Design Your Own Home

Step-by-step guide to creating room schemes for your own home

Course Details

Develop room schemes for your own home

This distance learning course takes students on a step-by-step approach to designing their own home. From planning a room layout through to the finishing touches, this course will show the student how to create a workable scheme in their own personal style.

The course work is based on the students own home so that, as students progress through their studies, they build up their own portfolio of room schemes. The course comes in a designer’s portfolio complete with a scrapbook to help collate sourced materials plus a pen.

The course material is colourful and illustrated throughout and is packed with information and inspiration to help design your own home in a professional way.

What's included?

After enrolment on the course the student will receive:

• The printed course material presented in the Portfolio (inc p&p) plus a Welcome leaflet explaining how to start studying and access the on-line course material
• Access to all the online study material and support resources
• Access to the online personal timetable
• The online student handbook with study guidance
• Project briefs
• All distance learning tuition
• Insurance of manuals against loss or theft in transit

Entry requirements

No previous art or design experience is necessary, just commitment and enthusiasm. Students will need to have a reasonable command of English (written and spoken) and have access to a computer with a broadband internet connection.

Syllabus

The course consists of the following sections (plus the online handbook and other online support materials):

• The design process
• Planning a room layout
• Creating additional space
• Turning ideas into reality
• Lighting schemes
• Working with colour, pattern & texture
• Surface treatments
• Fabrics & window treatments
• Development of interior styles
• Room by room considerations
• Furniture & Upholstery
• New Technology
• Finishing Touches - An Holistic Approach
• Co-ordinating a project

Please note that this distance learning course can be studied from anywhere in the world. However, there are additional postage costs for overseas students to cover postage and packing of the study manuals.