Elevate Your Space: Interior Design Ideas

Timeless Interior Design Ideas for Elevating Your Space

Use these apartment, townhouse and villa interior design ideas to create the perfect space for you and your family. 

1. Create a Spectacular Focal Point

Every room needs a focal point. This is the area of most interest. It draws the eye and provides a reference point for arranging furniture (especially seating since it’s best for this to face towards the focal point). 

Often, a view of the outside makes a fantastic focal point. Perhaps you have a beautiful landscaped garden or a spectacular view of the city skyline. If you have an outdoor space, premium landscaping can elevate your home, providing a space for you to admire from within as well as enjoy outside. By framing a great outlook with beautiful window dressings, you instantly have a great focal point.  

Sometimes your home’s interior architecture provides a focal point, perhaps with a fireplace, alcoved bookshelf or other unique feature. 

You may need to create a room’s focal point yourself, in which case art or an incredible piece of custom furniture are the best ideas. Choose a large, bold design and place it in an area that gets good light so that you can sit and admire it. A large mirror is a good option, since it can also make a smaller space feel larger.

2. Balance Comfort and Flow with Beautiful Furniture

Large pieces of furniture like sofas, tables and chairs have great importance in terms of both aesthetics and functionality. You want pieces that you love to look at, but their functionality is going to be key to how much you will enjoy the space they occupy. Be careful not to compromise comfort for visual appeal. 

How you place your furniture is an important interior design consideration, too. Expert interior designers will always consider how to keep entryways open and create natural pathways around a space for effortless flow of movement.

For the best use of space, optimal practicality and a design you love, custom-made kitchens, interior and garden furniture are likely to provide the best solution. It is tempting to follow current trends and change furniture and furnishings often, but investing in classic, well-made furniture designed to suit your lifestyle and space will be the most pleasing choice long-term.  

3. Let Lighting Set the Mood

Lighting makes a huge difference to how you can use and enjoy a space, but is often overlooked. Use these lighting home interior design ideas to add refinement and practicality. 

Enhance the beauty of natural light cascading through your room by keeping window areas unobstructed. Lighter colors on the wall will help a room feel more open and airy.

When night draws in, layer artificial lighting by combining ceiling or wall lighting with accent lighting like table or floor lamps. This way, you can highlight the areas you want to draw attention to as well as keep the space practical and functional. Illuminating outdoor spaces with garden lights will also add charm to your home.

4. Consider Texture for Visual Interest

Texture is also frequently overlooked by homeowners, but never by interior designers. It is key to adding character and your personal style to your space.

For added warmth and charm, natural materials like wood, textured stone, cotton and wool are ideal. You can incorporate wood not just with furniture, but also as flooring or wall panelling. Luxurious finishing touches like wool rugs, stone planters or velvet cushions can make a space homely and inviting.

There are sleek, modern alternatives if you prefer. Marble, polished concrete, and glass make a bold statement. These materials reflect more light, therefore making a space feel more open and airy. 

There’s no need to opt for natural over polished, or vice versa. Creating the perfect balance of the two is often the choice of professional interior designers.

5. Bring the Outside In with Flowers and Greenery

Little can match the beauty that nature provides in abundance. Flowers and plants are the quickest and easiest way to elevate a space and make it feel more luxurious. Fresh or faux flowers can breathe life and colour into a room. Large plants with interesting leaves can also add a bold and modern statement. 

If you have only a small outdoor area or balcony, a green wall will enhance it greatly. These vertical gardens are a beautiful focal point in the smallest outdoor space. 

Bringing Interior Design Ideas to Life

Looking for more apartment or house interior design ideas? Transform your interior and exterior spaces with Milestone. Whether you need interior design consultancy, custom furniture, pool design or outdoor landscaping, we have the design expertise to lead your dream project.  

View our latest projects or talk to us today to find out more.