A Guide to Developing an Interior Design Concept

Every successful interior design project begins with a concept. It is the first—and, the most crucial—step where your interior design team will be able to understand what your vision is, so they can move forward with interior design concept development knowing that you’re going to get the results that you want. But how exactly do you go about developing your design concept?

The basic principles of a design concept

There are no hard-and-fast rules to develop an interior design concept, but you can use these five basic design principles as your guide:

Here, you’ll need one primary color, a secondary color, and at least two other complementary colors to tie your design together. Using more than that could result in clutter, so try to stick to this rule.
Choose a style that fits your house and personality. It could be modern, eclectic, traditional, or minimalist.
Decide on furniture, fixtures, and décor that will scale well with the room that you’re putting them in. You could seek help from your interior designer in scaling your room.
A room needs to be functional before it can be stylish or else you’re defeating the purpose of having a renovation in the first place.
Space planning. Select a focal point in a room and work your way around planning the space, so that everything is cohesive without making it look small and cluttered.

Starting an interior design concept

Following those five principles, you can now start to develop an interior design concept with your interior design team:

List down your thoughts. Before all the considerations, try to think about everything that you’d want for a room or house. Then, narrow down that list to what you think is most prevalent style and functionality wise.
Create a mood board. Sometimes, words aren’t sufficient in getting your point across when it comes to interior design, so this is where a mood board comes in. Here, you can collate all the design elements that you want in the space, so your interior design team has a clear vision of what you want, and they can use their expertise to curate this further into a more cohesive design.
Be clear with your descriptions. You and your interior design team need to be on the same page, which is the primary purpose of your interior design concept. So, make sure that you’re clear with descriptions. For instance, instead of just writing a wood door, you can be more descriptive by saying that you want an oak wood door with a metal brass knob.

To develop an interior design concept properly means that you’re taking control of the project but also allowing your interior design team to use their expertise in making your concept more appropriate for your needs.

This might seem overwhelming in the beginning, but all that thought and hard work will surely be worthwhile once you see the results.

References:

https://simpleinteriorconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/11/how-to-develop-interior-design-concept.html

https://www.alishataylor.com/interior-design-concepts/