Each person should choose a decorating style that makes them feel truly at home.
Decorating your home in a particular style is a process that is usually done over a period of several years. However, choosing a decorating style can be somewhat overwhelming, because of how many different styles there are. It takes proper research to determine which decorating style is right for both your home and you. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Determine whether you prefer cool or warm colors.
Cool colors include blues, greens and exotic colors, such as purple. Warm colors include red, yellow, orange and dark green.
Warm colors will bring a cozy feel to your home. Cool colors will create a relaxing atmosphere.
You can also decorate a house using neutral colors only, such as white, brown, taupe and cream.
2. Look at pictures in magazines for rooms that you find attractive. If you want to thumb through decorating books, many of them can be found at the library. You can borrow these books so you don't have to spend any money purchasing expensive ones.
3. Tear out pictures of rooms that you like from the magazines (or make copies, if borrowed), and take note of the decorating style, which will often be part of the magazine's title. Usually, similar decorating styles will be published in the same magazine, such as traditional style, southern style, or modern style.
4. Spend several weeks finding pictures of decorating styles that you like. Note exactly what it is about each picture that you like. The colors? The furniture? The arrangements? This will help you identify elements of decorating that you can bring to your own home.
5. Choose a decorating style that fits in with the design style of your home. A modern style of decorating inside a traditional home built in the 1950s will not produce a cohesive decorating effect. A traditional home looks best with a traditional decorating style.
6. Consider taking your design ideas to a professional decorator. He will be able to help you identify the elements of decorating styles that will suit your taste.
7. Once you have identified the style you want to work with, start by painting one room at a time. Paint colors are the easiest and fastest way to transform a room in keeping with a decorating style.
8. Add curtains and draperies next. Curtains will help transform a room almost as fast as paint colors.
9. Add decorations gradually. There is no need to transform your entire house at once; it is usually too expensive to do more than one room at once. Simply add a new decorating item to your scheme whenever you come across one that really catches your eye.
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