Did you know that interior designers use standard tricks while working on their projects? No matter what the given space or the clients’ requirements are, Interior Designers use a lot of smart work along with hard work.  

Whether you are a student of an interior design weekend course, diploma course or a degree programme, we are sure that these tricks will help you in the future.  

Space Solutions: According to experts, the most common mistakes designers make, is including too much furniture. Especially for kitchen, when you add too much furniture, it cuts down the walking space. Hence, experts recommend a 90 cms wide thoroughfare. 

Similarly, in the living area, the ideal space between sofas and coffee tables must be 45 cms. This not only makes it easier for a person to reach the cup of coffee but also helps in communicating at a lower pitch. For the dining table, there must be a space of 75 cms with 45cm legroom, with a table of 74 cm height. 

The Right Height: To include a pendant lighting in your interiors, there are several factors to determine the right height. These include the style of the light, the size of the pendant, height of the ceiling matters in order to come up with the right place. These guidelines will do the trick:

• In the hallway or the living room, hang the light 2.4m above the flooring.
• In the dining area, leave at least 75cm gap between the table top and the light pendant
• In the kitchen, leave approximately 80cm distance between the kitchen top and the roof

Style & Colour Compositions: Bringing the right balance between colours and styles is important. While the colour wheel may help you decide complementary schemes, analogous schemes or bolder schemes, you still need manual guidance to set the balance.

Use this rule: 60% of a dominant colour, 30% of a secondary colour and 10% of your accent colour. If you require to add a fourth colour, you can split the secondary colour or the dominant colour, but not the accent one.

The Mathematical Ratio: This ratio derives its form from nature. Primarily, artists follow this rule. Interior designers have drawn inspiration from artistic works and incorporated this ratio in their design rulebook.

According to the formula mentioned in weekend interior design course curriculum, divide a space into two thirds and one third. Elements like plants, sideboard, and furniture can take up a two-thirds proportion and minimal elements like a bookcase and shelves must occupy the one-third of the area.

The Power of Three: In interior designing, 3 is a magical number. Be it cushions, paintings, vases or any other element, grouping them in threes will create a symmetrical vision and force every eye to glance at the display.