5 Tips for Decorating
For most of my life I have been receiving compliments on the way that my home looks and how it is decorated. Thoughout the years I have learned some useful tools to decorating that I will share with all of you free of charge. Some of these tips are about color, others about accessorising and some unique little ideas. I hope that you will find them helpful:
1. Use groups of three: three small vases or 2 crystal eggs with a vase look better than two of an item. Three vases in a row on a table will look great. Three apples in a bowl look better than two. There is something about a group of three items that just looks cool.
2. Marry objects: Place objects so that they run into each other but don't hide each other. If you are putting three frames on a desk make sure that one is behind the other and meet at some point but still show off each picture inside each frame. If you have two objects like a frame on a wall and a lamp on the table in front of it, hang the frame in such a way that it interacts with the lamp. It is just more interesting and creative to do this. Marrying objects means to place them so that they are interacting.
3. Create balance and harmony with the coloration: If you have a green pillows on your sofa at one end of the room use something green like a vase or lamp on the other side of the living area to create a balance and harmony. If you use an orange tray on an ottoman place a cocktail book on the end table that has some orange in it or use the orange in the curtains pattern. Repeat the color somewhere esle in the space but make sure it's not on the same side of the room. It is best to balance coloration further from one another whatever objects you utilize or coloration they have.
4. Try various configurations in living areas that are converse friendly: When placing furniture in your living areas make sure that people sitting in the various seating peices can have a conversation by placing each large piece facing each other or close enough to each other. I love the two love seats acosss from one another and a sofa in the middle creating a U shape or just two matching sofas. The trick is not to place the furniture to far from each other. The sofa chairs need to be close enough to the sofa and the sofa needs to be close enough to the cocktail table. The configurations can differ but they should be conversation friendly. The mistake most people make is not putting enough thought into where each item is located and they tend to place them too far away thinking everything needs to be close to a wall or end of a room. Centering evereything is likely a much better idea, looks prettier and is condusive to your guests chatting with each other easily. It is also cozy and feels warmer.
5. Use Items in an Unusual manner: Take three antique suitcases and pile them on top of each other as an end table. Put a lamp on it as if it were an end table. Add a vase or a crystal bowl. Paint an old dresser matt black and use it as a night stand instead of a normal night stand. Again, put a lamp on it and place it at the side of your bed. Use items in an not so usual way and it adds interest and a very unique quality to your decor. I once took a small accessory table and painted it three shades of green: legs one shade, top another shade and the middle shelf another shade. I put it in the corner of a bathroom near the bathtub with a vase for flowers, a candle holder and a soap dish. I also used table clothes that had cut work on twin beds on top of white duvets to add some fancy to the twin beds for my kids all white room. The dresser in the room was rustic and brown and looked great with all the white around it. I added skirts to the beds and no headboards. Just a standard pillow laying flat on each bed. Under the beds I put some beautiful old suticases with lucite handles for their pajamas. Do the unexpected and use things in ways that are rare. It adds interest and again makes your space your space.
1. Use groups of three: three small vases or 2 crystal eggs with a vase look better than two of an item. Three vases in a row on a table will look great. Three apples in a bowl look better than two. There is something about a group of three items that just looks cool.
2. Marry objects: Place objects so that they run into each other but don't hide each other. If you are putting three frames on a desk make sure that one is behind the other and meet at some point but still show off each picture inside each frame. If you have two objects like a frame on a wall and a lamp on the table in front of it, hang the frame in such a way that it interacts with the lamp. It is just more interesting and creative to do this. Marrying objects means to place them so that they are interacting.
3. Create balance and harmony with the coloration: If you have a green pillows on your sofa at one end of the room use something green like a vase or lamp on the other side of the living area to create a balance and harmony. If you use an orange tray on an ottoman place a cocktail book on the end table that has some orange in it or use the orange in the curtains pattern. Repeat the color somewhere esle in the space but make sure it's not on the same side of the room. It is best to balance coloration further from one another whatever objects you utilize or coloration they have.
4. Try various configurations in living areas that are converse friendly: When placing furniture in your living areas make sure that people sitting in the various seating peices can have a conversation by placing each large piece facing each other or close enough to each other. I love the two love seats acosss from one another and a sofa in the middle creating a U shape or just two matching sofas. The trick is not to place the furniture to far from each other. The sofa chairs need to be close enough to the sofa and the sofa needs to be close enough to the cocktail table. The configurations can differ but they should be conversation friendly. The mistake most people make is not putting enough thought into where each item is located and they tend to place them too far away thinking everything needs to be close to a wall or end of a room. Centering evereything is likely a much better idea, looks prettier and is condusive to your guests chatting with each other easily. It is also cozy and feels warmer.
5. Use Items in an Unusual manner: Take three antique suitcases and pile them on top of each other as an end table. Put a lamp on it as if it were an end table. Add a vase or a crystal bowl. Paint an old dresser matt black and use it as a night stand instead of a normal night stand. Again, put a lamp on it and place it at the side of your bed. Use items in an not so usual way and it adds interest and a very unique quality to your decor. I once took a small accessory table and painted it three shades of green: legs one shade, top another shade and the middle shelf another shade. I put it in the corner of a bathroom near the bathtub with a vase for flowers, a candle holder and a soap dish. I also used table clothes that had cut work on twin beds on top of white duvets to add some fancy to the twin beds for my kids all white room. The dresser in the room was rustic and brown and looked great with all the white around it. I added skirts to the beds and no headboards. Just a standard pillow laying flat on each bed. Under the beds I put some beautiful old suticases with lucite handles for their pajamas. Do the unexpected and use things in ways that are rare. It adds interest and again makes your space your space.
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