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If you are moving into a new apartment or have just bought your first house, there are a lot of things for you to do. Starting fresh requires a lot of effort and most professional interior designers know how tough it is to make your new home look lovely. Many people want it to follow a theme while others want to splash some colour and life into their current decor.
In any case, your options are endless and you can get quite overwhelmed if you do not have a proper strategy. It is important to understand what is at the top of your priority list and what can be left out. Remember not to overdo anything, minimalistic decor can go a long way in helping your house look amazing.
You can use accessories and your furniture to help you play up your house’s strengths and to hide its flaws. This can make any home look like a dream house if it is pulled off correctly. There are a lot of ways to decorate your home without it putting a strain on your wallet. We have talked to a ton of design experts and have come up with the following tips:
It is true that first impressions are the last impressions. This holds true for people, and for your house as well. You can set the tone of what is to be expected in your house by painting your front food a glossy and fun hue. There are a lot of people who paint their front door red since it is a lucky colour in many cultures. It used to mean welcome to travellers during earlier times. According to an expert interior designer, Christopher Breining, the two most popular hues right now are yellow and orange. These are associated with warmth and joy. You can also turn your house a bit more modern by replacing the outdated screen door with full-length glass that can look quite amazing.
Remember, you have to decorate your house with a lot of furniture and accessories, which mostly need a neutral background if they are to pop out and look appealing to the eye. Colours such as grey, beige, off-white, and white are perfect for blending in the background so that your decor can pop out. You do not want a lot of jarring transitions. These colours can give you flexibility and you can decorate your ground and first floor in different manners, allowing you to switch up your accessories. Even if you have two small rooms next to each other, painting a light colour on the walls can help make them look larger.
You can use a different theme for each room, as long as all of it comes together in the end to complement the master bedroom. Try to use small pieces of decor to your advantage. Use things such as quirky pillows, bedding, and colourful couches to add a pop of colour to your room. You can even scale artwork to your wall, making it hand at eye level. Go for either small gallery-style pieces or for oversized pieces that can add much-needed colour to your room.
There are three kinds of lighting that are absolutely essential and should be in every room. These are: ambient, providing illumination in an overall context and are mostly in the form of ceiling fixtures; accent, which are decorative lights for highlighting certain things in your house such as artwork; and finally, task, which is usually found near a reading nook or over a kitchen island. It is important that you use at least 3 watts per square foot for the lights you need in your living room. You can use uplights that cast a glow on the ceiling and make the room look much bigger than it is.
The basic rules for an area rug are as follows:
You accumulate a lot of stuff the longer you live in your house. You might not see that it is cluttered, which is why you need a fresh pair of eyes to see your house. You can think of hiring a professional organizer that can help you tackle messy parts of your house such as your closets and bookshelves. These parts usually pack more than twice the amount of stuff that they should have and can look quite messy and cluttered. Remove more than 50% of what is on your shelf and put up vertical and horizontal stacks of books that are decorated with bowls or vases around them.
If you have low ceilings in your house, you can paint them white. This will make your room look less claustrophobic. These visual tricks can go a long way in making your room feel more spacious. Another trick is to hang your curtains higher than the windows so that you can trick your eyes into thinking that the room is taller than it actually is. You can even try custom drapes that can cover the entire wall and make your rooms look fancy.
Remember to hang the mirrors perpendicular to windows and not directly in front of them. If they are in front of the windows, it can send the light back out instead of making your house look bright.
It is not easy to decorate your house. There are a lot of things one has to look after. Use these amazing DIY tips to help you bring in the entire theme of your house together.
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