Know Everything About Interior Design Facts That You Should Know
Much like the
history of art, the history of interior design has had numerous
styles, movements and the political and social developments that have
informed or challenged its evolution.
Encyclopedias
define interior design as: planning and design of man made spaces, a
part of environmental designs and closely related to architecture.
Although the desire to create a pleasant environment is as old as
civilization itself the field of interior design is relatively new,
this seems on target for most home designs.
Since at least
the middle of the 20th century, the term interior decorator has been
so loosely applied as to be nearly meaningless. Meaningless? Maybe
since the word eclectic has become a household word.
Interior
designers use their education, creativeness, and experience to help
plan the space and furnish the interiors of private homes, public
buildings, and business or institutional facilities, such as offices,
restaurants, retail establishments, hospitals, hotels, and theaters.
Professional
designers can tell you if a chair is a Greek, Roman, Byzantium, Dark
Ages, Middle Ages, Gothic, Moorish, Spanish, Anglo Saxon or Charlemagnes
Chair. Does the average person even know anything about the
colonial period, the revival of Directoire and empire
furniture, the Victorian period or the periods of the three Louis?
This may be
why a lot of creative people shy away from decorating there own
special spaces.
In this modern
day and age people can now use their creativity to create beautiful
living spaces without caring that they may break a cardinal rule of
decorating. Home
decorating, is a conscious effort to improve the appearance and
functionality of ones living areas, in many homes and living spaces.
This means
that we can break out of the styles of the past and create our own
areas of comfort and style. Really know what you want as a home, want
it, and you can work out any scheme, provided you have intelligence,
patience and perseverance.
What is
eclectic? Eclectic is basically made up of or combining elements from
a variety of sources, like mixing a Elizabethan chair next to a Queen
Anne stool. As part of the ever increasing quest for individual
expression in decor the eclectic style has emerged as a favorite
among homeowners that want to decorate the world around them.
This gives us
all freedom to decorate to our own taste and comfort level!
Acknowledging
all schemes of interior decoration and insisting that what makes any
scheme good or bad, successful, or unsuccessful is the fact that it
is planned in reference to the type of person who will live in it. If
you are to be living in it then you can do anything you want.
In planning
your house after arranging for proper wall space for your various
articles of heirloom
furniture, keep in mind always that balance will be needed and
must be at the same time conveniently placed and distinctly
decorative; convenient for the individual along with the family.
I am often
astonished to see how many times the careless placing of one piece of
furniture upsets the actual balance of a room. One chair in the flow
of traffic or a tipsy lamp next to a door can really ruin a good
looking design. To help you make smart choices, look thru books on
decorating that discuss traits, preferred room dimensions, available
options for furniture matching, and other helpful decision making
information. Often ebooks and other online
resource can point out good hints and tips to really get you started.
With this in
mind and ideas fresh, I suggest lots of thought and some research
before starting out on this great endeavor, but with a plan in hand
roll up your sleeves and get going! |