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1. Introduction: Comes to dealing with
interior design projects, it's important to understand the various tiles and how they fuse together where we bring
in some natural elements, some cultural elements,
some personal preferences, and combine them together
to create a masterpiece. In this current powerful
interior design class, we're going to be learning about interior design
styles and fusions, which are quite popular in
terms of transforming space to masterpieces, where by the end of the class,
you'll have a clear idea. What are these fusions?
What are these styles? What are their characteristics, and how you could implement them to the project
that you're working on or to renovate your own home or a certain space that
you're dealing with, applying these best practices
and keytyles and insights.
2. Your project : Your project for the class revolves around
taking a style that we have covered
and applying it to a certain space that
you are dealing with, whether at a professional
level or at a personal level, you could take a living
room, for example, and apply these
tactics and lessons. Such that by the
end of the project, you're going to be sharing your results with the rest of
the community for feedback.
3. Transitional Interior Design Style: Kicking things off with
the Transitional style as the name entails, Transitional from one
era to a different era. Specifically, it's one of
those interior design styles that you take up from
one period of time, which is old, and then you bring up some pieces to the future, combining it with what's
current, which is contemporary. So Transitional
style, by definition, is a harmonious blend of traditional elegance,
modern simplicity, where you bring together
the warmth, comfort, and the classic lines of the traditional design
with the clean, understated aesthetics of
the contemporary styles. If we examine the images below, you would notice that
in both of them, the furniture seems traditional. Like it's within that period
of time when you go to a furniture store
and you pick up one of those styles. It's basic. It's just simply typical, clear lines for the furniture,
and that's mainly it. However, if you examine closely, take a look at the lighting,
it's modern lighting. So we are combining a
traditional element with a contemporary element. So what are the characteristics? First of all, it's a blend
of traditional and modern. Obviously, traditional
design merges traditional elements
like crown molding, as you can see within the top over here and over here as well. See this architectural element. This is what we call
as crown molding. Or curved furniture with modern touches such
as clean lined sofas, metal fixtures or minimal decor, which is apparent in
the current layout. Also, it balances
the color palettes. So we do have balanced
color palette, which favors neutral tones. Think about tope gray, ivory and soft browns. These create calm and
sophisticated backdrop that allows both traditional
and modern pieces to shine with a visual clutter. Examine both of these images, you will notice
there's some sort of similarity in the color palette. You do have in dark gray wall, then you do have a
beige sofa, dark brown, then you do have in the
topping for the bulbs, for the lamps, it's
light beige, as well. So all of them the follow the
neutral color palette with a certain contrast and
combination of these colors. Also, we have in the element
of timelessness yet modern. So when you take a
look at these images, the first thing that comes
to mind is like, Okay, this looks old but not that old. So this is the main
output from it. You take a look at the result at the project and
you figure out that there are some pieces
which seem quite traditional, yet you find modern pieces. This is basically the essence
of the Transitional style. So it's timeless current. This style resists passing trends by focusing on
classic silhouettes, high quality materials
while incorporating just enough modern flair to feel relevant in today's homes. So if you are someone who favors history and
modernization, it's a very powerful
style they could incorporate to add your
own personal identity, your culture, your presence. If you're dealing with a client, it's a great way to
have a unique style, to have a unique design, which simply is for
your own client. Like, you could not have
two Transitional styles that look exactly alike. However, if you compare
it to, for example, the industrial design,
industrial style, it's quite easy to replicate because the
elements are quite clear, the color palettes
is almost similar. But with Transitional style, you do have a lot of
room for creativity.
