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For most of us, home has become not only a place of refuge from everyday life but also a space where we now carry out activities we once did at the office. The way you arrange your workspace influences your productivity and well-being. Therefore, try to create a workspace that is separate from other activities such as relaxation, rest and entertainment.

Setting Up an Office in a Corner of the Bedroom

In this context, for many interior design projects we have included and arranged a space for working – whether we are talking about a room intended exclusively for the office or a corner of the bedroom, living room or balcony meant for working from home.

Setting Up a Home Office for Two People – A Space Dedicated Exclusively to Work

So, the first and most important thing in setting up your home office is to clearly separate the work space from the areas meant for household activities, rest or relaxation. This helps you not to get distracted while working and to fulfill your office tasks. Additionally, you won’t associate your resting or relaxation space with work.

Comfortable Chairs and Simple-Line Furniture – Home Office Setup

The desk and chair are the essential pieces you need to set up your home workspace with. You can find a variety of chair and desk models in both physical and online stores, but you must keep in mind that the work area should be a cohesive complementation of your home decor. For a modern design, you can choose a minimalist desk with simple lines. If your home is decorated in a classic style, choose a solid wood desk. On the other hand, the chair should provide you with optimal comfort and help you maintain a proper position throughout the entire time you are sitting at the desk.

Setting Up an Office in the Living Room – A Natural Extension of the Decor

When it comes to lighting, we recommend placing your desk in an area with plenty of natural light, perhaps even on the balcony or in front of a window. Avoid placing your monitor facing the window because this way the light will hit the screen directly and will significantly reduce visibility. When the sun is too strong, curtains can be a lifesaver. Choose an artificial light source and we recommend that you opt for ambient lightning – a table lamp/lamp placed on your desk will not only enhance your desk, but you will also have some light for the evenings that catch you still at the office.

Setting Up an Office by the Window, in the Dressing Area

Moving on to organizing your desk, we know that clutter is the biggest productivity killer. Organize all your objects and documents in storage furniture, such as shelves, dressers, drawers, or even mini-libraries if space allows it. In order to save space, expand your storage furniture vertically rather than horizontally. We recommend that your desk be as open and airy as possible. Organize the items you choose to keep on your desk in trays, holders, or boxes.

Office Set Up in the Bedroom – Organizing the Desk and Storage Spaces for Increased Productivity

Your home office can evolve, whether through improvements to make your work more efficient, changes in your workflow, or a shift in your job. Be as flexible as possible, use your creativity, take into account your real needs, and your home office can become the perfect place to do your work.

 

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Most of the time, a Feng Shui-designed home is obtained by combining good taste and style with an optimal approach to space. In other words, Feng Shui style involves arranging furniture and utilizing space in a specific way to create a comfortable and welcoming room. Perhaps for Westerners, the philosophy of Feng Shui is difficult to understand, but the rules of this technique are based on two extremely important and not at all difficult to understand factors: balance and harmony. So, whether you want to design your Feng Shui home for luck, prosperity or health (as the practitioners of this philosophy say) or you want a home where harmony and balance prevail, we have prepared tips and ideas for an ideal design!

What is Feng Shui?

Feng Shui means “wind water” and is an ancient Chinese art of arrangement, where the placement of objects influences the vital Qi energy of a space. If we refer to Feng Shui interior design, it should be noted that Feng Shui reflects an environment designed to create a space where you feel both energized and relaxed, a space that supports your personal growth.

What are the rules of Feng Shui?

We can not say that the philosophy of Feng Shui promotes strict rules, but rather suggestions for arranging the house so that the final result will be a harmonious and balanced decor, regardless of the chosen design style. These design suggestions are very similar to the standard rules that are applied when it comes to arranging a comfortable and harmonious home:

• The front door should open inward, not outward. Place a painting of flowers, fruits, or plants as close to the entrance as possible, as it symbolizes abundance entering the home. Never place a mirror directly opposite the front door, it can either scare or surprise the person entering the house;
• Furniture should have symmetrical, regular shapes. In Feng Shui philosophy, a full circle is preferred over a semicircle, and a square is preferred over a rectangle.
• Make sure that empty spaces in the house are very well lit;
• Large mirrors placed on the wall must be high enough so as not to visually cut off the legs or head of the person looking in the mirror;
• Windows and windowsills should always be neat and clean.

Feng Shui design in the living room

The living room, especially when it incorporates the dining area, is an extremely important space in the home. The Feng Shui living room should be located in the center of the house in order to highlight its importance. Choose a large enough dining table, preferably round, with one leg (in Chinese tradition, the dining room table represents the tree of wealth). The table should not be placed under a beam, between two doors, or in a manner that allows to be seen from the main door. To avoid these spots that evoke misfortune (as considered by Feng Shui practitioners), opt for decorative screens and houseplants to place between the table and the door.

