It is common for a homeowner to discover a lamp, painting, area rug, statue, or other décor related item; and to immediately want to design an entire room around it.
In fact, the majority of professional interior designers base their own décor designs around one or two items.
Many of them actually encourage novice interior designers to use this method for room designs.
However, they do warn that the designer needs to choose an appropriate item for which a good design can grow from.
For example, some novice designers will fall in love with a statue.
The only problem being that most statues are made of few colors.
This can cause issues when it comes to choosing an actual color palette for the room that the item is being used as a center piece for.
Therefore, it is much wiser for a novice designer to choose an item that has more color in it, if they do wish to design the room around a specific item of décor.
Seasoned designers actually suggest using a painting or area rug as a center piece when using them as a means of inspiration for design.
The reason for this is simple.
The majority of area rugs and paintings consist of a wide variety of colors.
It is much easier to focus an entire room around an area rug than it is to design a room around a colorless statue.
One of the world's top designers confesses that they actually always pick out an area rug and introduce it to a room before committing to a complete design.
They will place the area rug in an empty room and will use it as the starting point for executing their entire rooms design.
This method puts an old saying to action: "start from the ground up.
" However, the majority of homeowners will look at an empty room and simply note the overall carpet color and think that they have to decorate the room based on the overall carpeting.
But if an area rug is introduced to the room, they will then have a wide range of colors to choose from.
This is very important for houses that feature a single carpet color that covers the entire house.
In situations like that there is no other choice than to add a colorful area rug to a room.
Designing a room around an item may seem like a silly concept, or may even seem to be too "simple.
" However, it is a method that popular designers have been using for years as a jumping off point.
Following the example of professionals, novice designers now have the ability to create a memorable room with excellent and quality décor.
Still, keep in mind to be very careful when choosing the item that you will design the entire room around.
Choosing a dull or plain colored item could result in the creation of a flat, dry, and not so memorable room.
But the right choice can result in a room for which all other rooms will aspire to become.