Country Home Decor Specialization

Interior Decorators often specialize in one area of design. By focusing on one or two specialties and perhaps dabbling in other related areas of decor, a decorator can concentrate more on each individual client and less on trends.

Whether you are looking for a decorating specilist or are thinking of becoming a decorator, specialization is desirable. A focused designer is a sought-out designer. A decorating specialist who understands, and perhaps even sets, the trends for a ‘decor genre’.

Let’s talk about you, and your home now. Once you’ve defined your favorite style, enhanced your eye and skills in that mode of design, you then set out to showcase and display the variety and range within.

Here’s an example using my own home. Since the style I love the most is country, my decor varies throughout the rooms. While the kitchen is farmhouse country, the dining room and bath are rustic or primitive country. And my daughter’s room, as well as the living room and office are what I like to call ‘up country’.

As you can see there is a lot of freedom in any specialization as you learn to blend and mix ‘looks’ with the personality of the room or the inhabitant. Once you go out to decorate for a living it becomes very easy at that point, to give your clients the same consideration. You’ll often be given free reign to let your creativity create a beautiful space for them - assignments that may begin with just one room but which could blossom into redecorating the entire house, the deck, guest houses, and yes, even gardens!

You might also consider specializing in one or two aspects of home decor, such as lighting, bathroom design, kitchens or even windows. Kitchen and bath design offer many possibilities because these are areas of the house that are often in need of dramatic change especially when the homeowner is decorating to sell the property. Windows and covering specialization are generally sub-decorators enlisted by a general designer to improve the energy efficiency of a home. Lighting specialists are ‘mood-focused’ as lighting can completely change a room. Lighting is an often overlooked or ignored aspect home decor.

Many decorators prefer this type of work because the stress level of room-by-room, select clients, and flexible deadlines are easier on creative personalities. Homeowners who have already seen what you are capable of rarely harass you to keep them posted on budgets and timelines. When you are allowed to create something that makes both you and the client happy, your work is far more enjoyable.

So, whether you are decorating for your personal enjoyment or to create a showcase of your work, start considering the many ways you can specialize within your preferred range of styles in home decor!