Feng Shui Living Room with Dining Area – Round Table with a Single Leg Placed in Front of the Windows – Villa Design Project in Dubai

Feng Shui Bedroom Design

A Feng Shui bedroom requires paying attention especially to the positioning of the bed. It should be placed in the farthest corner of the room and diagonally to the door. Avoid positioning the bed directly aligned with the door, meaning you should not sleep with your head or feet facing the door. The headboard of the bed is also important, and wooden or upholstered headboards are the most suitable for influencing the energy of the place. Lights in the bedroom should not be positioned above the bed, but rather on either side, on the bedside tables. Ceiling lights should be spread symmetrically and evenly.

Feng Shui Bedroom Design – Upholstered Bed with Headboard Positioned in the Farthest Corner of the Room from the Door. Apartment Design Project in Dubai

Feng Shui Kitchen Design

If you live in a house, the kitchen should be located in a secluded area on the ground floor. Instead, if you live in an apartment, the kitchen is certainly positioned closer to the entrance, so be careful when placing the stove in order not to disrupt the flow of energy in the house – the correct placement of the stove, from a Feng Shui point of view, is diagonally opposite the entrance.

 

Feng Shui Kitchen Positioned on the Ground Floor – Villa Design Project in Dubai

Feng Shui Bathroom Design

For a proper Feng Shui bathroom design, you should focus on the doors – they should not face the house’s front door (according to symbolism, the family’s wealth flows away with the water on Saturdays). However, if you are faced with this situation, there are Feng Shui remedies: paint the door red to evoke positive energy or you can cover it with a mirror.

Feng Shui Bathroom – Two-Room Apartment Design Project in Dubai

There are also some Feng Shui decorations that you can opt for in your home decor: mirrors (they visually enlarge the space and provide visibility to certain areas that would otherwise remain hidden), wind chimes (they restore harmony and temper the flow of energy, but never position them next to a door or an arch), or fish tanks (they bring luck, but don’t place them in the kitchen, under beams or facing the front door). Feng Shui plants are important as well, but what you need to know, first of all, is not to keep withered plants in the house (if you don’t have time to take care of them, choose artificial ones): yellow chrysanthemums (they are considered lucky flowers), orchids, peonies, white magnolias and let’s not forget bamboo, a symbol of wisdom.

 

Feng Shui will bring a new perspective on arranging your home in a balanced and harmonious way. The rules of Feng Shui may be more difficult to understand, but the most important thing is that their goal is to create a comfortable and appropriate arrangement.

 

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The most important aspect of any interior design project is the family for whom it is created and the overall context. The house that we will present in this article was designed for a young family, with one child, who wanted a functional kitchen, with enough storage space, an airy and minimalist living area in terms of colors, bedrooms as free as possible from furniture and simple but elegant bathrooms. In this context, the final result is a unique design that combines functionality with carefully selected furniture and a few accent colors.

The entrance to the house leads directly into the living area, where the living room, dining area, and kitchen openly connect with one another. In order for the space to be orderly, as well as visually surprising, we chose unitary finishes: light-colored parquet and white walls, and as for the furniture we opted for tones of gray and beige, combined with black (the kitchen).

The kitchen is organized in an L-shape with custom-made furniture. The window area was left open to allow as much light as possible to flood the space. The matte black furniture (similar to the window joinery) gives the feeling of an orderly and airy space.

For a tidy look, the kitchen furniture was designed with milled handles. The worktop area is extended by the small island. This kitchen design provides minimal visibility over the worktop from and to the living room. All appliances are integrated into the furniture, and for the wall in the worktop area, we chose gray finishes to create a seamless connection with the dining and living areas. The kitchen lighting fixtures give the space an industrial look.

The entire ground floor of the house is decorated in a cohesive style, in beige and gray tones, which are found both in the overall decoration and in the furniture. The entire space is utilized to its maximum potential – we integrated a generous sofa and a table for six people on the ground floor. The TV was placed on the wall between the windows, so that there is visibility from all the corners of the living room space. For a dynamic effect, the wall behind the TV was enhanced with a decorative wallpaper in gray tones. The yellow armchair, the coffee table, the chest of drawers in the TV area and the chest of drawers in the dining zone harmoniously complement the entire space.

