You recently opened your interior design business and you are panicking about how to set a selling price for your services? Or maybe you are a homeowner (or future one) and want to estimate how much an interior design service will cost you? It’s alright because every starting endeavor faces some challenges. Don’t open up […]

We’re told not to judge a book by its cover. Look inside and just appreciate the story or knowledge that lies within. This is, after all, where the value of books are really stored. But if you love books for all they have inside of them, you know that they belong in the home. They […]

A sliding glass door offers a gliding design with an operating panel and a stationary panel. The door slides horizontally making sure it takes up less space and still provides a way out/in. These doors come in a variety of designs, but all have the same premise of a horizontal movement pattern. While these doors […]

Your desk—just like every other piece of furniture you choose for your home or office—needs to be functional, sturdy, and comfortable. Ideally, it’s got to look good, too. Functionality: is it easy to reach the items you’ll use on a regular basis? Do you have enough desk space to work effectively? Does the storage make […]

In this article we will discuss some basic interior design principles such as Scale&Proportion, Balance, Rhythm, Emphasis (Focal Point), and Harmony. Over the course of Earth’s history, substantial growth and evolution has occurred in the world of art and design. The true origin of design stems directly from nature. Natural beauty has been observed and […]

A Foyer (or the entryway, originating from the Latin word “focus”) is usually found in large houses and is the first area someone steps in just after entering the house from the front door. In larger houses, a foyer is usually a square or rectangular hallway which leads to the other rooms, the staircase to […]

Getting your house ready before a house warming party is quite exhausting. There are a million things you need to do — shift the furniture into place, get the entire house cleaned, hang the curtains, place the knick-knacks on the shelves, remove every packing box from sight and shift it into the attic or basement, […]

How much is a “contemporary” design different from a “modern” one? And what is actually a “traditional” design for our home rooms? Is it really so important to define a proper terminology, or actually what we want in the end is to create the most appropriate home environment while our need for style is appeased? […]

It’s not a major you can declare when you enroll in college, but the history of leather upholstery is filled with fascinating facts that stretch back in time further than you might have imagined. Archaeologists believe that leather artifacts date back to 40,000 BC during the Earth’s Paleolithic era. What started as leather animal skin […]