Getting Your Best Home Using an Interior Design Consultant

by Art Gibb, freelance writer on behalf of of JHF Design Studio LLC ( 5-Jun-2012 )

When you are looking to improve the look and feel in your home you can either remodel by moving walls, adding on and doing that sort of thing or you can do it via changing the interior of the home. In fact, if you use a good interior design consultant, you can drastically change the look of your home. It is amazing how much things will change the feel of your home. For example, adding curtains to a home that has had only blinds will make a large difference. Another thing that can make a large difference is in changing the colors of the decorations on the wall. For example, changing out the frames on the wall that may all me mismatched metal frames into matching dark wood frames will make a large difference in the feel of the home.

Changing the feel of your home is only limited to your imagination and that is why a design consultant is so helpful. They often have far greater imaginations on how to change your home into something totally different through some small changes in the decorations and other minor details of the home. If you give them the chance to change floor coverings they can really make a large difference.

Another factor that an interior design consultant can bring to the table is the ability to get rid of or hide clutter and make that clutter a lot more functional. They have no hesitation in suggesting that you have too much in your home to make it feel like a nice home. Isn’t it ironic that we often view those with nice houses as having a lot of money and therefore a lot more stuff. In reality, we often have plenty of stuff even if we are not as well off financially and we try to cram too much into too small a space, causing that cluttered feeling. It is nice to know that you do not have to have so much and that you can also make what you have more functional than ever.  In fact, that is a large key in having less furniture and yet having all that you need. For example, instead of  TV stand in the master bedroom, how about having a chest at the end of the bed that acts as the foot board to the bed, but also stores a TV inside, making it possible to hide the TV when you are not using it. All of these things can make a large difference.

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