What are the basics in Interior Design?

Some people have a knack to learn interior design, blending what seem to be the perfect colors, furniture, art and patterns together to make a room or an entire home really “pop.” The rest of us might have to work a little harder, but with time and research, you’ll have fun developing a style truly your own based on expert tips. When you know the basic interior design principles you can transform any space to look fabulous. You know what it feels like when you walk into a well designed room. You can sense how everything feels cohesive and put together. It feels just right. You can achieve that effect in your own home with a little knowledge of basic design principles. Pair that knowledge with practice and experimentation and you’re on your way to creating a beautiful home.

There are 3 basic guidelines for successful interior design.
1. A successful room is functional.
2. A successful room expresses a mood.
3. A successful room exhibits a sense of harmony.

Understanding the Use of Colors and Neutrals
This is one of the key basics of interior design, but it doesn’t need to be complicated. Any good art store will have a color wheel you can twist and turn to see examples of:
* Primary colors.
* Secondary or complementary colors.
* Tertiary colors.

The color wheel explains how to balance the use of color for what is known as a harmonious effect.
Neutrals are forms of white, black, gray and beige. Neutrals are predominately used as the foundation of a room’s scheme, but can also be the primary decoration, then accented with color.
Stores with a wall of paint swatches also have samples and guidebooks of how to blend colors and neutrals, as well as instruction cards that feature set color palettes that simplify color and neutral matching. Use these examples as shown or as inspiration for your own creations. While many believe there is meaning associated with color, what matters most is how the color makes you feel, how it reflects your personality and what mood you want for the room.

Proportion and Scale
Proportion is the ratio between the size of one part to another, and scale is how the size of one object relates to another or to the space in which it is placed. For instance, a large overstuffed sectional in a small room will be out of scale.
Some proportional relationships are more pleasing than others. The ancient Greeks came up with the Golden Section, which sought to reduce all proportion to a simple formula: The ratio of the smaller section to the larger section should be the same as that of the larger section to the whole. This proportion is present in nature, and artists and architects have used it as well.

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