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Contemporary Interior Design - Interior Design and Photography - Creating Themes - Part 3
We have looked at the ‘public spaces’ in your home but how about the spaces people don’t usually see. Take your bedroom for example.
Making your bedroom a place that reflects your personality and allows you to relax and be yourself makes perfect sense. If you have a secret yearning to be a rock star but couldn’t possibly tell a soul; or always wanted to dance with the royal ballet but possibly grew a little too tall then you could maximise the pleasure you get from your ‘private’ space by turning your bedroom into the room of your dreams.
Okay, not everyone wants to be a rock star or a ballerina but sleeping in a room that makes you feel really good is absolutely essential. You don’t need to spend a fortune either. Just think about your ideal room for a moment. Forget fashion, forget your friends and family and concentrate on the only person that matters – you!
Okay, now you know what you want to achieve, how are you going to get there?
Photographic Prints for the Ultimate Themed Bedroom
Think about spending a few hard earned pounds on a really good photographer. Costumes, a few well chosen props and some inspired camera work could give you the basis for the ultimate themed bedroom.
They say a picture can say a thousand words so work hard to make your images shout. How about a 10ft wide panorama of your all-time favourite view? What about a photo-shoot in Covent Garden or Wembley Stadium? You are only limited by your own imagination.
Take the images and get them printed onto textured paper or canvas – or if you want to be really different use a transparent multi-layered medium which allows you to blend images together and lends a really unique, almost three dimensional appearance to your photographs.
Photographs When Enlarged can Really Make an Impression
For an even more exciting look, think about getting your pictures enhanced, enlarged and printed onto both sides of a piece of lightweight acrylic. This incredible printing technique brings a terrific depth to your image and is especially suited to landscapes or any other images with vibrant contrast and colour – like a rock concert or dynamic stage show. Just imagine those colours and costumes on your own walls.
A word of caution: you are trying to make an impact so don’t be tempted to go too small. Size, colour and texture combine to create a dynamic effect. One without the others often doesn’t work. Big rooms need big bold images to lead the eye from one to another. Only go small when the room can’t cope.
A stunning design idea that can work well in a darker bedroom is off-white walls and soft furnishings with splashes of carefully chosen colour in cushions and selected artwork. Your own photographs can be de-saturated to remove original colours then edited and coloured again to provide precisely the right shade to match your ideas. Once again, print large on textured paper or canvass for best effect.
Interior Design & Photography - Part 1
Interior Design & the Photograph - Part 2
