Finding your personal interior design style isn’t easy, however, it’s a very rewarding journey when you’ll want to purchase your dream house or cosy apartment.
What you may find strange in time is that your style will change depending on your lifestyle and what you require from your living space. This is why you should spend all the time you need in discovering your style, as it will leave you feeling happier within your home for longer, and it may even help you find what your home may be missing.
In this blog, we’re going to explore how you can stay true to your own interior design style and aesthetic so that you can fall in love with your home, time and time again.
How To Find Your Interior Design Style?
And the first question that may pop into your mind is, “what is my interior design style?” – we’ve all been there! There are many different interior design styles, including traditional, modern, contemporary, mid-century modern, bohemian, coastal, rustic, and eclectic, just to name a few.
A top tip from our team of experts is to first and foremost find out if you are a minimalist or maximalist, so you can start asking yourself all the right questions, such as:
- Where do you feel most at home? What is it about that place that makes you feel at home?
- Can you define the perfect look for your home or room?
- What do you want from your home? Somewhere you can spend time alone and relax, or somewhere you can enjoy with friends and family?
- What pieces do you gravitate towards? Is there a certain material, colour, or style?
- What pieces do you dislike? Is there a specific material, colour, style, or element you really dislike?
These questions will help you to understand the difference between being a minimalist and a maximalist as well, whilst offering clear guidance towards the types of interior design styles that you most gravitate towards.
Your personality and preferences will define your style, so you don’t have to restrict your personal style to a certain trend unless it feels right. Understanding what makes you feel at home, what you like and dislike, and how you intend to use your home will help you define what you are looking to achieve.
If you are struggling to know where to start, creating a mood board can be very insightful, and it doesn’t have to be limited to only home-style decors, as it can include patterns, colours, materials, or art that you find inspiring. If you want to see some truly inspiring examples, check out our Pinterest Board on Interior Colour Palettes. If you’re looking for ways on how to be happier at home, finding the right colour palette that will soothe your soul is a good starting point!
Tip – another great way to start is looking at your wardrobe, as how you dress could be a good indication of your own style.
Consider The Longevity Of Different Interior Design Styles
Home accessories are easier to change, but large pieces like a sofa, dining set, kitchen, and bathroom design can be very expensive, so you should consider how these designs can transform your home and whether you will still love the chosen design in 5 to 10 years.
Taking the time to find pieces you truly love is important, as there’s no better feeling than finding exactly what you want, even when it’s not necessarily looking brand new. Developing your interior design style doesn’t mean you have to change everything once you discover it. We recommend developing it over time because finding the right furniture and design pieces in a short space of time may be a stressful or almost impossible task to achieve.
You can use current design trends, but use them for the right reasons. Trends are constantly changing, and this is why we can’t always unrealistically keep up with them. So if you decide to follow a particular trend, make sure you’re doing so because you love the designs and feel they suit your personal style, not just to follow the crowd. Using them because it seems to be what other people are doing will simply leave you unsatisfied with your home’s look.
At Pash Classics, we are passionate about timeless designs, as we know that a piece of well-made, stylish, and functional furniture doesn’t need to go out of fashion. One of the things we love about our mid-century must-have collection is the ability to complement a wide variety of versatile interiors that our customers can play around with! For example, look at our Iconic Grey Chairs With Walnut Legs – they will never go out of style! For more unique colours, you can browse and shop our exquisite collection of Mid-century Dining Chairs.
Make Lists Of What You Need
To keep you focused on what you need or want the most when trying to find your interior design style, creating a wish list will help you stay on track when buying the right pieces.
A wishlist will also help you to make better purchasing decisions for your home, as you will stop wasting money on buying items in the heat of the moment. If you are building your interior decor over time, a great idea would be to make a note of stores or brands that you come across and love. By doing so, you will easily be able to build a collection of places you know are good to look out for inspiration or new pieces for your home. After all, staying organised is key if you truly want to know how to think like a professional interior designer!
Understand How You Can Get Inspired
For any interior design project, you need to find inspiration from quality sources. Because you’re trying to develop your own unique design style doesn’t mean you can’t take inspiration from others, as it’s all about understanding how to take the inspiration you need without just imitating a look.
You can find inspiration from endless places, including blogs, magazines, social media, and more. When you’ve found an image that you find inspirational, analyse what you like about it:
- Is it the colour palette?
- The feeling the image evokes?
- Is it one particular piece of furniture?
- Is it the bold decisions that you aren’t sure you are ready to make?
Understanding what you like about the image can help you develop the same design in your own home. If it’s the feeling they’ve created that inspires you, what is the exact feeling? And what makes you feel this way? If it’s the bold decisions they’ve made that you aren’t sure you are ready to make, maybe take one element from this inspirational image, and design a more daring home without going too far and regretting it.
Make Small Changes
Make small changes to keep your home looking fresh and stop you from getting bored with your interior design decor.
This can simply be changing the layout of your home or swapping which rooms accessories are placed in. If you need a bigger change, you could repaint the walls, hang a new piece of art in your living room, purchase a new plant or indoor flowers to bring some life to your home, or even buy a designer lamp to hang above your dining table which will surely make an impression during your next meal with your loved ones!
These small but regular changes will hopefully stop you from feeling bored or unsatisfied with your interior decor. This is also a great way to slowly transform your home with your own interior design style because everyone’s style changes over time, as we already mentioned.
Do you want to find more inspiration for your dining room? Discover our collection of Wire Chairs, a beautifully minimal and forever stylish range of dining furniture.
Choose A Trend That Suits Your Home
Interior home designs can be dictated by their surroundings, so some styles may not complement your home.
Looking for inspiring images with a similar layout to your home may help if you struggle with putting different designs together. Making changes to decorate your home in your unique style doesn’t need to happen overnight. The best thing we recommend for you is to develop it over time by ensuring the pieces you invest in fit your individual style, wants, and needs.
Always remember that your home is your canvas, so think about:
- What will work well in your home’s architectural layout?
- Do you have vaulted ceilings, exposed piping, bay windows, curved entryways, or unique mouldings? (these elements can be creatively showcased or minimised, depending on your preferences)
- When you walk into your home, what is the vibe you want to feel? Do you like bright colours or a more subdued feel?
- What level of activity will be happening in each area? (try to really understand your lifestyle and what your home means to you)
Final Thoughts
On a final note, it is important to always remember that creating a home based on you and your individuality ensures that you create a home with timeless qualities, and what’s not to love about that?
Only you know what suits your interior design style, so stay true to yourself. Be creative, explore colours and textures, do as much research as possible online, and look at different styles. If you have not saved images of furnishings you like, what better time to start than now? And once you have a general idea of where you’re going, you can continue down the interior design road yourself or seek a professional, as interior designers have all the resources you need to help you make your dream home a reality!
In case you want a little bit more inspiration when trying to find your interior design style, check out these articles:
- Interior Design Styles Through The Decades
- Can Your Home Interior Design Be Impacting Your Well-Being?
- Interior Design Ideas: How To Spend Time Uplifting Your Home
