Heirloom Style To Your Room

Decorating in an heirloom style will add to your decor

, it will make your home tell a story of times before. Like those old mansions that you see on older movies, beautiful and fabulous. It's really easy to change your decoration into a fabulous looking heirloom style. All you need is a bit of creativity, and if you happen to have it some family treasures that were passed down to you.

Begin with some beautiful wallpaper. Older homes were always covered in wallpaper, so you want to imitate that same historic look. If you don't want to cover your whole room in paper, just cover one wall. Choose a dramatic damask pattern or some stately stripes and your whole room will come alive. Paint the surrounding walls a complimentary color and use the papered wall as a focal point in your room. You can also use small touches of wallpaper throughout the room to accent your focal wall. Try framing some scrap pieces of the same wall paper and hanging them on an opposite wall for a neat effect.

Rugs will also add the focus on the main piece in the room. Placing an oriental rug underneath the heirloom or even in the middle of the floor will bring out the historic effect in the room. Many heirlooms from back in the day weren't really colorful so this is the change to add a punch of color into the room's appearance. Rugs are always a great decor to add into a room even if you are trying to make it an antique styled area. Try to avoid modern rugs when purchasing one so it won't clash with the heirloom piece since it's very different than what they had back in the day.

If you are able to find a great mirror which is framed and looks antique, place this in your room. This will be a great way to reflect the design and also bring the country feel into the home. Also you can purchase little glass accents to place throughout the room so you have more reflective designs.

If you are looking for a few more furniture items to place in the room, try searching antique shops or even flea markets. You'll probably be able to find an old wing back chair which was always popular back then. This will give you that country feel as well once it's added in with the heirloom. Draping a quilt over the chair will also bring back memories to your older family members when they see this in the room. Quilts are always a great idea to add when you are creating an antique feel.

The last item you'll need to add in the room is a beautiful crystal chandelier. They hardly ever used lamps when it came to lighting. If you look in older books you'll see they usually had an old chandelier hanging in their rooms. If you would like a few more lighting fixtures, add a lamp which looks old fashion. Usually anything in a deep gold tone will make you think of an antique. Always remember there should be one focal point and it would be the family heirloom which is now in your possession.

by: Abbie Osborne-Wilson

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