In an attempt to create a fashionable interior and keep up with trends, you can forget about the most important thing that the house is our reflection, a place where it is good for us. We share ideas on how to turn a simply stylish interior into a unique, inimitable, and reflective of our taste and creative self.
Interior fashion is becoming less categorical and more open to experimentation. The design strives for uniqueness, individuality, and freedom of imagination. Now is the time when each trend can be interpreted and comprehended in its own way. It sounds inspiring, but how exactly do you need to act, where to start to write the history of your home?
Learn the basics and look for inspiration
To begin with, it is a good idea to get acquainted with the main interior styles in order to choose the one that you like the most and take it as a basis. Determine what is closer to you: the brutality and coolness of the industrial style, the Scandinavian coziness, or the bizarreness of boho? When you understand what is closer to you, it will be easier for you to pick up objects, guided by your inner instinct. Study the interiors from the pages of lookbooks and pictures on Instagram – not with the aim of repeating exactly, but to understand what the soul lies for.
Come up with a concept
Some interiors that you like can not be attributed to any one style, but at the same time, they feel the idea, and the general mood. To achieve this effect, make a mood board. This is a working tool of the designer, which helps to come up with the concept of the project. A mood board is a collage of inspiring images of anything that resonates with you. These can be pieces of furniture and decor, ornaments, colors, interesting combinations, and details that are associated with the future interior, for example, a smoking pie, a stylish picture, or a romantic dinner. What unites all this will form the basis of the concept.
Mix styles
Having chosen the main idea, do not be afraid to deviate from the rules and mix different techniques and directions in the design. For example, making one style the main one, you can dilute it with accessories and decor from others.
Here are some examples of how you can mix styles:
- Place classic accessories (chandelier, mirror, picture frames) among modern furniture.
- Bring your minimalist style to life with vintage décor and artwork.
- Stucco elements on the ceiling create a spectacular contrast with furniture of simple shapes.
- Classic forms of furniture can be modernized with fashionable upholstery.
- Neutral finish for walls, floors, and ceilings will serve as a blank canvas, on which you can place accents from different styles: art objects, vintage accessories, and handmade.
- Selecting furniture and décor from different interior styles, choose identical or related shades. Color harmony will help to unite different style directions in one space.
Consider your needs and habits
In the unique interior, the habits of its owner are read. Think about your needs and habits during the planning phase. For example, whether you like to drink coffee during or after breakfast, whether you wear a bathrobe after a shower, read electronic or paper books, or whether you buy magazines. All this will be reflected in the interior – so you create a house for yourself, and do not adapt to the proposed situation.
Experiment
Proven color combinations, universal furniture, discreet decor – this is familiar and safe. That’s just in this there is no individuality and soul. Allow yourself to do with your apartment what you really want: paint the wall in a bold color, choose a tablecloth with a funny print, save a collection of vinyl records from childhood and put them in a prominent place, and not in the pantry.
What else helps to make the interior unique:
Details
The style is formed by details: door handles, kitchen fittings, and tips for the cornice.
Art
Art objects, photographs, collections – everything that is lovingly chosen, created, and compiled by you personally, make the interior unique.
Children’s drawings
The most successful children’s masterpieces can be used as decor. Place drawings or applications in frames and decorate the wall with them.
Misuse of things
Try to think outside the box when it comes to the functionality of familiar things. For example, a low wooden staircase can be used as a rack for books, clean towels can be stored in a wicker basket, and an old enamel jug can be adapted to a vase.
Mixed headsets
Create furniture sets from items of different collections, styles, and eras. For example, a designer sofa and vintage armchairs, chairs from different factories, and collections around the dining table. In order for the composition to look harmonious, there must be something in common between the objects: color, texture, and style.
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