Wednesday, October 16, 2013

On the Lookout for Florida Designers: GettingYour Interior to Shine

So you're moving into a new condo unit or getting bored staring at the cramped spaces of your old room,and the thought of chatting with an interior designer keeps nudging your brain.

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On the Lookout for Florida Designers: GettingYour Interior to Shine





So you're moving into a new condo unit or getting bored staring at the cramped spaces of your old room,and the thought of chatting with an interior designer keeps nudging your brain. Don't worry.People are wired to appreciate harmony and to inexplicably feel bad when their inherent sense of spatial balance gets disrupted. If you're getting restless living in your place, then your interior probably needs afresh transformation.Perhapsyou can startwith that gaudy pin-up calendar that came free with the bargain purchases you made at the mall, which now looms menacingly over much of your dining area.

But before you call up a Florida designer, wouldn't it be great to know some very basic interior design tactics so you can better establish and describe your own design preferences?

While many well-executed interiors reflect the solitary vision of really good designers, a few design practitioners love to get their clients personally involved in the creative process. Noted Florida designer Anne Rue, for example, wants her clients to play a leading role in how the different elements of design play togetherto come up with a finalinterior layout that directly reflects the client’s values and aspirations. For designers such as 15-year veteran Anne Rue, engaging clients is nearly identical to helping them express themselves using color, texture, shapes and lines that are carefullypositioned in the three-dimensional spaces of their home or office.


Basics of Interior Design

If you plan on working with Florida designers like Anne Rue, then it's best to have a crash course on interior design. The main concepts are fairly easy to remember. Once you get familiar with these concepts, articulating your personal vision will be easier.

Think of interior design as a simple system made up of five fundamentals and nine elements. The fundamental concepts of design are:

1.      scale
2.      proportion
3.      rhythm
4.      emphasis
5.      balance

Scale tells whether or not objects complement each other in terms of dimension (size) or mass. Proportion relates a specific area or part of an interior to the whole. Rhythm refers to the flow of different visual components across a given space such as a room or the entire building. Emphasis is the level of sensory importance given to a particular area, object or a specific design characteristic. Balance is the sense of equilibrium that is achieved through simple symmetry, circular symmetry or deliberate asymmetry.

Meanwhile, the nine design elements are:

1.      space
2.      shape
3.      form
4.      mass
5.      line
6.      texture
7.      pattern
8.      light
9.      color

Space is the amount of area or surface that is available for use. An interior should have ample and complementing supply of both small and large spaces. Shape refers an object's two-dimensional profile while form refers to an object's profile in three-dimensional space. Mass is the apparent or true volume of an object. Line is a narrow form that can be straight, wavy or curved. Texture is the tactile or visual feel of a particular surface. Pattern is the predictable arrangement of visual elements. Light and color are arguably the two most eloquent elements of design.

Applying the Basics of Interior Design

All people have a basic grasp of beauty and we get to apply this aesthetic sense to some of the things we encounter every day. This is not, however, a green light to go ahead and unleash your inner designer and embark on an ambitious five-room project in your house. Go ahead if you feel confident that you just might pull it off but keep in mind that redesigning interiors can be a very expensive undertaking. Unless you know how to convincingly draw a sofa, hiring and working closely with a competent Florida designer will be the more cost-effective decision.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Work | Anne Rue

All of Anne Rue’s work reflects her clients’ personal values and expresses their aspirations. The results are striking in their variety.

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About | Anne Rue

When Anne isn’t purchasing and rehabbing old homes in foreclosure with her husband or running her interior design firm, she and her husband are busy raising.

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Orlando Interior Designer - Anne Rue - Always Inspired | Anne Rue

Anne Rue Interiors offers an array of services and products for Interior Design & Interior Decorating.

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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Orlando Interior Designer - Anne Rue - Always Inspired | Anne Rue

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About Anne Rue Interiors

Anne Rue Interiors offers an array of services and products for Interior Design & Interior Decorating. We serve both residential and multi-family housing clientele throughout Central Florida and beyond. Anne Rue is a premier, award winning Interior Designer in Florida.


When Anne isn’t purchasing and rehabbing old homes in foreclosure with her husband or running her interior design firm, she and her husband are busy raising their three young boys. After graduating with an Associate of Applied Science degree in interior design from Seminole State College in Sanford, Fla., she started her career designing luxury tour buses and yachts.
“beautiful, functional and livable eclectic”
Since then, she has spent more than 15 years focusing on interior design and has successfully managed her own interior design firm for 12 years. She categorizes her design style as “beautiful, functional and livable eclectic.” She also says she loves to incorporate color into her designs and enjoys mixing classic and coastal design styles.

What Clients Are Saying About Anne Rue Interiors

I love your personality. Always up beat. Love how you make quick confident decisions and no mistakes. You are always professional AND fun. You work hard. I get SO many compliments (even in my current house). You would not believe how many people tell me its the nicest house they have ever seen in the area.

Get In Touch

Anne Rue Interiors
875 Wallace Ct. Lake Mary, FL 32746
Phone 407.322.6742
Fax 407.323.2603
Email: info@annerue.com