London Interior Design - Interpreting Designer Flair

London Interior Design - Interpreting Designer Flair - Notes of White

As an interior design professional, I will sometimes create a design concept for a busy London client that incorporates many different notes of white. Some clients would be startled at the very idea, worried perhaps that the outcome may lack the designer flair that they crave. But today I would like to reveal a secret - London's very best interior design teams understand deeply that the many available offwhite, crème, snowflake or chalk options can build into wonderfully inspired motifs and ornamentation. Many of today's most prestigious London Interior Design consultancies are able to create speciality designs with fresh, harmonious and lifestyle-friendly schemes – the spectral-hue white philosophy really steps aside, letting the illumination to reign, move and shimmer throughout the interior space. Of course, December in London can be a little dull – rainy skies, drizzly mornings and the occasional snowflake. Accordingly, multiple of our clients crave bright, fabulous, sunny designs that really let the light take hold. Interior designers will incorporate visual flair by adding dimpled specks to the paint or perhaps using ultra high reflectivity coatings to build shine and resilience.

London Interior Design - Interpreting Designer Flair - Ancient Inspirations

A new movement in interior design came into existence in the latter half of the eighteenth century – namely the search for ways to include Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman motifs and ornamentation into new concepts for discerning clients. The shift occurred partially as a consequence of the new excavation work by archaeologists in Rome and at other Italian sites of interest. Interior design boutiques - including London’s most famous designers - had previously focused primarily on the “Rococo Style” but they adored the incoming Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman inspirations, which perfectly offset the Rococo stylisations, making for a more true-to-life picture of natural figures and shapes. Eventually this new movement came to be called the neo-classical approach. It is quintessentially focused on Palladian columns, footsteps, and stone facades. Marble is a centerpiece. The best London Interior Design boutiques will select neo-classical designs for tables, chairs and couches since their clients often crave clean, fresh lines and timeless design philosophies.

London Interior Design - Interpreting Designer Flair - Into the Limelight

Ask most London interior designers what they require in a spotlight system, and they will point to three major alternatives, namely surface-inserted, track-inserted, or 100% in-ceiling recessed. Spotlights normally illuminate using a fairly tight cone of white, but they can be made more versatile with lenses that broaden and dampen out some of the intensity. The best interior designers will use purpose-designed lenses that filter out ultraviolet light in order to preserve ancient artwork or fragile paintings, bought perhaps from one of London’s celebrated galleries. I have worked with top London Interior Design teams who purposely select spotlights for artwork that features multiple coats of paint or heavy, blotchy textures. This can enhance the atmosphere and drama of the overall scheme. Any mirror-shine effects on account of the varnished mounting will be reduced substantially when the interior design team uses a spotlight in uplighting mode, for example.