THE INSIDE STORY



THE INSIDE STORY






LET'S SEE SOME THE INTERIOR IDEAS IN TREND NOWDAYS WHICH GIVES YOUR HOME A NEW DEFINATION OF BEAUTY.



ROMANCE BRIGHT COLOURS





PEOPLE EMBRACED DARK TONES AND LOOK-AT-ME COLOURS. THE WALLS WERE OFFSET BY LARGE-SCALE FLORAL PRINTS, ESPECIALLY IN WALLPAPERS.



ALL GREEN THUMBS





GARDENING WAS NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WITH BACKYARDS AND BUDGETS. INDOOR PLANTS, TERRARIUMS AND MINIATURE CREEPERS WERE THE RAGE. WINDOWSILL HERB GARDENS, DIY POTS AND CREATIVE PLANT ARRANGEMENTS NICELY ROUNDED UP THE GREEN YEAR. 




OPEN PLAN PLACES






INTERIORS CELEBRATED OPEN SPACES. BUILDING A HOME ? HAVE A NO-WALL SCHEME WHERE THE KITCHEN LOOKS IN TO THE LIVING ROOM AND THE BEDROOMS INTO BALCONIES. FORGET THE PICTURE WINDOWS, IT'S ABOUT SEE-THROUGH WALLS.



SCENTED CANDLES






NOT JUST FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON, CANDLES BECAME A YEAR-AROUND THING. TO KEEP YOUR HOME LOOKING AND SMELLING TRENDY, CANDLES CAN BE LIT UP. THIS YEAR, BEEWAX CANDLES CAN BE YOUR PREFERENCE AS THEY ARE SAID TO BE NON-POLLUTING.  



QUIRKY PICKS






FROM FOOD FURNITURE TO CUSTOM PRINTS AND 'LOOK-AT-ME' LIGHTING SOLUTIONS INTERESTING ACCENTS MADE A HOME. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING PERK UP YOUR INDOOR SPACES, QUIRKY IS WAY TO GO.



RISE OF WABI-SABI







THE BIGGEST TREND IN DESIGN NOWADYS IS IMPORTED STRAIGHT FROM JAPAN. IT IS ALL ABOUT CELEBRATING WARMTH, COSINESS AND INFUSING YOUR SPACE WITH A SOUL AKA THE JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY OF 'WABI-SABI' WHICH TRANFORMS OLD, RAW AND IMPERFECT THINGS TO PERFECTION. WHAT MADE WABI-SABI CLICK WAS THAT IT CELEBRATED IMPERFECTIONS. THE WOODEN FURNITURE WITH ROUGH TEXTURES, WOBBLY-SHAPED POTTERY AND LINEN TEXTILES THAT WERE NOT SMOOTH. THE FOCUS WAS ON BEAUTY OF REPAIR.


















 


 

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