Interior Design
Now you have a fabulously designed home, consider the interior fitout – ideally it will match the exterior for taste and quality, at the very least it should match the style.
Colour consultants, interior designers and decorators (not necessarily the same thing), have increased in numbers as more people realize that to achieve a certain look is not that easy.
- This is where you live – think hard about the colours and materials to be used inside.
- Interior designers can be brought in early to work with the architect or architectural designer to provide a second opinion and counterpoint on the layout of rooms and their relationship to each other.
- If you’re updating furniture and decorative elements, such as art, interior designers and decorators may save you money through the discounts they can gain that will help offset their fees.
- What colours do you like and are they appropriate for the rooms you’d like to use them in? (some colours increase energy, others are ‘cold’ – consult colour consultants or look up on the internet)
- Old furniture in a new house or antiques in a modernist home can either work… or not! Consider whether you need to update your furnishings (if you can afford to).
- Soft furnishings are both functional and decorative. Closed drapes are very effective at preventing heat loss as well as providing privacy but they make up a large visual area so carefully consider the design before having them made and installed.
- There are always fashion items that will seem dated next year so beware buying the latest hot item that may be in the bargain bin within months.