StretchLearn Course

Design a room like a professional, one decision at a time

The principles, measurements, and tools designers use to plan colour, layout, lighting, and materials.

Beginner9 hrSelf PacedRegistered

Course Overview

What this course is designed to develop

This course replaces guesswork with a repeatable method for designing residential interiors. You will work from the same elements and principles taught in design school, apply real numbers for furniture clearances and lighting levels, and produce a complete scheme document and mood board for one room. Every lesson centres on a decision you have to make and the rule of thumb that resolves it.

Learning Outcomes

What the learner should be able to understand, build, or execute.

Apply scale, proportion, balance, rhythm, and emphasis to evaluate and fix a room layout

Build a room colour scheme using the 60-30-10 rule and the colour wheel

Plan furniture placement around a focal point using designer clearance measurements

Layer ambient, task, and accent lighting to correct lux levels for each activity

Select and combine fabrics and finishes by weight, durability rating, and texture

Produce a professional mood board and a one-room scheme document a client could approve

Curriculum Preview

Inside the curriculum: a structured path from fundamentals to execution.

Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.

Module 1

Module 1: The Principles That Make a Room Work

The vocabulary and rules of thumb designers use to judge whether a space is balanced and resolved. You learn to diagnose what is wrong with a room before you change anything.

3 lessons

The Elements and Principles of DesignContent · 45 min

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Scale and ProportionContent · 45 min

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Balance, Rhythm, and Focal PointsContent · 45 min

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Module 2

Module 2: Colour for Real Rooms

Building schemes that work under your actual light, with the proportions and undertones professionals rely on. Colour is the fastest way to transform a room and the easiest to get wrong.

3 lessons

The Colour Wheel and Scheme TypesContent · 45 min

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The 60-30-10 Rule and UndertonesContent · 45 min

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Light, Sheen, and Sampling Like a ProContent · 45 min

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Module 3

Module 3: Space Planning and Furniture Layout

Turning an empty room into a plan that flows, with the real clearance measurements designers work to. A beautiful palette cannot rescue a layout you cannot walk through.

3 lessons

Measuring and Drawing a Floor PlanContent · 45 min

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Arranging Furniture and Conversation ZonesContent · 45 min

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Common Layout Problems and FixesContent · 45 min

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Module 4

Module 4: Lighting, Materials, and the Mood Board

The finishing layers that make a scheme feel professional: properly layered light, well-chosen fabrics and finishes, and a mood board that communicates the whole design. This is where a competent room becomes a designed one.

3 lessons

Layered Lighting and Colour TemperatureContent · 45 min

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Selecting Fabrics and FinishesContent · 45 min

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Building a Mood Board and Scheme DocumentContent · 45 min

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Built for Application

A complete learning path, not a one-off inspiration hit.

This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.

interior designcolour theoryspace planninglighting designmood boardsfurniture layoutmaterials and finisheshome decor