What Is My Interior Design Style? Look at What You Already Keep
Last updated August 27, 2026 Key Takeaways Style labels are marketing categories rather than design tools. Naming yours is the least useful part of the exercise. Look at what you already own and have kept through several moves. That is evidence about your taste, not aspiration. Separate what you like looking at from what you […]
How to Fill a Blank Wall: Decide What It Is For First
Last updated August 27, 2026 Key Takeaways Decide what the wall is for before deciding what goes on it. Not every wall wants art. Scale is why most walls look wrong. Whatever goes up should be roughly two thirds to three quarters the width of the furniture below. One large piece almost always beats several […]
Types of Pleats for Curtains: How to Choose, and What Stack Back Really Costs You
Last updated August 27, 2026 Key Takeaways The pleat is a structural decision, not a decorative one. It sets the fullness, the stack back and how the fabric behaves for the life of the curtain. Stack back is the part nobody mentions: how much window your curtains cover when they are fully open. A wide […]
High Contrast Decor: Value Contrast Is What You Are Actually Seeing
Last updated August 27, 2026 Key Takeaways Contrast means value, the difference between light and dark, rather than the difference between colours. Most rooms that feel flat have plenty of colour and no range. Adding another colour will not fix it. The black and white photograph test finds the problem in about ten seconds. Put […]
Interior Design Trends: How to Read Them Without Being Led by Them
Last updated August 27, 2026 Key Takeaways Your own taste outranks every trend on this page. A room that follows all of them and reflects nobody is a failed room. Separate material trends from styling trends. Materials move over decades and are worth following. Styling moves in months and is not. Most published trend forecasting […]