Decorating Your Home Step by Step
A course by Tessa MugaInterior Designer
A course by Tessa Muga, Interior Designer
Learn how to decorate your home or any other space with the Somos Nido layering system to truly reflect those who live there
We've been told that everyone should have a large dining room for special dinners and meetings. But, if that's not your priority and you'd never use it, expand the room, make an office, and make the most of your space!
Interior designer Tessa Muga's creative process is born from the needs of her clients, so in this online course, she teaches you how to decorate an entire room or flat, layer by layer, through her organized work process that you can adapt to your dream home.
What will you learn in this online course?
14 lessons & 17 downloads
What Is a Cozy Space?
7 minutes, 30 seconds
Volumes and Proportions
9 minutes, 23 seconds
Creating Your Own Style
10 minutes, 53 seconds
The Mood Board
10 minutes, 9 seconds
The Checklist
2 minutes, 52 seconds
Shopping
3 minutes, 52 seconds
What's included in this course?
At the beginning of the course, get to know Tessa Muga, her work and influences, and how she came to create her special method of interior design.
Understand what a welcoming space is and see how to divide it up and the elements it requires. Also delve into the layering process, go through lighting, props, and learn about shapes and textures.
Later on, define the path of your style and decide what volumes or proportions you need for your space and how to detect it. Choose the furniture, colors, and elements that you like the most and discover how to make the most of your room.
Finally, find your identity, start your mood board and checklist to prepare everything, and start shopping!
What is this course's project?
Decorate a dining room from scratch (or if you prefer, improve the one you have) by analyzing your needs point by point.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to decorate a home with an organised system and a style of their own.
Requirements and materials
You don't need any previous knowledge or complex materials, just paper, pencil, pen, and markers.
Reviews
- 22 days ago
Cours assez intéressant pour débuter, pour l'améliorer il faudrait des schémas un peu plus visuel à certains moments clés du cours (matériaux, couleurs, couches) ce qui permettrait d'accentuer encore la compréhension, merci beaucoup
- 5 months ago
Un buen curso. La información y los tips me fueron de gran ayuda en la creación de mi proyecto.
- 6 months ago
Really wonderful course with beautiful visuals. The system of layers makes the design process simpler and more streamlined. Though this is a beginners' course, it gives all the necessary information to start designing a space -- or re-examining the space we have.
- 7 months ago
Un bel corso!
- 8 months ago
Gostei muito das técnicas apresentadas. Vou usar na minha casa com certeza.
She has visited hundreds of flats and lived in 18 different cities, so she considers herself an expert in creating cozy places with what is at hand. Currently, she is dedicated to implementing her creative process which consists of a customisable layering system in any space.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
The Somos Nido Method
- What Is a Cozy Space?
- Layer System: The Essentials and Coherence
- Layer System: Props and Lighting
- U3
Key Concepts
- Shapes and Textures
- Styles
- Volumes and Proportions
- U4
Create a Space
- Defining
- Accepting
- Creating Your Own Style
- The Mood Board
- U5
Making the Design Come True
- The Checklist
- Shopping
- FP
Final project
- Decorating Your Home Step by Step
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FAQs
Homestaging is a decorating technique that prepares a home for sale or rent by making spaces more attractive and welcoming to potential buyers, helping to sell faster and at a better price.
This course is aimed at people with intermediate decorating knowledge or those wanting to dive deeper into homestaging and emotional decoration, though anyone motivated can follow along thanks to its practical approach.
All you need is a device with internet access, paper, a pencil, and if you want to practice, access to a space where you can apply the concepts. No professional materials are required.
You’ll learn how to create cozy, realistic spaces, apply a layering system in decoration, choose warm materials and colors, improve real estate photography, and write emotional property descriptions.
The layering system teaches you to organize decoration on different levels: from the architectural base, through furniture and textiles, to decorative and personal details, achieving balance, warmth, and visual harmony.
Yes, you’ll learn how to create both manual and digital moodboards, select color palettes, textures, and materials, and plan the decoration of each area to achieve harmony and functionality.
Earth tones and natural materials convey warmth, closeness, and authenticity, helping to create cozy, family-friendly atmospheres that foster an emotional connection with the space.