It's all about color...

...well, at least 90% of it.

Since we are moving forward with our outrageously big remodelling project, I've been forced into learning about interior design so we don't end up with an incoherent mess.

So, how does one tackle a DIY interior design project? After all, to an engineer like me, it cannot be rocket-science - right? There must be some off-the-shelf 1,2,3 process you can use to create that smashy interior deisign you see in Journals - right?

Well, maybe.

Looking around on the web for Interior Design I was disappointed with the lack of information, so I'm starting to gather some information from books, trying to reverse-engineer examples of interior designs that look good, etc.

My first article on the subject is color and the crucial role it plays in Interior Design.

From what I have seen in a few Interior Design books, color seems to be treated last, yet my belief is that this is the make-or-break element of a successful interior design.

The key to successful design in general is Disciplin. Yes, you heard me right - D-i-s-c-i-p-l-i-n. And mind you, this has nothing to do with my history as an officer in the Israeli Army.

Disciplin in this case means that you have to make a few key design decisions and stick to them. In the case of color, what I found is that in most cases where the design seems to lack that je-ne-sais-quoi, you can blame lack of disciplin in picking colors. People may have decided on a color scheme (or more likely have not) and then they insist on putting in any odd tchockes and kitschy souvenirs they have acquired on their last trip to Fiji, that red carpet that looked so good in the store etc.

Wrong.

If you want to have a successful design, pick a color scheme and stick to it. Look at those pictures of great-looking designs in the journals. They have one thing in common - They have a planned color scheme and don't ruin in.

That being said, let's go back to the basics and try to figure out how you come up with a good color scheme in the first place.

It all starts with the color wheel.

All about this in my next post...