Welcome to interiordezine.com’s Interior Design Community
Thanks for calling by, we hope you can share your interior design and decorating skills with others here and learn new things, ask questions, get ideas and talk to like minded design enthusiasts. It is easy, go and register yourself, add a few details, confirm who you are and get started. There is so much to learn about interior decorating, that unless you work with someone experienced, it can be a slow and laborous task to improve your skills.
That is why we want to make your life easier, we already provide free ecourses on interior decorating, color and curtain design, so here is the back up to those courses.
Ask questions here, as we are a brand new community, it could take a few months for things to start cooking, but we need to start somewhere, so help us help others learn from your questions and the answers that others provide.
If you have a passion for an area of design, why not start up a group and have a chat about it. Encourage your friends and workmates to join.
Most of all we hope that you will get on board and help us share our passion for interiors and have fun learning at our interior design community.
nazi said on April 19, 2012
hi
i’m so glad to be part of you guys! i’m still a decoration student and i think i’ll have many things to learn from you!
thanke you all …!
bharat said on April 16, 2012
hi everyone i m a new member.
dev kapoor said on April 8, 2012
Hi, everyone …
really i am glad..and especially thanx to mr lee.
emem said on April 4, 2012
Hello everyone glad to be part of these commuity.special thanks to lee for these oppotunity to learn and to be learnt from.
Anaum Sameer said on April 4, 2012
thanks for the courses. its really helpful. and i have completed 2 of the courses. soon will practice and put up my first project’s pictures
Jacob O\'Leary said on April 3, 2012
Greatly looking forward to getting a chance to talk to you all. I am new to the community of Interior Design but have been obsessed with design since I was just a kid. Talk to me whenever, I would love to bounce ideas back and forth for cooperative benefit, and I am willing to express my opinion to anyone in need! Dont be strangers!
Jacob O\'Leary said on April 4, 2012
Also I have made a group, so dont hesitate to join, would love to have some group discussions and ideas!
anil said on April 3, 2012
i am very excited of being the member of this commuinity………………..anil
camellia said on April 2, 2012
Thank you Lee and Chris for this great opportunity
i can’t wait to start learning
Aaradhya Goswami said on April 2, 2012
Well….I was searching for this sort of site but today my dream came true and I found it. I have a keen desire to get immense knowledge of the interior designing ideas and I think I am on the right way. Thanks Lee Sir for giving us the opportunity to mingle up our minds.
anam said on March 29, 2012
hi everyone
i just signed up for this course, and I am glad to be part of this community
and would appreciate everyone’s ideas.
Special thanks to Lee for giving everyone this opportunity of learning via home.
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noor said on March 29, 2012
hi
thanks for your helpful site
i have a question
actually after 1 year i want to re-decorate my room,and I’m planning 4 this now cuz i have many ideas … now i hve many different colors of covers to bed i mean each cover has many shapes and colors on it,and after 2 months i change the cover of the bed , my question is how i can balance or merge between the colors of the bed and the curtain, now my idea is to buy Beige curtain and but accessories on it that the color of the accessories has the same colors of the cover , do u see that this idea is okay and beautiful and if u have other suggestions tell me please?
i hope u understand me
thanks again
Phoebe said on March 31, 2012
Hi Noor
First I should say that I am an Artist /Designer, not a professional Interior Designer. However I saw your post,and felt I could share a few thoughts with you, as we are all part of a community here. While beige is neutral, it could also be a bit bland, depending on the other colors in your room,which you have not mentioned. With colorful bed covers an achromatic theme could be great for the furnishings and paint. But it sounds like you are concentrating on your window dressings. You furniture STYLE and style of house will affect how well your window dressings will fit the theme. For color tests the most accessible thing that I have found is the Dulux site, just put Dulux into Google. (if you don’t have Photoshop on your computer). Don’t be put off by the fact that it was designed for paint color, get to the part where you can try paint colors on a photo of your room, the program leads you through it, then you can try many colors with the computer on your existing curtains in the photo.Have you thought about options to curtains alone? What specificaly makes you want to re decorate after such a short time? Zero in on what you DON’T like to help guide you.
