Frannie Kimsey’s quick tips for “No Rules”
interior design
1. Don’t be attached to one look.
Let things inspire you and then work
from that. If you see something and it
speaks to you, get it. If you love it, it
will work in your house.
2. Start with fabrics. See what
appeals to you and start moving from
there. Once you have rugs and fabrics,
you can select paint colors. It’s much
easier to match paint colors than the
other way around.
3. Balance height and numbers.
Things need to be contrasting in
height. Use something tall with shorter
things to balance it out. Group things
in threes. That odd number will give
you variation that’s aesthetically
pleasing.
4. Hang art above or below trim
lines. Pictures need to be higher or
lower than door and window trim.
Don’t hang them at the same height
because it creates a line straight across
the room that gets boring to the eye.
5. Be select with statements. If
you’re going to do something special,
like a red ceiling in a dining room, do
it in one place. Don’t do something
special in every room or it will take
away from those statement spaces.
6. Mix it up. Everything doesn’t
have to match. Everything should not
match.
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