The master bedroom is decorated in a modern, simple and minimalist style. The ribbing panels behind the bed and the contrast between the two walls to the left and right of the bed add a touch of refinement to the bedroom and inspire the feeling of a restful, welcoming and airy space. The mirrors applied to the wooden ribbing provide depth to the space and visually enlarge it. The bed in the master bedroom has a simple and modern shape, being upholstered for added comfort. At floor level, the carpet is asymmetrical in relation to the ribbing behind the bed, but symmetrical with the gray wall.

For the child’s room, we took into account the age and concerns of the little one and adapted the color palette as well as the features. Therefore, the child’s room is flooded with white, blue and pale pink. The functional layout can also be noticed here, meaning that the room is divided into a rest area and a play/study area. The rest area is composed of the blue Montessori bed, and the wall behind it is decorated with plywood that resembles clouds. The play/study area features a small table with a chair, while the shelves on this wall serve to maintain order. The cabinets were chosen to cover the entire wall next to the door, and all the room’s furnishings were made in a manner that keeps the center of the room as free as possible.

The guest bedroom is simply decorated in shades of blue. The wall behind the bed as well as the rug add dynamism and depth to the space. Here too, the bed features upholstery for extra comfort.

The three bathrooms are designed in harmony with the rest of the house. For an extra touch of elegance, we chose a dark gray ceramic tile for the first bathroom. Additionally, for a neat and timeless look, the furniture was chosen to have the same shade as the walls.

The second bathroom is also elegantly designed, thanks to marble-look finishes. For a dynamic effect, we chose a mosaic-type cladding for the shower area and for the wall behind the mirror.

The third bathroom is minimalist, with ceramic tiles in shades of gray and beige, a mosaic wall, a bathtub and a free-standing washbasin. For optimal storage, we opted to build a cabinet into the wall above the toilet.

The result is functional, harmonious, welcoming and, without a doubt, will last over time, thanks to the high-quality furniture, sanitary ware and finishes.

Pictures source: iDecorate

Most of us are used to apartments or houses with shared bathrooms, made up of standard, white sanitary ware. But what if the bathroom became more than just a functional space? What if we could breathe new life into the bathroom, making it vibrant, full of color and style, with colorful sanitary ware? Fortunately, now it is possible!

Currently, we have the opportunity to choose from a wide range of colored sanitary ware that has begun to appear on the Romanian market. There is a wide range of colors and shapes, textures and materials different from the classic glossy white ceramics so that you can design your bathroom exactly according to your taste. Washbasins, toilets, bathtubs are no longer just strictly functional objects: with the right choice they play an extremely important role in the aesthetics and ambiance of the bathroom.

Copper is one of the most popular finishes for bathroom fixtures, whether it’s pink copper for an elegant ambiance or reddish copper for a rustic ambiance. Bathroom fixtures with copper finishes work well in bathrooms decorated in a white-gray color scheme with marble elements or, for an industrial ambiance, with concrete-finished walls.

 

For those who love art and want a truly special bathroom, hand-painted ceramic sanitary ware is the ideal choice! Talavera ceramics, as its name suggests, is a type of ceramic that is characterized by hand-painting with natural pigments of yellow, green, purple, blue and black on a white ceramic base. Therefore, sanitary ware with decorative paintings will become statement pieces in any bathroom!

A truly special typology, but also the newest and most well-known, is represented by the colored sanitary ware from the collection DALET Color, signed by the famous designer Karim Rashid, in the portfolio Delta Studio.

Powder pink, ocher or green, are sophisticated shades intended for the smart luxury segment, allowing for the design of a minimalist, classic or modern bathroom.

Pictures source: Pinterest, deltastudio.ro

It is well known that wood transforms any home into a comfortable and welcoming space, but more than that, wood adds a noble and charming air to the room. This year, wood is one of the trending materials and a favorite among interior designers, allowing you to add a natural accent to your home decor. We have prepared some ideas for decors with wood accents from our projects. We hope they will inspire you too!

Wood Accents in Living Room Design

 

In the design of this apartment in Dubai, we designed the decor of the entire space with wooden accents. We chose to present the living room to you today, but you can see the entire design here. The living room is separated from the kitchen and hallway area by wooden ribbing. The decor was designed to complement the hallway and the kitchen, so we opted for the combination of gray with wooden textures. We enhanced the living room with a generous sofa and a wooden bookcase, pieces chosen especially for this environment. The rest of the furniture pieces are meant to add warm to this welcoming setting. The white curtains and the wooden rocking chair perfectly complement the living room and give the environment the feeling of airy space. Both the fireplace and the wooden logs placed under the bookcase add more texture to the room and highlight the idea of ​​designing with wooden accents.

