subject: Home Decoration [print this page] Everyone wishes to live with pride and prestige at their homes and is more curious to make it the way they had expected. Decorating homes is one of the traditional themes dating back to the beginning of the Human civilization. Since the human race starred evolving, there have been tremendous changes observed in the house keeping trends and ornamentation of homes. Beautification of home during the time of festivals, birthdays, wedding ceremonies and feasts is a common tradition followed by most of the population all round the world.
Decoration of homes can be classified into three main categories
Traditional
Country or Rustic
Casual or contemporary
But today everyone goes for contemporary type of decoration since traditional type of decoration brings a feeling of homesickness among the residents. However there is variation of styles adopted by the residents from one place to other. Dominance of different styles is observed in various regions. But most preferred qualities of decorations are cleanliness, simplicity and minimal furnishing with intermittent geometric patterns.
Home decoration is not at all an expensive affair, but it needs a lot of planning for realizing the right look as expected.
Choosing the right trends for decoration, Floor Planning, lamps and lighting, Home furnishing and texturising all factors play a major role in giving an attractive looks for our dwellings.
Here are some of the tips for decorating homes
Wallpapering and painting on walls with installation of wood paneling gives good looks to the walls.
Providing the flooring materials such as tiles, carpets, wooden flooring, linoleum, solid hard wood flooring adds beauty to the floors.
Improving the fixtures, cabinets and sinks of the kitchen rooms and bathrooms.
Replacing and repairing the old and worn-out sliding, windows etc
Backyard improvement by providing sliding doors, creating swimming pools and fencing in the gardens.
Incorporating energy saving devices which reduces the utility costs.
Covering the armchair with designer towels.
Using mirrored dressing for tables.
Rearrange the furnitures that are readily available to the places where it is really needed.
Christmas Decoration also includes covering most of the walls of the living room with, colour papers, dressing up the teddy bears with bright colorful ribbons, suspending heavy white lacy snowflakes around the windows, hanging the ornamental houseplants etc will bring the festive mood through the minds of the celebrators. Christmas is a festival where no part of the home is left undecorated.
