Trends for 2010 - the view from Concept Interiors

With 2010 fast approaching, Samantha Morgan, head designer at Concept Interiors, has been looking at future home and interior trends. Here’s her advice on what materials, patterns and colour pallets will give your home the contemporary look over the year ahead.

Concept Interiors creates eye-catching and sophisticated living spaces for clients who want the very best in their homes.

Says Samantha, “People are starting to opt for quality products in preference to cheaper alternatives for their homes. The current focus is on the more durable and eco friendly choices.”

Samantha thinks 2010 will see high quality products and finishing touches such as black nickel curtain poles with lavish jewelled finials and oversized wool pieces such as knitted rugs or upholstered furniture featuring in our homes. She explains that the two key interior looks for 2010 will be “English Kitsch” and “Eastern Glam”. Both use floral and organic shapes in their style and natural fibres. Weaves also feature in both looks.

English Kitsch uses a pastel palette of colours and nostalgic design, evoking memories of days gone by. In contrast, Eastern Glam uses the rich and opulent colours of the East - metallics combined with sumptuous purples and warm reds. The look is warm, inviting and glamourous.

Black will remain a signature colour in our bathrooms - but with more style than we’ve seen throughout 2009. Think mixed colour blend glass mosaics, rococo black resin mirrors and black accessories. Introducing luxurious purples into the theme will simultaneously soften the room and add to the glam factor. Victorian-inspired bathrooms will also be making a comeback while retaining the clean crisp lines of contemporary styled sanity ware.

“Choosing the right focal point or element for each individual room is important,” Sam continues. “However, you’ll also need the other elements of the space to work with that focal point to complete your room design.”

To help make this possible, dramatic flooring and statement lights will be hitting our homes to create a focal point for all of our rooms. Patterns such as stripes or a woven carpet, for example, will bring texture and an area of interest, while lighting can frame the room or highlight a specific element. Indeed, light fittings themselves can become features or the focal point - providing it helps to create an atmosphere.

Open-plan kitchens will also remain in demand in 2010. As people respond to the economic climate by spending more time at home, and by entertaining guests, the benefits of this feature remain as popular as ever. Quartz, however, will be making a bid to oust likes of granite as the work surface of choice, with colours, design possibilities and durability its main selling points.



Samantha Morgan can be contacted at Concept Interiors on telephone 01932 241 380 or email sam@conceptltd.co.uk. Alternatively, visit http://www.concept-interior.co.uk/.

Kitchen Designs

"For a house to be successful, the people in it must be able to communicate with one another, respond to and balance with one another"Andre Putman

Kitchen Design

After reading this quote, i found this has a similar aproach to designing interiors that we do at Concept Interiors. We believe the kitchen is the hub of the home, where the family come together and socialising takes place and therefore it is vital that this space supports all of the activities that it plays host to.

We design, supply and install Second Nature kitchens which are Italian made and includes a range of over 48 different styles, so whether your tastes are traditional or contemporary, there is a range to suit you.

At Concept Interiors we will work with you to understand the way in which you use and work within your kitchen. We will carry out an initial consultation to gain a clear idea of how you envisage your new kitchen to look, the styles that you prefer, appliances and accessories that you wish to be included and any ‘must have’ items that you simply couldn’t do without.

From the consultation we will provide you with an initial design using full CAD images to enable you to envisage the space.

Upon acceptance of the initial design we will draw up a written quotation for the supply and installation of your new kitchen.

Here are a few images of kitchen Concept Interiors have deisgned:

Some kitchens have large soft furnishing areas, this give space for it to be a warm and welcoming kitchen that everyone in the family as well as friends can make use of. Others have open bar areas that make room for social events or parties to take place. The use of colour and light can also help make the room feel more open and welcoming and create a better atmosphere for everyone at home or visitors to be in. Some of these are shown in the pictures below.

Junior Interior Designer position filled.

New junior interior designer joins the Concept Interiors team

Concept Interiors have now found someone to fill the Junior interior designer position, Laura Jane Blenkinsop will be filling the role from October 5th 2009.

