Homemade – secrets to timeless interiors

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”Decorating is relative – you could spend endless amounts of money or set a tight budget and still pull it off just as beautifully.” Homemade reveals an interior designer’s secrets behind 14 beautifully executed homes. How to bring out the best in a property and make the owners happy in the progress? How to make use of the space with the residents in mind? Every home is special in its own way. Any updates need to be carried out with timeless finishes and tied to the period of the building. It’s all about striking a balance – whether a row house in the north, a seventies’ beauty in the suburbs, a holiday home on the coast, a studio apartment in the city, or an old wooden villa in the countryside. Refurbishments are needed from time to time, but with respect to the original style. Mutual trust between the client and designer leads to the best outcome. The home needs to reflect its owners – favouring individual colours, finishes and furnishings. New purchases should always complement existing ones, a blend of materials adding the finishing touches. And functionality must be ensured. Giving a fifteen-year style warranty to her designs, interior designer Anna-Kaisa Melvas reveals her best tips on colours and materials and where to snap up treasures for the home. Anna-Kaisa Melvas founded her own interior design company two decades after graduating. Her preceding eighteen-year career as an interior journalist gave her unique insight into the field.