If your ever planning to decorate your home,and don't know where to start the first thing to do is to find out your personal style. There are many different design style, that might appeal to you.
For instance, Victorian, Retro, Southwestern, Asian style, Moroccan or African are few...European decorating style are very popular from Mediterranean and Tuscan style, to French Country, English cottage, and Italian Renaissance style.
One very popular home decorating style and very often found in Vancouver home is shabby chic. This stylish fits in perfectly with all the recent attention on saving, recycling and become ecologically friendly- is also a very good fit in a difficult economical situation.
You can re-purposing older furniture paint them with a sign of distress is a foundation of this causal yet elegant style. Older, vintage fabrics, painting mix of china and glassware as well as decorating accessories and silk roses characterize this style.
Another style to consider and very common is the Traditional style. A traditional style decor often is very symmetrical and balanced with furniture and accessories centered in pairs. Everything is very neat and orderly.
Living rooms is usually upholstered in smooth fabrics and gentle curve lines. White and cream colours are most often used in the Traditional style for lamps shades, draperies, painted trim, chair rails. Window treatments are traditional sheers or draperies on travers rods. Lamps are matching and place in pairs. The dinning rooms in complete with large rectangular table, big rug centred beneath, and hardwood flooring.
A country interior design style guide will be varied. You can go rustic( simple lakeside cabin with only basic home decorating furnishing, new country airy and light with no window coverings and minimal furnishing)
Contemporary country ( still simple and homey but using red, black, and wihite as your accent colours) English and French country ....hm you get the picture.
Country is a popular decorating style because it is so informal and features lots of baskets, iron, pottery combine to make this wonderful accents most hand made. This style make the house feels like home and visitors feels welcome and relaxed in this slightly old-fashion atmosphere.
An interior design style guide to contemporary home decorating will suggests minimal window treatments,and uncluttered rooms. For accessories a single important big piece or a major painting may be all the you find in a room. Fabrics have interesting textures, furniture will have light colours, natural wood or metal. Don't mistake this look for modern!
With all this different decorating style to choose from, hopefully you've found one that really appeals to you. Have fun decorating, and don't forget make it own,and enjoy your home! Make your house a Home!
If you have any more information please send me an email and let me know how I can help you!
Happy decorating,
Magda xo
