Interior Designers Advice for Making a Room Sing!
Matilda Sturley, Tat Alumni & Founder of Legato Studio, asks a handful of designers on how the make their rooms tuneful.
For years, I dreamt of owning my own home, as so many of us do. To put my stamp on four walls I owned, to choose the colours and add character to a space that my landlords didn’t restrict. It’s a daydream many of us share and one that, for some, might one day become a reality.
That day arrived in March this year when my husband and I moved into our first flat. It’s one of those traditional Victorian conversions with a long corridor running from the front door to the little terrace garden at the back. Each room sits to the right-hand side in a linear fashion. Dinky, but all ours.
When we first viewed the flat, I was beyond excited by the chance to transform the space. Having been a lover of interiors for years I was imagining all the possibilities. When we finally moved in, we painted walls, added new carpets and flooring, arranged our furniture and hung our art. Once we placed the last of our books on the newly hung shelves, we took a step back and realised it was technically done, but why did it not feel finished?
There’s such an art to interior design, and the ability to put together a scheme that is cohesive, interesting and handsome will always astound me. It is such a skill to create a particular feeling, whether that be of homeliness, decadence or calmness. The professionals get the job done and done well!
Fortunately for all, there are many interior designers with various suggestions on how to make a room sing. I have asked a handful of interior aficionados who manage to make rooms that holler to let us in on their tips and tricks.
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