House is a dream of everyone and how they want to look their house is also part of that dream there are a lot of types to decorate your house one of them is classical once it is also known as traditional and timeless designing but it is the difficult one because it relies on systematic and symmetrical designs, it should look formal and elegant as well and for that, you need to use good quality of accessories, furniture, decoration pieces.
Classical interior design should look like it is showing some sort of history but also it should not look like a historical place it should be both historic and modern at the same time.
You should choose accessories and furniture such a way that it is specially designed for that place because symmetry matters a lot in classical and also whatever accessories and furniture you have to choose that should define line and texture perfectly. In classical interior designing, it’s really very important to achieve a uniform design.
Here we are with some good ideas so that you can give your house a classical look.
Find Your Focal Point
First of all, you need to find a focal point such as a fireplace because as we all know that symmetry matters a lot in classical designing and you need to start designing from a point, you cant randomly place your accessories and furniture because if you did that it won’t look uniform. So, it’s better to choose a focal point.
Matchy – Matchy! Symmetry works best
You should start with placing bigger furniture and after placing start making mirror images in your mind that how will you place the rest of the furniture and accessories. Consider a big table between two chairs or a sofa and see whether if it is in symmetry or not.
As you have placed your furniture now it’s turn to place other decor accessories such as brass, tables, artwork, and a lot of other things if you want to you can but make sure it should look traditional and not modern. You can also try fusion it will not only look great but also provide a classy, elegant, and traditional look to your house. And always try to place furniture in a mirror position because it looks really very great, balanced, and gives the classic queen feel.
Colors: Think Soft, Not Bold
Forgiving a traditional look to your house you should choose the color palette which consider natural colors. You can go for yellow, blue brown, and green but make sure you choose a soft texture of natural colors not the bold one because soft natural colors can give a feel of classical and traditional houses. You can also go for off white it and choose a crisp white for detailing and trims it will not only look classy but also give a traditional look.
Accessories and Art
choosing a perfect accessory and placing that is not a piece of cake it needs a lot of creativity first of all you need to choose a point where you can place a large artwork and then you can also place two table lamps on each side of that artwork or you can use other artwork which can create symmetry and also match the look of your house.
Placing cushions is also very important to choose a color that is suitable and place them in front of other for a formal feel. You can also try different angles and colors. The best way to give a traditional feel to your house always tries to place accessories or furniture in mirror positions.
Flooring
Flooring is neutral in modern and classical interior designing all you have to do is to choose between wooden flooring and marble flooring both of these look elegant and both of them have their different advantages and disadvantages. You can try different carpets to give a traditional look to your floors. Well marble floors are known as traditional ones because Harwood floorings are in trend from the last few years but marble floors were ruling from a very long period, it’s totally your decision that what you want.
Inspiration from Nature
Plants are from those decor pieces which are neutral you can use it in modern interior designing/ Indo- Western interior designing / classical designing. It can match every genre of interior designing it looks good and also pleases your eyes. It’s good for your physical and mental health if you stay close to Nature. You can keep plants in your balcony, living room, bedroom wherever you want to, you just have to choose the right size of plants such as for living room you should consider big plants, for balcony you should consider plants of medium length and for the bedroom you should consider small plants.
Lighting
For a traditional look, you don’t have to choose a lightning pendant or any other such things all you need is to buy lamps because lamps look really very traditional you can buy table lamps, wall lamps and if possible then you should avoid ceiling lights because ceiling lights give a white modern look and if you want to have a traditional look in your house then you should avoid everything which can give modern look but if you are trying to do any sort of fusion such as Indo Western classical look then you can go for it.
Final Words
Classical designing is not easy it took a lot of creativity and hard work as well you need to think about a lot of things such as where you can place your accessories where you can place your furniture so that it won’t look asymmetrical because as you know classical designing is all about symmetry, linings and textures. So you should do each and everything with a lot of planning. You should pay attention to the color of your painting on your walls and for your furniture color your curtains, it is everything you placed should look good together such as it was specially designed to place there.
