The Top Ten Mistakes People When Decorating a Room
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Article by: Kristin Wooding The saying "we all make mistakes" definitely rings true when we talk about decorating. , Sofa Beds It's important that we realize that mistakes are just really good ways of finding out what NOT to do next time, a sort of 'what not to let your house , Enjoy The Convenience of Scented Jar Candles Inexpensive And Useful wear' if you will. I'm going to start at number ten and work my way up to the number one mistake. Here they are: 10. Going Matchy-Poo-Poo If you are asking yourself , Portable Home Decorating: 11 Tips for Creating a Comfortable Home Even When You Move Often 'what does this mean?' then you may yourself , Clocks For Your Home And Your Lifestyle suffer from this problem. And that's why it made the list. Most people who make this mistake don't realize that it's a mistake at all. For years large décor manufacturers , The Benefits of HEPA Air Purifiers and brand name home , Lodge Style Interior Decorating furniture stores have been trying to sell us a "set of lamps", a "bedroom suite" a "complete living room". It seems easy enough. You buy everything in one place , Clocks For Your Home And Your Lifestyle and it's all 'guaranteed' to work together. Unfortunately what they don't tell you is that you can easily turn your new space into a 'one-trick' decorating , Office Operandi Top 10 Tips For The Ultimate Office Layout disaster. Don't be fooled into buying every piece of that living room furniture , Enjoy The Convenience of Scented Jar Candles Inexpensive And Useful in the large floral print. Instead go for two pieces and a complimentary pattern or solid for the third. For example, you could purchase a sofa and a chair , Bedroom Furniture in the floral but find a loveseat from a different line, similar in scale and style but in a coordinating checked or striped pattern. This is perfectly acceptable practice and will save , Portable Home Decorating: 11 Tips for Creating a Comfortable Home Even When You Move Often you from becoming another M-P-P statistic. 9. BEIGE All that can be said here is that this color , How to combine styles in any room is giving 'neutrals' all over a bad reputation. With literally millions of colors , Room by Room Makeovers: Great Rooms for Great Living to choose from and many of them considered 'new neutrals,' there are still many people picking 'beige' as the backdrop color , Enjoy The Convenience of Scented Jar Candles Inexpensive And Useful for their home. , Clocks For Your And Your Lifestyle Boring! Now, I have no problem with light , Desktop Wallpaper neutrals and actually enjoy them for their versatility, but let's take it up a notch and try something that is quiet and subdued but a little more fresh and updated. For those timid hearts out there let me suggest ICI color , Furniture and Your Decor NW 4471 (Autumnal Equinox) or NN 4407 (Eldorado Tan). Even the names of these colors , Treat Yourself and Your Windows are more exciting than boring old 'beige.' These are a couple of great 'neutrals' that offer a little more life and warmth than the more commonly used light , The Flea Market Can Help When Redecorating colors. However, they both still allow for lots of different color , Sofas schemes and styles and won't clash with your other 'beige' rooms. , Clocks For Your Home And Your Lifestyle They also won't put your walls , Furniture and Your Decor to sleep with a case of the 'ho-hums'. 8. Losing the Mood Is anything more tragic than 'losing the mood' in a bedroom full of miss-matched furnishings and accessories , What's So Great About Slate? A Look At the Application of Slate In Interior Design that just don't belong together? Remember. Mood is very important. If you start decorating , The Different Spellings of "Crown Molding" a room , French Furniture, The Style We Call Louis XV in the mood of 'Victorian Romance' then take a turn somewhere in the process to 'Modern Minimalist' design, , How to Deal With an Oriental Rug Addiction you will end up with something that looks like what's left in a décor clearance center the day after Boxing Day. No one wants that look. So, take a look at what you've got in the room , Enjoy The Convenience of Scented Jar Candles Inexpensive And Useful and ask yourself: Is it all 'flowing' properly? Is there any furniture , Wallpaper or any accessory that doesn't really 'belong' here? If so, remove the culprits and save , The Charm of Traditional Shutters them for another room , Upholstered Ottomans in a whole other style. Leave only those bits that actually fit the 'mood' of the space. 7. Living Room's Are For LIVING If your living room , The Different Spellings of "Crown Molding" is 'just for looking at' then I'm talking to you here. If your family, friends and visitors wanted to visit a museum they would go to one. Your 'living room' is for LIVING! This seems obvious enough but for some reason there are a lot of people out there that haven't spent a minute in their newly decorated living room. , Bed Furniture These are likely the same people that have their sofa wrapped in zippered plastic. , Portable Home Decorating: 11 Tips for Creating a Comfortable Home Even When You Move Often Is this a sign that you think your visitors are 'dirty' and you don't want them leaving their filth on your prized furniture? Now, that's not nice. Sofas and carpets , Dont Wait for a Mate, Feather Your Nest Now! Part 2 can be cleaned, coasters exist for a reason and your relatives really are not so messy and unclean are they? 6. Tipping the Scale This one can be tricky. There are so many ways to mess this up. First, it's important that you keep 'scale' in mind when you purchase furnishings, artwork or mirrors. It is also important to think about this when picking patterns and accessories. , Outdoor Bar Stools To simplify, if your room , Help with Picking a Discount Ceiling Fan is very big and is blessed with high ceilings, then you can feel safe , Clocks For Your Home And Your Lifestyle purchasing a larger sized sofa and chairs. , Sofas In some cases, where there is a very large room, , The Flea Market Can Help When Redecorating you can consider purchasing two full sized sofas as well as a