These days, finding advice or guides to interior design is a quick and easy task. Are you looking to design that 'dream room', the one that you have kept vision of for up teen years and never acted upon? Maybe you're a professional who is interested in livening up their career situation by delving into the world of creative design. Or perhaps, a certain recent event in your life such as a marriage or even the arrival of a new baby has led you to undertake this mission. Whatever the reason, if you are new to the interior design scene, it is advisable that you dip your toe into the water before you lunge in. By this, I mean that the very idea that you are reading this article and in search of guides to interior design is a terrific sign!
To get things off on the right track, you will want to further your mission by seeking out and finding, reading, listening to, as many guides to interior design a possible. You will likely find this type of information in style magazines, catalogs, books, advice from distinguished designers, even home and garden television shows! The truth is, advice on this subject is relatively easy to find. Keep in mind, however, that just because guides to interior design are easy to find does not make the advice found practical or even sound. The best way to weather the wealth of information available and to gain the most helpful knowledge in question is to gather the information from a wide variety of sources and weigh it all with/against each other.
Not quite sure what I mean? For example, you might find articles in magazines specifically focused toward guides to interior design and design challenges presented by different spaces. If you are feeling especially motivated, buy magazines that are based solely on interior design issues and markets. If you find articles that you consider to be especially helpful, cut them out and collect them in a folder or paste them into a book that is dedicated exclusively to content related to guides to interior design. This may seem slightly overzealous but in the long run, the more educated on the subject you are, the more likely you are to excel in your undertaking of it. A word of advice: if you are taking your information primarily from magazines, be sure not to use out of date issues for your main content. An article or two is okay and even helpful in guiding you towards long time established or traditional design perspectives. However, keep in mind that interior design is based upon the newest and most popular trends in our society and many times non-traditional trends tend to fade away within five years or so.
There are advantages of television guides to interior design and there are disadvantages as well. The advantages are, of course, that the information provided is likely to be based on recent, popular design trends and most of them are relatively easy to incorporate into any setting. Many guides to interior design based upon information shown on television also offer how-advice and at times even troubleshooting information just in case you hit a rough spot in your application. Beware of the shows that dedicate their designs to work that showcases particular products or collections. These types of designs are often costly in nature and if you improvise it is very possible to create the same type of effect based upon a similar idea-using cheaper supplies.
If all else fails, you can always fall back onto your creative vision. Cut clippings from magazines and advertisements that present a particular design or feeling that you would like to recreate. Once you have established a relatively large collection, go through the clippings and write down the similarities in the designs that help incorporate the particular look you want. By doing this, you can combine the information you have collected and create your own personal space-designed especially for you
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Rosemary Leake is an Independent Consultant with Southern Living at Home. Inspired by Southern Living magazine, our exclusive home décor line brings warmth and style to every room of your home! Visit Rosemary's Interior Design website for more articles and resources - http://www.interiordesignprofits.com. Also get your FREE Mini-Report "A Complete Guide To Interior Design."
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