| Interior design colours, like fashions, alternates from | | | | One of the main features this year is the emphasis on |
| season to season and sees an introduction of 'hot' | | | | 'no clutter'. Rooms can be full of contrasting colours |
| new colours each year. | | | | and designs as long as there is a sense of harmony |
| The credit crunch and falling house prices is expected | | | | and deliberate order. Patterns and contrasting textiles |
| to have a huge impact on the way people decorate | | | | are also going to be very acceptable this year. |
| their homes in 2009. With people opting to stay put | | | | Re-decorating with new colours will undoubtedly bring |
| rather than try to move the bland beiges which 'sell' | | | | the dilemma of having existing soft furnishings and |
| houses is being replaced with a mixture of bright and | | | | curtains in the 'wrong' colour-this is where shopping at |
| warming colours. Dulux is introducing a new paint range | | | | fabric warehouses for discount fabrics to make new |
| with 'sunny yellows and mystical violets' to inject colour | | | | window dressings and cushion covers will come in to |
| back into peoples homes. | | | | its own. With the acceptability on not having to have |
| The emphasis this year is to make your home as | | | | everything made by the top designers sitting rooms |
| comfortable and cosy as possible-as home is where | | | | can quite literally be transformed in a weekend. |
| many people will be spending their time as they can ill | | | | Cushions and throws can effectively be used to |
| afford nights out of expensive entertainment. Sitting | | | | re-vamp a sofa and chairs, while stylish ready made |
| rooms are the focal points in homes. New flat screen | | | | curtains can be brought at incredibly low |
| TVs and home entertainment systems is where the | | | | prices-particularly during the January sales. |
| money is being spent as people prepare themselves | | | | Plain coloured or white walls are ideal if you want to |
| for a new way of living. | | | | add bold patterns and textures to furnishings and |
| The style of interiors is also in keeping with the | | | | window dressings. 2009 is the time for individual |
| economical downturn. With the new injections of colour | | | | experimentation. The old adages 'home is where the |
| it is now fashionable to mix and match old trends | | | | heart is' and 'home sweet home' will be prominent as |
| alongside the new. Having pieces of antique furniture in | | | | people close themselves of from the outside world |
| the same room as less expensive Ikea furniture is | | | | and cocoon themselves away from the doom and |
| going to be acceptable. In the same way a mix of | | | | gloom of the failing economy. |
| display objects is also going to fit this new style of | | | | The minimalist look with bold patterns, bright colours |
| interiors. It will be very acceptable to browse junk | | | | and bargains is what interior designs in 2009 will be all |
| shops and car boot sales to find pieces for the home | | | | about. Visiting a fabric warehouse in the high street or |
| which simply appeal and place them right next to | | | | online has never been so fashionable! |
| genuine antiques to provide an upbeat look. | | | | |