Interior Design

Interior design tips for better living

Welcome! As India’s largest UPVC window manufacturers, Fenesta has introduced this site to help our customers with easy access to interior design. This site is an effort to provide helpful advice to enhance your space. Most of these tips are recommended for Indian living requirements, although they also find universal application across the world.

We hope that these interior design tips inspire you and help you. Enjoy your journey as you construct your dream home!

Disclaimer: Fenesta does not provide professional advice on interior design. It also does not manufacture interior design products other than UPVC doors and windows

Interior designing tips

Interior design is a subject of much enjoyment or stress, depending on how you look at it. If you like playing with colours, textures, fabrics, furniture and spaces, interior designing can be plenty of fun. The great thing about interiors design is that you don’t necessarily have to hire a professional interior designer. With our interior design ideas, you can make a few simple changes to your home or office, and make it look spanking new. This is true of modern interior design as well designs that are old-school and classical. And if you’re sitting on the fence as far as these two sensibilities are concerned, we can even help you mix and match.

Here are a few basics of interior designing, before you work on any space:

Light colours expand, dark colours contract: Light colours always make a space look larger and more airy, while dark colours make a space look smaller. When doing your interiors design, keep this in mind. If you have a tiny apartment but want to make it look larger, choose upholstery that is light coloured wherever possible. Also make sure you choose a light-coloured wall paint like beige, ivory or white.

Don’t ignore the doors and windows: People often don’t think much about the doors and windows. However, these have a huge impact on the façade as well as the interior design. Moreover, these are responsible for light, air and security. For the most practical option, choose UPVC windows that are water-proof, termite-proof, dust-proof, sound-proof and secure. Use French Windows or bay windows where you want a lovely view.

Make furniture multi-task: Space-saving is everybody’s mantra today, and the only way you can do it is by making your furniture multi-task. For instance, make the chest of drawers in your bedroom double up as a dresser. Maybe couple of the drawers can function as a shoe rack. Having an easy to pull out trundle bed in your kids’ room will accommodate both your children without compromising on space.

Painting basics: Get your painting basics right. If you want to use two or more colours in a room, make sure they’re from the same colour family. E.g. use red and a pale orange or use blue and a pale green.

Pick an accent colour: Whenever decorating a room, choose one accent colour that contrasts with the base colour. For instance, if brown is the predominant colour in your bedroom – i.e. the furniture, the bed cover and chair are in beige and chocolate brown, choose an accent colour like orange or turquoise to bring the place to life. Use the accent colour in cushions, window blinds, a vase, the wall paper or even a rug. Don’t use the accent colour in more than three elements.

Practicality of modern interior design: Be practical when coming up with interior design ideas. Don’t buy something just because it’s fashionable. Find out about its maintenance time and cost needed. Buy it only if you have domestic help to maintain it or don’t mind shelling out the extra bucks for its upkeep.