Decorating Your Older Home for Comfortable Living
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Article by: Indra Books Decorating an older home , A Themed Bathroom Vanity is Fun to Decorate can be a real challenge. Most of us don't really want to live the way our ancestors did. The aim is to get the flavor of the era you wish to project without the discomfort and aggravation. Antique upholstery is not noted for its comfort. Antique beds , Decorating with Brains tend to be too short for modern bodies and most of us prefer an inner spring , Caring For Hunter Douglas Silhouette Blinds – How To Keep Them Looking New or foam mattress to one stuffed with straw , Decorating with Brains or horsehair. Although I have cooked on an iron wood , Sports Display Cases stove and thoroughly enjoyed it in the depth of winter, , Painting The Walls there is nothing to recommend it in July. So where do you draw the line between authenticity and modern life? Fortunately you can get modern upholstery, with modern foam, coil decks , The Rug Pad - The Missing Rug Accessory and cushions, in older styles and fabrics. Unless you are trying to get a museum room, , A Look at Vending Massage Chairs it isn't necessary to copy the original styles exactly. Be careful of proportions, but any upholstery piece which is a classic style will blend with antiques, or reproductions. Fabric choices can give an antique look and are available in reproduced patterns made from modern, low maintenance fabrics. If you have antiques, avoid the need to put matched pairs of everything. Our ancestors loved that balanced look and many of us still find that a comfortable look to live with, but if only your upholstered pieces match, they will draw attention away from your show pieces. The exception, as always, is in a formal room. , Taking Care of Wicker Furniture If you are living in a home , Create the Right Splash With Bathroom Accessories from the 1700's and want to get the flavor of the era, you will want more formalized seating patterns. However, the newer trend in historic houses , The Rug Pad - The Missing Rug Accessory is to have furniture , The Rug Pad - The Missing Rug Accessory from several eras from the original built date to represent. Our ancestors were thrifty. Furniture , Bamboo Flooring was hand produced and costly, so people didn't tend to pitch pieces which were out of style. It wasn't until mass produced, inexpensive furniture , Country Decorating Ideas - Create Warmth and Charm with Country Style Decorating Ideas became widely available that people started dumping Grandma's pine table in the chicken house, , How to Buy Discount Bamboo Flooring or slapped a coat of green paint , Candle Chandeliers on the solid cherry drop leaf and put it on the front porch. , Why A Mattress Pad Matters Generally, keep your upholstered pieces subdued but try for the correct style (or a modified version) of the window , Sports Display Cases treatments and case pieces. Wing chairs , Clueless About Decorating Your Rented House or Apartment? have been popular for 300 years, but make sure yours are comfortable to sit on before you decide you have to have them. Our ancestors had much better posture and liked sitting very straight. Classic styles of modern furniture , How to Buy Discount Bamboo Flooring keep the lines of the old, but have a better slant to the backs. The real effect of the room , The Benefits of Air Mattresses can be created by how you decorate , A Look at Vending Massage Chairs your walls, , Clueless About Decorating Your Rented House or Apartment? floors , Buckwheat- Not For Pancakes- For Pillows! and windows, , Bamboo Flooring and by using accessories , Discount Rugs - Buying a Discount Area Rug creatively. Decorators are divided about such modern adjuncts as kitchen , Nursery Decorating Ideas: Creating a Timeless Retreat appliances, TV's and sound systems. My feeling is, good design , Country Decorating Ideas - Create Warmth and Charm with Country Style Decorating Ideas blends with good design. , Candle Chandeliers Some of the newer appliances are beautifully designed and our ancestors would have made that stainless steel, side by side refrigerator with ice and water , A Themed Bathroom Vanity is Fun to Decorate on the door, , Feng Shui Tips for Your Kitchen the showpiece of the house , Buckwheat- Not For Pancakes- For Pillows! so I am not a big fan of attempting to hide large modern appliances behind wooden doors , Nursery Decorating Ideas: Creating a Timeless Retreat and cupboards. I do think they tend to look better in stainless or black but that's a personal opinion. The exception to the kitchen , Outdoor Wall Fountains appliance rule is for houses , Contemporary Bathroom Furniture built in the last century when kitchen , Restoring a Home? There Are Lots of Design and Materials Decisions to Make appliances were becoming common. Reproductions are available in the styles of the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's and can make a really clever kitchen , Why A Mattress Pad Matters which is fully functional. My feeling about TV's and sound systems is similar. If you don't have a media room, , If These Walls Could Talk there are hundreds of styles of armoires which will hide the TV and look like a piece of antique furniture. , Teen Bedroom Choose carefully. They can be overwhelming. However, if you want the TV to sit out or hang on the wall, , The Rug Pad - The Missing Rug Accessory go for it. You can soften its stark modernity by the things you sit around it. So when you decide to redecorate and give your home , Create An Extra Space in Your by Adding Closet Organizers a more period feel, keep these things in mind.
Contributions for this article from ON THE GO 4 U design , Art and Accessories in Interior consultant, Suzanne Copenhaver who has years of experience decorating , Room Dividers Can Be Decorative And Functional less than perfect spaces.  © 2006 Indra A Books for ON THE GO 4 U |
  
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