August 25, 2008
Haus Rules
Haus Interior Design Services
Your recurring nightmare: trapped in a cramped space cluttered with indistinguishable objects. Doc, what does that mean?
Oh. That’s your apartment.
Work through your studio issues with Haus Interior, an expert Bauhaus-loving team (interior designers, landscape architect, art consultant) intent on bringing design to the masses.
They unleashed some insider tips for DC:
- Treat a small apartment like a hotel room with dual-function pieces. You’re not entertaining the royal court, so ditch the dining table and throw a tablecloth over your desk.
- Paint the entryway a different color so that it feels like a separate room. Don’t be afraid to get cozy with darker shades in small spaces.
- Paper your closet in a wacky pattern (go gaga for plaid), so each wardrobe visit is like opening a jewel box. Cover chairs with old flannels.
- Carpeting is making a comeback, expanding rooms to one large surface area.
- Instead of a space-sucking headboard, wallpaper the area behind your bed (all the way up the wall and across the ceiling to mirror the bed’s length).
- Hang pictures on the ceiling or from ribbons attached to crown moldings.
- Use your clutter: Leave your Wellies out for that fall hunting lodge vibe.
Lie on a Haus Interior sofa (they’re launching their own line of furniture later this year) and dare, once again, to dream.
For more information, go to hausinterior.com. For more decorating advice, go to the new blog thecultivatedhome.com.
