Apartment Ideas - Focal Points

Creating a dramatic focal point

Having a focal point is essential to a good design. All compositions needs a centre of interest for the composition to make visual sense. Creating a focal point is one of the most important design step you can take – it will help you to create order and a feeling of balance in your apartment.

Natural focal points

A natural focal point Some focal points occur naturally in your apartments architecture such as fireplaces, alcoves, picture rails and feature windows. These features will draw the eye to them giving you a feeling of structure and balance the room. Consider yourself lucky if you have a focal point in your apartment already as this will make furniture arrangement much easier as the point of focus has already been established for you.

Making a focal point stand out!

Fireplaces are excellent focal points as they are visually captivating and appealing and also provide a source of warmth and comfort. You can easily make your fireplace area the 'star' of the room by dressing up the mantle, hanging a mirror or a picture above it and adding fireplace accessories or by simply painting the area in a bold colour to make it stand out even more.

Fabrics that are colourful or have interesting texture or patterns are a great way to create visual interest. Add drama to a feature window by framing it with curtains made from vibrant and luxurious fabrics – keeping in mind the bolder the pattern or colour the more visual attention it will get.

Joanne Vanderhoef
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