4. Modern Farmhouse Interior Design Style: Welcome back. Now, this
style is very unique, yet it's very popular. You tend to find it in many
of the TV shows, for example, the series that you're watching or a movie
that you're watching, which is the modern farmhouse. As the name entails, we are combining elements
from farmhouses, barns, and farms within the interior design
process. Let's elaborate. So, by definition, the
modern farmhouse style blends the warmth and the charm of traditional
farmhouse elements with the sleekness and
simplicity of modern design. Take a look at both
of these images here. If you would notice the
first thing that comes to mind and you're able
to spot directly, take a look at the
bars over here, the wooden bars, the wooden
frame, specifically. This is something that you
would find within a barn, yes. Also, the frames
for the windows, you're able to spot that
they are quite elongated, like they cover the entire wall, the same way the entrance
of a barn looks like, which helps you to bring in the external elements towards the interior design process. Take a look at the
logs over here, which is something
that you might be using to chop wood, for example, they look at the plants
within both of these images, which gives you
that farm feel in addition to the
baskets over here, which are drawn from haystacks. So everything that you're
able to visualize within a farm and a barn
and a farmhouse, specifically, any single element from the horses, the
colors of the horses, the hair of the horses, to the haystacks, to
the actual barn door, to the actual triangular
frame as you're able to pick it up from
the architectural design. That's part of the
modern farmhouse. However, you have to be
careful with this why because you cannot apply such a design within modern
apartments or within cities. Typically, you find this in the suburbs, townhouses, villas, something remote where
you have the ability to tinker with the design and get exposed to
the natural elements. So what are the characteristics
for a modern farmhouse? First of all, rustic wood
plus clean lines mandatory. This style features
natural wood elements like exposed beams, hardwood floors, and
reclaimed furniture, paired with clean line
furnishings and minimal layout. Take a look at the
flooring made of wood. Take a look at the
beams made of wood. Take a look at the frames,
the table, the accessories. So it's bringing up this woody texture to
the actual design. By the way, every single one
of these characteristics, I'm elaborating
with a couple lines for you to understand
them better. Rather than just simply having the main characteristic
presented to you. And then once you leave the course and
you try to apply these, you have no idea what you're
looking for on the contrary. You can just simply
pause the lesson, take some notes which will help you within your
own applications. Let's say you're
renovating a project or you're fixing your own home decoration, whatever it is, you have a clear
reference to go to, and that's the main
goal that I'm trying to help you achieve as
part of the class. Also, we do have
in the ship lab, barn doors, and cozy textures. These are stuff that
you find within barns and farmhouses and
the house barns or let's say you have in an external barn
beyond your residence. These are the typical features that you're going
to be finding where you are dealing with natural
elements like sheep, dogs, grass, haystacks,
anything that you can draw inspiration from
fits within this profile. Classic farmhouse elements
include shiplap walls, sliding barn doors,
and textured fabrics, knits, linen and
cotton, hence sheep. Bring a homey feel,
obviously, for sure. Then we do have in
the color palettes typified by the colors white, black, and wood tones. You're able to see them
quite clearly over here. You have in the wooden color. You have in the shades of white combined with the
wooden color as well. It's not very clear, but it combines say hues of
white and wood, as well. You do have in the neutral
whites, bold blacks, anything which is basically part of the wood finishes as well fits perfectly within the
scope or the farmhouse design. So it's a very unique
design to have.Hever, as a protip, try to go for such a design if you
have open landscape. You have a ground floor only. You don't really go
for this if you have more than two or three floors because it becomes
like a small building. It's very difficult
to add in all of these wooden beams for such
a structure because we're combining architectural
and engineering sense when it comes to these designs. So if you have an open layout, something that looks
like a barn, literally, like a villa, which is completely
open layout, one floor, which is the ground floor, you could go for this design
if you have a backyard, you have a garden, you have a forest in
front of you, yes. But if you live in an apartment, for example, or if you live
in a villa within the city, it's very difficult to achieve such a style because you have to bring in the
external elements, as well as the
internal elements and the characteristics
together to make it work.
