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Enhance Your Home
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By BatSheva Vaknin
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Enhance Your Home By BatSheva Vaknin
Home furnishing can be difficult without the help of anexpensive interior designer. Choosing a style is hard enough,but knowing how to create that style can be even harder! Usethese tips to create whichever look you want, furnishing yourhome in the style that best suits you.
Step #1: Choose a Style Here are some ideas of different stylesyou can use to decorate your whole house or just one room.
* Cottage: This home furnishing style calls to mind a cozycottage tucked away in the country or by the lake. Cottage stylemeans white couches and chairs, or white wicker furniture withfloral printed cushions. Pastel colors, soft lighting, and gauzycurtains create the cottage look, as do antique accessories andpatchwork quilts. Complete the look with landscaping: nothingsays country cottage like a stone walkway and a garden full offlowers and herbs. * Mediterranean: This home decorative styleconjures the Italian and French seaside. Think warm yellows andearth tones, as well as simple patterns set off by blue and goldaccents. Chunky, natural wood tables fit right in, as dopatterns of sunflowers or ships. * Oriental: As the nameimplies, this style invokes the simple and sleek lines of theOrient. Less is more with this look, so choose pieces like teakand lacquered tables, armoires and coffee tables sparingly.Accessorize with Oriental rugs, silk prints and pictures ofdragons or Japanese seascapes. * Traditional: This classic homefurnishing style is elegant but not extravagant. Floral patternslook great on your couches, chairs, curtains and pillows for thetraditional look, as do plaids and damasks. Heavy drapes andmahogany dining room tables also work well with this look. Putthe final touch on your traditional home with accents likechina, crystal and framed landscapes. * Victorian: This stylewill make your house look as beautiful and stately as themansions of Victorian England. Choose small but elegant couchesand wooden armchairs with silk covered cushions in striped orsimple floral patterns. Do not be shy with velvet and richbrocades. Porcelain and dried flowers will also help you getthis look across nicely.
Step #2: Enhance Your Home Whatever style you choose, use theseelements wisely to achieve the maximum from your decorativestyle.
* Lighting: Stay away from halogen and overhead lighting, bothof which can create harsh light and therefore harsh shadows.Instead, choose lamps with bases that fit your style and taste.Track lighting and sconces also provide nice lighting solutions.* Color: Color is one of the most basic and most effective waysto create any style. When choosing paint, think aboutpracticality as well as d¨Ścor; bright colors energize and lightcolors soothe. Creams, beiges and pastels create the illusion ofmore space, whereas dark, rich reds and blues make a statement.* Texture: Texture is an often overlooked element, yet it iscrucial when creating the style of your choice. Textured wallsevoke a natural, native, earthy feel. Smooth walls are moreelegant, traditional, and will reflect more light, creating abrighter room. Be careful, though, because if a floor istextured with tiles, stone, or wood flooring, it can make theroom look small. With a large enough room, however, texturingyour floor with tile, wood or stone is an excellent way toinstantly create a "look".
Choose the style and d¨Ścor that feels right for you. Even ifyour budget doesn't allow you to renovate your entire house,choose a few important furniture pieces (couches, tables) thatwill set the tone for the whole room. Finally, accessorize alongthe lines of the decorative style you have chosen, and your lookwith be complete. Please find the original article and moreinformation about this subject athttp://www.homeandliving.com/DesignAdvice.aspx?Category=EnhanceYourHome When Yale graduate, BatSheva Vaknin is not writinghelpful and insightful articles like the one you just read forwww.homeandliving.com, she writes plays, screenplays and shortstories. In fact, she has just completed her first novel.
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