Lauren Clement
Lauren Nicole Designs
Determine Your Goals. The first step in designing or renovating your home is to determine your goals. Ask yourself, what do you want your home to “feel like” when you walk in the door? Think about your style, the time involved and budget consideration.
Flow of Traffic. One of the most important parts of your home is traffic flow. You need to consider where people are walking and what makes sense in terms of function. Your home not only needs to look beautiful, but function for you and your family as well.
Create Your Color Palette. Browse Houzz and design magazines to get a feel for what colors you love. Create a board of your favorite color scheme to make sure they all work well together.
Edit. Take a step back and edit what you have selected. Taking time away and then coming back to it makes a huge difference. Make sure everything works well together by taking things away or adding them. You can always add, remember that!
Take Risks. Don’t be scared of trying something new and different. It’s your home! Your home should be a reflection of your personality and not look just like a magazine ad. Don’t be scared of bright and bold colors. Just because you’ve been doing something for a while, doesn’t mean you have to keep doing it.