
An introduction to the course.
Use a three-column lifestyle evaluation to document existing vs desired home style, storage needs for bikes and skis, color preferences blues and greens, natural materials, and indoor-outdoor flow.
Organize images by creating folders and a vision board, keep your lifestyle statement in mind, and gather inspiration from Pinterest or magazines; cut and resize elements, forming a-list and b-list.
Open a Milan note board, choose the empty or mood board template, add images from your library, arrange from the center outward, and export a PDF or JPEG.
Define your objectives by evaluating your current and future lifestyle to shape a vision board that guides zoning, kitchen and storage layouts, indoor-outdoor flow, and adaptable room use.
Survey each room, sketch the plan and elevations, photograph each wall to record measurements, and note existing use, problems, and the best and worst features for the next design step.
Divides the apartment into public front zones and private rear areas, placing the kitchen and living spaces at the front and bedrooms at the back, with double doors opening to light.
Whether you are an aspiring designer or looking for ways to improve your return on investment, my go-to guide provides you with the confidence, support & planning tools to help you achieve your home goals. This course will enable you to make informed decisions in the process of creating and implementing your schemes. Your home is an expression of your taste, style and lifestyle. It is also a space that should nurture, uplift and evolve with your life changes. You learn how to create your visual statement valuable reference tool to be used throughout your project. It will keep you focused and confident in making your design decisions. In addition to evaluate your space realizing the major requirements and surveying your space, also design your own space by zoning and planning your layout, choose you color palette learning the theory and application of colors, select and mix your finishes in harmony with your scheme, placing your furniture use texture, pattern and color with upholstery and window treatment while determining how to use fabric for acoustic and light control, select and choose your soft furnishings, design a lighting solution by planning a lighting layout to highlight focal points, control the light and its color while each room will be considered for its general, task and ambient lighting, style and accessorize your space, hang art and photos, how to display it all together, how to add that element of surprise and finally plan and document your work programme to create a scope of works communicating your ideas and what information the suppliers need from you on and off-site.