{"id":1247,"date":"2012-08-24T15:35:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2021-03-12T12:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T12:12:23","slug":"creative-interior-design-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/creative-interior-design-ideas","title":{"rendered":"Creative Interior Design Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creative interior design ideas might seem hard to come by \u2013 at least it seems that way when you are looking for ideas to transform your own home. However once you start looking around and soaking up the incredible ideas and inspiration other people have already come up with, you\u2019d be surprised just how creative you can be as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Creative Interior Design<\/h2>\n<p>What does modern really mean? The truth is it means different things to different people. Certainly it applies to ideas we\u2019ve never seen before, that typify the modern age. Funky <strong>sofas<\/strong> with eye catching stripes and prints perhaps, or unusual uses for items you\u2019d never normally see inside the home \u2013 these are just two examples of the many sparks of inspiration that could find their way into your home as well.<\/p>\n<p>A classic example of something that might seem out of place is a coffee table made from a surfboard. It may look odd in a traditional living room, but in the Cape Cod styled room it took centre stage in online recently, it stood out for all the right reasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1s8n1udmr3gbj.cloudfront.net\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/kitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1253 size-full\" title=\"kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/d1s8n1udmr3gbj.cloudfront.net\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"Brightly decorated kitchen - creative interior design\" width=\"673\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/kitchen.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/kitchen-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/kitchen-670x271.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another eye catching and bold statement was made in the kitchen area of another home, with none other than a canoe hanging from the ceiling above the workspace area. Could you pull off something like this in your own home? Of course you could \u2013 you just need to think outside the box and look at the room you want to decorate as a blank canvas. What could you achieve there if you really set your mind to it?<\/p>\n<h2>Home Decorating Ideas<\/h2>\n<p>You can get ideas from all kinds of different sources. For example the desire to use a fresh seaside theme in our lounge a few years back led us to get hold of a real fishing net and some lanterns that would have been used to light the way in small boats many years ago. These made an outstanding display on one wall that could not have been achieved in any other way.<\/p>\n<p>Home decorating ideas will come to you in different ways. It\u2019s good to be creative too, because it forces you to think differently. Don\u2019t rue the fact your spare bedroom is too small \u2013 think about how to use creative interior design ideas to ensure you make the most of every inch of it. Don\u2019t just look at floor space in a room either \u2013 you\u2019d be surprised what you can do when you think of the room as a whole. Just remember that canoe and you\u2019ll get the idea!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d1s8n1udmr3gbj.cloudfront.net\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/livingroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1254\" title=\"livingroom\" src=\"https:\/\/d1s8n1udmr3gbj.cloudfront.net\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/livingroom.jpg\" alt=\"Sleek, modern living room\" width=\"673\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/livingroom.jpg 673w, https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/livingroom-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/livingroom-670x271.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whatever room you want to decorate and however you want to do it, you\u2019ll definitely want to consider what you want to get out of that space before you do anything else. This will help you figure out how to open up the room and use it like never before. The dimensions of the room may be fixed, but there are no limitations to your mind. It all depends on how you use it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Images via www.home-designing.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative interior design ideas might seem hard to come by \u2013 at least it seems that way when you are looking for ideas to transform your own home. However once you start looking around and soaking up the incredible ideas and inspiration other people have already come up with, you\u2019d be surprised just how creative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[516],"tags":[93],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7051,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions\/7051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.darlingsofchelsea.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}