100 Decorating Tips From Best Interior Designers part 9/10

100 Decorating Tips From Best Interior Designers part 9/10

Looking for inspiration for your next decoration project? Read part nine of 100 very useful decor tips from best interior designers and home decorators in the world gathered by HouseBeautiful. Follow Best Interior Designers and stay up to date with our latest posts: facebook, twitter, pinterest

I keep my sofas at 6’6” to 7”. Any smaller and they look dwarfed, bigger and they look like an airport lounge –Alex Papachristidis
Most pillow fillers you buy commercially don’t fill the corners of the pillows, so take cotton batting and stuff the interior corners of the cover – it gives a more full feel to the pillows. – Marshall Watson
If you can’t afford fabric shades, paper shades are great. I love white opaque, as they are clean and modern. Fussy shades date a room quickly –David Easton
The hang-up – where to hang my artwork? I’ve found that 63” on center above the floor is a perfect viewing height for most pieces – Rob Southern
Dinner parties here in Palm Beach are joyful, noisy, affairs. As they should be! I always encourage our clients to upholster the walls in the dining room to absorb sound – Mimi Mcmakin
When you’re hanging a series of pictures together, keep the gap between them 2” to 2 1/2 to really utilize the wall space, and keep a minimum of 9” between the art and tops of sofas and chairs – Milly de Cabrol
Surprise the eye with scale. Use one large lamp with a large lampshade, or an oversize ottoman. One large-scale element takes a room up a notch – Myra Hoefer
Lighting is everything. It creates an atmosphere, drama, and intrigue in a room. The easiest way to accomplish this is with a dimmer switch. I always use dimmers, even in the powder room! –Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Make sure you allow a minimum of 36” of space around your dining room table to give your chairs enough room to pull back. Nothing is worse than feeling cramped in a dining room –Phoebe Howard
Install your doorknobs at 34”, a bit lower than the usual 36” – it breaks up the doors into a prettier, more relaxed proportions – Richard Bories and James Shearron