Soft Furnishings: Interior Design Ideas for your Home

What are Soft Furnishings?

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Soft furnishings may be defined as those components of your house that beautify the interiors and provide a pleasant atmosphere in the house. So anything that is made up of soft material could constitute the term Soft Furnishing, this may include mattresses, curtains, pillows, covers, sofas, bed sheets, duvets and much more. All these together create an ambience that makes the living more comfortable and easy.

In the modern era, soft furnishings play a crucial role in interior decoration. This term originated with the increasing use of the soft material in the living and drawing rooms that is particularly used to add beauty to the room and along with that also to add comfort to the normal life. The word Soft in the term Soft Furnishings refers to the softness that is available in all these items, since it takes into consideration the cushion, foam, cloth and other soft material that is particularly used to design and make these items, so this term originated as soft furnishing that provides an incredible mixture of comfort and beauty to your living style at home or in the offices.

Advantages of Soft Furnishings

Imagine that you are coming from your office, you reach your home totally exhausted, what would you expect.

Certainly, if you get a place where you can sit down and relax on soft chair or sofa with ample of cushion and softness on it, you will enjoy it and will feel relaxed. Just imagine if this relaxation comes with a soothing view of different colours and an incredible artistic work done on all the soft furnishings in the room. With such a view and relaxation you will certainly forget the tiredness. This is what Soft Furnishing is meant for.

The following could be considered as the advantages of the same:

It adds beauty to your ordinary looking furniture and upgrades it as per the fashion of your choice.

It makes your relaxing even more comfortable with the soft things taking care of your body.

Soft Furnishing gives you a total makeover of your bedroom or guest room and that too in a very economical way. You can even craft some soft furnishings yourself and show your artistic skills to friends and family.

With a lot many options available in the choices regarding the colours and the designs, you can practically come up with any kind of customized solution for your rooms.

It acts as the best solution to add the required contrast and colour combination in your rooms, so that it looks great and soothing as far as appearance is considered.

Soft Furnishing not only enhances the quality of your rooms and furniture but it also adds value to them and make your living an experience that you will love to have with you, these items add to the quality of lifestyle by providing an ambience that will make your house a home to live in.

12 Steps to Design A Perfect Room

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1.  Find your style.

Before I figured out what was really “us” in the home, I felt completely lost about how to decorate an empty rooms. There were too many great ideas out there and a million possible different directions. There was a big process involved to sort through your identity crisis, but once you figured out “your style”, everything fell into place.

You can learn more about the whole process by finding your own style. Sometimes all it takes is a peek in your closet. Use 2-3 adjectives to describe how you want your home/client to feel- peaceful, cozy, vibrant, lively, warm, moody, airy, formal, casual, beachy, glam? Whatever they are, write them down and stick to them.

2. Decide on the room’s functional needs I. E the functionality of the room

Ask yourself  what the room is currently lacking that would make it function better for the family. What are some storage solutions you could find? If you have very limited space, what are some pieces of furniture that could serve a dual purpose? How do you use the space day-to-day and what are some changes to the room that could make your routine easier?

3. Keep in mind who will use the space.

We always prefer soft textiles, easy-to-clean pieces, distressed tables that can take a beating. As pretty as “unplugged” living rooms are  a movie-loving space so I know any room with a couch ultimately will need a TV. And we are all hot-natured and live in a hot climate, so ceiling fans are a must.

"The way you will design for an old man/woman is different from the way you will design for children likewise adult too"

4.  Create an inspiration board.

Any time you want to design a room for a Client always give them “homework” to pin some of their favorite ideas on Pinterest or any other design inspiration site. Keep Interior Design inspiration ideas for every room you want to work on; whenever you feel uninspire.

5. Take measurements and plan a layout.

Always eyeball everything in a room and always end up in a pickle and make your jottings about what needs replacement and what is not suppose to be there; and most importantly what your client want.

