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Design Interior Spaces Improving Your Home
By James R Blunt
Design interior spaces to your heart’s desire. Do use historical
references, but don’t get bogged down by tradition. Use it as
a baseboard and take your space to new heights by re-imagining
the room for new uses. Bathrooms are not just rooms with toilets
anymore; they are personal spas where you can relax, unwind and
indulge.
Kitchens have become the new living room, attached to kids’ playrooms
or family nerve centers. Living rooms could be art galleries,
conversation piece rooms with Old World relics or cityscape viewing
rooms. Home study interior design transforms a room with a computer
into a library with cozy lighting, ergonomic leather chairs and
a vibe of its own that is far from your typical office. Explore
your space and dream a little before you get started. What is
it you want most?
Interior Design Kitchen Work
When you design interior spaces, you sometimes have to work in
small areas and find ways of de-cluttering. This is typically
the case when you are dealing with interior design kitchen work.
Many cooks hate the boxed-in feeling of a crowded kitchen, which
is why Elica Om has come up with a sleek black stove hood that
sits up on the wall, like a mounted flat-screen TV, for a more
open-concept kitchen.
You can purchase this amazing piece at www.johnlewis.com.
Another option is Daniele Lago’s futuristic 36E8, which encases
your dishes in a tall, sleek cabinet that doubles as an art-piece.
You can find this piece at www.lago.it.
Sometimes you need to work around walls and existing features
or condense space a little in a large square kitchen.
Round Kitchen Countertops
The Pedini round kitchen countertops improve the chi flow of
your house, while also putting the stovetop, the sink, the fridge,
shelves and cutting boards all within one step of each other.
Find these modern designs at www.pedini.it.
When you design interior spaces, a lighting designer will try
to open up confined spaces through optical illusions and the interplay
of illumination. For instance, if you are in a confined bedroom
or office and you crave a bit of outdoor beauty indoors, then
you will be delighted to see the programmable SkyCeilings by The
Sky Factory, which lights up images of a real sky, and can change
for sunrise or sunset to improve your mood. Check www.skyfactory.com
for this amazing innovation!
Bathroom Design
For bathroom design, you will want to check out Kaldewei’s bathroom
indirect lighting systems, which allow you the ability to transform
your space into several different LED shades and styles, depending
on your mood.
You can turn on the underwater spotlight with white light for
a peaceful bath, or you can stimulate productivity with red, inspire
yourself with green or calm yourself with blue. Check out www.kaldewi.us
for more details.
Interior Deign Services Prior To Selling Your Home
If you are considering interior design services to sell a house,
you may not know where to begin. Hanley Wood LLC did a recent
study on the average cost to design interior renovations. Kitchen
renovations recouped 94% of the cost at resale, so an $80,000
kitchen would cost the home owner $20,000 when all was said and
done.
A mid-level bathroom remodeling job (costing around $10,000)
recouped 102% of the original cost, making it one of the most
practical upgrades. For a luxury bath, home owners may put in
$25,000-$50,000 but will recoup over 90% of their original cost.
Decks have a 90% return, as do windows. An attic bedroom addition
will bring back 94% and a new roof 85%. Home siding pays for itself
by 103%. So is it worth it to hire a professional interior designer?
In short, yes!
About the Author:
James R Blunt has written a number of articles on architecture
and home improvement including The
Design, Architecture
And Design, Design
Development, Architectural
Digest, Architectural
Services, The
Architect, The
Architectural, Architecture.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Interior Design Facts....
Is there a society of interior designers?
There are many different societies that an
interior designer can join. In the United States there is the
American Society of Interior Designers at www.asid.org/. This
organization has many different chapters so if you live in the
U.S. there is probably a chapter near you.
The focus of the organization is to help
people who have an interior design job find a designer that fits
their needs and vice versa. There are sections of the website
that are devoted to jobs and internships so if you are fresh from
school, this is a great place to begin your job hunt.
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