Laura graduated in May from the University of Creative Arts in Farnham with a BA(Hons) in Interior Architecture & Design and will now be putting her learnt skills into the Concept Interiors team.

I am looking for a Junior Interior Designer

Job Description

Young, dynamic interior design practise producing contemporary and traditional residential refurbishments and are looking for an all-round interior designer to produce creative concepts and detailed design packages through to overseeing the implementation process. This will also include chasing deliveries, procurement, dealing with subcontractors and checking progress on site. You should have excellent organisational skills, Vectorworks, Photoshop, Word and Excel proficient. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, highly creative, self motivated, with a can do attitude, as organisation skills and a proactive personality are key to being successful for this position.
As part of a growing company the successful candidate will have the opportunity to grow with the company, and creating a unique position for themselves with the potential to becoming a key member of staff.

Attending client meetings and taking briefs
Designing schemes and producing mood boards
Drawing up quotations
Organising implementation of designs
Producing presentation imagery using Vectorworks
Liaising with clients and suppliers
Preparation of showroom for meetings
Assisting with the day to day running of the showroom
Printing off technical drawings as required
Carrying out weekly mailshot, monitoring results and compiling monthly report of result
General ad-hoc office duties
Assisting Head of Interiors as necessary

Our offices are based in Shepperton and so it is a requirement that they live reasonably near by and normal working hours are 8am-5pm, although it may be necessary to work outside of these times on occasion, dependant on project requirements.

Salary is dependant on skills.

Window Treatments

Window Treatments

Modern living, changing styles, and the development of new products and materials all need to be considered when considering our approach to the practical and decorative requirements of dressing windows.

In a room many elements can combines to create a particular ambience, but the window treatment can be one of the most eye catching and is therefore one of the most important to get right.

A consultaion will be carried out with you to gain an idea of the style that you prefer, along with colour, pattern and fabrics.

We will explain the scheme to you in detail. Any aspects that require amending or revising will be discussed thoroughly in this meeting and from there we will produce a finalised scheme.

The final scheme will be presented to you with a written specification, detailing all items within the design.

In this window dressing, i chose a simple striped pattern on the blinds, this complements the kitchen by adding some texture and detail to the bold, clean shapes it contains without putting to much focus just on the window area but still attracting your eye to the main featured wall in the room.

Paint Finishes

Colour is the easiest and most effective way of instantly creating a mood for every room in your home.

I have a keen eye for colour and often combine bold colour statments with subtle, neutral tonal variations such as beige, cream, grey, allowing for harmonious rooms through the delicate combining of colour.

Whether you are thinking of having a different colour in each room or an overall colour throughout the house you need to draw everything together in one holistic scheme.

You need to understand the interlocking relationship between your home and elements of your life style, it is our aim to create stunning, luxurios living spaces to enhance you home life. Have a look at the picture below, where i have worked on this combination.

This photo shows the use of bright, bold reds, brown and gold against warm neutral coloured walls, combining these colours creates a welcoming homely feel for this family orientated home.

Samantha Morgan Concept Interior Design Service for £500

As Top Designer of Concept Interiors i am pleased to be offering a special deal of a complete room design service starting from £500.00.

Concept Interiors will provide you with a complete room design, working closely with you to ensure that the brief is met and that the end result goes above and beyond your every expectation. The design fee is based on an average of 10 hours work at £50.00 per hour. Concept Interiors is at the forefront of creating stunningly eye-catching and sophisticated living spaces for clients who demand the absolute best from their homes.

During this project I will meet with you to discuss the brief and gain an understanding of your tastes and how you will be using your home. This will enable us to create a design which suits your lifestyle and spatial requirements. Following on from the brief you will be presented with:

A complete scheme which will include colour schemes, fabric swatches, brochures, tile and paint samples.
A sample board that illustrates the design elements using actual samples of the materials specified where appropriate.

After this we will explain the design scheme to you in detail. Any aspect that requires a change or revision will be discussed thoroughly in this meeting and from there we will produce a finalised scheme. The final scheme will be presented to you along with a written specification, detailing all items within the designs and a quotation for the work to be completed.

Here are a few photos of some projects we've already done...

Contact me on 01932 241 380 or email sam@conceptltd.co.uk