How to Style your Home Like you are an Interior Designer

Choosing home décor accessories online can be tricky.  How do you know how much to spend, or if you are picking the right colours and textures for your home? What if you could make decisions as if you were a professional interior designer?

The first stage is to plan, plan, and plan some more!  It doesn’t matter if you are renovating your whole home, or you are just updating a single room, an interior designer will make a plan before they start shopping.  It doesn’t have to be a full mood board or even a quick Pinterest board!  Just having a look at some interior blogs or magazines for inspiration can help you to organise your thoughts so your finished project is a success. 

If it’s just a quick update, then buying home décor accessories online is the fastest, easiest, and most cost-effective way to add personality and style to your home.  Smaller items like cushions, vases and even rugs can be changed with the seasons, helping you to stay stylish and on-trend, but what should you choose?  Here are three top tips to get you started:

1. Mix and Match

Interior designers know that mixing textures, materials, and colours is the best way to add depth and contrast in a room – but how do you know what works best?  Well, there are some combinations that never go out of fashion, like wood mixed with metallics, and bold prints mixed with plain complementary colours.

2. Use Colours Wisely

Speaking of colour, if you want to achieve an expensive, designer look, rather than painting whole walls in bright colours, use a neutral palette.  Then you can use your home accessories to add pops of bold colour here and there for understated elegance and a real ‘show home’ feel.

3. Light and Space

Don’t pack things onto tables, or fill every available space on your walls.  The best design finds a balance between minimalist and cluttered!  Light and space make a room look professionally designed.  If you can, add mirrors and reflective surfaces to help your room look and feel bigger.

4. Make Focal Points

It used to be all about the ‘statement wall’, but you don’t need an entire wall to make a statement! Pick a corner, or that awkward bit of wall between the window and the radiator, and create an area to catch people’s eyes.  Like an accent chair, or a bold piece of art, or a table with a creative accessory on top – there are lots of ways for a small area to make a big noise!

Our final rule when choosing home décor accessories online is to buy what you like! Your home should be the place you can be yourself, show off your personality, and put your own mark on the world.  The best interior designers start every project by getting to know the client and then use that information to make a space that they will adore.  So put your own artwork, or your kids’ pictures on the walls; mix modern accessories with that cheeky charity store vase you bought, and show off the things you care about the most.  Remember, you are the one who has to spend the most time in your home, so don’t worry what other people will think, and make sure you love it!

To help make things even easier, why not choose home accessories and furniture store that is run by an interior designer? Bonnie Hame is a unique interiors store, with a carefully selected collection of home interior accessories that not only meet our high ethical standards but that we would be pleased to have in our own home.  We seek out furniture and décor that stand out from the everyday looks you find on the UK high street and promise to bring charm and character into your home.

Visit Bonniehame to view our latest home décor accessories online and to find out more about our home decor subscription service, the Bonnie Hame Box.