Interior Design Can Make You a Happier Person

When people ask me why I enjoy being an interior designer, I have lots of answers. Interior design is creative and fulfilling, I love working with clients, and design is a natural part of the way I think and relate to the world.
But the biggest reason is interior design makes people happy! I take ordinary spaces or blank canvases and transform them into elegant and interesting places that are functional and fun. I help people fall in love with their homes, and what better job could there be than that?
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Our homes play an integral part in how we feel because we spend so much time there, whether relaxing alone or enjoying time with family and friends. Colors have a psychological effect on our well being. Blue colors, for example, tend to be soothing, like other earth colors—this is the color of the sky. Blues make people feel calm. It’s also a cool color, so it will bring your perceived temperature down.
Blues are a great choice for any room where you want serenity, like a master bedroom and bathrooms. As is true with all colors, the more saturated the color, the more the psychological effect.
The right color combinations can make you happier in your home.
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Light is another big reason interior design can make people happier. All too often, people block off natural light, nature’s antidepressant, with heavy drapery and furniture. Part of my job is helping make the most of the light that comes into a space.
Oftentimes, there’s also inadequate light from other sources, like chandeliers, lamp, and pendants. One of my skills is assessing the light situation in any room and making the most of what is there naturally, augmenting it with lots of other sources from different places in the room: overhead, on the walls, and at waist level.
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Another thing I do that increases happiness is to create a sense of harmony. In any room, the furniture and accessories function as a whole to create a “vibe” in a room. It can be dynamic, serene, relaxing, or any number of other feelings. An interior designer knows how to work with scale, pattern, space, color, forms, and texture to make that happen.
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Another thing I can help with is managing levels of clutter and disorganization. These are major happiness buzzkills in any home! I’ve got experts on call who work with me to help get the right storage in place, and help clients understand what goes where. We can also help people tame any bad home habits they may have and learn how to keep their house beautiful.
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Finally, interior design can make people happy because it’s all about beauty. It’s everything from chic chairs and charming couches to elegant entryways and fabulous fabrics. One of my favorite parts of the job is finding beautiful objects and sharing them with my wonderful clients. I delight in seeing a big smile as I share an accessory or piece of art and my client loves it. And the final reveal to clients at the end of an interior design job is so exciting, seeing them marvel over all the pretty things that are now theirs.
If you’re ready to be happier, give me a call today at 214-641-7897 or contact me through the Barbara Gilbert Interiors website.
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