Interior Design Trends

September 17th, 2009

When I think of decorating trends of today, a number of things come to mind. I see more and more to stay in their homes, and more investment in the modernization of what they must change their lifestyle at home. Customers replace windows, moldings, baseboards and moldings add to the Cove to ceiling. Remove the carpet and should be suspended or installing flooring wood. Faux painting on the walls are replacing wall coverings, especially in bathrooms.
In the past, most customers were quite the tradition of the Queen Anne cherry wood polished, functional and very contemporary modern, clean, with strong countries, or for collectors: overloaded, cute and charming . Now, I enjoy working with customers want the best of all these styles to mix. Antiques, collectibles and mid-century modern cooperation and the creation of an eclectic look can be appreciated so timeless and less trendy.
Today, the biggest trend is much more than fashion. The amount of green building, environmentally friendly, sustainable design is everywhere as the eye. Television programs, newspapers, magazines, books, conferences and Expo Center are all devoted time, energy and space to the idea: you can make a difference how you live your life and how it is the planet you live. As you become more environmentally conscious, take a look at home, you will see areas that need attention? What will your next renovation project? How do you do when you know it will produce is a waste and the things you no longer need to upgrade? Where will the debris go? And replace the items you select, which exhausted, no longer needed, where they come from? How are they made? What means are used to produce the article? This is the first step to being green. This means: To be informed.
For example: You grew up in your kitchen from 1970 is tired. The material is played, is building a foam or missing finish on cabinets, some drawers do not close properly, the countertops are scratched and stained. The speakers can easily reset before. In other words, they could the extra storage space in basement, garage, craft room. Another possibility is a wood veneer to “add existing boxes” with new doors, drawers and hardware to provide an update after a fraction of the cost of new cabinets. Non-local non-profit organizations, as construction Hope For example, take your unwanted), but the cabinets recoverable (and other building materials. You are, you keep your hand to fill your cabinets out of the country to help nonprofit and obtaining tax cancel, do it!
Content paper, recycled glass or granite chips set in concrete, such as binders, options, popular for countertops. Use low or no VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds, unhealthy) paints and varnishes. Renewable and sustainable flooring: cork, bamboo, or linoleum are still available and price competitive with conventional vinyl options. Replace inefficient appliances with Energy Star appliances, the standards by the Department of Energy U. S. set. “If only one in 10 homes Energy Star compliant equipment is used, the change, such as 1.7 million hectares of planting new trees. WOW!
Remember: Reuse, reduce and recycle
* Ask yourself: “Someone else could do or use? Before throwing
* Buy quality, durable products with long life and equipment
* Look for recycled content and sustainable products: flooring, countertops, fabrics, wallpaper
* Request FSC Forest Stewardship Council wood and paper products, is a non-profit organization that certifies forest products from responsibly managed
* Buy locally. How much fossil fuel is used to obtain a product?
* Consider adaptive reuse – antiques, re-upholstered furniture, repurposed items
* Use more efficient lighting and daylight. Turn off lights when you’re not with them. Used to install compact fluorescent lamps, LEDs (light emitting diodes), drives for incandescent or fluorescent
* Use little or no VOC paints and varnishes
* Turn off and / or unplug appliances and computers when not in use.
* The use of Earth friendly / non-toxic cleaning products
* Bring fresh air into your home or business
* Buy carbon credits to contribute to groups, one to invest in tree planting or renewable energy, a voluntary tax, in order to consume fossil fuels, we
Trends in interior design are now easily integrated into our daily lives. Weather it was the target of an existing piece of furniture or remove to fresh air and natural light in the house. Due to the increasingly environmentally friendly, do your part for energy consumption and reduce your carbon footprint. Reducing global warming, preserve our limited natural resources and saves money by using less energy.