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Female Focus The fundamentals of an interior design scheme
A beautifully decorated interior not only functions well but it creates a mood or a feeling and shows off your personality. Paying attention to these 3 important ingredients - function, mood and personality - ensures
decorating success. Last month we looked at how to define your own personal style so with that in mind it’s time to pull together the elements of your scheme.
So, let’s start with function. Decorating is more than just eye appeal - it’s making a room really work for you and looking at the basic elements of a room will help you achieve this: A focal point: Sometimes rooms have natural focal points (places the eyes travel to immediately upon entering a room) - a fireplace, a picture window with a view, maybe even a built-in bookcase. If the room doesn’t have a natural focal point, create one with a dynamic piece of art or a colourful rug. The furniture: Determine whether the furniture satisfies the functions you’ve planned for the room. If a piece isn’t working or if it’s too large or too small for the size of the room, get rid of it or trade it for something else around the house that may be more appropriate. The lighting: Lighting should be selected for the functions of the room as well as for visual appeal. Every task will require either direct lighting from a lamp or indirect lights that simply brighten the room for conversation or TV-watching. Accent lighting - floor spots, track lighting or recessed spotlights - enhance
texture, colour and room details.
The furniture arrangement: Generally, the main furniture pieces are directed toward the focal point, keeping the major traffic patterns open. Fill in with smaller pieces and be sure to balance high and low as well as heavy and light ones around the room.
Creating the Mood The mood or feeling of a room is created by your choice of colours, the style of furnishings, the amount of texture and pattern you choose and your accessories. Since there’s so much to think about when creating a mood, establishing a theme through the selection of an inspiration piece can make this portion of a decorating project much more fun and interesting. Here are the factors you need to address when setting a mood: The inspiration piece: The easiest way by far to decorate is to start with some source of inspiration.
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