Your home’s color scheme influences your emotions. Your home is your sanctuary. The color scheme within it can soothe or inspire chaos. Paint shades that do not harmonize can be jarring and can create a sense of unease in your home. Each room is separate from one another. If the colors flow as you move…
Understanding which color scheme is right for your living room, dark or light, is not so difficult. Enough to see how much natural light enters the space. But to immediately determine the colors is not always easy. And the easiest way to do it is to spy some ideas in favorite design projects. I have picked…
One of the colours I am lately obsessed with is aubergine or dark, brownish-purple hue resembling skin of European eggplants. There is so much complexity in it as it contains red, blue, gray, brown and black tones. It is also very controversial as it has warmth and energy of red and on the other hand…
It is a common perception that black colour makes any room look small, gloomy and mournful. I completely disagree. Today I will be advocating black and will prove you that it can be used to create amazing interiors without an ounce of grief. First, a bit of psychological background. Among all colours black is the most…
Very often when decorating our homes we don’t want to limit ourselves within one theme and we start to mix in one space objects from different styles, epochs, countries. This type of interiors are called Eclectic. Eclecticism appeared in the XIX century and initially meant the mixture of Baroque, Classicism and Renaissance. Today any interior which…
We’ve all been there… I mean the “light side” of interior decorating – correct me if I am wrong! We adored tranquil environment of neutrals, we fell all over tender pastels, we admired Scandinavian minimalism and painted our walls all in white. Then at some point we get bored with this serenity and calmness, our…
Talking about trends we never can separate fashion and interior design – they always go hand in hand. Usually though, fashion comes first and then interior designers follow established tendencies in home decor. Let’s have a look at what was hot on runways this season: 1) Go Green Pantone has declared Emerald green as the…
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…
Many people think that when they need to decorate a small space, the best thing to do is to paint it white or light pastel colours to make it look more spacious and airy. This doesn’t always work as these tints in a room with lack of natural light will look greasy. Much better in…
Though generally I am not a big fan of pinkish hues, there is one which just blows me away. I am talking about colour “Salmon Pink” which is a light value of pinkish-orange hue. If you ask me to describe it in a few words, I will probably call it joyful, tender and delicious. Got…
Colour is an important element to add in your decor, it adds great amounts of visual interest, it’s responsible for sobering up or on the other hand brightening a room and further the type of colour you choose can also influence the mood of the room. A newly wed couple may want a romantic bedroom…
Do you feel like changing the look of your home or add something to the door? A wide range of accessories are available in the market and even nature, but still if they don’t suit your needs you can also create your own! Adding a few accessories in a room can greatly change the appearance…