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| QUALIFICATION |
KLC / Homes & Gardens Certificate in Interior Decoration |
| ASSIGNMENT |
Numerous exercises, tests and research, which creates 2 submissions of project work |
| DURATION |
Average time take to complete the course is 12 months, allowing 8-10 hours a week – although there is no time limit on the course |
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You will no doubt have been reading the magazine for some time hopefully gaining inspirational ideas for your own home. I often hear from our readers that realizing these wonderful ideas can be more difficult than you envisaged! It is therefore with great pleasure that I welcome you to this KLC School of Design / Homes & Gardens Open Learning Course.
This “Design Your Own Home” Course will help with every stage of planning and decorating your house. It will give you all the practical information you’ll need to create a successful scheme, including how to use paints, wallpapers and furnishings to create your chosen look. The course will also help you to develop your own personal style and give you the confidence to keep refining your look whether classic or contemporary or even a mix of both.
I hope that under the expert guidance of the KLC tutors, this course will help turn your house into a stylish home. Maybe your home will one day be a future feature in the magazine!
Deborah Barker, Editor, Homes & Gardens
Students on the course will receive an exclusive quarterly e-mail on current trends from Homes & Gardens Editor, Deborah Barker
DEVELOP ROOM SCHEMES FOR YOUR OWN HOME
This distance learning course takes students on a step-by-step approach to designing their own home. From planning the room layout through to finishing touches, this course will show you how to create a workable scheme in your own personal style.
The course work is based on your own home so that, as you progress through your studies, you add to the material to build up your own portfolio of room schemes. As well as including a stylish pen for note-taking, the course comes complete with a scrapbook to help you collate your sourced materials.
Presented in an elegant designer’s portfolio, the course material is colourfully illustrated throughout and is jammed-packed with information and inspiration to help you design your own home in a professional way.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Order
the course today and you will receive:
- Portfolio including all study material inc pen and scrapbook (inc p&p)
- A study
guide
- Project
and assignment work
- All
distance learning tuition
- Insurance
of manuals against loss or theft in transit
- An exclusive quarterly e-mail on current trends from Homes & Gardens Editor, Deborah Barker

THE SYLLABUS
The course comes complete with a comprehensive Student Study Guide, a Reading List and a Glossary. The course is then divided into the following sections:-
- The Design Process
- Planning A Room Layout
- Creating Additional Space
- Turning Ideas Into Reality
- Lighting Schemes
- Working With Colour, Pattern & Texture
- Surface Treatments
- Fabrics & Window Treatments
- Development Of Interior Styles
- Room by Room Considerations
- Furniture & Upholstery
- New Technology
- Finishing Touches – An Holistic Approach
- Co-Ordinating A Project
Please note that you can study this distance learning course from anywhere in the world. However, there are additional postage costs for overseas students to cover postage and packing of the study manuals.
KLC has developed a unique support system for our open learning students to ensure students achieve their goals:-