5. Caustal and Nautical Interior Design Style: Welcome back. Now,
this is one of my favorite interior
design styles, which is something that reflects Greece Santorini, specifically. Or if you live next to
the beach, for example, and you enjoy the seaside, Coastal and Nautical style
is definitely for you. As the name entails, the Coastal and
Nautical interior design style draws
the inspiration from the seaside living and
aims to recreate the calm, refreshing feel of
the ocean indoors. Before we dive into the
details of such a style, take a moment to
just simply reflect. If you think about
the beach, the sea, ships, sailing, what comes to
mind? What are the colors? What are the materials, the elements that you are experiencing within
such a theme. Every single one of
those could be used and reflected within the
interior design process. If you take a look at
both of these projects, you're able to spot
this directly. The color palettes,
you got white. You got the sand
color, which is, let's say, light beige or dark beige and all of its shades. You got navy blue, dark blue, light blue. Incorporate some greens to
reflect the algae or algae, regardless of the way you
spell it or pronounce it. You take a look at
the open windows to add in some natural light reflecting sunlight
on the beach. Take a look at the
lighting as well. It seems like a linen basket to reflect picnics on the beach. So everything that you're
able to draw from. Even the ships, by the way, the ropes for sailing, if you notice the
accessories over here, they reflect these
colors as well. Even the pieces of furniture, they are drawn from the
ropes of the ships. Anything which is
related to the sea, one way or another, you can
use it for inspiration. And personally speaking, this is one of my favorite styles, by the way, because
it's timeless. You're always exposed
to the beach. You're always
exposed to sunlight, to the air to the sand,
all of these elements. We as humans, deal with them. Every now and then,
they are timeless, so it cannot just
simply get outdated. And we as humans,
within our buildup, we are designed to deal with
these natural elements. We respond in a great way. I haven't seen
anyone that walked into such a space and felt off. On the contrary,
you get energized, you feel calm, you
feel serenity. That's the goal of the
Coastal and Nautical design. Because it has that
psychological impact as well. So it's light, breezy
and ocean inspired. The overall atmosphere
is airy and unclottered. The color pale typically
includes whites, sandy bages, soft grays, and all the shades of blue, from sky to navy to reflect
the sea and the sky together. So you can get creative. Sky is the limit literally
in this current case. You have whitewashed woods, blues, soft fabric
for the furniture. And the floors.
Often use bleached, whitewashed woods to mimic
sun faded driftwood. Textiles are light
and breathable, like cotton and linen
or shear curtains, because that's what you
wear when you go to the beach, like clothing, such as linen, some
fabric, some cotton. This is basically the
typical beach attire, y. So you don't go for wool
or heavy leather jacket, for example, because
that's a different style. That's the industrial style. In patterns such as stripes, which evoke Nautical themes
or solid solid tones, such as the marine style, which is fused in the
Nautical style by default. You're taking the marine life, such as the algae,
the shells, the fish, the colors from them, and you're fusing them in the
design process. And one of the main
goals or the vibe that you should be getting
from such a design to ensure that you have
successfully delivered the style relaxed and airy vibe. Spaces feel open and casual
with plenty of natural light, decor elements may
include ju rugs, rope details, lantern
style lighting, and coastal motives
like seashells. So if you're able to
incorporate these elements like a seashell here,
some lantern there, some rope elements like the ceiling light that
we're seeing over here, the chandelier, whatever it is, even though the word chandelier reflects something which
is glassy and metallic, but you get so if you're able to incorporate all of these
elements from ships, Sea, beach, sun, sky, the colors,
the textures, just simply sit back and try to visualize all
of these elements. Most probably, you
have went to the beach at one point in
time in your life. You have seen ships, you have seen movies, where
you have been ships. Think about pirates,
for example, that's a typical ship that you're able to draw
some inspiration from. You're able to fuse
them, even a sand watch, where you're able to
tilt it to reflect the elements of sand within the space, it's
a beautiful thing. Or ship within a bottle, you could add this to
your design as well. To bridge in the gap from the
exterior to the interior. That way, you have a
full infusion between your interior design project
and the surroundings. So sky is the limit, literally with the costal and
the Nautical design. It's one of my favorite because like I mented, it's timeless. And often when you are trying to deal with
such a project, if you're dealing with a client, it's quite easy to deliver. Why? Because we are dealing with the psychological aspects
of it, the human nature. We are by default, able to respond easily to these styles and themes compared to other
more complex ones, which require more
details and more effort. So if you're able to just simply add in the color palettes, white, beige, light brown, wood texture, shades of blue, add some lighting elements, which is very affordable
in this current case. It's very minimalistic
to a certain point. You're able to just simply get the job done with minimal time, minimal cost, and have
a high, high impact.
