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You don’t just trust your car with anyone. You have spent time finding the right mechanic to work with; it’s a build-up of trust. It is the same with designing your home interior, finding the right designer has to have the same scrutiny as finding a right doctor or mechanic. The right designer has experience and is dedicated to their career, a natural love to bring inspiring taste into any home that they are commissioned for.

Award winning designers have spent countless hours honing their craft, like a master chef has spent years over the oven. They take great pride in bringing out the best of any home. The awards only testify toward their experience, skills and passion for interior decorating. You will not find the same professionalism from someone in a lower class. The best home interior designers are open to ideas and communicate with their clients on a regular basis, they are willing to change design plans without getting frustrated at the requests.

These traits have to be polished and earned with experience and they include design sense, communication, honesty, listening skills and flexibility, with these traits in mind and other factors. You should find a great designer that can make your little castle into something fantastic that you’ll love for years. You should hire the best from the traits and other personal factors, and then they will only provide the best and provide exceptional service. They will only offer solid advice on any type of furnishings you have in the home and will decorate it to your liking. They do not make ordinary errors as common in less experienced designers. They are professional to take responsibility for any problems that they come across, providing it is their fault.

1. Use colour cleverly

Pale, cool colours are receding, and will make the room appear bigger, whereas stronger, warm shades advance to create a cosy atmosphere. In a long, narrow bedroom, painting the shorter walls in a deeper colour than the longer ones will help to widen it. In a dark room, choose reflective wallpapers.

2. Choose soothing shades for a good night’s sleep

Soft blues and greens are calming and tranquil, so conducive to a good night’s sleep. But the more pastel these colours are, the colder they can look in a north-facing room, so go for pinks and lilacs for an injection of warmth, instead.

3. Pick dramatic tones for a contemporary look

Don’t be afraid of stronger, deeper tones, such as sage and aubergine, deep turquoise or chocolate brown – either all over or on a single wall as an accent – which look smart teamed with fresh white bedlinen.

4. Neutral shades are easy to add to

Neutral, natural shades work well too, though creams are far more relaxing than wall to wall white, which can appear stark and clinical, and you can always add extra colour with bedlinen, throws and other accessories.

5. Test your colour choices

As your scheme needs to look good day and night, test out the colours first by painting them on to sheets of paper which can be moved round the room, so you can see how changes in light affect them.

6. Introduce pattern

Chosen carefully, pattern will lift a room and bring it to life, but get it wrong and it will look fussy and confusing. To avoid this, stick to the same key shades throughout, and balance patterned areas with expanses of single colours.  Read more...

Some of the most important points to remember while selecting the site for a green development would be: Sites that encourage walking instead of driving. Sites in older areas which already have utilities and roads and one can take advantage of existing infrastructure. Usually older neighborhoods are also closer to job centers, schools, public transit, and shopping. So, less time and fuel are required to get around. Such sites also offer convenience and a good quality of life. Sites that are small as smaller lots increase density and thereby optimise the use of roads and services. Another important criterion for a green development would be to select a site that has good solar exposure as this will enable designers to consider generation of on-site solar power for various energy needs of the development. It is avoidable to select sites which are a natural habitat of any wildlife.

During the construction phase one can preserve the integrity of the site by carrying a low-impact development that maintains the land’s hydrologic functions and reduces stormwater runoff. The other consideration would be to preserve trees existing on the site during the construction phase.

iDream is a International Class Architectural & Interior Design Firm offering its services in India and across the Asia Pacific region through an alliance. Set up in the year 2003, iDream brings together a resource pool of senior industry professionals with over two decades of experience in handling major projects in formats like ‘Design Consultancy’, ‘Project Management Consultancy’ and ‘Design & Build’, across the globe. Positioned on international standards, the firm’s service deliverables are designed to suit international client requirements and at the same time, aligned to meet their expectations. With an enviable track record of successful projects, iDream today has some of the leading multinationals as its esteemed clients. One of the fastest growing and sharpest architectural firms in this part of the globe, iDream has in a short span of time, since inception, secured more than 100 projects, expanded operations across 4 cities and executed projects in most major cities in India.

In order to make your house a home, decorate it to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for yourself and for your guests. Wall decors are one of the best ways to liven up your home. They are the first part of a house that comes to anyone’s sight. It marks a statement on guests about your taste of living stature and personality. Let’s discuss a few ideas to liven up your home by means of wall décor. Go for a textured wall, it’s the easiest way to wall decorations. Wall papers are available in wide varieties. They are easy to paste and results are achieved in short time. They can be changed easily to get a new look every few years.

Wall painting is another form, and painting a wall with art prints can add colors and patterns to a plain wall. You can choose any bright color for the background with a striped, vertical or horizontal, floral or modern art design to go with it. But select colors carefully because a wrong color combo will change the whole look. Painting walls breaks the monotony of a plain wall. Cladding the wall with fabric, metal or wood can also work wonders. Displaying wall accessories is most common way of wall decors. Our homes are full of artifact which can be displayed on the wall to make any room attractive and welcoming. For more modern looks stones, small pebbles or tile walls are just right. These wall decors are just perfect for walls that are exposed to more wear and tear. If you like traditional and conventional look then a hand made wall hanging with glass and embroidery or handmade dolls or artifacts specific to any region or any handicraft can give you the desired result. A canvas printed picture can give a more contemporary look. They are very unique wall décor items. Displaying personal pictures in different kinds of frames and paintings of your favorite personality will fill up plain looking walls. Never clutter the wall with just plain photographs; instead a collage with a nice photo frame can be a better option. A wall clock is also a very good option for a room designed with contemporary style. For traditional look, a carved wooden clock with a ding-dong bell can really enhance the look. A new favorite style of room décor is to write down your favorite quotes or a poem on the wall with a stylish calligraphy. Reading these quotes will always inspire you or make you happy as may be the gist of the lettering.