If you can sketch out a general layout plan on paper goes a long way so you are not stuck with lots of furniture crammed into a tight space or take picture of the space(if you don't know how to sketch) 

6. Hash out a hard budget.

Get real with the numbers down to the Kobo(Nigeria) and don’t forget to include project supplies like paint brushes, drop cloths, nails, and the little things that add up. I like to keep a spreadsheet along with all of the links to items I plan to use, so I have all of my resources in one place. Try to leave a little wiggle room in the budget to help with unexpected expenses or projects that go awry. (Not that any project has ever gone wrong around here.)  Here is a more in-depth post to help with budgeting for a room makeover.

7. Think about the rest of the house.

Try to keep a general flow going from one room to the next (knowing your style makes it easy to do after a while). You don’t have to paint one room bright red and one room calm blue and one room sunny yellow, unless you want to rock the bold look like that. Keeping your scheme flowing from room to room makes the home feel larger and not smaller. Bighter/lighter colour makes a room larger while darker colour makes a room small. 

8. Make a plan with fabrics, flooring, tile, fixture finishes, and paint. Always choose your fabrics before anything else. It is much easier to find a paint color to coordinate with a fabric pattern than the other way round. After fabric and paint, decide on furniture and fixture finishes, always keeping in mind your 3 adjectives you chose for defining “your style”. Look at all of your colors and patterns and textures all together to see if all of the elements are cohesive and adjust as you need.

10. Design a mood board.

 I guess you don’t have to do this, but this is important. Sometimes you can’t really decide if you are happy with the room inside of your head unless you spill it all out into a mood board. If you can see the room pulled together on a mood board and end up not liking it, you won’t have to pay the price of a bad decision.

11. Go shopping and keep swatches handy.

When you visit decor stores or antique shops, put your paint and fabric swatches/Catalogue along with room measurements handy. It takes out the guess work.

12. Go trendy in the accessories.

Keep furniture more classic and let the trendy flag fly with accents instead. It is easier and inexpensive to change up later when trends fade. But, hey, if you have a more daring style, go nuts! Just ignore this one, seriously.

WALL CLADDING

Wall cladding is a great way to protect a building from adverse weather elements, as well as other types of irritants that could have a negative effect on the building.

Wall cladding is the process of layering one material on top of another material which will create a skin layer over the walls. Cladding is almost exclusively used as a control feature, preventing the walls and the internal workings of a room or building being damaged by water or allowing the leakage of water that could potentially become a hazard for people who are walking around inside of the structure.

Depending on the task at hand, different types of materials can be used for wall cladding, such as wood, brick, metal plastic or imitation stone. Metal cladding is usually in the form of galvanized steel or aluminium.

The main advantage of using wall cladding is to protect a building form external damage while needing little to no maintenance. Once the wall cladding is in place, it will not need to be regularly checked or serviced like other weather protection measures have to be, costing time and money.

If you have external cladding, if you care about aesthetic, it can be quickly washed down with water and it will look as good as new. One of the most common materials used for wall cladding is aluminium, as it is very durable and versatile, as well as lasting long into the future.
We specializes in the interior aspect of wall cladding; which ranges from wallpaper, 3d wall panel, Mural(3D, 5D and 8D effect), decorative painting, tiling(Brick, Stone or Ceramics tiles)

Window Treatments

Window Treatments

 
A window blind is a type of window covering. There are many different kinds of window blinds which use a variety of control systems. A typical window blind is made up of several long horizontal or vertical slats of various types of hard material, including wood, plastic or metal which are held together by cords that run through the blind slats.

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At NOVENTINAS INTERIORS, we pride ourselves not just as being Interior design experts; we are also into event planning and management as well. We specialize in the design of your space (both offices and homes). We administer everything from Interior design work to Consultancy. We are registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. All our works are guaranteed!
Using our knowledge and expertise, we thoroughly evaluate every property, discuss the client’s preferred design ideas, and then provide detailed schematics and graphics so you can visualize your dream home even before we start the design or re-design. Our prices are very competitive. You can be rest assured that once hired; we are always there for you.
We will help you create the most beautiful home interior you desire, taking care of all the details for you. We hope our design suits your dream design.
We would very much enjoy working with you to realize the potential of your project. Everything in our power will be done to satisfy your requirements, and to make the project enjoyable for you as well.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.