When planning and conducting interior arrangement works, it is necessary to remember that this lesson requires a thoughtful approach and is carried out in several stages.
Drawing up technical specifications
Before you start creating, creating your own interior design, it will be very useful to think over, and even better, write down the following points in writing:
- what is the total area of the home;
- how many rooms does it contain;
- who lives in the room (including pets);
- what lifestyle each of the household members leads, what are their tastes and preferences;
- whether guests are in the house, how often and in how many, how the owners are used to receiving and entertaining them;
- what functional areas are expected in the room: how many sleeping places, areas for work or study, places of rest, game areas, places for cooking and eating, and so on;
- in what condition the room is currently located, what can be left practically unchanged in it, and what I would like to redo;
- what money are you willing to spend on arranging your home.
The more fully and in detail each item will be covered, the easier it will be in the future to determine how exactly you will implement the ideas of interior design with your own hands.
Room Planning
Make a detailed plan of the room with the dimensions of the rooms, the thickness of the walls, window and door openings, etc. The more detailed the plan you have, the easier it will be to make a variety of calculations, determine the location of wiring, switches and sockets, plan zoning, furniture placement, etc. d.
Make several copies of the plan, because you will need them in the future. Use each instance for any one type of work. Comparing them, it will be convenient for you to coordinate your further actions during the repair.
Of course, you can leave the apartment plan on the computer, but in this case it is still better to print it out - this way it will work with copies easier and more clearly.
The choice of interior style
In order for your home not to resemble a chaotic collection of rooms, it is nice to think of a single style for the entire apartment or house. Many factors influence his choice:
- finances that you have for this purpose;
- the possibility of adjusting the space (demolition or creation of partitions, transfer of door and window openings, etc.);
- availability of sufficient area;
- tastes and wishes of people living in the room.
In order not to get lost in the whole variety of styles and directions, it should be borne in mind that they can be conditionally divided into three main categories:
- classic interiors;
- interiors are modern;
- cozy interiors.
In any case, when choosing a general style, it is necessary to take into account the lifestyle and characteristics of the residents, their hobbies and hobbies, tastes and preferences.
In order to make it easier to decide on the choice of stylistic decisions, create a “piggy bank of ideas”. This may be the folder in which you will put the samples. They will serve as a starting point when you will create your own interior design - photos from magazines or printed materials from the Internet from your printer, as well as your own sketches or ideas expressed in writing.
Such a collection of ideas will serve you well in the future, when you start another repair.
Functional Planning
The collected material and the detailed plan of the apartment that you made earlier will help to highlight the functional areas in the updated housing. Think about where the areas for sleeping and resting, for work and cooking will be located. Provide storage space and other household needs.
If you create your own interior design in a fairly limited space, perhaps some areas will have several functions: for example, in a one-room apartment, a sleeping area and a sitting area can be combined, and a corner for a child can include a sleeping place, and a desktop, and a place to store toys.
Search for color solutions
Having decided on the whole style, layout and zoning of the interior, it's time to think about the colors in which you are going to decorate your interior.
Of course, the choice of color solutions largely depends on the taste of the people living in the room, but here it is also necessary to take into account some features of color perception. So, warm colors contribute to the creation of a cozy atmosphere, and the cool colors are soothing and relaxing.
It is worth considering that the more intense the color, the more powerful it affects the human psyche. So, a soft orange color will increase mood, create a light and joyful atmosphere in the room. A saturated bright orange hue, on the contrary, will unnecessarily excite the nervous system, in such a room it will become difficult to rest and relax.
The same can be said of cold colors. So, a gentle blue tone is quite suitable for a bathroom or bedroom, because it creates a feeling of freshness, coolness and peace. A saturated dark blue color, being dominant in the interior, will create a gloomy mood and cause a depressive state.
The choice of color largely depends on the size of a particular room. It is known that cold light tones add “air” to the room and space, visually expand it, while rich warm colors visually make the room more compact.
Creating creative interior design with your own hands, you, you may also want to use bold color schemes: for example, paint the walls in one room in different colors, similar in tone but different in tone, or create interesting contrasting combinations.
