subject: Putting Accent On Your Walls [print this page] Some people enjoy purchasing furniture while some are having difficulty selecting the right wall accessory to hang on the wall. Hanging pictures, plaques, as well as other accessories are challenging especially coordinating them with other items. Plain walls often are difficult to match furnishings.Here are a few ideas for adding accent to any wall in any room in your home:
1. Bathrooms Coordinate ceramic fixtures using the room's color scheme and overall theme. For instance, if you choose a beach design, you may want to hang some starfish, shells, or work with a corner part of netting to enhance the beach motif. Match cupboards and countertops, mirrors and fixtures with the help of similar design of towel bars, soap dishes, and also other accessories.
2. Hallways Hallway walls are wonderful areas to paint accent color that connects the colors of the walls in the entire place. As an example, if the motif of your property is country, hang rustic barnyard or woodland prints with matching or coordinating frames inside the upstairs or downstairs halls. Plants, whether a bloom or a fern, adds a country feel to the area. Another great feature if you have enough wall space is adding a large indoor water feature. Indoor fountains are modern and sophisticated accessories that would work well with any decor.
3. Bedrooms - Fresh flowers, draperies, and family photographs are all wonderful items to hang in bedroom walls. Kids' rooms can sometimes include a bulletin board for collecting favorite trading cards, notes, friends' photos, and autographed images of celebrities. Posters are another kids' favorite, display trophies, plaques, or awards in the bookshelf.
4. Kitchen or Dining Room Orange or dark red are a few of the colors you can use on the kitchen or dining room walls. Flower or vegetable images are great wall decorations for the kitchen or dining room. You can also decorate the wall with ceramic plates. If you are using a wallpaper design, coordinate the prints with the colors in the entire home. Another great decorative items are assorted baskets or cookware that you can hang on the wall they add a homey touch to the area.
5. Living and family rooms Any artwork or painting can look great in any living room wall. Family photographs and certificates go on the wall of your family room. Proper lighting can highlight the walls in the living and family rooms. Lighting effects are also great in creating a certain ambiance to the from cozy, comfortable, to elegant or romantic. Adding wall shelving or bookshelves for storing books and other collectibles are perfect space savers.
6. Garage - Plenty of people would simply stack boxes of unwanted items in the garage. However, the garage is another room in the home great for storing tools and other things used daily. Add a pegboard or shelves to store house and automotive tools in the garage.
Fabric and vinyl materials make unique wall coverings. You can glue them to the wall using glue for fabric or vinyl or spray adhesive and create interesting patterns and colors. Choose textures that have unique designs. Grass beach mats are also interesting wall coverings.
You can also try creating patterns out of beads on your wall. Simply take colored beads and glue them onto the wall arranging them in any shape or pattern that you like. You can also use beads to embellish pictures frames and other items before hanging them on the wall. Beads are great for creating borders on any wall.
These might sound all too complex or simple but the best tool in designing your walls is to let your imagination guide you.
