There exists a great number of mistakes you can make while designing the interior of your apartment or house all alone.
In this article I’m going to share 7 common mistakes made by people who do not carry on domestic design professionally. I’ll share with you both tips and information concerning how to avoid them and show by way of examples how to correct them.
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So, let’s start and above all, note that all the people do mistakes. The one doesn’t make them who does nothing.
Mistake #1 Photos on the walls
It’s a common thing that there are pictures and photos hanging on the walls. We use them to vary our interior and to fix our eyes on something sweet and dear to our heart or to show your status to someone else.
It is not uncommon that we hang such images breaking the basics of composition. Thus we break the balance. And our brains constantly signals us that something is wrong causing the feeling of discomfort.
Hang the images on the eye level and they will create and maintain the order in the interior visually. Following these simple examples you may hang pictures and images on your walls properly, complemented your interior with interesting details.
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The best way to hang the images correctly and avoid making needless holes in the walls is to cut out paper pieces of the needed sizes and with the help of washi tape look whether you locate them accurately or not.
Mistake #2 Curtains
What are the most widespread mistakes we make while talking about decoration of window apertures? The most common one is a low-set curtain pole. It sounds bad not only for the reason that, actually, looks badly. Just imagine: you have a great opportunity to make you ceilings look visually higher. You can add more air and volume in your room, but you fail to do it, instead of this you make clear the place where ends the window and starts the line of ceiling. Thus so as to speak we underline the ceiling height.
Also, pay close attention that curtain pole should be of sufficient width in order to show the most part of the windows when curtains are opened. But don’t overdo it, in case we see a piece of wall from curtain to the window while they are opened it looks horrible. Keep a sense of proportions.
It’s perfect when curtains cover at least an inch of the window aperture. Use a simple rule, namely the full width of a curtain that is when the window blinds are closed must be three times larger than that of window width.
Mistake #3 Rug size
In order to make your interior look really stylish it is necessary to find the proper size of your rug. To do it you’d better count the next criteria, namely room measurements, furniture sizes and distance between the pieces of furniture.
It is needed to make sure all the elements of furniture is within the rug or at least their forelegs should stand on one third to its depth on the rug. Let’s take a closer look at several examples where the size of furniture and its accommodation are well-chosen.
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Mistake #4 Exposed wiring
It is important to count all the details in domestic design as they contain all the beauty, or evil, call it like you want. One of the most frequent mistakes which is made for the lack of experience is that we forget to consider that all the home appliances including TV, consoles, various boosters should be not only powered up but one another.
As a result, we face these terrible wires hanging on the walls and sensifying clutter. This interior doesn't exactly look stylish and sophisticated. Therefore, it is very important to hide cables and wires, especially lamp and TV wires and everything that will be in the interior all the time.
To avoid this, at the planning stage, you need to make sure that you have thought over the location of all the household appliances in advance and installed the electricity equipment inside the walls to all the points you need. Also do not forget about the Internet and the door entry system. In order to hide the wires from the TV and set-top boxes use empty cable ducts inside walls to run wires through it.
We often use an ordinary sewage pipe in our projects, its diameter often depends on the size and number of wires that need to be pulled through it. Take advantage of this solution and you will achieve an excellent result in the form of sophisticated and uncluttered walls.
Mistake # 5 One source of light
In all of my videos, I talk about the fact that lighting plays a key role about the way we perceive the surrounding space. It’s very important to create a play of light and shadow in the interior, so this creates a connection between you and the interior, it comes to life.
One source of light is enough for you to see something, but not enough to create contrast, depth, make colors more saturated and vivid, emphasize something and show the character of some materials.
It is easy to fix this mistake by adding multiple sources of light and thinking about lighting scenarios such as general lighting, lighting for cleaning or work, accent lighting (to draw attention to some details or surfaces) or relaxing to create a cozy, intimate home atmosphere.
And remember the basic rule, lighting should be multi-level, that is, in addition to light sources on the ceiling, think about adding table and floor lamps, various wall lamps to the interior. Get them to take part in the lighting of your apartment too, and not just be decorative useless objects.
Mistake #6 Sockets
Very often, when we carry out repairs on our own, we do not think over the number and location of sockets in the apartment, and as a result, there are very few of them, and in this case we use triple power adaptors, or they are not in the places where they are needed, then appear the extension sockets on the floor. All this things does not add sophistication to your interior.
You need to think in advance about where you will have an electric toothbrush, a base for a robot vacuum cleaner and where you will charge your phone. Also remember where you will be connecting your New Year's lighting. Therefore, before starting repairs, make a detailed list of all household appliances and determine their location on the furniture plan.
Mistake #7 Following trends
Fashion is changeable. I remember the time when stretch glossy ceilings with photo printing and glass back splash with images of New York at night or some sunflowers were in fashion. For this reason, if suddenly you have a desire to use something ultra-fashionable in your interior, think carefully if it will go out of fashion just tomorrow.
Instead, pay attention to thing that has been relevant for many years, usually it can be natural materials, the absence of glossy surfaces and a balanced combination of decor and ornamentation, monochrome not overloaded furniture lines and the absence of excessive decoration.
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