Is Damask Too Over The Top?

Firstly, I must confess that I have been planning the design of my living room for the best part of 2 years. I have took countless tips from friends and family and must have purchased more interior design and interior fashion magazines than I care to remember and after all that, I still can’t decide on the way to go.

It seems that in today’s society, people design their rooms so it’s general accepted by others. People appear to be too afraid to break from the norm and try something a little different. If you open any interior design magazine from the past year or two, you’ll see countless designs featuring lots of weird and wonderful furniture and walls painted in bright colours. You’ll also see amazing wallpaper such as the popular Damask patterns and rugs and interior styling that appears to combine all design ideas from around the globe.

This is why I have to ask, why is it that we’re too afraid to try these designs? I can’t remember going into any of my friends homes and seeing a bright orange or bright green wall or a wall covered in a Damask design? Everyone seems to have plain white painted walls or a very basic 4 wall wallpaper pattern. Are we as a society too scared to try something new or do we just want to conform?

I can see why interior designers are paid so much money. It’s not because they have a special eye for design, it’s because the general public are too scared to try something new with their walls.