Redecorating Your House
There should not be anyone starved for information on how to improve their house. Every time you turn on the television, you see a show on interieur design (interior design). Magazines are full of home improvement tips for both the interior and exterior of any style of home. People have been fixing up their homes for years, but the recent popularity of updating or “gutting” a house completely is due largely to the influence of the media.
There are many reasons you might do a complete house make over. Possibly you have just purchased an old house and plan to fix it up. Or maybe you have lived in your house for years, and it is simply time to update. A few important things you want to think about are the colors, flooring, and raamdecoraties (window decorations). All of these components should compliment one another, and to plan them separately could lead to a mismatched look.
If you are wanting to create a calm atmosphere, choose neutral colors for the walls, and allow your furniture and fabrics to bring in your color. The flooring could be a neutral tile or hardwood floors. You could add a splash of modern or a coastal look with bamboo shades, or wooden blinds for a more traditional look.
If you are wanting a bolder and more contemporary look, you could choose wall colors that act as the accent in the room. For example, your walls could be bright orange, and your furniture white or black. You could add wooden shutters, or a roman shade to compliment light wooden floors.
A lot of people make the same mistake in interior decorating by focusing too much on the little accessories. The frames, candlesticks, clocks, and other accent pieces should be the final touch. Don’t make the big decisions in the room based on a thirty dollar purchase that you may end up not liking in a year. To avoid waiting in the return lines as I often do myself, wait to purchase the small pieces! Once you have painted, chosen the fabrics, installed window treatments, and put in new flooring, you have my permission to shop until you drop.
