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Monday, March 12th, 2018
The Summer Collection from Fine Furniture Design is the perfect setup for a casual ambiance. It is comfy yet amazingly elegant.
A home of apartment design that is sleek, convenient, and comfortable is casual. It is often discreet yet beautiful and its decorative elements are all displayed tastefully. This interior design is best for people who want to preserve their individuality.
Casual Style Features
In a nutshell, casual interior design is all about using natural fabrics and materials. It is a fusion of sophistication, chic, and simplicity. Being casual is not pretentious and is never congested.
Casual interiors also have delicate colors. It makes good use of white, beige, mint, sand, light pink, gold, and some accents in exciting colors such as dark red, orange, black, and purple.
Texture is also a huge part of using this design. Everything that you place indoors must be smooth to the touch. You can also experiment in mixing geometric with smooth lines.
Basically, casual style is all about convenience and comfort. It is about freedom and being cozy. Casual style never comes with stringent laws as it is carelessly elegant.
Casual design is also the epitome me of border rejection; it is refined, though, and it has its amazing furnishings to boost.
Casual Design History
The casual interior design was born when there was already a clamor for a response against the artificial styles that were dominating the interior design industry. Homes that were devoid of comfort or were pretentious had to be offset by the simple beauty that was offered by casual homes.
Casual is defined by the boundaries of the terms every day and unintentional. This is the very style of life. Is it unobtrusive, simple, yet elegant.
Casual Furniture
If you want to begin investing in casual furniture, then you would need to buy comfy sofa, a huge bed (but minus the frills and sass), low tables, and wicker armchairs or streamlined seating units. Go for things that are pleasant yet soft. Choose bright palettes that can be combined with the most common material that casual homes have – wood.
Remember that the more comfortable the furniture pieces are, the more that they become a part of the casual environment that you are trying to set up. If you have to have them covered, then use neutral colors such as gray, tan, off-white or beige. Other colors would look good in a casual habitat, too, such as soft pastels.
And now that spring is approaching, you have the leeway to experiment with lovely pastel colors such as mint, powder blue, soft pink, and sunny yellow.
Casual Textile
As for textiles, you should go for – again – comfort and anything that’s natural. It must be pleasant to the touch. The curtains need to be light yet long. The fabrics that are used on furniture or the pillows are often textured. You will find interesting weaves on natural fibers such as linen, cotton, and wool.
Even new synthetic weaves already offer a durable and a natural look.
Casual Is Most Appropriate When…
The casual interior design is actually universal. Practically anyone who likes comfortable living in a cozy home will thrive in a casual environment. If you love bright-colored kitchens with wooden furniture complete with ceramic vases on display and a lovely wood flooring, then you’re pro-casual.
If living rooms that come with fruit platters and comfy but not plush sofas enamor you then you also tend to veer towards the casual style.
Always remember that the keyword to doing a casual style in your home is to have less decorative elements. Always act in moderation.
Why be Casual?
If you are a person who loves the beauty in simplicity, then you should definitely design your home with this style. Casual is, after all, the absence of pretense. It is the freedom in styling, one where you can use both simplicity and smart designs.
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
Camden-Griffin Bedroom ensemble
Have you always dreamt of setting up a casual home? Or are you – just like many countless homeowners all over the globe – growing tired of the ornate and overly decorative look that’s your current home? If you said yes to one or both of these questions, then it’s time to go casual.
Who wouldn’t want a comfortable home, right? Yet putting together a casual room is not as easy as it seems. Yes, there are some considerations to make, even some unlearning to do, so you need to prepare for your truly casual habitat.
Simplicity – Will Always Be – Beauty
To begin with, a casual home must have simple details. The only things that should add interest in a room are the textured elements in accessories and fabrics. The horizontal lines must be restful, never jarring.
When it comes to upholstery, it must be soft while the surfaces must not show any luster (or low-luster at best). You must also avoid the perfect symmetry that is often seen in the most composed interior designs.
Rooms that are decorated in a casual style must show your whimsical side. Find a vintage-looking wooden candlestick or a birdhouse. These can serve as lamp base. You may also stack several old luggage as the side table.
Rustic, cottage, French country, shabby chic or American Country are all interior designs that work well with a casual ambience. And with more and more people trying to enjoy a relaxed lifestyle, a lot of the homes these days are now designed with casual elements.
The casual design elements can be used in almost any room which means you can infuse it or use it totally in your bedroom, living room, dining room, your kitchen, even the bathroom.
Casual Design Elements
Furniture pieces inside a casual atmosphere must be soft and comfy, nothing less. This means that upholstered pieces, even the oversized and slipcovered ones are most welcome.
