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Steps For Decorating Your Home

Home decorating is an artistic outlet, most especially for the frustrated artists (count me in). Here, you can express yourself through colors, design, decorations, accessories and other elements used for decorating. Tapping into your creative mind will bring out the inner artist in you. The choice you position the furniture or how you mix colors may seem simple but has a great impact on how your home’s interior will look.

Careful planning is important to make sure that you will be using the right elements. By “right” it means what appeals to you and not any sort of strict rule to follow. Although there are guidelines for colors that blend well together or furnishings suitable for a given space, it’s really about how you want your home to look and how a design meets your taste. Of course, setting a budget too that’s right for you is important. With the economic crisis going on, holding tighter to our savings is wise-spending.

Start with making a checklist. Consider the things you will need such as supplies, materials, items, etc. Think of your favorites, preferences or likes. Assess how you can incorporate these things into your home decors. Use your skills to cut down on expenses. If you can sew, you can make your own curtains and pillow covers. If you’re good with the brush, you can paint the walls instead of hiring a professional. If you’re quite handy with carpentry tools, with a manual, you can make or build furniture yourself.

Choosing the color can be difficult especially if you have too many favorites. For a safe choice, opt for a neutral color – cream, white, beige and tan. You can alchoices accent the walls with stripes, patterns or other artworks if you wish. Adding another shade or matching with furnishings won’t be hard too with neutral colors. Simple decorations like flowers, plants, photographs and scented candles can already do wonders on how a room looks. Add colors by throwing in some items like curtains, pillows and area rugs.

Area rugs make great decorations because of the variety in colors, shapes, sizes and design. A round rug is cute and works well with smaller spaces. A large rug is a good choice for high-traffic areas where floor protection is needed.

It is important that you pick one or two rooms in your home and focus on them. Sometimes when you are focused on doing to many different things it can be overwhelming. Sticking with a small area until it is finished is a much better idea. Then you will be able to enjoy that area of your home while you are working on another room in the home.