Home decorating is a constantly evolving thing, a task that has the potential for being never-ending. Tastes change, designs change, trends change, families change. Selecting accessories and editing or finding your personal style does not need to be a costly endeavor, it just requires some creativity, several guidelines, and an open mind.
Your house is so many things - your headquarters, your safe place, the center of your life, your universe. It's the place you return home to following a long day and you want it to become a comfortable, happy location to relax and enjoy with your family and friends.
Being comfortable in the home has even taken on a new meaning in today's lifestyles, with more and more individuals electing to work from home and creating home offices, and even telecommuting in order to save themselves the stress of back and forth commuting to and from their place of work. Many moms enjoy being full time stay-at-home moms, so they spend much of their time within their homes.
For these reasons and more, it's becoming much more crucial to design comfortable rooms, which implies more than simply adding new furniture or even a few new picture frames. Take a look at your living area or decorating project overall and determine how your space is commonly used - is the family more formal or laid back? Also, take note of what your preferred colors and styles are. You also have to take into account children and your pets, and add them to your plan.
Your Personal Style
More often than not families are considered "casual" in the manner that they use their house, which should strongly influence how your house is decorated as well as the type of selections that you'll make. Furniture styles vary greatly, too, from very relaxed and casual, to traditional and modern - all of these can be "casual" if done properly. It is possible to thumb through magazines and decorating books to seek out pictures of rooms that you will like, and after that either photocopy them or tear them from your magazines. Establish a "look book" from all of these photos. An excellent starting point for determining your style is if you begin to see common decorating threads in the photographs that you've selected. You may even discover that you like an even more eclectic look - elements of several different styles in one room.
The choice of colors that you make is really a personal choice, and it may tell so much about your tastes. But have no fear of being considered boring if you choose something along the lines of beige tones for your rooms. Choosing beige tones can indicate that you might want a calming influence within your rooms. Show your dramatic flair by having a red-walled dining area, or perhaps a wall filled up with colorful panoramic picture frames with artwork or family photographs.
A lot of people, including designers and home decorators, take color cues directly from your closet. If you're the kind of person that enjoys jeans and t-shirts, it could be that an appropriate shade for you is deep blue. You can take color cues like this literally, like deciding on a denim family sofa, or use it when picking accents. Likewise, if your closet is full of soft colors, it can suggest that you would probably feel more comfortable in rooms that are decorated in similar tones.
Now that you understand some of the ways that you can incorporate your own style into your home redecorating project, have a lot of fun including these ideas in your project. Start small or start big, but get rolling!
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