Of all the principles of interior design, color is perhaps the most scary. A color that looks good as a small sample can look dreadful when it covers an entire wall. New designers often assume that color is purely a…
Have you ever walked into two rooms that have basically the same furniture but one feels peaceful and the other feels weird and you can’t figure out why? It’s probably balance. Visual balance is about the distribution of the visual…
I’ve always found that furniture layout, more than any color or decor trend, gives the most insight into the process of interior design. Any collection of beautiful furniture will feel awkward in a room if it’s been placed without thought.…
The blank slate of an empty room is anything but simple to an interior design novice. As the eye moves between walls, windows, and furniture, the initial impression tends to be overwhelming rather than intuitive. Before learning to decorate a…