Having accessories around the room the color of the bed cover you are using is definitely a good idea as long as you don’t loose your theme! I am working on window coverings too at present, for a whole house, where two rooms are half glass! Let us all know how it goes, join the color group. Best of luck and good planing. Phoebe
Jacob O\'Leary said on April 3, 2012
That sounds like a wonderful idea as long as the textures dont contrast and the bedding colors arent too bold in comparison, I think it would turn out wonderful! Now this is just from an imagination stand point, there are other facters involved like flooring and other furniture that could make a difference but otherwise, great idea
BICHITRANANDA PAHI said on April 19, 2012
hi
your idea is somehow good but overall not. so when u go for choose any curtains then choose on small printer cotton , and the selection is very simple just look that patteren with half closed eyes , the small work then clearly visible to you , if u like those pattern then select , no matter which colour is that.
lonnie said on March 28, 2012
Thank you so much Lee for this opportunity and i am looking forward to learning from these pro’s on this site!
anand dange said on March 26, 2012
Hello I am very happy to join this community
Therese Durano said on March 24, 2012
Hi everybody!
I’ve just signed up so I am now looking forward to chatting to all of you soon!
alyaziya said on March 22, 2012
hello, I am very happy to part of this community,
thank you very much Lee for you hard work
Monique Bennett-Lowe said on March 22, 2012
Hello,
I just joined this evening and can’t wait to read other posts, reply and relate to like minded individuals. Anyone out there launching their Interior Design/Decorating business this year? That’s definitely one of my goals for the 2012. I would love to hear about the ups and downs of this industry as well as the definite no-no’s . I’m located in Maryland.
Zuweina said on March 19, 2012
Hi All
I am very happy to be part of this community. I look forward to learn from you all as I just started e-course and I am realy enjoying it. Thank you Lee for this wonderful site.
shaziashabbir said on March 17, 2012
I am excited and looking forward for a wonderful experience being a part of community.
tapaswini mohanty said on March 13, 2012
m very happy 2 b d part of dis community… i want 2 learn more nd more. plz help………..
cynthia kalu said on March 12, 2012
Hi
Am very happy to be part of this creative minds looking forward to sharing my experience and ideas with you
Joker Card said on March 11, 2012
Hello All
I m a professional interior Designer, My name is Mostafa, I m from Egypt , & I am living in Dubai,
I entered this site about 3 years back ,when I was making a search for interior design sites.
I found it the best in many ways, Material,professionally, Communication, etc. most of all I feel the passion & effort of Lee in managing it & truly generous kindness in Sharing her experience with ups & downs sometimes,with Advices,Tips etc.
Any how good luck for all of u ,specially backup for u Lee
Bye
Rajesh Nair said on March 8, 2012
I am so glad top be part of this community. Hats off to Lee for such a brilliant concept to bring aspiring interior designers together and giving an opputunity learn more about it. I am looking forward a great learning experience.
NUTAN said on March 10, 2012
hi
mike said on March 7, 2012
hi everyone. really happy to be part of this wonderful community creative and positive designers. looking forward to memorable experience with you all as we share blissful ideas. thanks to Lee and Chris.
sunita thapa said on March 7, 2012
preetha said on March 6, 2012
am so glad to be a part of this community! looking forward to endless learning from all of u!.. am sooo thankful to u Lee! u got me started on the right foot!:)
Bolajoko M. Carew Shitta-Bey said on March 5, 2012
Hello House! Just to let you know i had a wonderful time this morning studying HOW TO CHOOSE A COLOR SCHEME! From the ceiling to the wall and the floor! You can actually begin to spot out you color schemes based on these three areas, you can begin to define your window covering color, the furniture, the hangings on the wall, the type and color of the floor covering, but not without a good client brief at the back of your mind, in order to please your client. Really very interesting, self explicit examples shown and so down to heart!
