Home Interior Decoration – The process of decorating a home
in order to make it look good becomes easier to use and gels well with the
architecture. Home interior decoration provides a certain "feel" to
the home; it includes applying wallpaper, painting the walls, choosing of
furniture and fittings such as light fixtures, and adding decorations such as
paintings.
Home interior decoration is professionally done by interior
designers/ decorators and also by a few architects. There is a distinctive
difference between home interior decoration and interior design.
Home interior decoration is focused on finishing, such as
wallpaper, window covering, furnishings and paint. Interior design is more
integrated with the architecture, and in addition to home interior decoration
involves cabinet making, room layout etc and host of other design parameters
that go into making a home.
Although the concept of home interior decoration evolved in
Paris and London in the late 18th century, modern home interior decoration
began with Jeanselme in Paris, Lenygon and Morant in London and Ogden Codman
from New York. This concept of home interior decoration has gone through many
trends and discussions. The current trends of this industry is to discover innovative
ways to decorate on a budget mostly shoe string.
The whole objective of home interior decoration is to
functionally improve the home and make it reflect your tastes and personality
at the same time rendering it unique. A big challenge, nevertheless, undertaken
by artistic scientists.
Homeowners spent approximately $175 billion in the year 2003
to improve their homes. About 65% of this can be attributed to home interior
decoration. The new trends indicate most spending on expanding kitchens and livening
up bathrooms with new fittings. Current trends also indicate that emphasis is
being given to creating specialty rooms and areas for individual members of the
family. Growing in popularity are massage suites, spa areas, media space, craft
rooms, wine cellars and home library areas. Even though luxury is a synonym for
space, most small home owners are eagerly using home interior decoration to
create definition areas for each individual.
Colors are also undergoing a new preference towards earthly,
natural and warm brown tones from the vibrant and loud colors of the past. Blue
and gray hues are preferred today over dull reds and dark blues of the past.
Innovative home interior decoration ideas, which cost less
but at the same time giving the impression of an ornate design scheme are in
vogue for new career professionals and newly married couples.
The new trend of Life-styling has given home interior
decoration industry a boost. This has given rise to eclectic decorating styles
which include High Tech and Shabby Chic replacing the good old Victorian or Early American.
Focus has changed to harmony and function compared to
uniqueness and good looking. Rightly so, since uniqueness can never be 100% and
neatness has always been good looking, which can be brought about by good
functionality.
Home interior decoration has changed more drastically over
the past 15 years or so than in its long history. Keeping track of new trends
is almost as essential as for a computer professional keeping track of new
software or hardware.
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