Style Your Space: Interior Decoration Essentials

Course Code SIC0187

Duration
  • Part Time
  • 2 days
Delivery
  • On Campus
Intakes
Campus
  • Chadstone

This course is not available for International Students

Overview

The Style Your Space: Interior Decoration Essentials workshop is a hands-on, beginner interior design course that teaches you how to style your home with confidence. Across two engaging days, you’ll explore interior styling techniques, learn to create cohesive design schemes, build mood boards, and select the right furniture, fabrics, paint colours, and finishes. Perfect for aspiring interior decorators, DIY home stylists, and anyone passionate about home décor, this short course gives you the practical skills and creative tools to transform your space.

Career Opportunities

  • This workshop will equip you with the foundational skills to confidently pursue on your interior decorating projects.

Pathway to further studies

  • Pathway to MSF40122 Cert IV in Interior Decoration

Studying the Style Your Space: Interior Decoration Essentials at Holmesglen

Study at Holmesglen and learn practical interior decorating skills in the Style Your Space: Interior Decoration Essentials course. This hands-on, beginner workshop teaches you how to plan a space, build mood and sample boards, choose colours, and select furniture, fabrics, and window treatments. With guidance from supportive and experienced teachers, you’ll gain the confidence to develop your own interior style. You’ll walk away with the skills, ideas, and inspiration to start decorating your home, plus a pathway into the MSF40122 Certificate IV in Interior Decoration for those ready to further their skills and career.

Entry Requirements

To be eligible, students must be at least 16 years old at the commencement of the course.

Course Structure

Timetable

<strong>Day 1 Focus </strong><br>Vision and Mood Boards:<br>• Defining your design vision and goals for a specific space.<br>• Understanding the power of visual communication in interior design.<br>• Creating effective mood boards: gathering inspiration, selecting images, arranging elements.<br>• Hands-on activity: Developing a personal mood board for a chosen room.<p>Planning Your Space:<br>• Analysing the existing space: dimensions, natural light, architectural features.<br>• Considering functionality and flow.<br>• Basic space planning techniques and considerations.<br>• Introduction to creating simple floor plans.<p>Creating a Colour Scheme:<br>• Review of basic colour theory and its application.<br>• Identifying primary, secondary, and tertiary colours.<br>• Exploring different colour harmonies.<br>• Practical exercises in developing colour palettes based on your mood board.<p><strong>Day 2 Focus</strong><p>Building an Interior Scheme:<br>• Layering design elements: colour, texture, pattern, form.<br>• Creating visual interest and balance.<br>• Developing a cohesive narrative for your interior.<p>Creating a Sample Board:<br>• Understanding the purpose and value of sample boards.<br>• Selecting and arranging material samples, colour swatches, and inspirational imagery.<br>• Techniques for creating a professional-looking sample board.<br>• Hands-on activity: Creating a sample board for your chosen room.<p>Selecting Furniture, Fabrics & Window Treatments:<br>• Key considerations when choosing furniture: scale, style, function, durability.<br>• Understanding different fabric types and their applications.<br>• Selecting appropriate window treatments for light control, privacy, and aesthetics.<br>• Tips for sourcing and selecting these key elements.<p><strong>Key Outcomes</strong><br>Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:<br>• Define a clear design vision for an interior space.<br>• Create effective mood boards to communicate design ideas.<br>• Understand basic principles of space planning.<br>• Develop cohesive and aesthetically pleasing colour schemes.<br>• Build a foundational interior scheme by layering design elements.<br>• Create professional-looking sample boards.<br>• Make informed choices when selecting furniture, fabrics, and window treatments.<br>• Confidently approach the initial stages of an interior decorating project.
Unit code Unit name
SIC10292 Style Your Space: Interior Decoration Essentials

Assessment

Assessments are designed to provide learners with opportunities to demonstrate they have attained the required skills and knowledge using a range of practically based activities and tasks, as required by recognised standards.

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Start Date

Chadstone
Date: 09/08/2025

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Fees

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Full Fee $295
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