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Interior Decorator Connecticut

If you've recently bought a new house, or you're thinking of redecorating your existing home in Connecticut, it might pay to consider bringing in expert help. Some people think that hiring an interior decorator is a luxury, but the truth is that an outsider can often look at your home with a fresh and unbiased eye, and if you are careful to remain in control of the project, the results can be spectacular.

1. Local Companies

2. Hiring an Interior Decorator

3. What an Interior Decorator Does

4. Why Go to an Interior Decorator?

5. Featured Local Company

1 . Local Companies

Gallery Decor
860-953-5099
1142-A New Britain AVE
West Hartford, CT

Framed-Arts.com
866-683-0711
166 Smith Street
Groton, CT

Karenin Studios
225 324 2753
31 August rd
Simsbury, CT

Interior Concepts of Westport
203-255-3903
27 Bayberry Lane
Westport, CT

Sally Kellogg Interior Design
(203) 846-1000
4 Lewis Street
Norwalk, CT

Lynn Hoffman Design, LLC
203 984 4695
One Stamford Plaza, 262 Tresser Blvd., 9th Floor
Stamford, CT

MsCrystylin Interiors
860-263-8543
144 Blue Hills Avenue
Hartford, CT

Lynn Hoffman Design, LLC
203.984.4695
One Stamford Plaza
Stamford, CT

VETHOMAN,LLC
(203)-612-7034
155 WITCH LANE
NORWALK, CT

The Interior Edge
860.233.4244
Hartford.Manhattan. The Berkshires
Hartford, CT

2 . Hiring an Interior Decorator

It’s the first task on your to-do list; getting furnishings, painting, wallpapering, choosing carpets. Putting your stamp on a new property is more than just aimless enthusiasm; decorating is what turns a house into a home. As such, it’s worth taking a bit of time to think about the look you want for your home. And this is about more than just making sure that the furniture matches; it’s about creating a mood, whether that means a ‘theme’ for your décor or just the feel of each room. This is one of the reasons that interior decorators are so popular; they come to each job brimming with fresh ideas and bring a wealth of experience to the task at hand.

Whether you choose to decorate your home yourself, or decide to employ the services of an interior designer, you will need to make quite a few choices early on about the way your home is going to be decorated. These include obvious dilemmas over furniture, color schemes and flooring, but also other fittings. Curtains or blinds? What kind of light fixtures will you choose? How will you decorate the walls, and how will your chosen decorations interact with the furnishings, with the light coming in through the windows – even with your family! It’s easy enough to look at an individual room and come up with ideas for making it look attractive, but coming up with an overall plan for your home can be quite a major task, and for that reason alone you may find the services of an interior decorator invaluable.

3 . What an Interior Decorator Does

Interior decoration is the art of decorating a room in such a way as to be attractive, fulfill its function well, and make the best possible use of the available space and surroundings. It encompasses aspects of décor such as color schemes, paint, wallpaper and wall decorations, carpeting and flooring, and furniture, as well as curtains or other window coverings, light fittings, and so on. A good interior decorator will be able to decorate a home in such a way as to convey a definite and consistent “feel”.

We probably know what kind of feel we want for our own homes, but it can be difficult to turn that sense into a coherent vision of how a home should look, and even tougher to translate that into a practical plan of action for decorating. A good interior decorator helps bridge that gap.

4 . Why Go to an Interior Decorator?

Decorating a new home is about more than just wallpapers, as you’ll know if you’ve ever tried it before! Interior decorators have lots of experience in different styles of decoration, and will be able to advise you on the best way to use your available space, bearing in mind factors like budget, the size of the room, the light and weather in your location, the function the room will be put to and so on. Looking at a piece of furniture in the store is one thing, but looking at a bare room and visualizing it filled with light and life is quite another.

Interior designers can also be useful if you’re trying to freshen up your existing home. After a few years, even the most imaginative decoration may come to seem stale and tired. The problem is that after a while with the same décor, it’s hard to picture a room any other way – just as it’s hard to imagine your favorite movie with anyone else in the lead role. But who knows if something different might not actually be much better?

An interior decorator doesn’t come to your home with this baggage. He or she will therefore find it much easier to picture it differently, and may be in a much better position to come up with fresh ideas for your home. And, last but not least, an interior decorator won’t be as attached to your old clutter as you are. You should get some honest advice, so be brave, and get rid of that old rug.

5 . Featured Local Company

Gallery Decor

860-953-5099
1142-A New Britain AVE
West Hartford, CT
www.gallerydecor.com

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