Home decoration is not everybody’s cup of tea, especially if you haven’t studied interior designing or worked as a professional home decorator. You may fall in love and pick only a few elements from each home decorating styles. But when you implement those ideas, you may not create a cohesive interior design. If your interior design seems all over the place and if you’re struggling to tie it together, then you have to narrow down your choices.
Showcasing your personality through your interior design style is not an easy feat. Here are some tips to help you identify and pick a design style that will not only suit you but also make home decorating easier for you.
- Learn About Different Interior Design Styles
Do you know there are several types of interior design styles? And a gazillion different ways to incorporate them in your house?
But, if you are a newbie you must study and learn about different interior design styles. Learning about different interior design styles not only allows you to create a cohesive house, but also a house that reflects your true personality.
A quick Google search or an interior design handbook will help you to understand the elements of interior design and its styles. This enables you to identify and point towards the style you resonate most.
- Gather Inspiration
Great ideas are brewed when you are inspired by something. So, scroll your Instagram decor feed, create a Pinterest board, flip through interior decor catalogues, visit home decor studios or display homes. Do whatever you can to gather inspiration for arranging your ideal interior style.
Apart from that, use your wardrobe to find inspiration. Examine the colours, patterns and fabrics you are most drawn towards. Then utilise them to zero in on your interior style. For instance, if you are most drawn towards cotton clothing and your wardrobe is filled with pastels. Then you can incorporate it in your home by formulating a pastel colour theme and using cotton fabric for your curtains, couch and chairs.
- Combine Different Styles
Our ideas and sense of style cannot be restricted or confined to a single category. Trying to identify your interior style from a single category becomes repetitive and dull. Luckily, there are no such rules against combining two different interior design styles. Go ahead and pair modern minimalism with the traditional aesthetic to achieve a layered yet harmonious look.
Bear in mind that combining different interior styles is not as easy as it looks. If you have the least experience in this area, then you may end up with a chaotic interior style. Thus, before executing, learn the art of combining different styles effortlessly. So, they complement each other instead of clashing with each other.
- Create Your Individual Style
If all else fails, customise your style. This is by far the best way to decorate your home. Because not only will you make your home look beautiful, but it will also allow you to showcase your unique personality. Interior design is all about adding your personal touch to the preexisting style than doing things by the book.
You can start by creating a Pinterest mood board of the rooms or houses you like. Also, put together all elements, arrangements, colour schemes, patterns and objects that you like. Gather elements that resonate with you from your closet, photographs, books or even outdoors. Try to create a style that reflects your personality.
Now that you have gone through the above 4 tips. Go ahead and start looking for the interior design style that suits and complements you and your home.
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