Are you afraid that a professional interior designer will laugh
at your home decor or turn their nose up at your ideas when it comes to
interior design? Do you think that you need to have a college education
or some sort of degree to be taken seriously when it comes to style and
space as it pertains to interior design? While you might think that your
tastes might not be accepted by professionals or the gurus of design,
the truth might be something that surprises you.
Design isn’t
about what you learn in a university or a classroom. Home interior
design is all about creating a pleasing atmosphere that is pleasant for
those that spend time in that space. It could be an office building or a
bedroom. It doesn’t really matter. You, without realizing it, have
designed your own space at home probably without much thought for all
the elements of design. You placed your furniture where you felt it
should go and picked out colors and designs based upon what was pleasing
to you. You’re an interior designer without even knowing it!
Maybe
you’re like my wife, who has a talent and an eye for design and can do
amazing things with almost nothing at all. When we were first married,
spending a lot of money on home furnishings was out of the question. We
took what was given to us and she made our house into a delightful home
that many of our friends were amazed with. It’s a gift and she had the
simple desire to make our horrible little apartment a more pleasant
place for us to spend our time.
My wife would find things that
others were throwing away like Christmas garland and the old style
Christmas tree lights and weave them into a tapestry of pure delight
along with pine branches that she found in the woods close to our house.
She would find old things that were discarded by our neighbors like a
broken end table and she would throw a colorful blanket that we used to
keep our feet warm when we were watching TV over the whole mess. A few
cheaply framed pictures of our family, some candles on dished bought at
the discount store and our house became a home.
You don't have to have a huge bankroll to create an
appealing design in your home. Everything doesn't have to be new and
while recycling is all the rage these days, old things can be made new
with a little spit and polish. Antiques, after all, are nothing but old
things that people wax nostalgic over, right? While you women do tend to
have a bit more talent when it comes to this kind of creativity, us
guys can gather and hunt down the materials that you require and, of
course, appreciate the finished product since it's always nice to come
home to a space that is as beautiful as you are.
Money does help
when it comes to buying new furniture and when interior design starts to
move into the area of taking out walls and expanding doorways. But a
little time spent in a thrift shop or looking at magazines and online
resourced for inspiration when it comes to interior design can give you
the creative boost that you need when it comes to changing the interior
design of your own home. Just remember that interior design is all about
what is appealing to you and you are your own interior designer whether
you believe it or not.