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Home Interior Design Creates A Feeling For Every Room
By James R Blunt
Have you ever been in a room that just seems to speak to your
emotions? As soon as you walk in, you are filled with an overwhelming
sense of peace and happiness. It is sort of like a first love;
you can’t quite place why you feel this way.
Is it the colors, the furniture, the drapery, the rugs, the decorations
or the architecture? Creating this feeling for every room is the
ultimate goal of a home interior design professional. The first
step toward transforming your space is figuring out which interior
design trends speak to you.
Art Deco Combines Aspects Of Airplane Design And Futurism
Art Deco first gained popularity in the 1920s. While the glitz,
glamour and gaudiness diminished following the Great Depression,
there is still a soft spot in the American heart for the lost
innocence of this classic time period.
In the twenties and thirties, the professional interior designer
saw Art Deco as both elegant and ultra-modern. Combining aspects
of airplane design and Futurism with Old World mosaic patterns
and Cubism, the end result was something very interesting that
spoke to the aristocracy who wanted nothing bland or boring.
A Museum Type Vibe
Borrowing from austere stainless steel but also exotic zebra
skin and saturated modern colors, Art Deco interior design trends
offer the homeowner a museum-type vibe with an array of conversation
pieces. Curved mirrors, Tiffany lamps, lacquered furniture, velvet
drapes, silk lamp shades, small furniture, thick carpeting and
symmetrical geometric shape patterns can all add a hint of Deco
to a room.
"It’s about glamour and getting a glimpse of those bygone
days where TV was less important and it was about cocktail hour
and company," furniture designer Barclay Butera tells HGTV.
Great Rooms With High Ceilings
The Colonial Revival home interior design style proliferated
throughout the 1950s, while the Colonial style originally appeared
in the late 1800s. Main living rooms, called "great rooms"
featured high ceilings, crown molding, large fireplaces, built-in
bookshelves flanking two walls, wood paneling, wainscoting and
wood furniture made of pine, maple, cherry, walnut or mahogany.
Walls should be light as ivory, parchment or apricot. Early American
Colonial interior design furniture might consist of wooden or
upholstered wing chairs, overstuffed sofas, butterfly tables,
Windsor chairs, drop-front secretary tables and candle stands.
Drapery should be brightly colored and patterned, although comprised
of lighter material.
The Colonial Revival style transformed the simplicity and frugality
of Early American Colonialism into something a little more polished,
with Oriental rugs, mahogany, wall sconces, glass vases, gold
leaf mirrors, crystal prism lights, barrel chairs, claw-foot Winthrop
desks and cabinetry by Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Duncan Phyfe,
Savory or Sheridan.
A Deep Level Of Experience And Knowledge
Home interior design is a very personal experience. Even so,
a professional interior designer can bring a deep level of experience
and knowledge to your rooms, visualizing and orchestrating a successful
rejuvenation of your home.
It can be difficult to express exactly what is holding a room
back from its full potential, but once it is fixed, we know it
and feel it. Surely you have seen what interior design services
have done for people on shows like "Trading Spaces"
or "Generation Renovation."
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....
How does interior design affect me?
Take a good look around you. Look at the
walls and the ceilings. Take a look at the shape of the windows
and the blinds that may be covering them. What color are the walls?
What is the color of the floor? When you ask yourself these questions,
you are, in effect, answering how interior design affects you.
There are some designs that instantly make
people feel at home. There are others that keep things a bit more
formal. The ability of an interior designer is to transform a
space and have it leave an impact on someone. Even simply painting
a wall has an affect on a person’s mood and productivity level.
Interior design affects you every day in the buildings and rooms
that you find yourself in.
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