Bolajoko M. Carew Shitta-Bey said on March 5, 2012
Hi Bichitrananda! I am an e-color student and i think you are on the right track, i believe what you are tryring to say here is that you distinguished out the FEATURE WALL by painting it desert sunset color, which makes it the room’s focussing area and the rest of the wall painted in silent off-white, with these descriptions and in my imagination so far, i think you are on track, or what do you think about this our Mentor?
sonia said on March 4, 2012
Hi Dears!!
This site is amazing! I loved it and I’m enjoying to learn design with you. I just started a course in Design here in Dubai and my dream came true…It’s simply wonderful….Thanks!!!
Atish said on April 7, 2012
Hi Sonia, Can you share the name of the institue from where you are doing your design course. I am thinking of learning interior designing. It will be great if you can share the name of the insti.
Regards,
Atiah
Emmanuel.O.Akpogumah said on March 3, 2012
I want to thank Lee for this wonderful vision , am really impress and i will like to learn more from you and the community.
i once work in an interior decoration company an since them i have developed interst in this line.
Monique Bennett-Lowe said on March 25, 2012
Hello,
May I ask what type of position did you apply for within that Interior Decorating company, especially since you stated that you had no interest in design at that time? What did the newly graduated decorators positions entail?You now have the one up on decorators trying to get their foot in without the expense of the industry’s mandatory accreditations. Any advice would be appreciated.
sheila said on February 25, 2012
Hi All,
Just joined and want to learn as much as possible about design. Design has been a passion of mine for to many years and i hate the fact that i have to work in a field that i don’t really love or enjoy.To me joining Interiordezine’s community is a dream come true this way i can persue my passion, live my dream and do what i love most. Really looking forward to learning more…..
Kehinde said on February 23, 2012
thank you for this great priviledge you give to me to be part of this community, i’m here to learn interior design and decorating with colour combination but i dont know how to draw, i know i can be very good at it with your help. Thank you and God bless you and your family…
Meron said on February 23, 2012
It’s great to gather here interior designers, decorators, design lovers……….Thanks to Lee Brown. I’m proud of you really. Keep it up!
meenakshi mal said on February 22, 2012
hiiii lee thanks a lot to share the knowledge with us.
i want to know about more in materials as im not good in that
help me out plzz
Stella said on February 20, 2012
Hi Lee. Thanks for the ecourse for Decorating. I just started today and look forward to reading and learning from you.
sampson said on February 20, 2012
Hi Lee, thank you for your generous work. I am a graduate student of the COLOR ecourse.I now have a rich knowledge of color development.This has really enhance my productivity because I am now a better colorist. I am making arrangement on getting the certificate as soon as posible.
Thanks alot.
BICHITRANANDA PAHI said on February 20, 2012
hi Lee
I feel so glad to join in this community. recently i put one colour combination in a room of one of my client and that is master bed room . and the colour are silent with combination of desert sunset. one wall cover desert sunset which face opposite to west and remaining cover silent which is a off white type colour. the reason behind this to choose is the remaining 3 wall change its colour differently in different time in day on reflect of the wall which cover desert sunset. am I right in this selection. advise me plz.thanks and regards.
Phoebe said on February 19, 2012
Hi All – Phoebe from Australia here.
Fantastic idea to have a site where we can discuss the uses we are making of the info from the courses and the info pages.Personally I have found it a great bridge between my messy life as a visual artist (University Trained)and putting my knowledge into overhauling the ’97 built home that I bought six months ago. My immediate goal is to turn a small brick house on half an acre of nature, into a piece of liveable art, that will eventually be surrounded by a small sculpture park. A big goal on limited funds but fun. I have been working on solving design problems all my life but a home is so different, it has to be practical as well. And explaining ideas to tradespeople……still have to get the painter in, as in my 50′s painting a whole house as well as moving the furniture is a bit much for me. I will take on the walls when he has done the basics.
Are there many other artists out there?
Lee, thanks for sharing your knowledge! Wonderful mix of technologies to do this site and the whole set up.
christi scott said on February 19, 2012
Hi From Canada!
