A properly designed room can be a dangerous thing. One might never want to leave home if it designed too well and becomes too comfortable and convenient. Here are a few tips to creating/designing the perfect spaces. Go ahead. Live dangerously.
1. Understanding Use of Space. Even before you pull out your favorite architecture/ design magazine or browse on the internet to "get inspiration" you plan to use on your home, bedroom, or any other room, take the time to really analyze your needs. You might end up putting in more than you need, or equally problematic, less, when you merely copy or lift ideas from these. Featured works of design are such because they were successful in delivering the needs of their purposed projects. Focus on your own project. List down the regular activities done in each area to be able to determine how to allocate your spaces and know what furniture will be needed. Keep in mind the things you already have. Take the time to make an inventory of all furniture, equipment, accessories, and other personal effects you already have, or plan to have in your room. Some of the stuff you have, you might even have to get rid of.
2. Knowing Your Limitations (and Strengths!) In a perfect world, we would have unlimited resources. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. Next best thing to do...make a definitive assessment or your resources: area, budget, and even time. Start by preparing your priority list. Identify the "musts" from the "wants". There is nothing more disappointing than designing your dream space, then finding out you cannot afford realizing it in your lifetime. Take advantage of your connections. You might be able to get discounts in procuring some items if your friends or relatives own shops.
3. Put Things In Order. We just love to have things. And people tend to underestimate just how much stuff they accumulate over time. People also forget that their things occupy space. Now that you've been able to assess what you have, keep, or discard, and what you will still have to get from the steps above, you should also be able to determine just how much storage you will need. Use of space can only be maximized if you are able to put things away. To illustrate: any ordinary table can be used for a multitude of functions. To dine on, work on, write on, change diapers on. It can be used as a vanity, TV console, poker table, study desk, and many more. However, any surface that is occupied, ceases to be a surface that can be used for any other purpose while those objects remain on that surface. I now use the term surface, for this principle is applicable to chairs, beds, and floors as well. A rule of thumb to sum things up: All your things should have its own proper place--be it a cabinet, closet, drawer, shelf, hook, or hanger. If you find any of your belongings just hanging around, you know you went wrong somewhere.
4. Make A Plan. No less than Benjamine Franklin has said..."He who fails to plan, plans to fail". Consult with professionals such as architects or interior designers. They are trained in spatial analysis, and will get you the most out of every square inch. Other than a drawn layout, you should also prepare a budgetary plan, and a schedule as well. All three will aid you in completing your project in ease, on time, and within set budgets. Take advantage of the flexibility of this stage. On paper, you can freely explore your options and experiment on ideas. It will be more costly to make adjustments while your project is ongoing, rather than on the drawing board.
5. Stick to the Plan. This is quite obvious, but many times, very difficult to do. You may be influenced by other people's suggestions, or new ideas might come across you while your project is already on its way. Unless they are completely aligned with your current plan, resist all temptation to make any alterations or additions. You'd be in danger of ending up with a frankenstein project.
6. Enjoy! The quintessential last step to every step-by-step endeavour.
1. Understanding Use of Space. Even before you pull out your favorite architecture/ design magazine or browse on the internet to "get inspiration" you plan to use on your home, bedroom, or any other room, take the time to really analyze your needs. You might end up putting in more than you need, or equally problematic, less, when you merely copy or lift ideas from these. Featured works of design are such because they were successful in delivering the needs of their purposed projects. Focus on your own project. List down the regular activities done in each area to be able to determine how to allocate your spaces and know what furniture will be needed. Keep in mind the things you already have. Take the time to make an inventory of all furniture, equipment, accessories, and other personal effects you already have, or plan to have in your room. Some of the stuff you have, you might even have to get rid of.
2. Knowing Your Limitations (and Strengths!) In a perfect world, we would have unlimited resources. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. Next best thing to do...make a definitive assessment or your resources: area, budget, and even time. Start by preparing your priority list. Identify the "musts" from the "wants". There is nothing more disappointing than designing your dream space, then finding out you cannot afford realizing it in your lifetime. Take advantage of your connections. You might be able to get discounts in procuring some items if your friends or relatives own shops.
3. Put Things In Order. We just love to have things. And people tend to underestimate just how much stuff they accumulate over time. People also forget that their things occupy space. Now that you've been able to assess what you have, keep, or discard, and what you will still have to get from the steps above, you should also be able to determine just how much storage you will need. Use of space can only be maximized if you are able to put things away. To illustrate: any ordinary table can be used for a multitude of functions. To dine on, work on, write on, change diapers on. It can be used as a vanity, TV console, poker table, study desk, and many more. However, any surface that is occupied, ceases to be a surface that can be used for any other purpose while those objects remain on that surface. I now use the term surface, for this principle is applicable to chairs, beds, and floors as well. A rule of thumb to sum things up: All your things should have its own proper place--be it a cabinet, closet, drawer, shelf, hook, or hanger. If you find any of your belongings just hanging around, you know you went wrong somewhere.4. Make A Plan. No less than Benjamine Franklin has said..."He who fails to plan, plans to fail". Consult with professionals such as architects or interior designers. They are trained in spatial analysis, and will get you the most out of every square inch. Other than a drawn layout, you should also prepare a budgetary plan, and a schedule as well. All three will aid you in completing your project in ease, on time, and within set budgets. Take advantage of the flexibility of this stage. On paper, you can freely explore your options and experiment on ideas. It will be more costly to make adjustments while your project is ongoing, rather than on the drawing board.6. Enjoy! The quintessential last step to every step-by-step endeavour.
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