Avoiding The Most Common Decorating Mistakes
If you are trying to decorate a new apartment or home
, there are certain things you should just never do! It is easy to compromise style, personal taste, and even space when it comes to trying to make something so that you will like it, and so it is current with the decorating trends.
There are certainly things which should be avoided at all costs. Here are just a few suggestions of things to steer clear of when you are making your home into a personal heaven.
You wouldn't wear clothes in a size that's baggy or skin tight, so why would you choose furniture that doesn't fit in your room? Before you shop for furniture, whether you're buying new or at a garage sale, measure your space, think about where you're going to put the piece, and write down notes.
Resist the temptation to buy a too-big sofa, thinking you can put it on an angle if it doesn't fit. Write down the measurements and stick to it.
It's just as bad to buy pieces that are too small, thinking you can add more pieces to fill the space. Plan out your arrangement, think it over, and then find the pieces that are just right.
Don't pick up just any fabric or piece of furniture you like, thinking you can work around it. Plan your color scheme, select a main pattern, then find coordinating stripes, small prints, and plaids that enhance your choice.
Follow the Rule of 3: select one main pattern, usually a large print. Then find one small, coordinating print and one stripe or plaid.
Then call it quits. If you need another fabric, think about using a solid-colored texture or interesting weave instead of another pattern or print.
The elements in a room should be connected, both visibly and physically. A rug on the floor adds color and a connection between pieces of furniture.
The rug should be tucked under the front legs of chairs, sofas, and tables. A rug placed in the middle of a room, not anchored, poses a safety hazard.
It would be easy to trip on an edge or corner of the rug or slip and slide if the rug moves. This is a decorating no-no.
This next one will most likely go against what you have previously been taught and observed in the home of your mother and grandmother. Resist the urge to push all your pieces of furniture up against the wall.
You may think that a room will look larger if the middle of the floor is open, without furniture, but the opposite is true. Unless you're going to have a dancing party in the middle of your room, move the furniture into groupings in the center.
Arrange a sofa with a table behind it, away from the wall with a walking space behind. Show off the back of the sofa and arrange decorative items and a lamp for reading behind it.
Move chairs out of corners and you will have a more open, airy look in your room. Next is the tried and true concept of less is more.
Whether you collect little things from travels like ash trays or salt and pepper shakers or fine pieces of sculpture or one-of-a-kind hand-blown glass, you shouldn't put everything out at one time. Do your best to select only the most important pieces, either in monetary or sentimental value, and get rid of the rest.
If you can't bear to throw the pieces away, put them away and rotate the items on display. Less really is more-there is nothing worse than the feeling of walking into a cluttered home, where it feels there is no place to sit or even breathe.
Open space makes people feel more calm, relaxed, and invited. Who wants to visit a place where they feel there is no room for them?
Lastly, just because your grandparents chose to decorate in Victorian style doesn't mean that you have to. If you want to use something that was handed down, select one special piece and use it as an accent in your home.
Get rid of the rest of the pieces that you don't want. Your space should reflect who you are, not who the people are who went before you.
Are you guilty of any of these no-no's? If so, it is easy to remedy them-why not begin re-evaluating your decorating today?
by: Jack Landry
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