New Year, New Interior

The December holidays are nearly over.  As you have been gathering with friends and family in your living room, smiling and enjoying all the festivities, you have also remembered all the years you spent in similar fashion gathered in this very spot “making the yuletide gay”.  Then you realize it – your interiors have looked the same for the last ten years!

You don’t need a New Year’s resolution.  You need a new interior!

But starting over and creating a new interior can seem daunting, even if you have all of 2017 to get it completed.  Here are some tips to consider when planning a new space.

Go against type

Your last 4 living rooms have all been traditional in style. In fact, your style has become super predictable because when decorating in the past you have used the same design and swapped out similar types of fabric to achieve that “new” look.  There’s nothing wrong with a traditional living room (and in fact, we’re quite fond of them), however, why not go glam or contemporary this time?  Wow your guests with a look they weren’t expecting in your home.  Here are a few contemporary and glam looks we love to get you inspired.

Use a variety of complimentary fabrics

Just because the new year calls for “out with the old, in with the new,” does not mean you have to toss everything old away.  Consider integrating your grandmother’s heirloom fabric into your redesign, perhaps by way of accent pillow or wall tapestry.  Or complimentary home interior items, to compliment your fabrics and underscore your theme.  We like these home interior accessories in this perfectly designed room by Kravet for example.

Texture is your friend

When your friends and family visit your living room this time next year, you want them to fall in love fabrics they can both see and feel. How will that fine leather couch feel under your fingertips juxtaposed against the velvet accent pillows for example?  Touch and feel your potential solutions when designing the room.

Our cadre of featured designers offers many tantalizing textures to choose from.  Consider this brushed suede and faux fur from KRAVET.

Don’t forget to embellish

In interior design, the details are everything.  Don’t just stop at the fabrics you have carefully chosen for your reupholstery projects.  Think beyond the surface to top treatments like fabric valances, fabric and wood cornices, swags, jabots, and cascades.  Tassels and fringes can perfect the look on the right pillows, for example.

You’re not alone – we can help, and we can customize it.

Our team of expert designers can walk you through the process of planning each detail of your new room. Take pictures of your old space so that when you visit our showroom you will arm us with the background information needed for your makeover.  Our store offers thousands of fabric choices at your disposal and for your perusal.  Our process is to work with customers to create a design solution to solve their most challenging interior design problems.  Our design experts will even come to your home to see the space you are looking to transform and create strategic solutions to lead you down the road of design success.  So visit our showroom or schedule your design appointment today!