As to their color, be sure to cover your furniture with neutral hues like beige, tans, grays, as well as off-white. Other colors are welcome, too. Softer pastels can offer the needed peaceful feeling. The darker tones like rust, navy blue, wine, forest green and cranberry will offer the needed punch.
As for the fabrics on pillows and furniture, make sure that they are beautifully textured. Don’t go for anything shiny. Instead, invest on natural linen, cotton or wool weaves. Synthetic weaves also offer a natural look.
Of course, you would also need accents even in a casual atmosphere. Include pleats, ruffles, ribbons, cording or buttons. These are the simplest contrasts that you can incorporate in your controlled ambience.
Casual Furniture Layout
Casual rooms often have a diagonally-arranged furniture layout. It is so in order to cut off those sharp corners. It is not necessary to match the furniture pieces.
It is also essential to have an ottoman for added comfort. Add a rattan or wooden tray so that this ottoman becomes a converted coffee table.
Light woods are also welcome especially on a wooden flooring. Pine and oak are quite popular. Whether you would have this finished or painted, what you need to concern yourself with is to protect the wood grain.
Bedrooms, in particular, must have a mound of pillows and a quilt. Window coverings such as shades, shutters and blinds must be used for light control. Enhance them with beautiful fabric valances.
As to the floors, have tiles, hardwood, stone or stained concrete. If you intend to use carpet, then make sure that it is not plush. Choose berber, sisal or long shaggy types instead.
To cap your casual theme, find an artwork that comes with wooden frame.
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
The non-fussy look that I.M. David Dining Room Casual Dining Set 4127-6256 offers is best for your preferred laidback setting.
Have you ever wondered what interior design theme is most apt for family relaxation? You can begin with what’s traditional and cozy. Draw inspiration from the early-American and English furniture styles as well as the cottage, laidback country, and farmhouse styles. Low maintenance and weathered furniture pieces are inviting, easy to maintain, and are visually built for daily living. Think of fuzziness, comfort and warmth, these are the things that make a home more casual.
Casual Features
If you wish to create an environment that is quiet yet not too serious, then you might want to consider a modern casual vibe. Combine clean line furnishings with rustic elements and muted colors so that the furniture becomes the star of the show.
Use plush upholstery that comes with slipcovers. Find the ones with square or roll arms, ball feet and those with skirts.
You can also pick sturdy tables with trestles, turned legs, and pedestal bases. These also go well with any furnishing in warm wood tones and distressed finishes. See how you can fuse natural fabrics such as wool and cotton into this ensemble.
Find solid textiles in simple stripes. And since it is spring, you might want to combine floral patterns (large or small) with muted colors.
Natural Fibers + Muted Hues
Spring is here again so the most famous palette is neutral. Go for grays, oatmeal, white, off-white and pastels. You could still spice these up by infusing different textures. Use cotton and linen fabrics on your upholstery.
Add layers of texture by keeping the look from being too one-dimensional, dull or flat.
Choose area rugs in materials such as jute and sisal. These are natural pieces that have rough textures that beautifully balance the smooth, upholstered linens of your furnishings.
Upholstery + Modern Elements
You can also go for straight-armed furniture and straight skirts. These elements will keep your space from looking too formal or traditional. A single cushion seated on a sofa could be dressed up with interesting patterns. To keep your place from looking too cold, then have some stripes incorporated into the design. Let these stripes come on your slipcovers which will give the place a hip vibe.
Classic + Wood Pieces
A traditional touch is the major element in making a place look homey. If you don’t want to resort to changing your furniture every season, then be ready to infuse a different element each time. For instance, you can make use of natural wood pieces to offset the formality of a traditional style.
Natural is the keyword there so find wood elements that will not overwhelm the senses. Again, consider this season so make sure that you use light-colored woods only. Darker stains don’t just look inappropriate this season but could also cover up the grains which you need for that natural look.
Lighting + Mirrors = Drama
If you want to add a touch of drama into your home this spring, then be ready to elevate your home’s look with added lighting. Even the darkest lines of a ceiling can be offset by the best looking lighting fixture.
You can also up the shine by adding touches of mirror elsewhere. Use nickel or chrome to make your place appear more glamorous. These will also keep the place from looking too traditional. Think of chrome bases on some tables and most of your chairs.
A mirrored accent piece is also a great idea.
Sculptured + Metal
You can also use acrylic cocktail tables that would natural fit inside modern rooms. As these are translucent, they will never compete for attention.
Use metal frames on armchairs. These will contrast the slipcover on sofas which is a beautiful marriage of the organic with modern elements.
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