Interior Design Tips & Help

It is an old truism that one needs to invest for success but it is is as true for the property landlord as any other area of business today.

Forget second hand furniture and dirty accommodation; today tenants have choice and know what they are looking for in a rental property. So in order to attract the most prospective tenants to your rental property it needs to be attractive, stylish and practical.

A little extra investment upfront will reap real rewards downstream since you will have less time without tenants and you will spend less advertising to attract new tenants.

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Walls were a very important part of the Georgian interior and much attention was paid to their treatment. Classically, the wall area would have been divided into three sections: the dado/wainscoting, incorporating the skirting/base board, dado panel and rail (which would be at a height of approximately 75 cm/2ft 6in); the field or mid-wall section; and the top section made up of frieze and cornice.

Early in the period these panels would most probably have been made of oak and finished with a simple wax polish. Later, with the introduction of softwoods, the paneling may have been painted, albeit in rather drab colors, or given a faux wood finish.

Hangings of precious textiles and tapestries were fashionable and fabric walling as we know it also popular (except in the dining room, where food smells might be trapped). Fabrics such as silk and wool damask were attached to walls above dado height by means of wooden battens and finished with a gilt fillet. Costly wallpapers (including flock types and patterns with oriental themes) in sheets rather than rolls were highly prized and most frequently attached to a canvas backing before being hung, thus enabling them to be removed when the owners departed.

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Every room in interior design is important, and should have something to do with each other to be effective.

Each room should be thoughtful, it can be passionate, it should be a reflection of someone(s). It should be you in some form or another. We know we are making a statement with our fashion, but we should know too that we are making a statement with our interiors. What statement is that? Is your statement as great as you? A lot of the times, no. The nice thing is that something can be done about it. I suggest a complete design plan that makes every room complement each other and then it becomes one wonderful whole design.

Imagine, many rooms in a house and they all compliment each other, that is a great idea! How is that done or how can it be done?

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