€29 Interior Design & Home Styling. Was €299.

Once you’ve learned the design principles, created the structure to your project and formulated a design concept, it’s time to move on to the more fun elements of interior design.

We’ll take you through:

• Balancing space and function with style
• Choosing harmonizing/contrasting or feature materials for floors and walls
• Blending lighting with your overall design concept
• Using a color wheel to choose winning color combinations
• Choosing fabrics, textures & patterns that please clients senses

Pleasing aesthetics, functional design, sustainability

Working through the layers and steps of interior design and home styling, this course will help develop your creative process so you make aesthetically pleasing design choices that fulfil your clients’ functional and personal design requirements. We guide you on how to visually communicate your ideas to your client.

We introduce you to the progressive approach of seeking sustainable and health enhancing styling. You’ll also get guidance on managing your interior design business in a professional way.

In your own space and time, develop the skills to come up with great interior solutions and concepts that manifest in elegant, stunning home styling. Begin your online interior design styling training with the IOA today.

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International Certification

All our courses are accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards - www.icoes.org - (accreditation number ICOES/00763/13/36). This gives our students assurance that our courses meet the highest standards for online education.

ICOES is the accrediting body responsible for establishing, maintaining and improving the educational standards of online teaching institutions. Your ICOES certificate allows you to prove to employers, colleagues and customers that your qualification is from a well run, ethical institution that meets the highest standards in online education.

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Interior Design

• What is Interior Design?
• Qualities & skills of an Interior Designer
• Brief history of modern Interior Design
• Becoming an Interior Designer
• Descriptive design terms
• Meeting your clients

Module 2: Design principles

• Define your tasks
• Interfacing with other disciplines
• Design concept
• Drawings & plans
• Six design principles
• Finding inspiration

Module 3: Project overview

• Design steps
• Working with the team
• Payment strategies
• Project management tips
• Design evaluation
• Common design challenges

Module 4: Design elements

• Colors, accessories & their significance
• Spatial relationships & proportion
• Scale & balance
• Texture, patterns & fabrics
• Line & form
• The user’s experience – sight, sound, smell, taste & touch

Module 5: Design elements

• Choosing a suitable color scheme
• Choosing flooring and & wall décor
• Choosing & placing furniture
• Choosing window dressings
• Choosing & placing lighting
• Choosing accessories & soft furnishings

Module 6: Room by room design

• Living room
• Kitchen
• Bedroom
• Bathroom
• Kid’s room

Module 7: Popular interior styles

• Minimalist
• Contemporary
• Classic
• Shabby Chic
• Retro
• New York Style
• Parisian Style
• Mediterranean
• Scandinavian
• New England

Module 8: Sustainable design

• Design & the environment
• Environmental policy
• Responsible sourcing of raw materials
• Climate change
• Health & safety

Module 9: Presenting your ideas

• Use of perspective
• Using the color wheel
• Pencil sketching
• Computer aided design
• Mood boards

Module 10: Managing Interior Design business

• Maintaining professional relationships
• Charging fees
• Preparing a portfolio
• Marketing your business
• Low cost marketing techniques
• Setting up a website
• Blogging
• Social media
• Free PR