How To Become A Great Interior Designer

Get an internship

This is one of the best ways to get fantastic hands on experience and actually see how the industry works. This is also a great way to build life long relationships and find true mentors.

Look for inspiration outside of design

A lot of new and even experienced designers like to look at other people’s works. That’s great but looking at other things to gather inspiration like the art community, photography, architecture,  and nature is a great way to stand out.

Take your time

Everyone wants to be successful overnight. This isn’t going to happen. The only people who become over night successes are the ones who have been working the last 5 years in the shadows to do that.  It’s ok, you have time, focus on your craft. Become a true practitioner and make something original.

Know your math

This is absolutely crucial to being an interior designer. Check then double check your budget. It seems simple but the last thing you want is to go over budget.

Find clients who are willing to try something new

If you can find clients who are willing to try out your bold ideas this is a great way to get noticed.

Believe in yourself

It’s simple! Believe you can do it! it’s going to be hard, you’re going to make mistakes. But that’s what makes it worth it. The only ones that make it in this industry are the one who stick with it no matter what.

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4 Garden Update Ideas

Napa Valley Garden

Creating a garden that features lavender, rosemary, irises, and fruit trees is a great concept. These plants are the theme of Napa Valley and paring these plants with some large rocks is a great way to create a fresh looking and smelling garden.

Elevated Steps

Elevated steps are a great way to create some dimension and asymmetric aesthetic.

Floral Walkway

Planting some bright flowers along a winding walkway can really make any garden feel elegant.

Geometric Garden

If you’re feeling bold a geometric garden is a great way to turn some heads. You can create something really interesting looking without having to spend to much.

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5 Ways To Upgrade Your Outdoor Parties

Keep Mosquitos Away

Instead of closing yourself off in a net try Off’s anti-mosquito candles.

Set Up Outdoor Lighting

Getting creative with your outdoor lighting doesn’t have to be expensive and it can take the whole experience to a new interesting level. We like string lights.

Message In A Bottle Place cards

We all love to Chinese restaurants because at the end we get fortune cookies. If you know who’s coming to your party place a message in a bottle place card at each seat and have everyone read a funny comment about themselves to get the conversation and laughs going.

Bluetooth Speakers

If you don’t have speakers installed outside. You can find Bluetooth speakers now that work perfectly in outdoor environments. Just plug them into an outlet and connect with your phone.

Poolside Seating

There is something special about sitting in outdoor furniture by the pool late at night with great company. We’ve had a lot of fun with this setup. We recommend you giving it a try.

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“Jardin Éternel / Eternal Garden”, Art Exhibition and Experience by Claire Basler Now On Display at The Houston Design Center through August 5, 2016

Houston, the city of the eternal summer will be the venue for “Jardin Éternel / Eternal Garden,” a premier art exhibition, lush and exuberant that illustrates the beauty and splendor of the French Garden by France’s own Garden Doyenne, artist Claire Basler.

Through the paintings of Claire Basler the Houston public will be transported to the rich verdant fields of France filled with flowers and flowing tree lines. Her masterful paintings are an homage to nature and a veritable visual celebration. Basler’s flora are a gentle reminder of nature’s fragility and its strength, thus leaving the viewer with a sense of tender melancholy and child-like delight.

To commemorate the event, the artist will travel to Houston to personally present her works during the Bastille week celebrations in Houston by the Consulate General of France. Honorable Sujiro Seam, Consul General of France will inaugurate the awaited exhibition.

The exhibition is open to the public Monday – Friday from 10 am to 5 pm.  The art exhibition is on display at Alkusari Stone Showroom #229 at The Houston Design Center, 7026 Old Katy Road, 77024.

Partners of the exhibition include: art Houston, Francoeur Music Ensemble, La Table

The French Farm, Paper City, Alkusari Stone and The Houston Design Center.

For more information and images please contact Yvonamor Palix Fine Arts at ypalixart.com / 281 467 6065 or visit clairebasler.com 

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4 New Trends for 2016

Here are a few trends to keep you busy this summer.

Mismatched Cabinets

There is nothing wrong with a pure white kitchen, but it doesn’t hurt to be a little bold. Mismatching cabinets is a new trend that makes a statement without going overboard.

Marble Accents

Marble has always been a feature of homes but people are now adding little touches of marble with accent peaces.

Bidets

Bidets have never really caught on in the U.S but now it seems they are with the new array of modern design and high-tech features they now offer.

Matte Finishes

The vintage and reclaimed look is really becoming popular. Matte lighting fixtures can really emphasise this look while also keeping it clean.

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6 Designers Who Changed the world

We all look up to someone or have people in our lives that inspire us so much it determines the whole course of our careers.

Here are six people who inspired us.

Massimo Vignelli

Massimo is best know for designing huge corporate logos like Ford, IBM and Bloomingdales. He brought forth a new era of typography that was the basis for apple computers design and the macintosh operating system. But what a lot of people don’t know about Massimo is that he also Designed the new york subway map and icons. He also designed furniture, Buildings, and clothes.

Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel needs no introduction. Her influence today is as strong as ever, as the company she founded remains one of the most coveted and respectable labels in the world. She created the little black dress that is now a staple for all women and a legacy. She created the scent Chanel no 5 which was credited as being the origin of the modern form of perfume, making it a fashion statement and a status symbol.

Alberto Pinto

Alberto Pinto left behind a legacy of interior design. Alberto could switch from modern space aged projects to decadent palaces for royalty. He designed more than just interiors, he designed entire hotels, jets, and yachts. He transformed the thought behind designers only working in one style or space.

Barbara Barry

In 1985 Barbara Barry formed her own company in Los Angeles, California and since then it has taken the design world by storm. Barry is mostly self-taught and is known for emulating the elegance and livability of the California style. Barry has collaborated on product designs with companies such as Baker Furniture, Kravet Fabrics, Ann Sacks Tile & Stone, and Bloomingdales with her bedding collection. Her clean and sophisticated designs are seen all over  California, but she works worldwide as well. Barry has also published several books that represent her beautiful taste and design ideas.

Zaha Hadid

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid, DBE was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was the first Arab woman who received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, winning it in 2004. She received the Stirling Prize in 2010 and 2011. Hadid liberated architectural geometry with the creation of highly expressive, sweeping fluid forms of multiple perspective points that evoke the chaos and flux of modern life.

Jorn Utzon

Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon. FAIA was a Danish architect, most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia. He also designed The national Assembly building in Kuwait. He had a passion for home design, designing 4 iconic modern homes.

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