To date this 12 months on Wit & Delight, our month-to-month themes have lined subjects like discovering your private type, adorning with coloration and sample, discovering the group system that works for you, and filling your private home (and life) with stuff you love. We are able to take into consideration these concepts on their very own, however the true magic comes once we think about them as a complete.

That’s why our June theme is all concerning the artwork of the combo. 

In terms of mixing inside design kinds and parts, I most frequently consider particulars like coloration, sample, texture, and scale. There are additionally form, depth, weight, and so many different tactile variables to think about. And, importantly, there are the private type attributes that you just contribute to any given area.

Most of the questions I’m requested about inside design focus on mix completely different decor parts, eras, and kinds. My reply to those sorts of questions is all the time about discovering a stability between every side of the design. There isn’t a proper or flawed approach to combine items collectively; there are solely completely different combos. The distinctive mixture of parts we every create is how we specific our particular person sense of non-public type. The best way you distribute decor parts all through any given area will result in a design that’s all your personal.

In our present dwelling, I’ve been mixing decor parts from the day we moved in. In terms of adorning, typically it will probably really feel more durable to start out with a clean canvas than to start out with one thing that already exists. That’s what’s been so intriguing concerning the strategy of designing our dwelling. The constraints of what was already right here have inspired me to search out inventive, tactical design options somewhat than gutting every part and ranging from scratch.

Mixing inside design kinds will get simpler with follow.

If you happen to’re intimidated by mixing design parts, probably the greatest locations to start out is to review rooms you want. Pay attention to all of the completely different parts at play and those you discover most fascinating and impactful. Then take into consideration why you’re drawn to these parts. Do you want the dimensions of the furnishings? The feel of the materials? Your complete coloration palette or one of many colours specifically?

Additionally, think about what you assume is lacking from the rooms and what you would possibly add to the combo. After I follow this sort of research, I typically really feel like a component from nature is lacking. Typically I’ll discover that there’s an absence of depth within the coloration palette and I’d like so as to add an accent coloration to spherical it out. Or, I’ll discover that there’s an absence of sentimental temper lighting and would need to deliver within the heat glow of a lamp or two. 

There isn’t a proper or flawed approach to combine items collectively; there are solely completely different combos. The distinctive mixture of parts we every create is how we specific our particular person sense of non-public type.

Get actually detailed in your private research. This type of understanding will assist inform the best way you combine items in your personal dwelling sooner or later. It’s price noting that this similar follow of research applies to style as effectively! You need to use it to higher perceive your private style preferences and get extra accustomed to mixing completely different items of clothes collectively.

Mixing and layering quite a lot of parts is an integral a part of any design mission, irrespective of the dimensions. Keep tuned for extra on this subject within the weeks forward.

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