Warm and Welcoming Interior – Apartment Design Project in Dubai

 

Wood Accents in Dining Area Design

For a dining area arrangement we chose to mix modern and classic elements. So we opted for a table with a wooden top, with an industrial look, and copper-plated metal chairs.

Mix of Classic and Modern – Dining Area Design with Wood Accents. Interior Design Project for a Villa in Dubai

 

Wood Accents in Bedroom Design

The two bedrooms of this apartment were decorated in a white-turquoise color scheme and wooden accents. As custom notes, we chose wooden lighting systems that bring a warm atmosphere to the rooms. The furniture – bedside tables, beds, wardrobes – enhance the idea of ​​decorating with wooden accents.

Bedrooms Designed with Wood Accents – Interior Design Project for an Airbnb Apartment

 

Wood Accents in Kitchen Design

In designing this Dubai 4-bedroom apartment, we chose to keep the kitchen simple, cohesive and tidy. The furniture with wooden cabinet doors was custom-made and designed to provide maximum storage. The rest of the kitchen furniture is chosen to create a warm and pleasant atmosphere. The chairs contrast beautifully with the natural white and brown tones of the furniture, creating an airy space.

The Kitchen of a Four-Bedroom Apartment Designed with Custom-Made Furniture

 

In this kitchen, we chose wooden accents to improve the atmosphere, integrating a piece of furniture with open wooden shelves in the refrigerator area and in the island area. The island and the chairs were designed with wooden accents in order to enhance the environment and eliminate the monotony inspired by the neutral finishes and wall color.

Kitchen with a Wood-Accented Island – Interior Design Project for a Villa in Dubai

 

This design is one of our favorites. The white furniture with wooden accents needs no introduction, and the oriental patterned tiles perfectly complement the entire space.

 

White Kitchen with Wood Accents – Interior Design Project for a Villa in Dubai

 

Wood Accents in Bathroom Design

 

In order to create a relaxing area, in regarding the decor of this bathroom we opted for rectified finishes, wood-look tiles, combined with simple, beige tiles. The wood element continues on the floor with the selected tiles. The built-in bathtub and composite washbasin are perfectly complemented by the recessed taps.

Bathroom with Rectified Finishes and Wood-Look Tiles – Interior Design Project for a 4-Room Apartment in Dubai

 

Pictures source: iDecorate

 

 

 

Attic spaces have recently gained popularity. If not long ago attics were used mainly for storage, now they can be transformed into various spaces: relaxation space, living room, office and even playground. The room’s role is an aspect that you must take into account when it comes to making the best choice in terms of design. And if you decided to change your attic’s role, we have prepared some tips and ideas meant to inspire you in the process of transforming this space into a unique environment.

 

Attic Design in Gray and Black Tones – Part of a Villa Interior Project in Dubai

Attic design offers great versatility when you clearly understand your needs. Let your creativity take the lead and you will see that the attic can be easily transformed into an office, children’s playground, bedroom, living room, guest room, or library.

Attic Living Room Design
Attic living room has become increasingly popular in interior design, especially for people who seek extra privacy and comfort, which an attic offers without any doubts. However, be careful with the furniture you choose so as not to overcrowd the space, especially if you have sloping walls. Opt for cabinets in simple, minimalist lines, wall-mounted shelves, a coffee table and a comfortable sofa. Thus, you can create the unique atmosphere you desire.

Bright and Airy Attic Living Room in a Neutral Color Palette – Part of a Villa Interior Project in Dubai

Designing an Attic Home Office
The office you want to create in the attic must be very well lit, functional and offer optimal conditions for a high level of productivity. Opt for a generous desk and a comfortable chair, many wall-mounted shelves where you can store all the things you need to properly carry out your work. If space allows, set up a place to relax for breaks between emails: choose a sofa or a corner sofa and a bookcase. Install tall floor lamps in the corners of the attic to create a calming atmosphere.

Designing a Spacious Attic Home Office

 

Designing an Attic Bedroom
Transforming your attic into a bedroom is a great option if you’re looking for a secluded and private sleeping space. The attic bedroom can be both a child’s bedroom or a guest room as well. If you have sloping walls, it’s best to position the bed along the lowest wall to maximize the remaining space. To visually enlarge the space, paint the walls and the ceiling in light shades, then add lighting fixtures in order to create a calm, relaxing and intimate atmosphere.

