Interior design: architecture with art for interior design
Romy Guevara, co-owner of Rommy Custom Designs, can give you a beautifully-lit stone patio with lanterns and arched walkways, elegant stone bathrooms and living areas with recreations of the Sistine Chapel, and dining rooms with bars of rich brown wood.
“Our art is architecture and interior together,” said Guevara, 45. “We start in the heart.”
Guevara has been doing interior and exterior design in the Rio Grande Valley for about 10 years; prior to his move here, he worked from Ajijic, Mexico where he did projects on a grand scale in Guadalajara and other parts of Mexico. His works include a jewelry store in Guadalajara, Mexico, and a trompe-l’oeil in the home of TV Azteca actor Fernando Allende in Aspen, Colo. Trompe-l’oeil is an artistic technique in which the images appear real instead of two-dimensional.
According to the Web site www.rommycustomdesigns.com Guevara’s style “mixes the neoclassic to the contemporary Mexican interiors.”
Guevara now travels frequently between Mexico and the Valley working on various design contracts, said his wife, Nancy, who also co-owns the business. Here in the Valley, the idea of major design ventures on a grand scale didn’t catch on right away. Most of the projects here entail redesigning and redecorating homes, she said.
“When the money comes, he (client) wants his dream house, he wants a new design,” said Nancy Guevara.
Too often people purchase a home without really considering how it reflects their lifestyles, said Romy Guevara. One of the first things he does in designing a home for clients is getting to know them personally.
“‘What do you have in mind?’” he asked rhetorically. “’What is your personality? The house you want it to be. And the first concept is to make it functional, depending on if you do it for a family, how many kids. If you have guests, how many guests. We want to do a living room.’”
Sometimes a client may have a more unusual request, such as the whole house inside the bedroom: the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom, the works. Romy Guevara can do that as well.
“We need to decide with the owner what type of architecture they are looking for and what type of style they are looking for,” he said. “And we study the colors that he is looking for. So we put everything together, try to make everything harmonize with every element. It needs to be their own look.”
There are other considerations, too, such as lighting, and it all depends on the client’s budget, which can mean the difference between canter, wood, stone or brick.
The end result, however, is a functional work of art that’s a reflection of your own personality, carefully tailored to your specific tastes and needs.
source:http://www.themonitor.com
