working together. I can throw-out what is not working at this point.
An interior design should communicate a feeling or some kind of message. With line you have so many ways to say something. Any lines you use should match the mood you are trying for. Take a look at how many things have lines – the carpet pattern? your Venetian blinds? Do they match [...]
To integrate does not mean everything has to match. By definition (transitive verb) 1: to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole: unite, to bring together into a unified whole. It does not mean everything all the same colour or that you can’t contrast things. It’s easy to go overboard [...]
When a designer can easily see a better space, a better arrangement, or a better flow, it’s based on his professional design ability. It’s based on talent, but more importantly a gathering of knowledge of what is good design. It’s my secret weapon.
A professional can execute and complete a project. A design enthusiast can appreciate good design but has very few techniques evolved on how to execute.It’s no secret that a professional interior designer makes a career commitment, has many hours of applied know-how, and has a wide breadth of exposure and study of historic [...]
