“The details are not the details. They make the design.” -- Charles Eames

Chronicles of a Not-So-Newbie Interior Designer: Furniture and Accessories





Furniture and accessories for my client's residence were selected based on the following criterias: comfort, clean-lined, asian inspired, stain-resistant, and practicality (do they serve any real purpose or do they just stand around and look pretty?)

Ice Panel
Hunter Zoe Ceiling Fan
Metro Sectional in chocolate brown ultra-suede
Opium Table in black
Ming Side Table
Renzo Chair in brown
Drum Stool or Vessel Stool

Chronicles of a Not-So-Newbie Interior Designer: Concept Drawing

I did a couple of the concept drawings before I got the scale right. I actually liked the straight pen and ink version better than the colored version.

Note to self: Next time, try color pencils and markers that are not water soluble.

Chronicles of a Not-So-Newbie Interior Designer: Concept and Design


Initially, I had no real idea of what I was going to do. The only thought I had was, "No typical Asian red and no ornately carved Chinese furniture."

• Went to Home Depot and picked out 20 swatches of paint. Loved the green and that's when I had a "Eureka" moment. Bamboo! It's the coolness of that color and the linear qualities of the bamboo are what I'm after.
• Did tons of research on furniture every free moment I'm not working on my real job.
• Completed the floorplan. Figured out how to create it to scale on Photoshop.
• Went to the fabric store and found swatches that matches my palette. Everyone was "ooh-ing" and "ah-ing" over my palette of fabric.
• By Tuesday, the room is completely designed in my head, down to the accessories, but I still had to do a concept sketch and I haven't done a perspective drawing in years. My meeting with the client is on Weds. Yikes!