Irish designer Aoife Mullane's Wicklow home

Welcome to IMAGE.ie’s new Look Inside series. It's all about real people's real homes – our favourite part of our home and why we like that particular space so much. Every week, we’ll catch up with Irish creatives to learn about their favourite corner of their house; this week, it’s Aoife Mullane, Irish textiles designer from Wicklow. 

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Aoife Mullane is an Irish textiles designer who blends beauty with practicality effortlessly. “I want to create designs that make you feel good every time you see them," she says. "I truly believe my fabrics can enhance your daily life through beauty and function.”
She combines inspiration from nature with her knowledge of textiles (which she obtained through studies at NCAD) and creates bespoke patterns for cushions and lampshades.

“Every square inch of my signature designs have been carefully considered,” Aoife adds. “Gathering inspiration, sketching in my notepad, sampling colours and testing fabrics – these are the many stages in the creative process that get lost in the world of commercial design," she explains.
With such passion and creativity, we wanted to know more about Aoife's taste in interiors. Here she opens up her bedroom which also doubles as an art studio.

Aoife Mullane at home

"This is my bedroom space – it's at the very top of the house and I have a beautiful view right out over Bray Head. I can see the sun rising every morning," she tells us.

Interior Design Trends Going Away And Here To Stay In 2019

 

Amanda Lauren Contributor

 

2019 will be a bright year for home decor.

Tempaper

2018 was the year of many looks including marble, bold floors, rose gold, and shiplap just about everywhere it could be. While many of the styles we saw will continue to be popular in 2019, others are officially over. Whether you are renovating your home, buying a new one or simply redecorating a room, here is everything you need to know from the designers who set the trends. 

Instinctual Decorating

8 Instaworthy Minimalist Homes You Need To See

By Natasha Bazika

Interior designers across the globe predicted that earth tones and minimalist trends were here to stay this year. If you don’t believe them, check out these eight Instagram worthy minimalist homes we’re absolutely loving.

Brickell City Centre’s Rise Residence

Courtesy Swire Properties

Swire Properties Inc tapped award-winning interior designer Steven G. to design a collection of model units within Rise Residences at Brickell City Centre. Located in the epicenter of Miami, unit 1612 boasts a minimalist, neutral approach with modern furniture, wooden tones, and greenery to allow residents to escape the city’s hustle and bustle and unwind in an effortless, chic home. The inspiration for the three-bedroom unit was to create an insta-worthy, boho atmosphere by mixing black, white, grays and neutrals together.

Psychological Influence of Colors on the Interior Design

Which color works better?

By Jennifer Grachova, Freelance content writer and social worker at Sierra Care

 

The colors you choose to incorporate into both the interior and exterior design of your house can affect the atmosphere of its environment. From the walls to the accessories, color sets the mood for each room. You want your home to have an overall design aesthetic such as traditional, modern, or coastal. Each room of your house can be decorated to adhere to your overall design or have a unique ambiance all its own that has reflections of the rest of your home. Choosing design colors for each room can seem like a daunting task. There are so many to choose from, and the ideas on where and how to use them are endless. Recommended colors for interior design are often based not only on what the room is used for but also what mood you want for that area.

Influence of colors on mood

Wallpaper Market Latest Trends and Future Growth Study by 2027

• Posted On: July 15, 2019
• Posted By: John Castillo

A wallpaper is a style of material that is used to beautify, cover, and decorate inner walls of offices, entertainment building, homes, and other buildings. Wallpaper is one of the attributes of interior beautification. Owing to its wide range of characteristics that cannot be compared with other interior wall covering and decoration materials, such as color diversity, environment protection, rich patterns, appropriate price, and convenient installation, wallpaper has gained significant adoption among customers across the world.

Five influential interior trends to follow

Here are top five inspiring interior trends that are set to overstay the season. From a complete makeover of a space to ways to add elements to update an existing décor, here’s a complete guide on key colours, textures, stylistic details, and curtain or blind finishes.
By Nahel Selo, creative director, Sedar Global

Crave-worthy colour palettes
Colour experts Pantone are always looking ahead and selected two key colour palettes specifically for housewares and interior design for 2019. Returning to colours that engage and stimulate beyond the surface, work the “Cravings” palette into your home this Autumn, taking inspiration from the plate. Creating a space that is tempting for the eye designing a warm and memorable sensory experience. Using neutral walls and flooring work in accessories and eclectic colour block furnishings in shades of spicy reds, sweet flamingo orange, and jewel greens. Curtains do not just need to be for the window only but can work as a great way to inject colour into a space and as a wall decoration or artwork frame.

Home is where the decor is to your taste

The UAE's interior and fit-out market is set to witness a steady growth in the coming years, driven by new and renovation projects across the residential sector and hospitality, experts said.
"There are multiple factors driving growth in the interiors and fit-out sector in the UAE," said Amit Yadav, head of Marketing at 2XL Furniture & Home Dcor. "New residential projects are most certainly one of the biggest reasons given the scale of construction in the country. This segment is going to gain further momentum, with many of the projects reaching completion in preparation for Dubai Expo 2020. Refurbishments also continue to be a key demand driver in the industry and is very significant in terms of soft furnishings."
According to data by Ventures Onsite, the interior fit-out market in the UAE is one of the GCC's fastest growing industries and is expected to be worth $973 million by 2022. Non-oil growth in the GCC is projected to rise from 3.3 per cent in 2019 to 3.5 per cent in 2020. Buoyant oil prices and a strong resurgence in the GCC's economic growth prospects are expected to fuel renewed growth across the region's construction industry. The GCC region's construction sector is tipped to see a 12 per cent year-on-year rise in the value of new contractor project awards in 2019.
Furthermore, the GCC building construction projects expected to be completed across all sectors are forecast to be worth $74.97 billion in 2019. The overall GCC interior contracting and fit-out spend across all sectors is expected to be worth $9.4 billion in 2019.
Raneesh Mundon, project manager at ECC Renovations, said that the interior fit-out market for the residential sector in the UAE is steadily growing, and is expected to become the largest, surpassing the hotel and commercial sectors. "Our business model has evolved to cater to this booming segment that makes up for Dh1.2 billion of the total UAE interior fit-out market, which is expected to be worth Dh3.5 billion in 2022."
Ammar Hayani, managing director of Porcelanosa Dubai, noted that the UAE, being a cosmopolitan country with residents from over 200 nationalities, boasts an interior design sector is deeply influenced by worldwide trends. "The UAE is an example of a modern pioneer country with emblematic projects being launched regularly with astonishing interior design requirements. As the population in the country is growing, more residential projects are being launched, which directly impacts the growth of the interiors and fit-out sector."
Like Yadav, he identified a rapid growth in the renovations sector. "Whatever was trendy four to five years ago might not be in line with the current design tendencies. Moreover, the attractive prices in the real estate sector in the UAE today have encouraged many expatriates to buy property. Most of the freehold projects have been built by massive developers that go for a standard contemporary design approach. Many property owners are now renovating these properties to fit their personal tastes and adapt to the current fashion interior design styles. Furthermore, the UAE has many hotels to accommodate the increasing number of tourists. In the hospitality sector, renovation is required every 10-12 years, which leads to a growth of in the renovations sector."