Trends in home decoration

Posted by pankti | Architects, Bedroom, Decorating, Flooring, Furnishings, Home Furnishing, Interior designers | Wednesday 31 March 2010 8:21 am

There are number of home decorating trends. There are many styles that do vary from region to region but one thing is common in all the home decoration styles and that is the universal class and appeal of the styles. In a shrinking world, decoration styles are no longer restricted to a particular region. People are longing for new designs and they don’t mind adopting ‘different’ decorative styles. The home décor style initiated with primitive style that basically refers to an early stage of development. As the name suggests this is the most basic style of home décor. It includes handcrafted antique items, rag dolls and old wooden hay rakes etc.

Country style of décor has wooden dovetailed boxes, cotton fabrics, antique cotton quilts, stoneware bowls, woolen fabrics, hoosier cupboards and enamelware etc. the pieces of home décor are quite old but classic in nature. If you have seen rich brocades and velvets in walls, window dressings and future then it must be Victorian style of home décor. Victorian furnishing is complimented by mauves, burgundies, and shades of rich blues. Contemporary style is all about bold and bright patterns. It has mainly light-colored background. Accessories should have bright splashes of color. To compliment the contemporary décor, one can add abstracts and vinyl.

One of the popular and classy home decorative styles is French Country. Some of the highlights of this style are tiles on wall and floor, blues, rooster collections and an eclectic mix of elegance and rustic flavor. Art deco refers to the styles of 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. Vibrant colors, metal furnishings, elegant lines and inlayed furniture etc were the hallmarks of this style. If you are fond of pastel colors, go for Cottage Country. Cottage type flowers, lightly covered windows and painted wicker etc are prime characteristics of this style. Some of the other home decorative styles are Eclectic, Traditional, Rustic, Mediterranean, Spanish, Oriental, Modern, classical and Whimsical.

Curtain Decoration

Posted by pankti | Curtains, Decorating | Sunday 28 March 2010 8:20 am

 

curtains-indian-patchworkCurtains play a crucial role in transforming the looks of a room. Curtains and window treatments are important parts of home décor. Tasteful usage of curtains can brighten up the room. Let’s suppose, you want to have a light and festive touch in your room and you are wondering how to do it. Among the other options, what you can do here is to turn your plain white Priscilla’ into instant café-style tiers. You will need to get rid of typical pocket rod containing white priscillas and then put the curtains in adjustable tension rod. Please ensure that tension rod fits comfortably in your window. You have your light and festive touch in the room now.

Many households have sliding glass door-walls and most often than not, they are covered with plain, standard lined, pleated curtains. But if you are willing for some experimentation here, try snowy night sky idea by taking a queen size bed sheet that must be freshly ironed in navy blue color. Put a rod along the sheet’s long end and use it in the door wall that has an extra glass panel. Go for those shiny silver-and-white snowflake stickers and use them on the blue panel. They will remain stuck to bed-linens for a long time. The stickers are quite inexpensive as well. You are free to customize the bed-linen any which way you want.

 

You always the choice of customizing your curtains and make your doors and windows look appealing. You can add a window topper or use stickers, embroidery, lace trims, beads, ribbons, glitter, poster paints and many such things. Here, you are restricted only by your imagination. As you can see, there is no shortage of fascinating curtain ideas. We have discussed just a few but you can explore several more and make your home décor fascinating.

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