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Building a home with intention
- If your house does not feel like a home, it is important to take a good look at how you've designed your house.
- The environment that surrounds you can greatly affect yo...
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The purpose of each space in your house
When sprucing up your home, remember the purpose that each room serves. Focusing on your room's purpose will make your home cozier and meaningful. If you work on your living room, ask yours...
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The amount of light that enters your house
The amount of light in your home can promote your well-being by helping your body follow its natural circadian rhythm, making you more active and alert.
Design features lik...
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The impact of small details
Small design changes can make a huge impact in your life.
Keeping an eye out for details can transform your living space and make you more comfortable at home. For example, switch out ...
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Personal touches define our homes
While aesthetics and function are key elements of interior design, a home needs a few personal touches.
There is no better way to help you stay on course than seeing lovely...
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Transitional design
When decorating your house, you might consider the transitional design if you find both traditional and modern designs not suitable for you. Better go with the mix of the two. Accessories are kept ...
Traditional design
One of the most well-known interior designs is the traditional one. The dark wooden furniture is often ornately detailed and usually includes crystal chandeliers. Furthermore, among the popular patterns are: damask, florals, strips and plaids.
Maybe the best sign that you might be into this kind of design is the fact that you have a thing for consistency: matching furniture sets is basically the main rule when it comes to this design style.
Modern design
The modern design refers generally to a specific time period and it gets its features from the mix of Scandinavian, mid-century modern and post-modern design. Designers tend to prefer metal, chrome and glass integrated into a minimal decor.
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Interior design vs. interior decorating
The two terms are often believed to mean the same thing, but the truth could not be more different.
While one needs formal training in order to become an interior designer, the same ca...
Get started with decorating your house
When planning to get started with decorating your house, there are a few things you should pay special attention to:
- Choosing the style: one style applied to the entire house provides unity and harmony
- Making sure there is a certain balance in regards to the visual weight within a room
- Choosing focal points for each piece: it could be basically anything you want your visitors to pay most of their attention to
- Choosing the right color palette can easily transform a small room into an appropriate-sized one
- Choosing and mixing patterns provides a more interesting design.
The decorating process
- Once you have some tips on decorating, the job is half done. However, you still have to pay attention to how you arrange the objects inside of a room.
- Furthermore, artwork can prove extremely useful and enhancing the beauty of a piece when displayed properly.
- Last but not least, the furniture has its major role here: choose carefully what is worth spending lots of money on and what is not.
Should you take into account the above-mentioned pieces of advice, you are bound to have one of the best decorated houses.
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There is no single way to lead a minimalist life
Minimalism is often seen as an all-white room containing few furniture pieces. There are no colors or patterns or decorative accents that don't serve some function. However, this is not true.
Minimalism can help you save money
Instead of trying to find ways to make more money, minimalists contemplate the opposite: They live with less.
Minimalists find that after going through simplifying their lives and their interiors, they feel more at peace and in charge of their surroundings.
Decluttering can be emotional
Getting started on the road to minimalism can be the hardest. Once you realise how much you own, it can be overwhelming and fill you with guilt about the money wasted.
After decluttering, you may encounter another emotional factor: When you live with just the things you really love, breaking something will feel way more dramatic.