Here are a few tips to consider when you start decorating your home:
• Have a theme in mind. You can then buy all your furniture and accessories to match that theme.
• Have a color combination in mind. This will help you decide on the colors of the walls as well as the color of fabrics to be used in the room.
• Have a main item of attraction or interest in each one of your room.
• Start with deciding the pieces of art you are going to use in your room. The rest of the décor can be arranged to match the items of display in every room.
A lot of people feel inspired by colors that are natural, especially green, and would like to use them in decorating their house. However, trying to use a green shade on the walls or the furniture may not be the best option. As any veteran interior designer will point out, it is extremely difficult to get the right shades of green for walls and furniture and even more difficult to coordinate accessories with them.
The better option would be to use neutral colors on walls and furniture, but use different shades of green in all fabrics and accessories in the room. The multitude of shades will add dept and interest to your room.
Choosing the right color for the different rooms in your house is an important decision to make and will affect your experience of living in the house. Here is a list of questions to help you choose the right color:
• Do bright colors uplift you?
• Do prefer being colorful or subtle?
• Do you like neutral color or more natural shades?
• How do dark colors affect you? Do they make you feel warm and comfortable or do you feel claustrophobic around dark colors?
• Do you want to decorate your walls or do you want to paint interestingly on the walls to create patterns?
Whether it is your living room or study room or lounge area, it is important to create a focul point in a room. A Focul point is the main feature of the room upon which the eyes can rest on when one enters the room. The bed in the bedroom and the dining table in dining room are usually the most common focal point in those rooms.
In other rooms, it is important to create one such focal point. It may be the visage from a large window, or a fireplace. If these are not an option, you can use a large painting, oriental rug or a large open shelf that can be used to display interesting items.
One one hand, it is entirely possible for people to decorate their entire house on their own, and if this is an option, it is the most highly recommended one. However, it is important to also know under what circumstances you should not take it upon yourself and hire a professional interior decorator. Here are some quick questions to ask:
• Do you have the time on your hands to spend on all aspects of home decorating?
• Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of choices you need to make?
• Are you having difference of opinions with other people who are going to share the house?
If you would like your rooms to wear a well coordinated look, you can consider coordinating different prints and patterns in fabrics with the background. Here are some tips to help you achieve a well coordinated look:
• Ensure that the background, whether it is the paint on the wall or a wall paper, is of a neutral color.
• Use a number of different fabric patterns, but ensure that all of them have the same colors.
• Use patterns of small, medium and large sizes.
• Even as you choose different fabrics, also interchange between smooth and textured varieties to add more interest and depth to your décor.
It is important to realize that paints look substantially different on your walls than they do on glossy catalogue pages. Also, the effect of light in different parts of the room will make the color on your walls look different.
Nowadays, most paint manufacturers offer a 2 to 4 ounces of sample paint. It is best if you use this sample on your walls to know the exact effect of the color. This is a much better and cost effective options to buying gallons of paint only to realize that it is not the exact shade you had in mind.
You are likely to want different colors and themes for the walls in different rooms of your house. It helps create variety and gives each room its own look. However, when it comes to the ceiling, it is highly recommended that you use the same color in all your rooms. This helps create a sense of cohesiveness to the entire theme of the house, and rooms tend to flow into each other visibly when the ceiling color is the same.
While stark white is uncomfortable to look at and is not recommended, there are various shades of white that can be a perfect choice for your ceiling.
Have you considered having a different décor for your rooms with every changing season It is not as difficult or as expensive as you think. Here are some tips
• Make all your fabrics in two sets of different colors. Use them in different seasons.
• Use reversible drapery with different color on each side. You can reverse it every season to change the look of your room.
• Choose décor items like floral arrangements or display china that is specific to every season. For instance, you can display porcelain items in summer and crystal in winter. You can also alter floral arrangements with seasonal flowers easily.
Sometimes, a room tends to look too perfectly decorated. Every aspect of the décor is just right and everything is perfectly placed in the room. While this can be a source of pride for most home decorators, it is important to guard against a cold, sterile and lifeless look.
Add an element of surprise to your room and this will add a new lease of life to room décor. For instance, in a carefully color coordinated black and white room, throw in a fuscia rug on one wall or use a bold colored pillow case on a single pillow in the room.
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