loveseat and a couple of large armchairs. It all depends on 'scale'. If your room , Treat Yourself and Your Windows is small and you can barely squeeze in a two-seater then this is where you should take the 'less is more' approach. Select a pair of smaller sized armchairs. Or for added style and comfort try a chaise lounge and an armchair of similar proportion. When choosing artwork, remember that if your room , Too Much Stuff Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity and your furniture , Choosing Room Colors Change The Way A Space Looks As Well As The Way Is View is large in scale, then your artwork also needs to be big or else it will be 'lost' on the wall , Desktop paper and look displaced and 'cheap'. As I said before, this one can be tricky. You don't want to 'tip the scale' too much, but you also want to avoid 'matchy-poo-poo.' Just remember: Big Room , The Importance of Bunk Bed Mattresses = Big Stuff, Little Room , French Furniture, The Style We Call Louis XV = Little Stuff. 5. Hey, Big Spender! Budgets. We all have them. But it would seem that some of us suffer from budget amnesia when we shop for home , Too Much Stuff Syndrome or How Decorating and Organizing Can Help Your Sanity décor items. I speak from experience here. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is when you fall , Throw Cushions - The Simple Solution for Decorating on a Budget in love with that gorgeous, one of kind, perfect style accent lamp that costs more than your new furnace. This is a sure way to use up your whole budget on a very small part of the room , Outdoor Bar Stools you are creating. If you used the money towards a larger item, it would have a much bigger impact on the design. , Wallpaper If you need to be reminded of this point again then please, the next time that you spot such a budget-buster at the décor store, pick up your cell phone , Duvet Covers Make it Easy to Keep Your Baby Fresh and call , How to Deal With an Oriental Rug Addiction your best friend, and she will tell you the same thing. Trust me! 4. Too Much is Too Much I know, it's tempting to stuff your redesigned rooms , Throw Cushions - The Simple Solution for Decorating on a Budget full of all the fabulous finds you have, and to keep adding more things bit by bit as you continue to snag deals on great accessories. , Throw Cushions - The Simple Solution for Decorating on a Budget This is dangerous because you will very quickly have 'too much.' And too much is just"¦"¦. too much! Try rotating your accent pieces, switching things occasionally for fun but don't let your rooms , Designing A Home Office become a virtual bazaar of goods and knick-knacks that could make anyone dizzy from 'visual overload.' I'm not saying that you have to take a minimalist approach all the time, but you don't want your design , Sofas to end up lost in the confusion of an over-crowded room. , Do It Yourself Home Decor Made easy 3. Forgetting To Refresh Just because you redid your den a year ago, doesn't mean you don't need to do anything else with it. A lot can happen in a year. Trends come and go. Fads can fade. Even some of the newest and greatest styles can disappear from the 'style-radar.' I'm not suggesting that you redo your whole room, , Creating A Cozy Spot just refresh it with a quick and easy 'redesign'. Remove anything that is now 'out of style' but leave the basics as-is. Try changing the throw pillows on the couch to a different color , French Furniture, The Style We Call Louis XV or pattern. Give the walls , Transitional Lighting - What Is It? a makeover by taking down the existing artwork and replacing it with something new. Or retrieve something that has been stored away in your basement , Teen Rooms on the Cheap! just waiting for a chance to shine, and add new life to your room. , Steam Shower Design This should be fun so don't stress about it, just take your time and enjoy the process. 2. Hocus, Pocus Where is The Focus? If your room , Upholstered Ottomans has no focus then it's missing , Choosing Room Colors Change The Way A Space Looks As Well As The Way Furniture Is View a very important ingredient of good design. , Sofa Beds Every room , Indoor Fountains: Enhance Your Interior Decor with Wall Fountains! needs to have a 'focal point' and if one does not already exist then you have to create one. In rooms , The Different Spellings of "Crown Molding" that have a fireplace or a large picture window, , Steam Shower Design the focus is obvious. But in rooms , Sofa Beds where there is no special architectural detail and no particular focal point, it helps to introduce a large piece of colorful artwork, a beautifully framed mirror or other interesting item that will draw the eye to it. If you are guilty of leaving a big blank wall , Indoor Fountains: Enhance Your Interior Decor with Fountains! as the focus of your room , The Different Spellings of "Crown Molding" then you have made a serious mistake and you need to run out immediately and find something fabulous to put there. 1. Being Afraid to Break a Rule This is the number one mistake"¦. for good reason. It's the mistake that makes you afraid to make another mistake. That can lead to a vicious spiral of self-doubt, and bad decorating. , The Flea Market Can Help When Re What you don't want is to end up back at mistake number 10. It's a slippery slope from being 'afraid to break a rule' to going 'matchy-poo-poo'. Remember that rules are just guidelines and don't always apply to every room , Choosing Colors Change The Way A Space Looks As Well As The Way Furniture Is View design. So, there you have it. Those were the ten most common mistakes people make when decorating. , Bollywood Boudoir... On A Budget Now you know what the mistakes are and you have a better chance of avoiding them. Remember there are very few decorating , How to combine styles in any room mistakes that cannot be fixed with some hard work, a little imagination and a can of paint. , Do It Yourself Home Decor Made easy Kristin Wooding The original Decor , The Importance of Bunk Bed Mattresses Warrior http://www.room4improvement.ca You deserve affordable decor , Furniture and Your solutions that fit your life AND your style! |
  
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