| If you are moving into a new domicile – an apartment, a small house or even
a condo unit – there is always this excitement lingering over your head as to
how to decorate your new home. We always tend to think of our new place as a
clean canvas by which we can “weave” our magic from within. It is also a fact
that most of us tend to overdo the decorating process that our crib becomes
either regrettably tacky or incredibly eclectic that it resembles a museum,
rather than a place of respite.
Now, if you really want to shave major funds from your bank account (if you
have one,) you can always ask an interior designer or decorator to fill up you
blank walls and empty rooms with something that is both functional and pleasing
to the senses. For the great majority of us, however, we would rather keep
expenses at bay, and designers or decorators are definitely out of our sphere
of influence.
So here are a couple of tips on how to decorate your home tastefully
(according to your taste, of course) without breaking the bank, or the walls of
your new home, or the sanity of your hapless visitors.
Check The Overall Architecture. You must first take into
consideration what your new place looks like from the outside – does it look
like a Mediterranean villa, or as unimaginative as any mass produced living
quarters? Often, people expect a smooth transition from your home’s façade to
its interior. For example, the blueprint of your house is very East Mediterranean. Naturally, an oriental décor
overwhelming the interiors would provide a head-scratching experience to your
visitors.
Unimaginative mass produced housing will give you more freedom to choose the
theme of your new home.
Choose A Theme. Yes, it sounds quite cliché, but choosing a theme for
your home is one way you can keep an eye out for possible decorating splurges.
When choosing a theme, make sure that you can sustain this theme all throughout
the place, if that is your purpose. Say, if you want an oriental décor, try
finding accents, furniture and knick knacks with the oriental flavor. Try not
to splurge on anything else that can distract a visitor’s attention away from
the very essence of your interior design. Otherwise, what’s the point of
choosing a theme, if you are not going to be faithful to it?
Choose A Color. In some cases, you may even choose different themes
for different parts of the house. Colors can be great interior decorating tools
too. A good example of this is an apartment where the kitchen is predominantly
white (all appliances and fixtures are white); the bathroom is powder blue in
color (including the towels and candles within); and the living room and dining
hall are in earth-tone colors from dark green to lush brown and splatters of
yellow and red.
You can choose furniture or room accents that will either blend in nicely
with the rest of the room’s motif, or one that stands out but complementary to
the scheme.
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