It’s very interesting to see the competing philosophies and justifications many interior designers, and of course interior design blogs, use in order to express why they’ve chosen a certain pattern, texture or placement over others.
Of course, you can pretty much justify anything in an academic way as long as it looks good. But it’s also important to see that sometimes, many interior designers focus on universal principles that seem to unearth a real truth about how to present a space in home in the best possible light.
So for example, many will use terms like ‘open, air, and spacious’ in order to showcase a room with minimal decoration or large perceptual space. But one they also use quite often is ‘inviting,’ which can seem like a simple description you could apply to anything. However, it crops up so much, we sometimes wonder exactly what that means. Inviting, of course, means that the room speak to you and welcomes you in, as if occupying that space is where you’re supposed to be.
In this post, we’ll discuss how to best achieve a status like that:
Lighting
Inviting rooms need to be well-lit, and not overly so, because the latter option will often look clinical and overly exposed. Excellent lighting isn’t just about the warm lampshades you use and making sure the light levels are just right, even though it does help a great deal.
It’s also about which blinds you choose from lifestyleblinds.com to ensure the correct light exposure and privacy, as well as how you organize furniture and mirrors around the space to make use of these installations. If you can ensure the lighting is present but doesn’t seem to intrude on the space; and make sure natural lighting is used correctly to illuminate the space in its rawest form, then you’re sure that room will seem inviting in your home.
Utilized Space
It’s good to discuss the utilized space in any conversation about an inviting room, because you can decorate a room to the hilt, but if there are no comfortable seating areas, useful surfaces, or even navigable space, then it can feel somewhat artificial, contained, and limited. Consider the purpose – even something as simple as bedside tables integrated well at the bedside can elevate a bedroom from simple to a space to relax in.
Ambience
Ambience can make a profound difference to the wellbeing and comfort of an environment. Scents, fragrances, or simple odour-busters (like anti-odour solutions sprayed at intervals from your power socket), reward anyone coming into the room with an inviting, subtle scent that won’t overpower. Good sight lines to the focus of a room, like a warm fireplace, can be worthwhile. You may also install music players, or even household-wide smart speakers, to allow comforting music backgrounds like morning jazz or calming classical to add a real sense of presence. In other words, if you could enjoy hours reading a book within a space, then you could probably say that it’s inspiring.
With this advice, we hope you can achieve the ideal of an inviting home space.
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