subject: Creating A Solid Decorating Foundation With Contemporary Furniture [print this page] Can you recall the many different interior design changes you have made throughout your life? When you were a child, you may have liked special character themes. Perhaps when you were a teenager, you were drawn to the more dramatic and bold themes. College years probably presented more trendy styles. After college, you probably found yourself attracted to various styles, colors and themes which changed often.
Most all trends have a very common factor. When a trend is popular, it probably appears as if the particular trend is extremely sophisticated and elegant at the time. Perhaps you feel like you will love the trend for many years. But as time passes, you start not liking the theme as much as you once did. So you finally decide to redecorate with the newest and most trendy furniture on the market. You pull out your large furniture or your country style cabinets. It's hard to believe that these pieces of furniture which once cost a nice amount of money are now being sold in a thrift store for someone's first apartment.
Along with contemporary furniture styles comes an ability which is very interesting. Contemporary rooms equipped with contemporary furniture make huge statements. The room has a very dramatic feel to it. If you mix contemporary furniture in with a room where nothing matches the anything else, the result is quite the opposite.
Let's take a quick look at the most dramatic of contemporary furniture - for example, the large, red leather couch you once loved so much.
Think about a possibility of your styles changing as time passes. You may not want contemporary furniture any longer and may opt for a more American Style. You imagine your house decorated in old antiques, farm pictures and flowering fabric.
So you now may ask yourself what can I do with the big red couch?
You can simply drape an old afghan across one of the arms of the couch. There's no need in covering the arm up, a simple drape will work. You can also lay a few country style pillows across the couch and place a lacey doily on the each arm. The couch will look wonderful next to a set of eyelet white curtains and an old rocking chair. If you use several bits of the color red through out your house, this will help offset the red couch. The couch will look as if you bought it on purpose rather than being stuck with it.
There are many other home decorating techniques you can combine with furniture that is contemporary. You can make something sleek look softer or make it have a more historical feel.
To start off, you should examine the larger pieces of furniture you have and consider each one to be a great investment. You can implement a contemporary style through your main furniture pieces and change each style by only altering a few things. There's no need in to have to replace your old furniture each time you decide to go with a new theme.
