”Filling Your Room with Furniture”

Need a change and don’t know where to start? Ask yourself certain questions to help you Access your needs and the Function taking place in the space.

For example, if it is your Dining Room-

·         Do you entertain a lot?

·         How much seating do you need?

·         What atmosphere do you want?

o   More casual or formal?

Ask Yourself

·         Do you want all new?

o   So are you starting with an empty room?

·         Are you looking to replace a piece or two filling in an empty or sparse area?

When needing to fill the whole room, you can choose to only buy the essential pieces at the best quality you can afford and acquire other pieces overtime. It gives your room an evolved and layered look. Don’t purchase complete sets. To get a designer look you must Mix it up. Introduce different accent pieces that co-ordinate with your other furniture.

                                                                            What You Need To Consider

·         Traffic Patterns: Points of entry and exit.

o   You want to be able to move comfortably through your room making sure you have enough space between your furniture.

·         Focal Point: Every room should have one

Layout/Floor Plan

·         Draw your room and pieces of furniture to scale.

o   The most frequent mistake made is getting furniture too large or small for the room.

o   Drawing it to scale is a must!

·         Having a floor plan allows you the flexibility of moving the pieces around to see possible or multiple configurations for your room.

The design process is very multi layered. It takes time and effort. A professional Interior Designer can make the process much easier and headache free for you. Stay tuned to see in the next article how We can achieve this for You! Meanwhile check out our website and see all the designs we have done and the products we can offer for you adn e-mail us with any questions!http://www.alwaysunusualdesigns.com/

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Energy Efficient Blinds

The Hunter Douglas Duette Architella Honeycomb Shades will provide your windows with the control of energy which is something that I love about them. The Honeycomb within honeycomb construction features three distinct air pockets that reduce the energy loss at your windows up to 50% which can really help with those energy bills! I have them in my home and was amazed at how much of a difference it made for us!

                The True Pleat construction is another benefit that will keep your shades crisp and consistent from front to back and top and bottom. No swaging or swaying.

I also love the Patented Powerrise with 2.0 technology which you can control with a remote or wall switch. I have put this in my home and love that I just push the remote to raise and lower my shades.

                They also have many other options for their lifting systems. Literise which raises and lowers with the touch of your hand and is great with children and pets no cords. Ultra glide is another child safe operation just click and walk away. Ultraglide is a retractable pull cord that keeps your cord at a constant length whether raised or lowered. Easyrise offers a continuous cord loop and clutch system, which is great top easily raise and lower larger shades. The standard cordlock is the original lifting system with quiet and reliable operation too!