Designing around Your Needs

May 28

Our lives are changing every day. As a result, there has never been more demand for designing your home around your needs. For instance, some people are moving to larger homes from busy cities. Their need to furnish extra rooms with furniture to scale with their new home is essential. On the other hand, some people are moving from larger suburban homes to condos or townhouses. As a result, they need to downsize the amount and scale of their furniture and accessories.

Interior Design is the study of Designing around Your Needs.

Great design starts with a floor plan. Therefore, if you are moving from a two or three-bedroom apartment in NYC with 2000 sq. ft. to a larger suburban home of 4500 sq. ft. and up, your furniture wouldn't be on the same scale and size as your new home. Also, colors look different in the country than in the cities. As an interior designer in New York and Naples, FL, I know how different colors are experienced in both locations—planning out the area of all your family's design needs. Before you move into your new home will go a long way in creating a lasting design everyone can live with comfortably.

Now imagine it the other way around. The children are all grown up and moved out on their own. In addition, you and your husband are considering selling the big house and approaching retirement. You want to travel more, so a condo without outdoor maintenance sounds heavenly. Your larger scaled furniture may not work in your sleek new condo. However, if you are working with a floor plan, you can see how everything will or will not fit.

Planning for Your Future Design Needs

If anything has become more apparent recently has been how important our homes have become. Above all, they are our place to unwind, relax, and find comfort. Yet, we are all thinking about our homes in a different way. And the multiple uses for each room. In other words, we are designing a home that works for you and your family and is designed around your needs.