Decorating a home is all about showcasing your personal style, and the same can be said when choosing furniture, but this is often easier said than done. If you’re decorating a home for the first time or giving your home a modern refresh, it can be hard to know where to start, especially when you don’t really know what you like. But don’t worry, this is where we come in. In this blog, EZ Living Furniture discusses the best ways to understand your interior style and the furniture pieces that will help implement it.
Research, Research, Research
The first step to understanding anything is through online or offline research. Once you’ve deepened your knowledge of interior design styles, only then can you truly decide on furniture pieces that feel personal to you and your home. Some of the most popular decor styles from the last decade reflect regional influences, others touch on specific time periods, while many touch on natural elements, quantity of items and colour. Hygge, Japandi, Biophilic, Scandinavian, Mid-Century Modern, and Eclectic are just a few interior styles that have gained notoriety in the last number of years. Still, there are many others to consider, too! Pick up a few interior magazines, browse mood boards on Pinterest, and visit local furniture stores with impressive room layouts (like EZ Living Furniture!). By doing so, you’ll expand your comprehension of interior design and begin to understand what you like and what you don’t like.
Record, Record, Record
If you’re anything like me, you’ll do the research, decide on a style, and then completely forget about it again. It’s very important to record examples of what you like and what you don’t, because if, for whatever reason, you need to refer back to them or pause the task for a while, you will have a clear visual of your proposed plan and ideas. If you want to go down the old school route, we suggest clipping out your favourite room sets and furniture items from interior magazines to create a mood board. If you’d rather access your research on your phone, you could always take photos of real-life examples in furniture stores or screenshot online examples and keep them all in a manageable, easy-to-access folder. Pinterest serves as a great resource for all of the above (but online), and you can even create your own mood board that you can reference when deciding on certain furniture elements.
Shop By Style & Shop By Room
Now’s the time to get stuck into furniture design and select the pieces that speak to you personally and are cohesive with the interior style you’ve chosen. One final inspirational step before you start adding bits and pieces to your cart is to browse our Shop By Room and Shop By Style pages. Both offer a firm foundation for finding the furniture items you love visually, suit your needs physically, and ultimately benefit your lifestyle going forward.
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Do you like clean lines and natural colours? Then perhaps Scandinavian or Japandi could be the furniture vibe you’re going for. Maybe dark, moody elements are more your thing? If so, Maximalism and Eclectic styles are worth considering. Colour is the first thing many of us will consider when shopping for furniture, but ornate detailing, functionality, and materials often determine our furniture style for us.
Don’t Restrict Yourself!
Now that you have a sense of what your furniture vibe is, it’s important that you don’t only choose that furniture style forevermore. A mixture of styles, designs, and colours can oftentimes be the best vibe in itself. However, matching ranges and collections takes the guesswork out of your interior design. And if you are someone who struggles to accept change and new items at the best of times, you might find that sticking with the same collections will help to ease you into the newness. So really, the choice is yours!
Once your furniture style has been decided on, it’s time for the fun part – shopping! As the living room is often regarded as the most utilised area in the home, why not start there? Browse our full living range here!
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