Using Black In Interior Designing

When it comes to black-based interior design, there are two sets of people with two different mindsets. The first group stay away from black, fearing the dark effect that it brings along with it. They also have a feeling that black is an inauspicious colour for the home. However the latter group considers this a misconception and go bravely for black.

Black has been a misunderstood colour for decades, but gradually people’s outlook towards it is changing. When used in the right harmony with other colours, black can really bring about a pleasing appeal for your interiors. It is a bold color which conveys a sense of drama and makes the small details stand out. For instance, if you keep a painting or some artefacts on a black wall, then it will look striking from all angles. Black complements almost all colours and gives your home a sophisticated edge. Black colour holds a prominent place in the personal favourites of many interior designers these days.

 Black is a versatile colour that can be used in any room in any style. Give an instant lift for the rooms with black furniture; it will also do wonders for rooms with bright colored walls. Why don’t you experiment with black color for your ceilings or concrete floors? Rather than painting the entire room black, use small spaces for selective impact. By doing so, you can draw attention to the focal area of the space allowing the rest of the decor to stand out.  If you use black flooring in an all white bedroom, it creates a stunning contrast.

Consider painting your walls in black stripes. You can do it cheaply and the best part is that it will look just like a wallpaper. While choosing accessories for home, you can incorporate black into it by getting hold of some pretty vases, clocks and picture frames. Drapes and accessories in black elevate your space. Accentuate the kitchen countertops with black; add a punch of vibrant colors on the side and make your kitchen look outstanding.

 Last but not the least, beautify your exterior home elements with black. For instance, use a high gloss black paint at your front door and accentuate it with brass or nickel hardware.





There are certain rules for decorating with black. When you use black and white, make sure to use the right mix of patterns with solid black and solid white for a good visual appeal. Add a touch of excitement for your rooms by mixing it with colours like bold pink, orange, baby blue, green, gold and silver.

Decorate Your Home On A Budget This Christmas!

There are just a few more days till Christmas, and no doubt the right way to kickstart the festive spirit is by decorating your home. It’s not always necessary to empty your pockets to decorate your home, especially with the many DIY options that you can try out. It not only helps you to save money but also adds a personal  touch and well-tailored look for your interiors.

Lining Up Christmas Cards

You can collect all your old Christmas cards and line them up like a streamer on the walls or even above the door steps. You can even use them on your Christmas tree but make sure that it doesn’t look overcrowded.

Salt Dough Decorations

If you have some moulds at your home, you can make some dough decorations out of them. All you need to do is to mix some dough and salt and roll it flat. Cut out your preferred shapes and don’t forget to make a small hole on top of every shape. You can bake these shapes in a microwave oven for a few minutes and when they are hardened, you can decorate your Christmas tree with them.

Handmade Stickers

If you have a printer at home, you can take printouts of Christmas trees, reindeer or Santa Claus. By using a two-sided sticking tape, you can convert the cutouts into a sticker.

Decorating With Pinecones

Collect some pinecones from your neighborhood and make a mixture of glue, gum and glitter, and paint the cones with it. You can use the small pine cones for decorating the Christmas tree. The big ones can be kept inside a glass bowl. It is a wonderful DIY idea not only for Christmas but it’s a good home decor idea as well.

Handmade Wreaths

Instead of spending money on a Christmas wreath, you can make it yourself. Take a ringed object, like the rings you use in a game of ring toss, and stick some colorful decorative items on it. Apart from that, you can even make a Christmas wreath by sticking some green tinsels to the ring. Use your creativity to make it unique.

It’s good not to get stuck with traditional colors like red, green, white. Instead of that, you can experiment with more funky colors. Make sure to involve your kids also in decorating your home, and give them an opportunity to exhibit their skills. There is also a joy of togetherness when the whole family works together.


Christmas Tip: Use the money which you save on decorations for a worthy cause. Do something meaningful this year for Christmas; take your kids to an old age home or an orphanage and give them your savings. Let them realize that the real joy of Christmas is the joy of giving.

Lighting in Interior Design

Perhaps one of the most overlooked area in interior design by amatures is lighting. The reasons for this is unknown however, considering the magnitude of the effect it brings to the room, it is definitely something that could make or break the design's success. The implications of this factor is vast in the areaof interior design, let's take a moment to analyse the effect and features this element adds to a room.

1. Space (Illusion of course)

So you're stuck with a room you think is not big enough, and you cramming stuff into it doesn't help the cause. Well don't worry, a well lit room can take care of the problem. A space can appear bigger...much bigger if you follow a bright lighting pattern. Try throwing in a mirror as well into the mix, which would help to reflect the light. Stay clear of dark colours in a small room, it only helps to confine the space further.

