The Complete Guide to Interior Design for Beginners and How to Get Started with Interior Decorating

Introduction - 5 Things You Need to Consider Before Starting an Interior Decoration Project

interior design could be a difficult topic for everyone, you must put effort to it if you want to design your home like a castle. To make their dream homes come true, many people will seek professional interior design to work for them. However, what should we pay attention to before starting an interior decoration project? Let’s check out the 5 things you must tell your interior designer before home decorating!

1. How many people are living at your home?
2. The usage of spaces is critical in interior design, you must tell your designer how many family members do you have, so as their genders and ages because your designer would need to separate different areas for various purpose. A typical example would be: imagine that you have 2 children who are 1 boy and 1 girl, while having 2 old parents. You should separate two bedrooms for each kid as they may want style on a totally different way. Meanwhile, you may leave a master room with toilet for your parents as they may have special needs.
3. Do you feed a pet?Apart from thinking about to leave an area for your pet, you should consider about the furniture. Most of the family in Hong Kong like to feed cats and dogs at home and they may easily cause scratches on your sofa and other furnitures. (Source: Grande interior design hong kong)
4. How is your dream house?
5. There are numerous styles in terms of interior design and every designer has his/her own style and preference. You should always remind your design what is your requirements and tell him/her more details about it. For example, if you want your house with more natural lights, you should choose more glass texture in materials.
6. What is your religion?
7. In Hong Kong, over 40% of citizen believe in Buddhism. You should discuss with your interior designer about your religion preference. For example, if you believe in Fengshui, you may want to plant some plants at home and put mirrors (or other stuffs) at a specific direction.
8. How much did you plan?
9. Hiring an interior designer could be very expensive (it can be over 300K HKD), your should tell your designer about your budget so he/she can adjust his proposal in terms of material choices, decoration, furnitures, etc.

3 Easy Home Design Trends To Try In 2022

Now that you should have figured out the 5 significant checkpoints before deciding your home design, let’s explore the latest home design trends in 2022.

1. Green… and more Green!

As the color of the year, green has been taking a leading status in 2022. Because of the covid-19 pandemic, many people in Hong Kong could only stay at home and quarantine. Green is the most popular color in the mother nature and many people love green because it makes us feel relax and we want to bring back our out-door activities!

2. No Straight lines but curves please!

Straight lines can generate a sense of tidiness, but many people would love curves more for most of the time. Because curves can make us feel comfortable and release our stress. Curves and rounded forms inherently feel softer and more calming than sharp angles and straight lines.

3. Warm color

As same as using curve lines, warm color can make essential impact on comforting emotion. Warm colors like orange, pink are also popular in 2022 because there is research pointed out that warm color can also help to show the personality of the host. It can make visitors feel more comfortable.

Conclusion - What You Need To Know About Interior Design

Many people have mixed up interior design and interior decorating because they are similar, but in fact, interior design could be much more difficult but you will see a larger different if you apply an interior design but not just re-decoration. Before chatting with your designer, you should understand your expectations: how to create functional spaces, structure, lighting, color codes and regulatory requirements to enhance the quality of life and experience of the user.