Attic Bedroom with Custom-Made Furniture – Part of an Interior Design Project for an Attic in Dubai

 

 

Attic Playroom
The attic can be the ideal place for children. Therefore, setting up a playground here can be an excellent choice. Choose a harmonious color scheme and combine neutral and subtle shades with colorful accents. Choose functional and playful furniture, colorful rugs, but set up a study corner with a desk and bookcase as well, for those moments when children should be focused on studying.

Colorful Attic Playroom Design – Villa Interior Project in Dubai

Choosing the Right Furniture for Your Attic
Regardless of the role that the attic plays in your house, you should know that this space does not require many furniture pieces, but rather needs a simple and minimalist arrangement. To ensure the furniture blends seamlessly into your space and maximizes every corner, opt for custom-made furniture. Adding a few decorative elements, such as pillows, candles or frames that illustrate your favorite images or quotes, would be a great choice of customizing your space.

Attic Designed with Custom-Made Furniture in Simple Lines

Color Palette for the Attic
Most of the time, attics are not very large and they do not receive much natural light. That is why we recommend selecting a color scheme rich in light and neutral tones, to visually enlarge the space.

Neutral Color Scheme in Attic Design – Villa Interior Project in Dubai

Lighting in the Attic
For artificial lighting, we recommend simple lighting systems – light bulbs with shades or simple ones, lamps and table lamps made of natural materials, wall lamps and spotlights placed in various places so as to inspire the atmosphere you want. When it comes to natural light, the attic gives you the opportunity to install roof windows, creating a dreamy atmosphere.

Bright and Inviting Attic – Attic Design Project in Dubai

Therefore, the attic, that space usually used for storage, can be transformed into a unique place. All you have to do is let your imagination and creativity take lead and opt for a layout that best comply with your needs.

Pictures source: iDecorate

 

When a young family buys an apartment, they want the space to feel warm and welcoming, especially in today’s conditions, which calls for a variety of design styles. We proposed a warm and bright approach for a 3-bedroom apartment, with a total area of ​​90sqm, based on accents with wooden textures. The owners, a young family with a child, desired a modern and warm environment, a functional decor. Although the kitchen is open to the living room and hallway, we arranged the space in a manner that allows everything necessary for the kitchen to exist without affecting the final image of the setting.

Bright and Modern Apartment Designed in Dubai

The warm and welcoming image of a home can be noticed from the entrance. In this case, the hallway was decorated and furnished in a way that reflects a warm environment, of wood. In addition to the wooden parquet and the chest of drawers at the entrance, the wooden ribbing continues the textures and shades of wood, vertically. The environment is enhanced by a generous bookcase and storage spaces in gray tones, custom-made according to the recipients’ needs.

The kitchen, open to the hallway and living room, was designed as a cohesive space, with the same key combination of gray and wood textures used in the hallway. The large and tall windows allow natural light to properly flood the space. The lack of a dividing wall allowed us to install an island as a dining area. We created two worktop zones and sufficient storage space in both the suspended and lower cabinets. The furniture was created according to the project’s theme.

The living room is separated from the kitchen and hallway area by wooden ribbing. The decor was designed to complement the hallway as well as the kitchen, so we opted for the combination of gray with wooden textures. The living room has a generous sofa and a wooden bookcase, pieces chosen according to this place’s design. The rest of the furniture pieces play the role of enhancing the warm and welcoming atmosphere of this environment. The white curtains and the rocking chair ideally complement the living room and give the environment the feeling of an airy space. Both the fireplace and the wooden logs placed under the bookcase add more texture to the room and highlight the wooden accents stylistic idea. Neutral tones, gray, wooden textures, clean and simple lines predominate in the living room, which leads to the immediate observation of some accents – the decorative pillows and green plants.

For the master bedroom, we chose custom-made furniture. The basic combination in this room consists of white, gray and wooden textures. The personalization was achieved by adding decorative objects. The work area is furnished with only the essentials, serving as both a desk and a dressing table. The bed is framed in white suspended elements that end with wooden suspended bedside tables. Through the shade of the bed upholstery, a new color, namely pale pink, was introduced in this space, perfectly complementing its decor.

The child’s bedroom was decorated in white and wooden textures. The furniture is simple, custom-made, fulfilling the role of both the sleeping area and the play area. The bed zone was personalized by the color of the wall – the chosen mint green shade complements the wooden textures and the white used for the bed.

The bathroom was treated neatly and simply, with unique finishes. We chose ceramic tiles in gray tones for the floor, walls and white sanitary ware. Being a bathroom with a fairly large surface area, we opted for generous storage spaces as well, in wooden textures.

The apartment was entirely modernized, from electrical and heating installations to finishes and bathroom improvements. Therefore, the final result is in line with the owners’ expectations.

Pictures source: iDecorate