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Ideas For Home Decoration Using Colors And Textures

By on May 20, 2011

home decor ideasDecorating home and living inside a well furnished and beautiful house is a dream of many people since ages. There was a time when women were only interested in home decor, but with the changing time, men are also taking extreme interest in decorating their home, taking a precise look into each and every detail to ensure that their home decor excels among their friends circle. Thus, couples work together to make their home a heaven.

Basic ideas behind home decor

While decorating their home, people consider various options. Either they opt for costly and luxurious fittings and fixtures as accessories for home decor, or they opt for economical yet neat and chic decor. Whatever might be the living standard, people wish to decorate their homes within that standard.

There are other people who are more innovative and plan to decorate their homes on various themes like ethnic theme, gothic themes, English styles, Italian styles etc. For that they select each and every furniture, texture, pattern, show pieces and color that suit well with their chosen theme.

Other categories of people are there who wish to keep their homes more spacious and aesthetically more modern. For this they keep the minimum of furniture and fixtures in their rooms, leaving more vacant space for mobility. Their furniture, light arrangements, and other accessories are also based on totally new concept, theme, pattern and colors.

Some people are also there who like and value tradition. They would rather opt for a conventional and antique look than a modern and chic appearance. The pattern of their furniture, the textures they select, the interior decor, color scheme of their home, everything would reflect traditional taste.

Some people also put emphasis on vibrant and bright colors for decorating their homes. They go for for colors for reflecting the theme and mood of each of their rooms since they think color is crucial in depicting the purpose and feel of the rooms.

This article will assist those people interested in decorating their homes various ways, putting emphasis on colors, with valuable ideas and tips that will be helpful for them.

The furniture

Select furniture of various compositions. If you are a bit towards tradition then select purely wooden furniture. In case you want to add a touch of difference in your furniture, experiment with the various grain and textures available for wooden furniture, such a spotted ones fine lines textures or long grains.

In case you believe in slim and chaste furniture you can go for wrought iron furniture as well. They bring a touch of neatness and a feeling of more space in the room as they are generally not much bulky at all.

If you are keen on creating a fusion style, then also you have several options like wood and wrought furniture mixed ones, or wood and copper or sliver fusion o glass and wrought iron furniture.

Those of you, who still believe that tradition has an important base but we need to be modern as well, go for fusions on wood. You will get ample of options there like totally wooden structure with metal back rest, of wooden body with feet and handle of metal. Glass and wood fusion will give a corporate look to your furniture.

There are other options too like jute wood, artificial wood, synthetic wood, etc. that can be also be tied. Each of them has their specific characteristic, color and textural elegance.

Color schemes

Those who always give preference to colors in their home decor, color scheme have to be chosen very crucially for them. Select colors as per your rooms in such a way that each room reflect the taste and preference of its owner.

Children’s’ room

Lets start with the children’s room. Go for colors that would reflect the happy mood of your kids. Settle down on L-shaped color scheme or single wall schemes. An L-shaped color scheme will have two connecting walls in the same color and other two connecting walls in another color.

Choose between deep and light shades and go for primary colors like red, yellow, aqua blue, fresh green for deeper shades mainly. These colors brighten up the room.

Single wall patterns will be such that only wall will have a contrasting color while the other three will be in he same color. The contrasting colored wall may also have textures and patterns as well.

Adult’s room

You can experiment with colors and styles for adults’ room. For the living room your color palette must contain shades that breathe freshness like lime yellow, pale peach, lighter shades of orange, toned down yellow etc.

In case of your bedroom, concentrate on your mood. If you couple are extremely passionate and aroused, never forget to choose red or shades of red for any of the walls. If you are mentally cool and emotional opt for shades of blue. Frolicking and fun loving couples can go for shades of yellow and orange as well.

Accessories

Accessories, though sound rather insignificant, but are really essential in creating the atmosphere you are looking for in case of a particular room or the house entirely. So, some of the essential accessories that changes the overall view of your room are discussed.

Cushions

Use of cushions is not only for the sake of comfort. A colorful range of cushions will add a welcome note to your living room. You can be more experimental with cushion covers, selecting the ones from various types and colors of scrap cloth pieces. These will also reflect your creative mind as well.

Table cloths and linens

A fresh green table cloth over the small side table at your living room will bring in air of freshness. Similarly a satin pink table cloth over your bedside table in your bedroom will perk up your romanticism further.

Your dinner table will also look great with green based check patterned table cloth will rejuvenate the room or plain white table linen on the dining table will show your sophistication. So, never underestimate table cloths while experimenting with home decor.

Alternate sitting arrangements

How about spreading a hand-made colorful, fabric rug on to the floor of your drawing room? It will become your perfect ‘chat station’ if you further decorate it by scattering pillows and cushions of various colors and shades over it. Likewise a pair of cane chairs with natural cane color, will be excellent coffee junket at your bedroom corner where you can enjoy every sip together.

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