So many times I stepped into luxuriously decorated apartments and houses, where at first glance you understand that professionals were working on its design: perfectly matched furniture, harmonious colour scheme, cautious choice of accessories… The only thing that was missing was the elusive sense of hearth and home, soulfulness, which is so hard to define….
Every day I look through an incredible amount of home decorating magazines, websites, blogs. Sometimes I am amazed and thrilled. Sometimes interior design mistakes just shout on me from the screen and pages. Those who ever did renovation by himself most probably faced a situation when the final result looked not quite the same as it was…
As the heart of the home, the kitchen is one of the busiest and messiest spots. Cabinets get a good beating between cooking grease and grimy hands, and old appliances start to look outdated. It’s the room that first shows the sign of aging and as far as renovations go – the kitchen can be…
Striking, provocative, vivid, straight-out, these colours will make your house look one of a kind. You need to have guts though to experiment with bold hues and be ready that the end the result might be a complete failure. However, if you succeed, the effect can surpass you most brave expectations. Here are several little…
Daydreaming gets a pretty bad rap; especially if you’re caught being ‘off with the fairies’ at work. It tends to get associated with laziness as those with wandering minds get written off as being absent-minded people who can’t get their head out of the clouds. Regardless of what others label it as though, everyone, and…
Creating and living in a space that looks expensive but isn’t too harsh on the budget is becoming an increasingly easier project. Most of us want our homes to look like a professionally decorated mansion but not everyone has the funds to achieve it – but, there are so many different ways to craft unique…
This is a going to be a remarkable post for me, as it the 100th article that I publish! And it’s going to be devoted to a remarkable occasion – makeover of our new apartment. I was writing recently that we moved to Yerevan. I also mentioned that I started our apartment makeover with the…
When all construction works are done, furniture is bought and installed, starts the most challenging interior design stage – creating the “Wow-factor”. Very often designers do it by creating one of a kind wall decor. However, looking at large blank wall it is so easy to get stuck and mostly people will end up with…
Colour theory is a massive section of Interior Design Course. Professional Interior Designers spend years learning about different colour properties, their behaviour under various lighting and psychological impact they have on our mood and state of comfort. Doesn’t matter how many books about colour you have read, real knowledge comes from experience. Many people feel…
Why blogging? Perhaps this question asks every interior designer at some stage. The answer can be arguable, though I think today it is a must for every professional, serious about his job and I have given some good reasons for it in this post. If despite all of them you still find reasons for not…