Home Make-Over

Often people take inspiration for their homes from celebrities and home make-over programs. In actual fact, a survey was recently done by the Better Home Exhibition that revealed celebrities were among the top sources of inspiration for people updating their own homes. But of course it is rarely the celebrities themselves that come up with the designs or concepts, instead leaving the task up to professionals.

An interior designer to some of Hollywood's biggest stars has told one newspaper that people wanting to create an impressive room can structure their design around a centerpiece, such as a piece of white bedroom furniture. Usually this is quite a large piece such as big white wardrobes, and it can afford to be as it is a neutral colour. This is not something that works as easily with say a bright yellow or blue piece, as these will overpower all the supplemental colours in the room.

Kelly Wearstler told the Daily Mail that a big, bold centrepiece can provide inspiration and ideas for the rest of a room's design, such as the bedside table or curtain design, and said that she loves the use of white and black to create contrast.More designers are waking up the potential of using the contrasts of black and white in multiple rooms and in New York it is one of the cities hottest looks right now.

She reportedly stated "the universal qualities of black and white make them my two favorite colours to use. It's the textures and materials that make it interesting." She added that lots of rooms that suffer from a lack of space or light can really be enhanced by using a simple, clean colour scheme.

The last point from Wearstler was that a room can often become "confused" when it is over-designed and keeping the colour clean prevents this happening. Its not a simple thing to get right, but if you're strict with the colors you use, you can pull off a very sleek look.