house & home
TREND SETTING
With 15 year's industry experience, LARA WILLMORE of Axford Interiors discusses the importance of not getting side-tracked by the latest trends.
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ype 'interior design trends' into a search engine and you are instantly hit with a list of articles telling you what we should be doing in our homes, what colours are 'in' what styles we should be using and what we should be buying. There are trends that are ongoing for a few years, flash trends based on something current that becomes popular or something more seasonal. There is no escaping 'trends'. But whether you live by them or feel totally unaffected, there are more important things to consider when decorating your home. To really feel at home in your home, the interiors need to reflect the distinctive personalities that live there while also being fit for purpose. Ultimately, we want our homes to make us happy and feel relaxed, rather than just to impress our guests. We advise our clients to really consider why they are changing the room - what is currently wrong with it? What isn't working and why? This helps to begin to establish the brief. Then we can look at trend inspiration, personal tastes and how to also be sympathetic, appropriate to the age of the property. When looking through fabric collections and paint charts, clients often have an emotive reaction - knowing whether they like or dislike something by the way it makes them feel. This can lead to developing other choices in the room and a designer will take note of this rather than influence
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Base your interior choices on what makes you feel happy and relaxed
"To really feel at home in your home, the interiors need to reflect the distinctive personalities that live there" solely through trends. Our design consultancy service offers a free initial chat with a designer to talk through the brief and to help work out how you can make the changes to suit your taste as well as your budget. The Victorian designer William Morris famously declared "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." With this in mind, you can create a home that you will want to go home to. Axford Interiors has a vast collection of fabric and wallpaper sample books - offering help in the comfort of your home with choosing colour schemes, curtains, blinds and other soft furnishings white also offering assurance with high quality make up and installation.
If you have a project in mind, or need a design solution in your home, give us a call on 01225 895400 or email hello@ axfordinteriors.co.uk to see how we can help. You can also keep an eye on our social media channels for examples of work, influences and testimonials! • axfordinteriors.co.uk Axford has a vast collection of fabric and wallpaper sample books
