There are so many things you can do to make your home a masterpiece of interior decoration without wrecking your budget. Your home can be uniquely yours, reflecting your own taste, hobbies, and talents. People will look at your decorating techniques and ask, how did you do that? Some people paint and that is such a classic way of decorating. But you do not have to be an artist in watercolor or oils to create those touches that turn a room from pleasant into startling.
Photography has become more and more effective as an art medium. Use your digital camera and take some photographs of scenes that you think would be great in your decor. Use a photo software program to crop them and add special effects and then take your disk to the local copy shop where you can have prints made in a number of different sizes. I have seen some spectacular arrangements of the setting of the sun taken over a five minute period and then arranged as a gallery type show in a front entrance way. Needlework like cross-stitch, needlepoint, bargello, and even quilting can be used to create a series of masterpieces.
If you are in more of a rush to have some interesting and appealing art accents to your interior decoration, here are some fast tricks:
Buy a large art calendar and a dozen frames — ideally with mats — and frame each page of calendar art.Scarves! You can buy these by the fistful at thrift stores. Get a dozen in matching colors. Sometimes you can even find a several identical ones.
Use them to tie together elements in your decorating scheme. Drape large scarves over your end tables like little table clothes. Toss smaller ones over shabby lamp shades. Wrap them around flower pots and safety pin them into place.Glass bowls can work together to create an interesting focal point in a room. Fill them with colored water and float candles in them. Fill them with colored glass beads or colored sand. Pile them high with dry potpourri.
