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What creates the best first impression? Tips and tricks:

Thinking of the first house impression, we will definitely answer it is the first area your guests will cross through. It is your entrance area which must be outstanding and stunning, with neat décors and accessories, you can consider a console with a mirror or any other kind of accessories.

However, the journey of the first impression does not stop there! It continues to the guests’ room (Majlis in the Arab tradition) where they can have all the time to roam with their eyes around. Hence, keep a several elements in mind to give the first impression you want as a homeowner. Starting with the lighting element, yes, it is important to use an eye relaxing lighting for the space, but also you need to consider the decorative ones that give a feeling of coziness and luxury at the same time. Moving onwards, the accessories play a major role to show the high standard taste in decorating your house, it represents the effort and the careful selection of what suits the house theme and furniture to complete its identity. The wall décor also plays a key role in giving the right impression of your entire space. Through using decorative elements such as a book match, or a differentiated wall paper with an outstanding color, large paintings can also be another creative solution for a unique wall décor.  

In Blanco Interior Design, we create your home space and customize it to match your taste and we make sure to deliver your dream home to you in the most creative, elegant way!

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Curtains in Interior Design

Curtains play a major role in the process of designing and decorating a villa, where they are considered as part of furnishing the space.

Thus, there are several points considered during the curtains’ selection process, which are:

-          Length of curtains: and that depends on how you would like the space to look, also depends on the height of the window.

-          Material: choosing the curtains material mainly depends on where those curtains are going to be placed. Generally, black-out curtains are used for bedrooms.

-          Color and pattern: matching the design and the color theme in the space décor.

Yet, there is a functional role for the curtains besides the design role, which is controlling the light entering to the room, hence having the control over the room’s temperature.

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Gym in your House

With the new trends and the increase of the society’s awareness regarding the importance of adapting a healthy fit lifestyle, working-out and gyming became an essential in many people’s lives. A trend that COVID-19 has created is having your gym inside your own house due to the convenient features it has such as the easy 24/7 access, hygiene control, as well as the privacy. However, while creating your gym space in the house there are several things to consider: 1- Create an elegant sport theme through the colors used in the décor. 2- Add some funky art for a dynamic mood and energetic environment. 3- Consider a space or a corner for storage to keep the gym wearable and equipments where they belong (The Gym), such as the matt. 4- Bring dynamic games to your gym as a part of your active workout (like a table tennis, or a punching bag) for an entertaining workout. 5- Consider a spa to enjoy relaxing time after your workout. 6- DO NOT forget the stereo or the speakers. Get fit in your house, with a style by having a well decorated and designed gym at its best functionality.

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Interior Greenery Spaces

Or what is called Indoor Gardens, greenery areas you can find in the house, office, restaurant décors to give a sense of a fresh stay and experience a natural ambience. An interior garden brings many benefits to the residential or commercial place, such as:

-          It helps creating a healthy environment in the house/office.

-          It gives the feel of positive energy and calm refreshing ambience.

-          A nice decoration that brings life into the space.

However, it is important to consider and work upon the conditions and requirements to maintain a clean indoor garden, such as:

-          Considering the size of the greenery area to match the size of the decorated space.

-          Provide a natural light source and a fresh air source to maintain the growth and survival of the plants.

-          Watering the plants on a regular basis and avoid over-watering them.

-          Using the right and most suitable method in placing the herbs and plants (pots, raised beds, etc.,).

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Trending Materials in Interior Design

Interior design is a form of art, good taste, and visualizing decors. Needs expertise, deep understanding of designed spaces, and definitely an artistic vision to come up with creative designs.

Besides the experience, an interior designer is required to be consistently updated with the trends, people’s tastes, and preferences, as well as the trending materials used to bring out outstanding decors with a high standard quality.

-          Trending materials for your project décor:

1-      Marble: one of the top preferences people ask for, it is elegant, and goes with both classic and modern decors. Can be used for different purposes, such as tea and coffee tables, kitchen counters. Along with its accessorizing role in the home décor.

2-      Copper: adds a different, artistic, muted touch to the ambience of the space, to have a glamour décor.

3-      Reclaimed, recycled wood: wood is another material that people like to add to the houses. However, recycled wood is chosen for its environmentally friendly characteristic, and the beauty it can add to the design. Used mainly for shelves, desks, and tables.

4-      Fur: bring the impression of comfort, coziness, and relaxation.

5-      Florals: people nowadays like to add a natural touch to their homes and offices for its organic sense and decorative touch in the interior ambience.

