If you want your budget to work in your favour use super sized pieces to create a focal point for your room. It’s easy to lose control of a design budget once the creative ideas start presenting themselves. To avoid overspending we suggest using value or cheaper items in your space and then adding the ‘wow factor’ with one large, over scaled piece. Playing around with scale means playing around with expectation. It can add drama and intrigue and cleverly draw the eye to what could be the most expensive piece in the room. Complementing these oversized pieces with some cheaper more economical items doesn’t necessarily mean a compromise on design, it just showcases your smart spending habits. We’ve collected some pieces that can turn the ordinary into extraordinary and super size the value of your interior.
Bigged Up Headboards
Up scaling your furniture may seem a little daunting, to avoid this we suggest you start simple. Thus, the headboard. A statement piece in many bedrooms, this design element will draw the eye to the bedroom’s most important piece of furniture; the bed. Whether you choose to add colour, pattern or texture with this bigged up piece be sure it takes centre stage and stands out amongst the other design features in the room. To achieve this why not try a piece of art as a headboard? Or paneling?
Massive Mirrors
Mirrors are a design staple because they add the illusion of space. Adding an oversized mirror will add volume to your space, and of course reflect the room’s best feature; you. Reflect the thematic elements you’ve added and go grandiose and regal with a baroque inspired piece, or keep it minimal and sleek with a frameless modern piece. Edgeless mirrors will create a seamless and never-ending finish to a room, whereas big bordered mirrors will reflect the design of the room.
Substantial Sculptures
Sculptures are art and thus a reflection of your personality. If you want your over sized pieces to show off the inner you, then choose a sculpture and go big. Whether you need to fill a big space and make the room feel smaller, or you want to create a dolls house atmosphere in a small room sculptures are great for drawing the eye and tying together your whole theme. Depending on what the sculpture is doing they can also add a real energy to a room, and create the illusion of depth if used alongside other smaller pieces. Layering is always good.
Author Bio :Greta Shelpie is an interior design specialist. She has designed the homes of the rich and famous and appeared in numerous interior design magazines. She enjoys gaining inspiration from www.valueinteriors.co.uk when working on small scale budgets.