If you are looking at interior design and decoration as a career or hobby, you must make yourself familiar with the basic elements of interior design. There are six basic elements used in interior design and
decoration. You must use all the six elements while decorating a home or room to get a well designed and functional unit.
Here are the basic elements of Interior Design and Decoration:
1) Balance - Balance is of two types - symmetrical and asymmetrical. A symmetrical layout has balance in design while an asymmetrical layout has disparity. Symmetrical layouts are used in formal room decorations whereas asymmetrical ones are used for experimental and funky layouts.
Balance also refers to weight of different objects used in the room. It could be the actual weight and size of the furniture (furniture units, entertainment centers) or it could refer to visual weight (patterns, colors, textures and so on). While designing, make sure that the weight (actual as well as visual) is distributed equally in all parts of the room and no part appears uninviting due to excess weight.
2) Color - Humans can see millions of colors. To make color selection easy, look at your favorite piece of art, rug or upholstered fabric. Then choose colors around that item based on “60-30-10″ rule. If your favorite rug contains blue, yellow and cream, you may go for yellow walls (60%), blue sofa (30%) and cream cushions (10%).
3) Focal Point - A focal point is the center of interest in the room, the area of the room where our eyes are naturally drawn when we enter the room. You must have a focal point in all rooms. Usually fireplaces, large bay windows make for excellent focal points but if your room doesn’t have these elements then you can create a focal point by hanging your art creatively or placing accessories on a bookshelf strategically. Once you have decided a focal point, arrange other elements of the room around the focal point.
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