Jessica Vazquez Are you thinking about renovating your bedroom? Have you always wanted to have the guest room everybody wants to sleep at? Or maybe you want to give your small bathroom a killer makeover… probably all of the above and you may be also be wondering how to do it, whether you are completely clueless or you have a vague idea of how to decorate your home, I recommend you take one of the following 5 Free Online Design Courses for you to feel a little bit more confident to design the room you’ve always dreamed of:
1. OXFORD HOME STUDY CENTRE: Interior Design Short Course
This online course is completely free, and even though it is a short course (20 hours), it gives an introduction to the interior design industry as well as design concepts that you need to know and develop. And if later you decide that you want to pay for an online interior design course, this website also offers paid courses.
TIME TO COMPLETE: 20 hours
REGISTRATION NEEDED: Yes
2. Interiordezine.com free online course
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To take this interior design course for free you have to submit your email and all the lessons of the day will be sent to you over a period of four weeks. This course is good for you if you are looking to learn home interior design as well professional or commercial planning, you will learn the basics of decoration and design easily.
TIME TO COMPLETE: 4 weeks
REGISTRATION NEEDED: Yes
3. ALLISON DIPLOMA INTERIOR DESIGN
Allison offers a free online interior design diploma which will give you an overview of interior design. You will learn principles to take into account when designing a room or space, as well as with colors, textures, furniture, accessories and more. This course is focused in residential design but you can use these principles in commercial design as well.
TIME TO COMPLETE: 6 – 10 hours.
REGISTRATION NEEDED: Yes
4. DECORATING YOUR HOME ONLINE CLASS
With this free online class you will begin to learn the tricks and principles to decorate your home, its content is very well organized and you can decide with which concept you want to start with, it also offers exercises for you to practice what you learn. This course is divided in 6 lessons which take you to all the rooms of a house.
TIME TO COMPLETE: Varies
REGISTRATION NEEDED: No
5. MIT OPEN COURSE WARE: Principles of Design
OCW’s Principles of design is a free and open publication of material from said class which is imparted in MIT, you have access to all of the course study materials as well as calendar, readings and assignments. You don’t need to register and you can start studying at your own pace since you can download the materials and go through them whenever you want. Even though this course is not about interior design it’s a very good choice to get familiar with concepts and proportions. The course includes a syllabus, some instructional material and some learning activities.
TIME TO COMPLETE: Varies
REGISTRATION NEEDED: No
