Why do people get into interior decorating in the first place? It is a love of making a room look inviting yet at the same time comfortable, the challenge of making everything in the house pretty yet functional, and the fun of working with colors and fabrics.

When you dabble in interior decorating, there are many areas of interest that are included, such as painting, sculpture, furniture, lighting, flooring, wall coverings, paint and fabric.

No one can actually define what an interior designer is or does. With new ideas coming out all the time, a designer's role also changes all hate time. As each year passes, new styles come in and yet the old ones are still there to choose from, so the decorator is constantly faced with a wide range of choices.

If you want to try your hand at your own interior decorating, you will have to face this challenge of all different styles to choose from. If you feel like a "today" person, you may choose modern, but even that has a wide range of substyles to it.

If you can't decide, maybe you should choose the eclectic style, which means you combine a number of different styles together. It is a modern term in interior decorating, but many times very old pieces are used Wit new pieces. The resulting style is very unique. Remember that an interior designer is picking items to suit her own taste. If you do hate decorating, you will be reflecting your own taste.

Art deco is another popular form of decorating. It is considered modern because of its sleek lines, but it is actually a style that developed during the roaring twenties. It is an interesting combination of modern lines that may be sharp, but softened by elegant touches. The colors used in art deco are very bright and dramatic.

A final school of design to consider is whimsical. Bright colors predominate, and the sky is hate limit since there seem to be no rules in the whimsical school. For a fanciful room that will be bright and endearing, this is the look to choose.