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It’s that day again when all of a sudden you start getting those cravings for making a beautiful change in the house to make it more beautiful. Sometimes it is an idea in some magazine or an unexpected bonus from work that urges you to do something with your home décor. A complete renovation of the house can be quite an expensive task. A better way is to keep making small changes that always make your house look new and fresh. Here are some simple ideas that should help your house look great and also add value to it.
Lighting
Lighting plays an important role in how your house looks. You could ruin a stupendous interior with bad lighting or make an average décor look amazing with great lighting. Lighting in the house is more like makeup on the face where you would like to accentuate and highlight the best features. You have to look at lighting in both ways: lighting for illumination and lighting equipment for decoration. When it comes to using lighting equipment as decoration you can never run out of options. There are silver orbs, leafy lanterns, copper mounts, steel lanterns etc. to choose from. As for lighting effects you could use focus lighting to highlight the amazing paintings on the wall, LED colored lighting in unexpected places e.g. top and bottom of kitchen cabinets etc. If you have a low ceiling, you want to take advantage of the recessed lighting.
Chandeliers
Chandeliers are also used for lighting but they have to be dealt with separately because lighting in the house specifically refers to all the lighting within the premises. You don’t have to have chandeliers all over the place. A beautifully looking chandelier hanging in just one room at the perfect spot is enough to make people go wow about it. The good thing is that you can prepare your own chandeliers from common stuff you find in the house. If you don’t have the time to be creative you can use some unique online ideas for help. For example, you can turn your jars into a beautiful chandelier or the wine bottles. Teapots, chart papers, books, plastic cups etc. all these things can be used to come up with some unique looking chandeliers.
A Fireplace
If you have never had a fireplace in the house, it is about time you get one. Fireplace is a functional area in your room that serves as the room where everyone gathers during winters to have a delicious dinner and talk about things of the world. It also adds value to the house i.e. increases the price of your house, if you are located in a place where weather gets really cold. Now, the most amazing thing about modern fireplaces is that you can go for electric fireplaces that take away all the hassle of conventional fireplace maintenance. These fireplaces are electrical but give you a display like an LED. You could increase the intensity of heat and flame. You can buy one with effects that you like the most since they are available in hundreds of different styles of flame displays.
A Fountain In The Lawn
If you have a lawn in your house and you like to take care of it, you might as well want to add a fountain to it. Fountains add such beauty to a garden that no other thing can. Not to mention, there are literally infinite number of fountain ideas to pick from. You can look at fountains at SoothingWalls.com. You could even turn an old bathtub of yours into a beautiful fountain in your lawn. The fountain you choose for your garden depends on the space available to you, but you don’t have to worry much about the space because your fountain could be as small as a bowl and still add fantastic scenes to your lawn.
The big bowl fountain and an oil jar classic are some examples of fountains that are beautiful but require very little space. Pebbles, big rocks, teapots, seashells, etc. can all be used as great ideas for your outdoor fountain. However, make sure that your fountain is safe for kids and pets. If not then take the necessary measures to keep them away from the fountain.