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Feb 8, 2010 Uncategorized Leave a comment
Any good interior designer will tell you to start with a central point of your room, around which your decorative objects may flow. Once you have selected your focus, find pictures in magazines and decorating books for inspiration.
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choose one and follow these great tips to decorate the interior of your home successfully:
Choose a base object of decoration: select an object of great impact as a starting point. This piece can be a floor cushion with a beautiful fabric, a poster or a painting, a floral arrangement, a vase, a rug or anything that goes well with your style. This object will set the style, theme and tone you expect to create in space and help determine your overall combination of colors.
Finding a theme for your project is creative and enjoyable! A good theme will say something about yourself and your interests and will greatly simplify your decorating decisions when shopping.
Say your theme is Mediterranean decor, minimalistic decor, tropical décor or cabin decor, in each case the objects you choose will be basic enhancers in creating the look you want.
For example, you can easily create an “Old European” theme by adding some colorful glazed bowls, an oil painting (or print of one), simply adding a small chandelier or perhaps changing the wall color to tones of rich or soft pastels, or both.
The home is also a wonderful place to reflect the seasons with different holiday decorations. Have fun decorating with fall palates of oranges, browns reds and ocres, or let your living room be reborn with fresh cut flowers and fresh, bright colors for spring.
Sort individual items: this eliminates loose things from your environment to underpin a better overall appearance. For example, get some baskets that match your theme (wood, wicker, cloth, sea grass, Longaberger), these can be used for storing magazines, toys, mail or any of the myriad things that so quickly clutter up our living spaces.
You can also organize the objects by adding shelves and display your collections in one place for a great personal finish. Gather your various porcelain figurines, travel souvenirs, decorative boxes or Tuscan pottery scattered all around your house and display them together.
Shelves come in a variety of decorative styles and materials ranging from wood and wrought iron to acrylic and steel and can help raise your eyes in a space.
Refresh with floral decorations:
floral decoration - from wreaths and silk flowers, to silk plants and fresh cut arrangements can bring a fresh perspective to your space and really make it come alive.
You can easily integrate your flowers and plants with any theme, whether it is adding a terracotta pot for Tuscan flair, tropical silk flowers or plants for your island theme or fresh cut lilies to welcome spring with both an eye-catching centre piece and a lovely fresh fragrance.
A single tulip in a simple ceramic vase on a mantle can have as much impact as an overflowing silk flower arrangement that adorns the dining table. The key is to add that little burst of color and vibrancy.
Decorate the walls: Pretend that your walls are a blank page, regardless of the color of paint. There are many items to decorate your walls, from paintings and posters to shelves, tapestries, sconces and boxes which make it difficult to know where to start. Remember to put your theme or style as the ordering principle.
Acrylic display shelves, highly fashionable posters, reinforce a modern style, while black and white pictures in wooden frames can create a sense of antiquity. To unify a group of pictures, frame them in similar frames.
Synchronize your wall art in relation to the size of the wall and furniture. The landscape paintings and posters with images of a scene open a small space and create “a window outside”, as do mirrors. Whereas modern art works well in wide open spaces and bring you “in”.
Simply use them as inspiration. Trust your instincts, taste and natural style. Choose a ceiling fixture. Are you attracted to the clean lines and geometric shapes of modern minimalism? Or do you prefer a haven of bamboos, orchids and dark wood of quiet Asian Zen? Listen to what your heart says and follow your instincts!
