Covid has taught us many things, one of which is embracing our homes. Creating a cozy and beautiful space has become one of the top priorities now. But with so many design styles out there, it’s often confusing to know what we like and how to choose our own version of it.
The baby step in knowing your style is to first know your personality. Do you like monochromes or more of a colourful vibe? Do you like more organic materials such as linen, jute, and ceramics or more non-earthy materials such as glass, metals etc? Here are some of the ways to understand your interior style.
1. Understand your Material preference
If you are more of a nature person, you might like decorating your space with inspiration from it. Earthy materials such as ceramics, hand-woven decorative, rattans, and bamboo are some examples of Organic interiors.
If you like more contemporary decors with a choice of materials such as steel, iron, glass, metals and plastics then your interior design style is more towards the Modern designs. You might prefer an urban vibe around your space as opposed to countryside living.
If your preference is a combination of both, then you can definitely mix and match the above styles and create an Organic Modern space. This website’s Interior design style falls under this category.
2. Know your Aesthetic
Depending on the choices you made above, the next step is to create a theme, also known as a mood-board. A mood-board typically should have a base colour, an accent colour and some transitional colours. Understanding the colour aesthetic will help you plan your interior design style accordingly.
If you like more colours around your living space, then you need to decide on one or two prime colours and then add some complementary colours to the theme. For example, if your prime colour is teal blue, then you could add colours such as light green, peach, and yellow as complementing colours to your mood-board. Here is an example of such a mood-board.
If you like more of a monochromatic look, then you can opt for neutral tones such as Off-white, black, grey, dark brown, white etc. There are endless combinations you can create using these colours and also add some splash of colours for a more transitional look.
3. The Place you live in
Your choice of interior also depends on the weather and the place you live. For example, in beach places like Miami, you might see some inspiration from the ocean colours. Whereas, colder places have more of a nude mood board. Of course, there is no hard and fast rule. Your home is your comfort space and should be designed as per your choice.
There are a ton of interior design styles out there, but here we have listed down our top picks to make your life easier. We will be talking more about each of these design styles in our next blog. This might help you in choosing a name for your interior design style.
- Mid-Century Modern
- Contemporary
- Modern farmhouse
- Minimalism
- Bohemian
- Industrial
- Traditional
- Transitional
- Scandinavian
- Regency