# Easy Interior Design: Create a Space for Function and Flow - review & insight | Gareth B. Davies Source: https://garethbdavies.com/course-insights/easy-interior-design-create-a-space-for-function-and-flow/ [← All courses](https://garethbdavies.com/course-insights/) Graphic Design · Quick win · Rated 6 /10 # Easy Interior Design: Create a Space for Function and Flow Updated September 2026 Demetrius Robinson · Interior Designer & Content Creator Beginner · 30 min A designer walks through his own living room makeover in real time, but the tips stay general enough for beginners. [Get a Free Month on Skillshare](https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/3155494/298081/4650?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fclasses%2Feasy-interior-design-create-a-space-for-function-and-flow%2F1926620605) New to Skillshare? Your first month is free, enough to take this course at no cost. Demetrius Robinson's "Easy Interior Design" runs a tight 30 minutes across eight lessons, and it earns its name: the pace is fast, the scope is narrow, and the entire class is anchored to one real project, his own living room. Rather than lecture about design theory, Robinson audits his actual space on camera, orders actual furniture, and installs it while explaining his reasoning. That structure, watch one person solve one real room, is both the class's biggest strength and the source of its limits. ## What actually gets taught The opening audit lesson is the most transferable part of the class. Robinson walks through assessing what a space already has, what it's missing, and how it should function and flow, using his own blank-walled living room as the example. He flags a structural problem, a garage door eating into his floor plan, and shows how he solved it by centering a TV on the shortest wall and building outward from that anchor point. That kind of real constraint, and a real fix, is more useful than a hypothetical. The furniture-selection lesson delivers genuinely specific rules: rugs should be sized so front furniture legs rest on top of them (eight-by-ten or nine-by-twelve for most rooms), coffee tables should sit level with a sofa's seat height, side tables should match the arm height of the sofa next to them, and curtain panels should run two to two-and-a-half times the width of the window they cover. These are the kind of concrete numbers a beginner can actually apply elsewhere. The moodboard lesson is the standout. Robinson demonstrates building a board in Canva by dropping in furniture photos, stripping their backgrounds, layering them like a collage, and grouping elements so the whole board can be resized at once. It is a genuinely useful workflow for previewing a room before spending money, and it is taught step by step rather than summarized. ## Where it comes up short The class leans hard on Robinson's own taste and budget. Custom linen drapery, a marble-top coffee table, a six-bulb chandelier, and multiple DIY furniture builds are presented as the path forward, with little guidance for viewers working with a fraction of that budget. A brief line about choosing "investment pieces first" is the closest the class gets to real budget strategy, and it never translates into a framework. The installation lesson, covering the chandelier wiring and ceiling-mounted curtain track, is useful but assumes some comfort with basic electrical and tool work that a true design novice may not have. And because the whole class is built around a single open-concept living room, viewers with a bedroom, a small studio, or an oddly shaped space will need to do real translation work themselves. As a beginner primer on sizing rules, sequencing, and moodboarding, it delivers exactly what it promises in half an hour. It is not a deep design education, and it does not try to be. The standout The moodboard lesson, where furniture images get background-removed and layered in Canva to preview scale and placement before any purchase, is the one technique worth the price of admission alone. ## What you will learn - · How to audit a room for function and flow before buying anything - · How to sequence furniture purchases within a realistic budget - · How to build a scaled, realistic moodboard in Canva using cutout images - · Sizing rules for rugs, coffee tables, side tables, and window treatments - · How to install a chandelier and ceiling-mounted curtain track safely - · How to layer accessories, books, and plants for a finished look Best for: First-time renters or homeowners furnishing a room from scratch who want concrete sizing rules rather than abstract design theory. Skip it if: Anyone who already knows spatial planning basics or wants budget-tier alternatives, since the class leans on custom drapery, marble, and DIY furniture with little acknowledgment of tighter budgets. Clarity of Instruction Engaging Teacher Helpful Examples Audio & Video Quality [Get a Free Month on Skillshare](https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/3155494/298081/4650?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fclasses%2Feasy-interior-design-create-a-space-for-function-and-flow%2F1926620605)