I am also a Fine Arts University grad, earned in my late thirties and now at 50 I want to apply my esthetic to decorating for others I have a hard time knowing where to begin. It seems I have countless energy for my own home, but to begin to do it “out there” is a bit daunting since I am not an ingenue. However, I have done many freebies for friends and one job distrressing four antique bureaus, lots of fun. How do I begin, do you have any ideas?
admin said on February 20, 2012
Hi Phoebe, thanks for all your wonderful contributions. Could I just ask you to join some of the groups and make you comments there, then everyone interested in your topics will be able to see them, at the moment, your comments are just staying on the home page. Thanks, Lee
mohammed said on February 18, 2012
hi i’m a beginner in this field and i want to be professional i read the articles that u put here its good but still i need to how to draw by hand the idea and how to catch the idea’s
thanks
BICHITRANANDA PAHI said on February 20, 2012
hi
Remeber one thing , i.e. everyone have to learn untill his / her death. noone can say he learnt everything. and about you, if u want to begin then first imagine a lot and draw rough of your imagine into paper , then try to shortlist among them, and then think why and on which ground you cancelled the remaining. in this process you can gather some basic ideas.
EMENIKE said on February 17, 2012
Feels good to be in this community
I am a furniture maker and an interior designer and I am a progressive Nigerian youth
Luth Martin said on February 17, 2012
Hi Lee,
Thank you so much for the e-course you conducted. It is very helpful. I am in the furniture industry & just started my own business. Hope you continue to give us more tips specially in furniture designing. I’m also kin in doing some interior works..
Thanks again & more power to you…
yujing said on February 15, 2012
hi my name is yujing , i like fashion and intirior gesign very much so , i am passionate about that , hope i l have great time . thanks .
leonila A. matoginas said on February 12, 2012
May I request for a free e-course for curtain making..? For I’ve been wanting to design and make my own curtains..
And also looking forward that thru this e-course I could put up my own shop to be able to earn and support my family..!!
THANKS FOR ACCOMODATING THIS REQUEST!!
admin said on February 13, 2012
Hi, Leonila, we have the ecourse in curtain design, but not curtain making. As a designer I am not a specialist in making curtains, so I am not able to write a course on this. I will have a look around the internet and see what I can find for you. I think you have a great idea to support your family.
Phoebe said on February 19, 2012
Hi Leonila
Do not know if they will have all the information, but I have found a lot of curtain patterns that come with instructions on the McCalls pattern site, just put McCalls into Google or which ever search engine that you use and you will find them. Buterick also have curtain patterns. As well as trying that you could just do a search for DIY Curtains you should find some links that will get you the information on making curtains. Hope this is of help, feel free to contact me for any more ideas. I am primarily a visual artist by training but have been a designer/maker all my life. Best of luck – Phoebe
Phoebe said on February 20, 2012
Sorry, it seems McCalls has cut back on their curtain patterns, probably why I have been getting emails about them, the last few are in the clearance section, found this one – M5343 on window treatments.They do have lots of books on curtain making on their site! It seems that with Lee’s great design lessons that you will only have to get the info on the actual making. You can keep curtains reasonably simple if they have the right design elements and individuality . Do try a search on DIY Curtains – Phoebe
tanisha said on February 11, 2012
looking forward to learn more…….thanx to the guyz who thought of this.
admin said on February 13, 2012
No problem, glad you could come on board, we have a lot of interesting people joining, we should soon start to learn about their ideas on design which is quite exciting.
ramgopal naidu seerla said on February 10, 2012
thank you very much for registering me in your interiordezine ecourse. iam glad to receive information about decoration.
nitin said on February 7, 2012
now i know why my room looks so small….
started ma interior practises 
…….’m luvin it!!!
Meron said on February 6, 2012
I’m so glad to participate and get info from this site!
Omer said on February 4, 2012
Hi all.Thats great to share our opinion with decoration interested.I take some course from interiordezine s and now I m professionel especially colors an curtain design .Want to learn and want to teach .Following you and following me
admin said on February 13, 2012
That is great Omer, keep up the good work!
