Simple Interior Design
One of the most important interior decorating steps that you can take is to make maximum use of the furniture and accent items you already have in your home. A classic decorating mistake is to think that you have to spend more money, buy more furniture, or buy new accent pieces. Most of the items you have in your current decor are there for a reason.
More than likely you bought each item because something about it appealed to you in the first place. Adding more stuff to the decor you already have will not give your home that pulled-together, attractive look that you want. It will just give it a cluttered, disorganized, overcrowded look.
Here’s what you do. Take everything out of the room. Stack it in the next room and get to work. Clean up the corners and nooks and crannies that you don’t always get to. Bring in one of the chairs that you know for sure you will want to keep in the room and place it so you can survey the rest of the room from it. Sit down and look around. Imagine you have just discovered this room and you can do anything you want with it.
What is the main purpose of the room? Is it a place for entertaining? A quiet place to read and listen to music? A family room? Once you know what the function of the room is, then you can decide on the form. Bring in the large pieces of furniture that suit the needs of the room and place them in the most effective arrangement around the room. Fit in the lamps, end tables, large wall hangings, and other such smaller items.
Look at what else you had jammed in the room and make a quick decision what to do with it. Do not stuff it into the tidy corners, don’t put it in boxes and store it for later. Immediately sort it into two piles: keep and toss.
Now that you have used what was already there and gotten rid of the items that detracted from the room, look around again and see what might be missing. Perhaps it is time for a new lamp after all.
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