Lighting planning
No less, and often more important, than the choice of colors, in which the interior of the apartment or house will be designed, plays the location of the light sources and their use for solving design problems.
If you create an interior design with your own hands, it is necessary to take into account the possibilities of natural lighting in each particular room. In order to enhance its influence in the interior, you can use not only windows, but also mirrors, as well as other reflective surfaces. The more natural light enters the room, the more spacious it seems.
It is important to take care of artificial light sources. There should be several of them in the room - each of them performs its own functional tasks: general lighting in the form of a ceiling chandelier or fixtures mounted in the ceiling, lighting of work areas, reading and handicraft corners, etc.
In addition to light sources carrying a functional load, it is possible to provide those that perform primarily a decorative function. This is a different kind of lighting used in cabinets, niches, on furniture shelves, etc.
When creating your own home interior design, carefully consider planning the location of artificial light sources, think about where to place the switches and sockets. It is important that they are convenient for all family members to use and that they do not pose a potential hazard.
Room furniture
Choosing the atmosphere for the updated premises, it is worth considering both its functionality and appearance. Furniture should organically fit into the environment, consistent with the style and color scheme.
When planning the arrangement of furniture in each particular room, do not forget about such a characteristic as ergonomics. So, when planning the kitchen environment, make sure that the housewife is comfortable using furniture and appliances during cooking, arrange them so as to save her from making unnecessary movements.
This requirement applies to other rooms. When planning the arrangement of furniture, think about whether it will be easy to move around the room, use electrical appliances, turn on lights, etc. Remember that beauty, devoid of functionality, is unsuitable for everyday life. This rule should be strictly observed if you create an interior design with your own hands. Photos from various publications, tips and recommendations of experts confirm this.
According to modern design trends, it is better to give preference to interiors that are not overloaded with furniture, preserving a sense of spaciousness and freedom.
As for the choice of furniture, along with modern ones, antique interior items are valued now. If you do not have one, you can try to master the techniques of craquelure or decoupage. They allow you to create a new interior design with your own hands, and as a result you will get truly exclusive things that “make” the atmosphere of the house.
Equipping household appliances
A modern house is inconceivable without all kinds of appliances with which life becomes more pleasant, easier and more convenient. This is a variety of kitchen appliances, and devices designed to brighten up leisure time, and appliances necessary for work and study.
Do not forget that various kinds of equipment should not only be convenient in operation and functional. Each device is also part of the interior, and will be ideal if it fits aesthetically correctly.
Textile selection
Textiles in the interior are, first of all, furniture upholstery and window curtains, but in fact this concept is much wider. This includes bedspreads and pillows, and a blanket under which you can so comfortably sit on the couch. Tablecloths and small napkins, kitchen towels and potholders are all included in the concept of textiles.
It is known that there are no trifles in the interior design, and it is necessary to strive to ensure that the textiles used in the decoration of the room also “play” to create a holistic and harmonious perception of the interior.
It is also worth remembering that, creating the interior design of apartments with your own hands, due to textiles, you can change the visual perception of a room. So, curtains with horizontal stripes visually increase the height of the ceiling. In addition, even small details are great for creating color accents, softening or enhancing color.
Important Trivia: Accessories
These are small details, without which any, the most perfectly organized space will look state-owned and lifeless. Accessories create a “soul of the house”, its living atmosphere and are able to talk about the character and habits of the owner. Therefore, the choice and location of them in the interior should be given special importance.
Moreover, only due to the accessories, their successful location in the space of the room, it is possible to give a character to a stylistically neutral room. Often, when creating an interior design with one's own hands, the owner of an apartment or house is limited to bringing a certain atmosphere with the help of various details against the background of the generally traditional design of the rooms.
Originally decorated photographs, figurines and paintings, lovely trinkets and handicrafts to the heart of the owner - these are the cute highlights of the interior design, lovingly created with your own hands (perhaps by the owner himself) that make the living room a home - a place where a person can relax and rest with his soul.