How to create a cohesive room in your apartment

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After over a decade working with clients, their most common challenge is cohesion. I understand why it’s challenging to create a cohesive room. Primarily because there are seven interior design elements to consider and bring together. As well as five interior design principles. So here’s how to create a cohesive room.

Tip one to a cohesive room

The first tip to creating a cohesive room is knowing your interior style goal and colour scheme. This has become a mantra for me in my work with clients.

Knowing and understanding your personal interior style preferences is critical to creating a cohesive room.

Knowing your personal interior style is one thing, being able to create it is another. A good starting point is to pick a known style. For example, Scandinavian or French Provincial.

The truth is none of my clients like just one style. That’s why it’s so hard to create a cohesive room. Most people are drawn to interior design elements from a range of interior styles.

For example, they make like the straight lines of Scandinavian style but the geometric patterns of Art Déco style.

That’s why for so many people it’s a challenge to create a cohesive room. That’s why the first tip to create a cohesive room is to choose just one interior style. Rather than trying to mix interior styles.

Tip two to a cohesive room

Choosing a colour scheme is also key in creating a cohesive room. Actually, choosing and applying your preferred colour scheme is probably more accurate.

Generally speaking a good colour scheme starts with three colours. You can add more colours, of course, but three is a good start.

Once you choose your three or more colours you then need to apply in them in balance to the space and each other.

There is a principle in interior design in relation to applying colour. It basically suggests that your colour scheme is broken down into 60%-30%-10%.

So 60% of your room, for example in the living room is one colour, let’s say the walls. Next colour is 30%, for example the sofa and 10% is the third colour, for example the cushions and throw.

What this means is that if your colour scheme is black white and grey. White might be the walls, grey sofa, and black cushions.

This is as simple as I can make it so that you can create a cohesive room. It may not be super interesting or nuanced.

It may not even tell your unique interior design story completely but it’s a start to cohesion. As you get confident you can build on these tips and create a cohesive and more interesting space.

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