CSP-DES8102 - Create Rooms that Work with Space Planning and Lighting
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Course Description
Two core decisions in interior design are furniture selection/placement and the use of lighting. Learn to wisely select furniture and lighting that will create balance, function and drama, thereby enhancing your space.
Course Outline
Class 1 - Overview
- Introduction: What to expect from the course
- Review course outline
- Why space planning is essential to the interior design of your home
- Evaluating space and function of your rooms
- Guidelines on furniture arrangement
- How to measure your rooms and furniture
- Class Activity: Students work as a team to measure classroom and furniture in it.
- Homework assignment:
- Measure and sketch each part of your living room in plan (top) view
- Measure rugs and each piece of furniture, and list measurements on a separate sheet of paper
- You will need a metal measuring tape, pencil, and paper
- This is best done with a partner; one to measure, and one to write down measurements.
- Bring to class:
- Sketch of living room or family room (plan view), with measurements
- Measurements of each rug, and piece of furniture on a separate sheet of paper
Class 2 – Create two furniture layouts on for your living room and/or family room
- Homework assignment: Email photos of your room. If you move your furniture according to your two layouts, also email photos of those new arrangements to instructor and they will be used in a PowerPoint presentation for class.
Optional: Also, email photos of proposed rug or furniture purchases for your room.
Class 3 – PowerPoint presentation and discussion of student furniture layouts
- Residential Lighting - how to plan your lighting for function, beauty, and drama
Class 4 - Field trip to a lighting showroom
Learner Outcomes
Students will learn how to:
- Evaluate the functionality and space of your rooms
- Plan your furniture arrangements on paper
- Plan future purchases, based on size and space
- Enhance your home with lighting
Notes
Method of Instruction:
- Lecture
- Class discussion
- Hands-on creation of furniture layouts
- Outside Field Trip
Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Interior Design for Your Home Certificate Program : Interior Design for Your Home Certificate
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