5 ways to create stylish and enduring designs for your home decoration

Well executed decorating ideas create a home with rooms that are functional as well as beautiful, meet the needs of everyone who lives there, and are individual and reflective of your personality.

Great interior design allows you to realize your home decor ideas, delivering when it comes to the practicalities, as well as aesthetically and in a way that caters to your tastes. And the best designs have durability, too, both in terms of style but also because they will stand up to the day to day demands on a room.

We’ve collected decorating tips and decorating ideas on a budget to inspire your own designs for rooms around your home here, along with expert guidance.

1. ZONE AN OPEN PLAN SPACE WITH CABINETRY

In an ample sized open-plan living room, designate a home office with custom carpentry.  Interior designer Isabella Worsley(opens in new tab) explains, “When creating an inbuilt desk area within joinery, it is important to take time to think about electrical requirements and to keep cabling discreet.  

‘In this home study area, we created a desk within bookcases; we positioned outlets at upper level for ease of access on the joinery side returns, as well as within the lower-level cupboards, to allow for a printer and kit that we wanted to keep out of view.’

2. INSTALL A SHOW-STOPPING CHANDELIER

Boost style with living room chandelier ideas. A neutrally decorated room with warm natural textures in wool, jute and ceramic can be elevated with a multi-tiered cylindrical frosted glass ceiling light. Bring the room design together with seating in a similar cylinder shape, and accessorize with textured glass vases. 

3. GO FOR GLOSS

Paint finishes can have a dramatic effect. Paint a small home office all in one shade of gloss for a glamorous cocoon-like result and accessorize with burnished brass pieces for a rich luxurious effect. Add pattern by placing inspirational images and artworks on a small display shelf at eye level.

 4. EMBRACE FRILLS AND FLORALS

Embrace pretty decoration. Team living room wallpaper ideas like this Indian block print style floral with a skirted accent chair. Prevent the scheme becoming twee by restricting your palette to neutrals and plaster pink. Bare floors and white woodwork ground and modernize a traditional chair and wallpaper.

5. DECORATE THE CEILING

Consider a patterned ceiling among your dining room ideas. Ceiling ideas like this are unexpected and create a talking point for dinner guests. This Maddux Creative(opens in new tab) designed room uses the repetition of rectangles in the ceiling throughout the room. 

Scott Maddux explains, ‘Symmetry in interior design is often the easier option to create in an interior scheme and often foolproof; it allows you to layer and build upon texturally or tonally’.