Don’t Let Your Budget Stop You From Decorating
Most people end up having a lot of different furniture styles in their home. Pieces passed on from generation to generation in their family, a table or random lamp found at a garage sale, and maybe a special piece or two from a dumpster dive. How can you combine all these different pieces in a harmonious way to create a unified and stylish look in your home?
A beautiful space is created through its balance and harmony and not the amount of money you spend on the pieces in the room. Though it important that the finishes in a room and the furnishings should relate to one another, they don’t have to necessarily have the same price. One very expensive piece can be complemented by several inexpensive ones. With a little bit of creativity, you can design a whole room around one expensive & elegant piece quite effectively.
There are two rules to remember when you are decorating; keep things as simple as possible or totally the opposite; go funky. It’s our nature to associate simple to clean and funky to all over the place. But if you want to go funky you can do that by being creative.
Combining antiques and modern pieces can be used to create a very chic trendy bohemian feel to a space. The contrast between the flaws in the antique and the perfect, clean lines of the modern piece can really add character to a room. A nice piece of furniture can sometimes combine these two factors in a very eye-catching manner. Consider checking out IKEA and similar stores for pieces that pull from the best of both worlds, the modern and the antique. For example IKEA offers inexpensive tables that can be customized with your choice of made-to-order stone tops. This small bit of customization gives the piece a more expensive look and can be accented nicely with several smaller inexpensive pieces.
When shopping for furniture, choose only a few pieces from stores so you won’t look completely formal. Mix and match carefully but these are the keys to doing it right.
Make your antique look like a modern piece of furniture by carefully placing it with other pieces. You may want to choose a shabby antique look and that is easy to do. You need an area rug to put down on the floor that will give your room an antique look like a Persian or Oriental rug. You can take a look at the area rugs online to get an idea of what you can use in your home.
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