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Future of Interior Design

With the high demand and high competition in the interior design field, changes are always expected by designers and design experts to keep up with the latest trends and customers’ preferences.

Technology plays a big role in speeding the field changes and trends. For example, clients have built an interest of having a smart home system in their house’s décor which drives the luxury feel. Another technological trend to be adapted is the use of virtual reality by interior design companies, it is an easy and a fancy tool to showcase the clients’ the proposed designs by making them experience the impression of their homes. Sustainable and minimalism design adoption is increasing by the clients; due to its modern, futuristic design, and its environment friendly aspect.

In the UAE, the major role of an interior designer in developing a project has been proven by the creative designs represented in Dubai Expo 2020, where they represent innovation in the future. Specially that Dubai is known as a luxurious city with a superior lifestyle, which is something is always in consideration when we present the designs in Blanco Interior Design to the new and existing clients.

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Restaurants Interior Design Concepts and Trends

With the high interest in dining restaurants and the variety of diners, the decoration and interior design became an essential factor in the guests’ preference. Thus, restaurants are interested in creating an atmosphere that represents their brand image as desired.

Designers tend to utilize different concepts and ideas in the restaurants décors and come up with creative designs to craft a unique, storytelling ambience. Having a sustainable design is very common, specially in modern cities like Dubai, which is a simple environment friendly concept that has been trending for a while. Another trending theme is the dark colored design, which is mostly used to show luxury and exclusive décor, this concept usually is mixed with decorative lightings to add more of a rich touch. The minimalistic design is another concept that needs to be highlighted, since it indicates a modern lifestyle impression, by featuring the necessary objects to deliver a concentrated brand image.

However, after the pandemic Covid-19, restaurants got some capacity restrictions, where organising the dining area to the new maximum capacity became a very important factor that changed the perception and decoration of restaurants to keep up with the requirements.

Blanco Interior Design is well-experienced with the restaurants design and has completed several projects with a fascinating outcome, like La Gauffrette with its different branches, and recently we have handed-over Al- Mawal project.

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The Lighting Element in Interior Design

To create a harmony in the décor of the house, lighting is a game changer element to be considered. It allows the designer to represent ideas with different styles, themes, and moods. Additionally, using lamps and decorative lights can also play a role in the design of the area besides the colors chosen, and the distribution of the lights.

Therefore, designers tend to use different types and layer of lighting. Starting with the general lighting, this is commonly used in the modern design as an overall lighting for the rooms.

Another type of lighting used in the home décor is the task lighting, interior designers use this layer to match the room’s theme and its activities whether it is a kitchen, bedroom, or a majlis (which is commonly required in the UAE villas and palaces).

Last type to be mentioned in the interior design lighting, is the decorative accent lighting. This type is used to add an artistic touch to the room decoration like chandeliers and lamps. It helps the house’s architectural features to stand out and to highlight the wall artwork in some cases.

Blanco has a highly skilled and creative team of designers that pays attention to the smallest details with an artistic eye. Hence, the type of lights used in every space and corner is carefully chosen due to the purpose of it and the effect it can add to the ambience.

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Kitchen Interior Design Concepts and Ideas

A kitchen is an important space in the house décor, since it is the center of food preparation and storage where everyone gets involved in. Hence, there are variety of kitchen layouts and shapes to pick and choose from, such as:

-          One wall kitchen

-          Gallery Kitchen

-          L-shaped kitchen

-          U-shaped kitchen

-          Island kitchen

-          Peninsula kitchen.

An interior designer is obligated to help you choose the right layout for your kitchen as per the space you have, and what matches the overall house interior and décor. Also, it is important to keep it convenient and practical by having enough storage with well-distributed cabinets.

Another tip that designers in Blanco Interior Design like to use, is basically using marbles in the kitchens with its different textures and tones to add a premium touch of luxury to your kitchen.

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Use of Technology in the Interior Design

Adding technology to our daily tasks became a trend that cannot be escaped. Therefore, designers are introducing smart homes in their projects since they became very trending in the modern and high-tech cities like Dubai.

A smart home can be defined as the future of houses and cities, it is the ideal way to save energy and enjoy the luxury of digital systems. The integration between the user and the smart home system is the key feature due to the ability of understanding the users’ habits and adapt into it, such as turning the lights off when the person leaves the house.

