Great Tips for Home Decor Lighting
Any good interior designer will tell you to start with a central point of your room, around which your decorative objects may flow. Once you have selected your focus, find pictures in magazines and decorating books for inspiration.
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choose one and follow these great tips to decorate the interior of your home successfully:
Extend the color: Colors are one of the most important elements in the decoration of a house and gives harmony, co-ordination and endless possibilities to a space.
Generally, a space has three main colors in descending proportions: a main color, secondary color and an accent color. Repeat the accent color in all parts of your environment in different ways (repeat at least three times) with a few strategically placed objects.
For example, put a red decorative throw and pillows on the couch, a rug decorated with touches of red on the floor, then add some red candles to the fireplace or frame your paintings in red to draw some of the accent color up onto the walls.
Illumination: The lighting of a space is as important as the colors you choose.
Ceiling light fixtures are in most cases the only design element you will add to the biggest open space you’re likely to ever come across in interior design, so think carefully how to utilize it.
Wall mounted lights can also completely transform a space as a piece of art by itself and also by giving other wall art and ornaments on shelves a new look. These are perfect for smaller spaces such as a hallway or staircase.
Table lamps, floor lamps and candles strategically placed in space can add warmth and interest where you need it most. Adding a new shade to a lamp also instantly changes the quality of light and the overall feel in the room.
Think about the effect you wish to achieve: crystal-accented light fixtures add sparkle, glamour and interesting plays of light and shadow. Murano and stained glass adds color and warmth. Brass, steel, wrought iron or copper can add anything from a classic to contemporary or modern to renaissance feel.
The fireplace: Yes, not everyone has one, but if you do, it is often the most important architectural element of a space and therefore the center point. Fireplace accessories including fireplace screens and tool sets come in a variety of shapes, sizes and themes to suit your taste.
Candles can make a unique design statement anywhere, but your fireplace is the perfect place to also use them – especially during summer. Add candles of different heights, colors and textures.
When decorating your mantel, bookcase or shelf, always do it with an asymmetrical arrangement of an odd number of decorative items like vases, in a range of scales and textures.
Refresh with floral decorations:
floral decoration – from wreaths and silk flowers, to silk plants and fresh cut arrangements can bring a fresh perspective to your space and really make it come alive.
You can easily integrate your flowers and plants with any theme, whether it is adding a terracotta pot for Tuscan flair, tropical silk flowers or plants for your island theme or fresh cut lilies to welcome spring with both an eye-catching centre piece and a lovely fresh fragrance.
A single tulip in a simple ceramic vase on a mantle can have as much impact as an overflowing silk flower arrangement that adorns the dining table. The key is to add that little burst of color and vibrancy.
Decorate the walls: Pretend that your walls are a blank page, regardless of the color of paint. There are many items to decorate your walls, from paintings and posters to shelves, tapestries, sconces and boxes which make it difficult to know where to start. Remember to put your theme or style as the ordering principle.
Acrylic display shelves, highly fashionable posters, reinforce a modern style, while black and white pictures in wooden frames can create a sense of antiquity. To unify a group of pictures, frame them in similar frames.
Synchronize your wall art in relation to the size of the wall and furniture. The landscape paintings and posters with images of a scene open a small space and create “a window outside”, as do mirrors. Whereas modern art works well in wide open spaces and bring you “in”.
Simply use them as inspiration. Trust your instincts, taste and natural style. Choose a light wall. Are you attracted to the clean lines and geometric shapes of modern minimalism? Or do you prefer a haven of bamboos, orchids and dark wood of quiet Asian Zen? Listen to what your heart says and follow your instincts!
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