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. , Designing A Home Office 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 , Inexpensive Sofas 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 , Roman Shades Made From Fabric 'what does this mean?' then you may yourself , Everything you Need to Know about Lamps 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 , Arts and Crafts Lamps and The History of Art Nouveau and brand name home , How To Successfully Use the Color Orange In Your 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 , How to Use Picture Frames to Decorate an Interior Space 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 , Door Chime Upgrades: Constantly Developing Technology disaster. Don't be fooled into buying every piece of that living room furniture , Painting A Ceiling 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 , Hire Painting Contractor for Professional House Painting Job 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 , Down Bedding Guide you from becoming another M-P-P statistic. 9. BEIGE All that can be said here is that this color , Study of "Interior Design" as a Reflection of the Mind is giving 'neutrals' all over a bad reputation. With literally millions of colors , Choosing the Perfect Window Blinds, Vertical Blinds, or Wood Blinds for Your Home to choose from and many of them considered 'new neutrals,' there are still many people picking 'beige' as the backdrop color , Table Linen Tells A Tale for their home. , Down Bedding Guide Boring! Now, I have no problem with light , Hire Painting Contractor for Professional House Painting Job 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 , The Pillar Candle NW 4471 (Autumnal Equinox) or NN 4407 (Eldorado Tan). Even the names of these colors , The Pillar Candle 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 , Designing A Home Office colors. However, they both still allow for lots of different color , Jewelry Display Cases schemes and styles and won't clash with your other 'beige' rooms. , Inexpensive Sofas They also won't put your walls , About Pine Needle Baskets and How to Use Them in Your Home 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 , About Pine Needle Baskets and How to Use Them in Your Home Decor that just don't belong together? Remember. Mood is very important. If you start decorating , History Of Mohawk Carpets a room , Door Chime Upgrades: Constantly Developing Technology in the mood of 'Victorian Romance' then take a turn somewhere in the process to 'Modern Minimalist' design, , Bedroom Furniture 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 , Table Linen Tells A Tale and ask yourself: Is it all 'flowing' properly? Is there any furniture , Tiffany Lamps - A Timeless Treasure or any accessory that doesn't really 'belong' here? If so, remove the culprits and save , How to Choose Wall Covering Materials for Your Home them for another room , About Pine Needle Baskets and How to Use Them in Your Home Decor 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 , Bamboo Window Blinds - For Style, Elegance and Ease 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. , A Look at Computer Desks for Children These are likely the same people that have their sofa wrapped in zippered plastic. , Bamboo Window Blinds - For Style, Elegance and Ease 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 , Cushions - Update Your Sofa With New Cushions 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. , Lamps To simplify, if your room , Inexpensive Sofas is very big and is blessed with high ceilings, then you can feel safe , Bamboo Window Blinds - For Style, Elegance and Ease purchasing a larger sized sofa and chairs. , Daybeds: The Flexible Furniture In some cases, where there is a very large room, , Relocating? Got Furniture? 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 , Artificial Trees and Plants - Easy Plants 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 , Impart A Different Look To The Casual Home Decorating With The Wood Curtain Rods and your furniture , Tribal Persian Rugs is large in scale, then your artwork also needs to be big or else it will be 'lost' on the wall , Making Baby's Room Special 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 , Bamboo Window Blinds - For Style, Elegance and Ease = Big Stuff, Little Room , Down Bedding Guide = 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 , What is a Curio Cabinet? décor items. I speak from experience here. One of the biggest mistakes you can make is when you fall , Shower Doors 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 , Down Bedding Guide you are creating. If you used the money towards a larger item, it would have a much bigger impact on the design. , Curtains, Windows, and Feng Shui 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 , Cushions - Update Your Sofa With New Cushions and call , How to Use Picture Frames to Decorate an Interior Space 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 , The Beauty Of Handcrafted Custom Made Furniture 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. , Silhouette Blinds How Are They Different From Other Blinds? 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 , A Look at Computer Desks for Children 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 , Tiffany Lamps - A Timeless Treasure to end up lost in the confusion of an over-crowded room. , Not All Glass is Created Equal 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, , Artificial Trees and Plants - Easy Plants 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 , Animal Print Rugs - Adding an Animal Print Area Rug Can Complete The Look of Your Room or pattern. Give the walls , Down Bedding Guide 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 , Everything you Need to Know about Lamps just waiting for a chance to shine, and add new life to your room. , Warren Kimble Rugs: Don't Miss Out 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 , How to Use Picture Frames to Decorate an Interior Space has no focus then it's missing , Jewelry Display Cases a very important ingredient of good design. , ing A Home Office Every room , Country Home Decorating - Country Style Home Decor the Way Life Used to Be needs to have a 'focal point' and if one does not already exist then you have to create one. In rooms , Cushions - Update Your Sofa With New Cushions that have a fireplace or a large picture window, , Inexpensive Sofas the focus is obvious. But in rooms , Wallpaper Borders 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 , Making Baby's Room Special as the focus of your room , Romantic Bed Decorating Tips 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. , Bed In A Bag - A Fantastic Solution To Your Interior Needs 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 , Finding Furniture That You Can Enjoy design. So, there you have it. Those were the ten most common mistakes people make when decorating. , Lamps Now you know what the mistakes are and you have a better chance of avoiding them. Remember there are very few decorating , How To Successfully Use the Color Orange In Your Interior mistakes that cannot be fixed with some hard work, a little imagination and a can of paint. , Oh, the Comforts of a Luxurious Down Comforter Kristin Wooding The original Decor , Shower Doors Warrior http://www.room4improvement.ca You deserve affordable decor , Wallpaper Borders solutions that fit your life AND your style! |
  
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