There are several tools can be used by the interior designer to showcase a superior décor using smart home technology. Smart lights for example can be on the top of the tools to be mentioned and used in projects due to its flexible features like adjusting different hues and brightness setups as per the needs. Also customizing the lighting tones as per the atmosphere needed in the room to enjoy different themes. The light sensor is another feature to be pointed out which add a value to the user by saving the energy.

Smart curtains are as well very important tool featured by smart homes; they add comfort to the ambience by being able to set-up the curtains to open in the morning and close when needed.

Blanco Interior Design always aims to deliver the best quality and highest standards to the client by introducing luxury in the designs, ideas and tools such as smart home systems to bring an outcome that feels like a dream house.

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Using Empty / Negative Space in the House Décor

How do we use negative spaces?

-         Add decorations and accessories such as artificial plants, bulbs, mirrors, carpets, etc.., to state an ambience matches the house décor.

-         Add a functional element, such as a solo chair, tea table, etc.., to make a use of the space as a practical area.

-         Add a value to the area by using it as a storage through decorated cabinets and cupboards.

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A dressing room is another private space in the house décor along with the bedroom. Since it is attached to the bedroom and contains all the person’s private items and needs. Hence, it is important for Blanco Interior Design to make the clients feel premium and provide them with luxury designs for all the their house/villa areas, and the dressing room décor is no less superior than other spaces to bring to the clients the finest designs to enjoy quality in every corner in their homes.

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Art of the House Decoration

Bringing to you a finest Andalusian design by Blanco Interior Design. It is featured by creative and artistic decorations, such as the harmony between the furniture colors, and the symmetry between the ceiling and flooring design.

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Classic Interior Design

Cultures and designers have been inspired by the aesthetics art of the westerns, particularly Greek and Roman, traditional interior designs that have been known as Classic Designs which are complex, detailed, and artistic designs.

Every element in the Classic Design has its own characteristics that integrates with the rest of the elements to craft a distinctive touch in every area and corner. This integration is represented by balancing between the elements, such as colors, items, etc.., and having a symmetry in their distribution to generate a luxurious, magnificent look. Moreover, designers in the classic interior avoid bright, strong colors, as well darkness. The colors usually used in the Classic Design are the pastel calming colors that add an exclusive appearance, like cream, beige, light green, olive, and gold, etc... Using those colors create a soothing ambience in the interior space. Besides the colors used, it is essential to mention the features of the Classic Interior as well as the materials, like the presence of French-cut walls, doors and windows with clear outlines, using the marble fireplaces, structuring half-columns, columns, and arches.

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Majlis Interior Design

A soft, colorful interior design for a majlis with the finest finishing, starting with the ceiling where its design adds to the space’s décor a touch of modernity. The walls with their lines and cuts that match with the ceiling and the design concept, along with the waterjet marble flooring which is our clients’ favorite.

The symmetric distribution of the furniture brings elegancy with the choice of the colors that give a fresh environment.

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The Art of Colors

Colors in the interior design are a powerful element. The art of matching colors and tones is used in the interior space to play a major role in creating area’s mood, reflecting on the space perception, and creating an illusion of more or less space. This is known as the psychology of colors which defines the ambience of the area whether it has a classic or a modern design.

The choice of the colors used differs due to different aspects, such as the type of the design (classic/modern/contemporary), the desired illusion of the space, the use of the area (bedroom/kitchen), and other factors besides the preference of the client. However, the trend in the UAE is to choose colors according to the home style. Where the colors usually used in the classic decoration design are the calm, pastel shades which reveals a luxury feel. Contemporary design colors mostly stick to white, black, and grey with a touch of saturated colors. The modern décor has a slightly different theme, designers tend to use white or a natural color and contrast it with a bright color, light, or painting.

Blanco Interior Design team always assure that the choice of the colors matches the theme of the house, the décor and the taste of the client, to deliver a complete project in every aspect possible. Where the detail orientation is our sociality and the perfection in design is our aim.

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Bedroom Interior Design

How would you describe your bedroom?

The answer to that is usually: “Relaxing, Comfort Zone, Private, etc..” Yes! In Blanco Interior Design we believe that the bedroom is a very important area in the design concept to be considered and paid attention to. It is your private space from all the house spaces where you keep your needs and goods. Also, it is the space where you relax and sleep.

Hence, we represent to you a bedroom décor by Blanco, with its comfortable colors, calm lighting, and relaxing ambient, with a well-organized and elegant storage for the daily use. We assure to bring to you the atmosphere you wish for to your bedroom design.