Successful home design is in the details, so anything as small as a lampshade can break your entire design. Unfortunately, inexperienced homeowners, who are not trained in the art of matching and mixing furniture and painting, often create home design problems, instead of home design artwork. This article is for you, my dear, so read and learn!
Mix and match wood types
Many homeowners-turned-into-overnight-designers struggle to find the exact same wood type for all their items, which gives the house a monotonous look. To enhance your home design and add personality to your house, match different types of wood. This is also going to add a structured feeling to the room, along with warmth, so you are winning a lot.
When in doubt, let it go
Clutter is a major fault and with small rooms it’s easy to over decorate the space. Before you start adding the furniture, visualize it inside the room. Place only the essentials and couple of accent details, then let it go! If you are in doubt about adding another piece of furniture, don’t add it!
Use different chairs as accent touches
Chairs come in a wide diversity of shapes, materials and styles, which makes them perfect items for accent touches. Mix the legs of the chairs with the bottom half of the other furniture in the room to create balance. Use chairs to increase the functionality of the room and to mix different styles. For example, you can add a midcentury chair to a minimalist room, in order to bring it to another level.
Think small for big effects
Bigger is not necessarily better, so if you are decorating a small apartment or a small room, pick one large statement piece, then just stick to small objects. A small chair, a small rug and small-anything can give the impression the space is bigger than it really is, especially when you pair it with a large item. Play with proportions! Of course, for this you need to make sure what is big and what is small for your home, so measure! Measure everything three times and double check! We’ve all said one time “No need to measure, it will fit” and it didn’t. Auch!
Pay a lot of attention to your walls
Because repainting projects are America’s favorite sport, many homeowners end up with poor house design due to their painting choices. The most common mistake is choosing white for small spaces: never choose plain white! Tint your paint or ask a professional painter to help you choose the paint for the house, even for small painting projects.
Another good rule is to stay away from blue and yellow, which can backfire on you. Blue is going to ignite reactions like “oh, it’s a boy!”, while yellow can push your nerves over the board. The best picks for painting your walls are shades of light gray, green and metallic, which open up the space and relax your brain.