By Dakota Caudilla
Asking yourself furnishing and decorating questions Whetheryou’re decorating a room or a house, a dorm or a castle, thesame principle in furnishing and interior decoration applies.You will need to identify and find your own personal preference.There’s no shortcut for this process. In order to find your ownpersonal preference as to interior decoration and furnishing,you have to, first, focus in on your likes and dislikes. Do youprefer a casual style or a more artistic and modern look foryour home? Would you prefer contemporary interior decorationdone or French?
Only when you stop and think about what you like will you beable to decorate and furnish a room or home according to yourlikes and dislikes. A home should express your own unique tasteand preference – not someone else’s.
Get inspired with interior decoration pictures and researchingon furniture and colors Go to a newsstand and grab a good copyof a home furnishing magazine or better yet, go and buy yourselfa good book on how to decorate a home or furnish a rentapartment. This should get you started soon enough. The nextstep to decorating and furnishing your home is to find out whatcolors interests you. Select the color and shade that makes youthink of HOME – and then try combining the colors together.There are tons of quizzes and questionnaires online that canhelp you identify your favorite color…if you don’t already havea couple of favorite colors in mind. However, note thatsometimes your favorite color may not be the right color andshade to use on your home. For instance, if your favorite colorsare lime green, bright sunny yellow and crimson red, it’s prettyhard to match the colors together and not make the home looklike a circus tent!
Looking at pictures of well-decorated homes can help youidentify your personal style as well. Select the pictures thatyou like and compile them together in a special interiordecoration book that you will continue to look through untilyour home is decorated and furnished. Sometimes, looking atpictures, you’ll surprise yourself with the conclusions. Fromtime to time, look through the pictures again and see if you cansee similarities – like if most of the homes you like are withmirrors, white or dimly lit. Do the homes look very serene oropen?
Take note of the make, color and design of the furniture anddecoration of the room that you like If you’re still stumped foranswers and ideas, take a look at chairs, sofas, beds, closets,cupboards and try to identify the ones that you like. Note theirtype and make. Are they wood types mainly brown and earth-toned?Are they bright and cheerful? Or are they white or beige incolor? Are they leaning more towards conventional types offurniture, bold and modern or are they classy types offurniture?
Decorating and furnishing your own home is not as hard as peoplemake it out to be. It’s only difficult and feels like a chorewhen you’re not sure what you want your home to look like. Onceyou know what you like and what kind of furniture, color andlook you like, decorating and furnishing your own home will be awalk in a park.
Dakota Caudilla, journalist, and website builder Dakota Caudillalives in Texas. He is the owner and co-editor ofhttp://www.furnishings-source.com on which you will find alonger, more detailed version of this article
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