Apartment interior design

Hallways are often overlooked as they are usually used as a dumping ground for shoes and bags but to make your apartment both safe and welcoming you need to extend your lighting scheme into the hall and up the stairs .

apartment interior designs

Apartment interior

• Simple uplighters placed at intervals along the wall and up the stairs will chase the light up onto the ceiling.
• The treads and risers of the stairs need to be clearly visible and there should be no dark corners.
• If you have several landings make sure that they are adequately lit up.
• Try using recessed spotlight in each step for a more modern effect
• Put the main overhead light at the top of the stairs rather than the bottom to reduce the risk of accidents.

When most of us think of an apartment we automatically think of a small space often occupied in a city. Apartments are not necessarily small but they do require some additional consideration when it comes to providing enough storage solutions and furnishing the space. Whether just starting out after college or as an adult looking to change your surroundings, there are ways to make your apartment or condo more elegant and fresh. 

Apartment decorating can be challenging due to it’s limited nature and decorating is all about personal taste and expressing yourself through the design of your home. Now for those of you who are looking for a few fresh and minimalist ideas for your apartment here are some ideas to spark your creativity and style from Ozhan Hazirlar.

Decorating Your First Apartmen

apartment interior design

If you want to plan to build a house classic American concept in Indonesia, many things that need attention. One was the material used. Generally, more classic American concept of using wood and stone as the dominant material in buildings. Classic American design is more suitable applied to commercial designs. If it is too heavy even for residents. In addition to the materials used tend material material natural like wood with a visible, material such as textured stone is quite rough too often used to these concepts. 

To design, classic American-style dwelling of the concept that is simpler than the classical concepts in general are more feature carvings that like classic European. Especially with a porch or veranda is wide enough that blend with the terrace house and surrounded by simple pillars. The concept of the American classic is more referring to the characteristics of rural, natural, and American country. The model is more simple than a lot of wear Europe. Classic American concept to apply the saddle-shaped roof or a modified shield. In a sense, the roof looks stacked for space use it for storage or sleeping space to save space.

Stud the ceiling with low-voltage spotlight or downlights which wash the walls with light. Downlighters cast pools of light onto the surfaces below and are great for water and glass. Get your builder to put in a false ceiling to hide the wiring and fit them with a dimmer switch so you do not get blinded when using the toilet in the middle of the night. Replace existing fittings with frosted ones and you will immediately get a lonely diffused light.

Install a row of light bulbs around your mirror, dressing-room style, as they give a good even light from all sides. If this look is not your style, try to fit diffused wall lights on each side of your mirror but either way avoid a single strip of light over your mirror, as you will end up with shadows below your nose and above your mouth. Make sure that the light is not too soft as this does not flatter your skin and you won’t be able to see well enough to apply your make-up.

Bedroom Design:

Decorating your bedroom can be a great way to give your self a tranquil retreat, yet so many people neglect this room. Often times people focus on the public rooms of the home – the kitchen, living room and guest bathroom but the bedroom is your own private sanctuary and you owe yourself to decorate it!

If decorating your bedroom seems like an overwhelming task, you might want to take it easy and make small changes over a period of time instead of one huge change. On way to ease yourself into decorating the bedroom is to start with the walls. Artwork can make a huge difference in the look of your bedroom and is one decorating idea that you can easily reverse if the look doesn’t work.

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into someone’s home? The walls, right? Walls enclose the home, giving a thematic impression. So, if your walls are empty you’ve got to get to work to populate them. Wall hangings can be expensive, but that’s only if you purchase something by a famous dead artist. You can create your own artwork without any art instruction whatsoever. First, you have to consider your theme. If you have a Victorian, feminine or shabby chic bedroom theme then you will want floral or feminine artwork. A modern bedroom theme will look best with prints in sleek frames. A tropical look? Then get some jungle style prints or prints of exotic animals and birds.

Kitchen

Nowadays the kitchen is the room where we spend the most of our time, preparing food, eating and entertaining, which is why lighting the kitchen properly has become even more essential.  A central pendant light gives a good general light, but if that is all you have you will be working in your own shadow and this will take our the enjoyment of cooking. 

Kitchen light should be a similar to natural light so you do not get dazzled. Whatever the shape or size of your kitchen, the light should come from behind or to the side of where you are working, not from in front. You will also need a high level task light at various areas in your kitchen, such as the sink and cooking area. When buying a new kitchen, you will find that most modern kitchens come with built-in lights, or you can mix and match from the kitchen supplier in order to get a custom-made kitchen.

Items such as cooker hoods come with a built-in illumination and cupboards can have built-in lights that are triggered when the door’s are opened.

• If you have a pendant light but want to illuminate a different area, put it on a longer cord and a put a small hook in the ceiling above where you want the light to hang and clip it over.
• Replace your central pendant light with two or more ceiling-mounted fittings set wide apart to allow a much more even flow of light.
• Mini fluorescent light underneath wall units gives a good level of light over the work surface.
• Paint your kitchen ceiling matt white and keep the walls above the wall units a pale colour.
• Fit a track system with directional lights you can position over the work surface and sink.
• Fit rows of recessed downlights into the ceiling as they emit light exactly where it is needed and give good colour rendition.