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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Devin Toolen

Every Interior Design Scheme Starts with Zoning – Here’s How to Use This Key Principle to Ensure Effortless Flow in Your Home

An open concept kitchen and living room with a neutral color scheme and blue accent decor, exposed beams on the ceiling, a couch, an ottoman, and a plaid accent chair in one corner.

Planning the layout of a singular room is no easy feat, let alone planning the layout of an entire home. It can be overwhelming to decide how to use specific spaces and where to place home decor must-haves. That’s why it’s beneficial to understand zoning.

As one of the most important principles of interior design, zoning creates order by defining areas within the home. You might think zoning is only useful when designing open plan layouts, but the truth is, zoning can benefit any room – large or small, open layout or closed layout.

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