2. To see stuff (Obviously)

Depending on functionality try to analyse the purpose of a room, is it designed to do something serious, for relaxation, or just for show. The quality and quantity of light used for each of these purposes are different. You definitely need decent bright lighting in your study or wherever it is that you do your reading, or work. For places like bedrooms and halls you would want to have both bright and dim lights, consider using a dimmer in these cases, just to set the mood. To show off your show pieces us e dim lighting techniques, a bit cliched but it works.

3. To set a focal point.

 Lighting can be very important to set a focal point in a room, just consider the purpose of a spotlight. A focal point is a single point of focus which would stand out in a room. Correct lighting condition can help to emphasize the focal point in a room. Bright light would not be reccomended for such a purpose since it would tend to drown all the beautiful shades and highlights that a less intense light would provide.

4. To beautify.

 Without the play of light a 3-d object would appear bland and uninteresting. This is especially applicable to photography and interior design. The perfect lighting in a room would serve whatever purpose its supposed to serve and also imparts beauty to a room. Lighting can be used to emphasize, de-emphasize, brighten, darken, highlight and shade particular areas or objects in a room. This can be done by using three types of lights

. Ambient - The general light or the ambient light in a room.
. Task     - Task or work light is used to illuminate small areas where      intense lighting is neede.
. Accent  - Accent light is used to illuminate objects or areas you wish                                                            to highlight.

 

5. Decoration.

  Light by itself is a decoration in many sense, since it beautifies a room and adds and element of interest, but when you add a decorative element to the light it becomes even more attractive. The chandeliers and those neat lamp shades could so a long way in creating a beautiful design and ensure a flow in the theme of the design. 

Decorate Your Bedroom

A bedroom is a very important place where people relax after the long day activities. This is where people spend most of their time and therefore it is very important to have a good bedroom design that will make you feel comfortable and relaxed. Today, we will talk about the decor tips to design your desired bedroom.

Pile on the Pillows

Pile on the pillows, and don’t shy away from mixing patterns. Mixing patterns is easy, but making it look good can be a challenge. Combine large prints with small ones, florals with geometrics. Your bedroom will look as beautiful as you desired.

DIY Artwork

Hanging a graphic thick bed covering made of patches is an easy solution to the “big blank wall” issue. Complementary bed linens pull the decor together. This should help you make them look even more beautiful than just putting plain bedsheets.

Put Pattern to Work

A printed bedspread, This botanical design, does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to decor. These bed linens can be even hand designed or can be bought ready made. The design is very much calm and soothing which helps your bedroom even more beautiful.

Reveal a Personal Side

Your bedroom should express your personality (not just design principles), so feel free to go a little off-center, as with the art here. Design is something that speak for you and if it doesn't then its not the right thing for your room. Reveal yourself with your room so as to imprint your personality on your room.

Decorate With Consistency

Note that the color and fanciful curves of the headboard are repeated by the wall decoration. Everything in your room is about colors and curves, when things put in the right path will deliver the desired results. So be careful that the headboard goes with the wall decoration.

Make Your Bedroom Comfy

Top your bed with covers made for snuggling, like a down comforter. For total indulgence, choose ultra-soft eiderdown. At last your bed is where you will spend most of your time in your room, so that has to be more comfotable than anything else. So put more stress on overall comfort level.

So these were a few bedroom decor tips from Carion Bilta. We focus on delivering great value to our readers as well as our clients. We are committed to present Clients with responsible and accurate services, which keeps their interests at all phases of a Design and project. A copy of the Project Management Manual can be made available on specific request. 

How To Choose An Interior Designer

With so many skilled and companies out in the field, its quite a hectic task choosing which designer to trust. We will be discussing about a list of tips to help lessen your headache.

1. Do your HOMEWORK

The first thing you should do before anything else is to research. You can refer potential designer's websites or you can ask some of your friends whose rooms have been done admirably or inquire at spaces that are done in your taste. 

The research is as important as other things as this will help you in choosing the right designer, and in case if you fail to choose the right designer, other things go in vain.

 


2. Portfolio

One thing that is important to look out for in a designer is if their portfolio is up to date and commendable. Projects that they have featured show the benchmark set by them in the field of designing. You can also refer their experience in this field and the most important part is the user reviews. 

User reviews will clear half of your doubts regarding the interior designer which you are going to opt for. And if still you have doubts regarding the designer then you can run a demo sample test, so as to know how the designer performs on the sample test. Of course you will have to pay for it.

 
 

3. Style

Speaking of style, another important aspect you must look at when deciding between designers is if they have a unique identity or signature. While interior designers should be flexible working with a wide array of styles, most normally have a signature style. Once you have pegged down your desired theme for your home deciding on a designer who matches your style will be much easier. The designer has to be well versed with all concepts and should have thorough knowledge about designs from all times.

