4 Integral Elements of Interior Design

When you are decorating your home, it is not just that you need to buy sofas Barbados for your living room or some fine cutlery for your kitchen. The house has to be looked at holistically so that you can touch upon each element individually and also look at the house as a home you would love to stay in. You might have hired the services of an interior designer, but it is also important for you to have a ringside view of what your home should look like. Let us discuss a few elements of interior design that you should be aware of.

1.      Lines – Whether you look at your walls or the frames of your windows, you will realize that clean and clear lines form the basis of your home. Even something as commonplace as table linens Barbados are composed of lines. The lines that make up your home could be horizontal, vertical, or dynamic. The horizontal lines give a feeling of solidity and stability, while vertical lines give a feeling of reaching out above and beyond. When you look at the angular lines in places like your staircase, you get a feel of dynamism.

2.      Light –If you are able to make clever use of natural as well as manmade light in your home, you can increase the attractiveness of your home. If you can plan the layout and design well, the light inside your home can also augment the positive effect of the colours, patterns, and textures of your home. A simple combination like a table lamp placed on a small table beside a Barbados armchair can really turn things around.

3.      Colour – If one were to choose the single most important element in a house which can either make it really attractive or totally dull, then the colours of that house are the most important by far. You need to have a basic template of primary and secondary colours in mind when you discuss your plans with the interior designer. Once that is in place, take his opinion on how best you can use analogous or complementary colours in different rooms of your house.

4.      Space – Just like you can make or break a website by how cluttered or spacious it looks to a visitor, your home also needs the right use of space. There are, of course, some essentials like Barbados bedding that a home can’t do without. But try to see how best you can unclutter the rest of the house and make it look spacious.