Interior Design Sense

If you happen to receive constant stream of compliments regarding the way you design your own home and how good your taste is when it comes to shaping up interiors, then a career as an interior designer might just be waiting for you. Though it’s not an easy task, becoming a professional interior decorator only requires you have an eye for fashion, an intuitive sense of style and the ability to adapt and create/recreate. Here are some simple and easy tips that could help you start your journey towards a whole new career…

Train your eye to pick up on details instantly

A good interior designer has a natural talent for picking up what is right with the room, which stuff looks out of place and what needs to be altered to change the current look. No matter how good you are (instinctively), it is only honing these skills will make you better. Whenever you walk into a room from now on, just observe what you like, what you would change and how you would improve its beauty. Start the practice for now in your own mind. Flip through magazines and the internet for more new ideas.

Obtain an appropriate degree or certification to get started

While this is not a must, if you are setting big goals and wish to go completely professional in interior decorating, then this is a must. The education will not only polish your existing talent, but it will open your mind up to new ideas, past designing trends and latest in the world of style. Certification can be obtained at various skill levels depending on the goals you have set for yourself. Start modest and soon you can aim for the peak. A degree in this regard will also help you get a job at a designing firm.

You will need to study a lot beyond what meets the eye

Decorating a home not only means understanding style, elegance and looks but also materials, their respective nature and how well they fit into the given atmosphere. For this, one must take a look at stuff like the toxicity and flammability of materials apart from their nature of wear and tear and how they interact with different climate conditions. When it comes to setting a house in place, functionality is as much an issue as form.

Get lots of practice- even if it pays nothing

Like in every other profession on the planet, practice is the difference between success and failure. No matter how good you are, you will not understand many practical hassles unless you get down and get things done across the home. Keep altering your own home constantly and also decorate the homes of your friends and relatives – even if it does not pay a dime. There will come a day when all this ‘free work’ will pay off in a big way.

Make a portfolio and build your own contacts

In the world of fashion and design the two most important aspects that define your success are your portfolio and your contacts. Make a great portfolio initially and if that means working as an assistant to someone for a small amount of time, so be it. Then make sure you have some good contacts. As your contact list and the amount of work grow, your portfolio looks more impressive and clients can be roped in. It is a like a chain that sustains and grows!

Always keep leaning- Design locally, but think globally

It is important to work keeping in mind the local sensibilities, tastes, climate patterns and needs. Try to mix and match with new trends and be connected with the world; stay with the pulse of the industry. Interior decorating is a very dynamic field and those who fail to keep up will have to face the ‘axe’.

Decorating interiors for a living is a great feeling as you take home not only the cash but also the satisfaction that you have touched, altered and improved the life of someone. It is feeling that not many professions have to offer-a combination of aesthetics, cash, creativity and functionality.

This is a post from the Freshome Magazine, who bring you the latest news in Interior Design, Decorating, Furniture and Architecture.

6 tips on how to become an interior decorator

Pebbles bring different style and atmosphere into your interior design, making it looked exclusive and interesting. Stone Drops Feeling is a bathroom design with a very natural feeling from Effepimarmi. A combination of transparent glass and lots of beautiful arranged pebbles create a very sophisticated and unique atmosphere. This sink and bathtub made by using pebbles would look awesome in the Trendy and Sophisticated Interior Design Using Pebbles post that we presented some time ago.

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Pebbles + Transparent Glass in Your Bathroom : Stone Drops Feeling

We at Freshome, love wooden houses. Less conventional and recreating a “warmer” atmosphere, this wooden house of the future, is located in Sydney, Australia, the modular prefabricated house is the work of Xenian who built it in a workshop and transported later, on site. And more to it, the house seems to be eco-friendly. It features LED lighting, a rainwater collecting system that makes it drinkable, has a structure that enhances natural ventilation and some solar cells embedded in glass. Get’s an A+ from us, for aesthetics and functionality. – via

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Wooden House of the Future, in Australia

This super little table lamp is a Murano glass lamp from Formia, new in the Vivarini collection. Microcosmo creates its own atmosphere inside to keep your plants happy – a favourite cactus, for example, will relish the extra light and heat. It will also keep you happy – it’s a practical and pleasing lighting idea that is sure to be a conversation piece. With two holes for ventilation on either side, the Murano glass lamp will not overheat your plants. A handy switch on the lead makes the Microcosmo that lamp that you naturally reach for. A smart meeting of form and function for people who care about the details: the Microcosmo table lamp from Formia.

Delicately diffused light filters through the natural rattan of the Bell 95 from Gervasoni. The suspension lamp has a bright and airy aspect, with the light glowing from within working to highlight the fine weave of the rattan. To achieve this lovely eye-catching effect, the Bell 95 lampshade is handwoven, and it certainly shows in the detail. You can choose from a pale melange colour or the darker ebony colour to suit your decor best. A design by Jasper Startup, the rattan lamp is realised by Gervasoni, a company with over a hundred years’ experience. You know you’ll get the atmosphere just right with the breezy Bell 95.

Modern architecture and construction works with a philosophy of maximizing resources and yet adding that minimalist design to capture elegance and understated class. The Millbare contemporary house in North-West England captures the essence of new-age construction with its spacious and well-lit interiors, lavish swimming pool on the outdoors and an atmosphere that speaks with silent eloquence. The master bedroom and the three children’s bedrooms all have a very tranquil feel while the classy look of both the kitchen and the bathroom make them appealing. Also, add to all these that the interiors are further enhanced by equally graceful wallpapers and decorative pieces that bring the best out of the serene interiors, and then tell us if you like it. – via Momoy

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Millbare House in London

The Cupido iridescent mosaic tiles from Fap Ceramiche bring style and playfulness to your bathroom decor. Your bathroom is a great place to express your personality, and choose to make a bold statement that you might shy away from in other rooms. Why not try this romantic and fun look? These iridescent mosaic tiles come in gorgeous colors like the red, ‘Pearl’ and ‘Gemma’ shown here in the eye-catching heart shaped arrangements. Your guests will be stunned with the intimate and animated atmosphere the strong colors generate. Quality Italian tiles to accent your home, the Cupido mosaic collection is from Fap Ceramiche.