Patricia Archibald said on February 1, 2012
So glad this site was developed. Looking forward to contributing and learning.
admin said on February 13, 2012
You are such a valued member of interiordezine.com, we love having you on board, keep up the good work. I put it out there to everyone….see if you can have more passion about interiors than Patricia!
Josephine Sheppard said on February 1, 2012
Hi everyone
Just joined and want to learn as much as possible about design.I have been doing the e-courses.But I am also studying with CATC here in Queensland. at the moment I am only learning the basics. Design has been a passion of mine for to many years never done any work in the area though to busy with working to keep a family while they were growing up.Now that I have been forced out of the work force for a while I have to persue my passion. So hello again.
Jeanette said on January 31, 2012
Happy to join the interiordezine’s community. Excited to meet and share our passion.
admin said on February 13, 2012
Welcome Jeanette, love to see what you have to share.
Althea Bastien said on January 31, 2012
I am happy to be part of your community. I am a simply home owner owning a home given by the Housing Development corporation in Trinidad. These homes are affordable homes sold to the middle and lower income citizens at low interest. It is just a shell without floor covering cupboards etc so I have to do the interior from scratch. i just tiles the livingroom this past Christmas and have learnt so much from the two cources you offered. just happy to be part of this bunch. My progress in getting my home to the place i desire may be slow simply because I am completing it from my monthly salaty and things are expensive here but it will be completed to my taste eventually and with your advice. God bless and keep up the good work. Love Althea
Patricia Archibald said on February 7, 2012
Hi that is wonderful. It will be a slow process, I have a mobile home and hte same thing. A little bit at a time, as money and time allows. you will get there. If you need help and have room, I might come down, just to get away from the cold and learn about decor in Trinidad.
http://www.InteriorsByCharlysplace.ca patricia archibald facebook/Interiorsbycharlysplace.com to see pictures of my place. Keep in touch love to see your work.
Charly
Brenda said on January 31, 2012
I am expectant and hope to make my home, office or any place that i can a ”better world”
not just for me but anyone walks into such a place that i have set an effort to make better.
Omer said on February 9, 2012
you can do
Bolajoko M. Carew Shitta-Bey said on January 31, 2012
Hi Lee! Thank you so much for your generousity in assisting we the less privileged to formal design education in to your free design ecourses! I am specialy indebted to you for the curtains and drapery designs ecourse, it was quite an exciting experience to me, though yet to collect the certificate due to some financial constraints but will surely have it. Locating your website was like a decade prayer answerd by God, because i had heard of the site like 4 years ago while i was training under a local designer. The information was given her but she never showed interest, if tomorrow i fully come out into the design world i will surely have a hedge over her! Because i will hang my certificate in my office! Lee please i have been trying to register for the ecolor course after you have motivated me in your first email of the year to me, each time i want to access it proves abortive i am looking forward to adding another knowledge! I wish i could continue but thank you for this access to rub minds with you, i hope to one day visit you in Switzerland! My warm regards to Chris and Emily!
admin said on February 3, 2012
Hi, thanks fro the wonderful comment. I have added you manually to the color ecourse, you should receive an email with further instructions to follow. I am sorry you could not sign up, I will look into it. Have fun, the color course is great, if I do say so myself!
Bolajoko M. Carew Shitta-Bey said on February 7, 2012
Thank you so very much for granting me easier access and registration for the COLOR ecourse, i must confess the Part two was indeed full of fun and much understanding, the way color design is taken out of nature to texture often time i’d wondered the way nature combines color is unmatchable to that of human and concluded that God is the best architect/designer in the whole wild world. Take again for example the animals and the birds in the air, in them you appreciate the work of nature in their color combination designs. I need to go and read my part 3 now so i can have more to say, ‘will get back on board as i progress! Thank you my mentor Lee and thank you fellow designers in the making! We will get there!
admin said on February 13, 2012
Love the positive attitude, it’s the only way to get the job done!