Designer Tips: Preparing for an RCI Interior Designer
When clients call to make an appointment with RCI, there are typical questions we ask… what project you have in mind, who referred you, timeline, pricing, budget and your home address where we will meet! Often enough, we come out to the home, and our new clients look a bit nervous. Here are a few Designer Tips to […]
Design Tips: Coordinating Fabric in Living Spaces
Many people go into a home furniture store and pick out a display with matching fabric on the sofa, chairs, and pillows. Although that may seem like a good idea, it’s an even better idea to mix up the fabric with different colors, textures, and patterns so everything coordinates and is complementary. Coordinating fabric on different […]
Personality and Style Through Lighting
Lighting is such an important part of interior design, but it’s also one of the most fun parts too! There are so many different types of lighting that you can use to play up both your personality and style. Here at RCI Interior Design, we like to think of lighting as “jewelry” because it can […]
Did You Know: Tile Education
There are many types of tile available and a variety of different uses! Sometimes it might be hard to decide when to use or not to use a certain type of tile. Tile can be used anywhere from shower walls to a kitchen backsplash to an exterior space. It’s good to know tile appropriateness, how to […]
Did You Know: Senior Downsizing with RCI
One thing that we do here at RCI on a regular basis that isn’t talked about very often is space planning. Space planning could probably be considered one of the most important aspects of interior design and involves the arrangement of furniture pieces in a way that best fits the function and needs of a client’s space. […]
Did You Know: Psychology of Color
As designers we spend a lot of our day considering the impact of certain colors. As you may already know, warm colors (reds, oranges and yellows) are appetizing which is why they are the branding colors for most of the major fast food chains. You probably also know that blues and greens are a great […]
Did You Know: Drapery Styles
There are so many different styles in window treatments, today we thought we would test your knowledge with soft treatments, here are some terms we use regularly when creating custom window treatments. Have you heard of all or any of these styles? Test your designer knowledge… Rod Pocket: The pocket of fabric slides across the […]
RCI Interior Design, formerly known as Rose Custom Interiors
Exciting times for Rose Custom Interiors- we have celebrated our 10th anniversary! Thank you to all of our clients, vendors, installers, and builders who make every project come alive! With this anniversary, we have decided to re-brand. I started this company with much passion and energy and wanted to make sure everyone knew my name. […]
Did You Know: Test Your Window Treatment Knowledge!
Windows in our homes come in all shapes and sizes and window coverings really add the finishing touches to any space. You may be familiar with several of the general options for window coverings like drapes/ curtains, valances, and blinds. Here we will show some of the actual names for the different types as well […]
Did You Know: Test Your Chair Knowledge!
Thinking about all the projects we have done, there have been quite a variety of different styles of chairs that we have used. Since most of you probably did not know all these chairs have special names, play along and see if you can name that chair! […]