In interior design, whether for a personal space like a bedroom or a function-focused area like kitchen remodeling, the objective is usually to create features that make your home unique and interesting. Unfortunately, homeowners who work toward this goal often end up with disconnected design across several rooms, leaving their interior looking like a collage of multiple motifs and styles.
Professional designers use the concept of continuity to tie different rooms together throughout a home. This helps rooms to blend seamlessly with each other while maintaining the borders that define them. Here are a few ways you can achieve this continuity.
Mind the Details
Small things such as choosing custom knobs for doors, handles for cabinets or light switches on walls might sound insignificant but when it comes to interior remodeling, they are anything but. Continuity is all about the sum of many different parts, and it’s these small parts that make up the whole. So pay attention to the little details in your home, especially during the design phase.
Frames, Trims & Finishes
Consistency can also be displayed by repeating colors and patterns in many different rooms. Consider black sashes and frames for the windows in your living room. You can repeat this same motif for the windows in your foyer and second floor landing. You can extend this design to the trims and moulding outlining your ceiling and floors, or the photograph frames around your walls. Feel free to use other patterns and colors, just remember not to overdo it. Professional design services can help you in this regard.
Flooring
If you’re contacting a remodeling contractor for a full home remodel, this is a great chance to create continuity in your home. Your floors and ceilings are perhaps one of the major ways you can achieve coherence in design. Installing new flooring can be a big undertaking so it’s best to coordinate it with your other remodeling goals. Use similar patterns in different areas of your home, but don’t be afraid to give each a little character.
Lighting Fixtures
Light can make or break your space. The right lighting will transform any room into a stunning space, while choosing the wrong options can quite literally put your home in a bad light. The fixtures that hold the bulb itself can be used to make a statement, and using that same element consistently throughout your home is a good way to achieve continuity.
Design Your Dream Home With DreamMaker
At DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen of Elizabethtown, we can help you with interior continuity and any other design assistance you require. Give us a call at (717) 298-3830 or fill out our contact form to start a conversation today. We serve homeowners in Elizabethtown and many Harrisburg suburbs.