6. Test Your Interior Design Skills: Come back. So are you ready to test your interior
design skills? I got for you, a
very fun activity, in which I'm going to be sharing with you the same living room mapped across the various styles that we have covered up
to this current stage. And it's up to you as someone who is learning about
interior design, as an interior designer, you are going to find out
which is which. Take a moment. Feel free to pause the
lesson, get some no pads, try to figure this
out because I've intentionally made them a bit tricky for you to
figure them out. The same living room, yet every single one
of them has been designed using a different
style. Let's get it started. Kicking things off
with the first image over here, what do you notice? I'm going to give you a
couple hints, by the way, in order to help you out to
guide you within the process. First of all, take a look
at the crown moldings. It seems a bit old, right? Then if we take a look
at the table over here, we have in some sort
of a bunsi shreds, which is something
modern, right? If you take a look at
the plants over here, the corner plant, it
seems modern as well. Yet if we take a
look at the sofa, it seems a bit archaic, like, it's an old designed sofa. It's an old sofa. It's an
old piece of furniture. This is not a modern design. I was able to pick this up from the curve features of the sofa. So it combines the old
and the new together. And the word is transitional. If you manage to
figure this out, then job well done, you're able to spot these
outqua easily. Let's transition to the
second image over here. Take a look at the ceiling. Always try to start with the
ceiling because it gives you some insights
quickly because many of the styles and the designs
that we have covered, we have specific
ceiling structures. As we could see over here, we haven't some
wooden beams which reflect something related
to a forest, nature, form. How about the brick surrounding the bricks over here
for the fireplace. It seems that something that
you might find externally. How about the texture for
the carpet over here? It looks as if it's related to a net or haystack or something that you
would find in a farm. So what about the
colors as well? If you take a look
at the colors, we have the specific pillow which reminds me of
the skin of a horse. So we have in the color
palettes which resemble horse. Then we have green, we have in the wooden beams. So this is basically something
related to a farm, right? So it's a farmhouse, design, modern farmhouse design. So if you're able to spot
this directly, job well done. And finally, we have
in this design, which is easy to
identify, by the way. Take a look at the
color palettes. Take a look at the light,
the frame, the pillows. It's a shade of blue, right? It just simply gives
you that beach vibe. In addition to the
excessive sunlight, it seems quite airy, like, it's an open space. It's welcoming. It gives you the vibe that you
are on the beach. So that's the first vibe
that you're able to pick up, which is drawn from
the nautical design. So it's a very fun
activity, and obviously, the more you practice wood us, the better you get at it in terms of spotting these designs. Why? Because this serves
two important goals. First of all, if you
are taking on projects, you're able to understand
the client's needs. You're able to understand what
they're trying to achieve, what kind of vibe they would like to
pick up from a place. And from your own point of view, let's say you're doing your
home decor or renovations, you have a clear idea how to add elements and styles that
fit your own personality. It's no longer a matter of getting pieces of furniture
that look nice together. No, you're approaching
this as a professional.
7. Wrapping up: What do you think? I
truly hope that you found the class helpful
if it helped you level up your
knowledge in terms of interior design, by at least 1%, it's a job well done, and look forward to receiving your feedback on
the current class, and make sure that
you follow my profile for the latest
releases and updates, and I'll see you
in the next class.
Engr. Hussein Attié, Entrepreneur I Engineer I Educator