4. Lifestyle

It is good that a interior designer understands your dreams and is willing to work according the way you want but a good interior designer doesn't promise miracle results. The best designers aim to fit the style of the room to your dream and personality, not their own. Beware of the designers who talk about unique designs but deliver only previously used theme designs. Choosing a designer is a tough task and takes time but its worth it as afterall its all about your home which means a lot to you.

5. Meeting your designer

When you meet your interior designer, the first few cards you will have to play at the table is, of course, the budget card. Let the designer know your budget and what you expect. While a good professional will bring his or her ideas to the table, she should be willing to work to make your vision a reality. If you feel that the designer you met will not yield the same output as you expect from him then go for the second one. Its your home so you are the King.

6.Describe your vision

Already you must have sourced images from internet, books and magazines about how your home should look. Work on the color combination, design and patterns that you would like to see in your home. 

Also make sure of things which you totally don't want in your home. As even if the designer works exactly according to your directions there are chances that one thing or color you hate the most which can ruin your mood instantly.



7. Be Flexible

If your designer tells you no, you have got to listen. If they say no, it can only be for a good reason. Their advice is same to a doctor's for they alone know what might be right for you. Your designer is ultimately delivering the right and expected look to your home. Product availibility, Contractor scheduling and custom work are just a few aspects that can cause unavoidable delays in your project so be accommodating.


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Importance Of Interior Designing

Interior designing has come out to be the most vital thing for a home these days. As you see the upcoming of the new technologies have made everyone's life so busy that they spend very little time at home and with family. In old times addiction used to be characterized by the use of drugs and alcohol but the technology has redefined the term "Addiction". 

Now addiction means internet, SocialMedia especially, smartphone, games and many other stuffs which actually are becoming despicable day by day due to its overuse. Meanwhile what do they lose ? Can they even recollect from their memory that which color is their living room painted with ? Actually NO. People those who are close with art and designs will surely understand that. Designing home which looks one of a kind is not a child's play but at the same time its FUN. Hardly they have the time for all this and its totally understandable.

The only solution to this problem is authorize a Interior designing firm, but these days finding one such effective and efficient company is such a frantic task as there are a lot of Interior designers in the market. Another big time problem is that how to chose the right one. Selection can be on the basis of the quality of materials, designs used or the how well they understand what you think or the amount they charge or the hospitality, it can be anything or everything. Once you are done with the selection then the next step is to monitor their work as once the selection is done you might think that they have understood everything but you never know what when goes wrong. Approaching, analysing and selecting one such quality designer is a hell of a task.

One such emerging firm is Carion Bilta. Carion Bilta was established in 2009 as a professional Architects and engineering consultancy organization to provide Engineering and Project Management Services. Currently they are rendering Total Construction Engineering, Interior Designing & Project Management services to many projects in India and abroad. They have a very Innovative architectural Designs and they Make Construction Projects Stress Free. They are the Most sought architectural firm one in the era of 21st century To be the most sought after Project Management Consultants for the Global Construction Industry To be the organization of choice for Engineering & Management professionals. They are committed to present Clients with responsible and accurate services, which keeps their interests at all phases of a Design and project.

Need For Interior Designing At Present

We have evolved from an era in which design meant pictures on papers, rocks and walls to an era which has a lot to offer like digital painting, spray painting and many other things which the technology has a great impact on. Perhaps in olden times there were no interior designers or fashion designers, people used to decorate their homes by themselves. Life was not as challenging as it is today. As the population has increased over these years competition is also increasing at a steady pace. Therefore people only manage to earn to build their home, buy car and other things which give them happiness. So is there a need for interior designing for a beautifully built home ? 

Yes. Interior designing includes all mantras which can bring positivity around you. It enables all the elements in your house to talk to you as they are placed exactly where they should be  to bring that contentment from your inside. Waking up looking at your beautifully designed master bedroom brings the positive energy in you which furthur helps you to stay fresh all the day. Interior designing has lot to offer. Colour balancing is one of the main and most interesting and integral part of interior designing where colours are chosen depending upon the different moods of the people. Apparently everyone has a favorite colour so if you have your walls painted in your favorite colour then they tend to be more happier.

Feng shui which also falls under this category and has influenced millions of people all over the world in following this practice. It is an art of using laws of both Heaven and Earth to help one improve life by receiving positive energy. Fengshui means "wind-water" in English. It reveals how to perfectly balance the energies to assure good health and fortune for those inhabiting it. 

There are a lot of emerging creative and talented designers. Choosing the right ones is up to you depending upon which one provides the best tailored designing and decorations. Carion Bilta is one of them and delivers excellent interior designs which are in perfect harmony with the external environment. They give more importance to excellent lighting and ventilation facilities. They blend traditional styles with modern facilities in the right amount and this give admirable indoors for your architectural projects.