Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Do your walls seem dull and uninviting? Do you long for a cozy, welcoming room? Consider decorative wall painting techniques, such as sponging, ragging, stenciling or stamping. Even if you have no experience, you can brighten even the dullest room quickly and cheaply with one of these easy decorative wall painting techniques.
Before painting your room, pick out a color scheme for your walls. When you chose your paint, remember that many painting techniques use two shades of one color. If you are using one of the techniques that does use two shades of color, you can pick a darker color than you normally would chose for your base color, since the lighter top color will make the final result much lighter.
To sponge or rag a wall, paint on your base color and let it dry thoroughly. Then, dip your sponge or rag into the lighter paint color and sponge or drag the lighter color over the base coat until you are satisfied with the effect. If you are unhappy with your final result, you can repaint any areas that you don’t like with the base coat. Once the repainted area is dry, repeat the faux painting technique.
If you are considering using a decorative painting technique such as stenciling or stamping, you may just want to create a wallpaper effect by stamping or stenciling a simple design over your base coat. However, you may want to go a step further with your project and use stencils or stamps to create a faux brick or stone wall. You don’t need to be an artist to create one of these faux finishes. Just follow these simple steps. First, paint the walls with the color you chose for the mortar between the bricks or stones. Once the base coat is dry, stamp or stencil your bricks or stones over the base coat. Once the brick or stonework is dry, spatter a bit of the darker color over your faux art to give it depth and make it appear more realistic.
Decorating a bedroom is a wonderful way to create a personal expression of your tastes, likes, dislikes and moods.
Bedroom - a place to unwind,let your hair down and put up your feet-all very casual and private activities.For all the time spent and the intimacy it demands,a bedroom takes very careful and detailed planning.Not because it is the most personal room in a house but because it is a room WHERE YOU DREAM !!!
What is life without dreams??And what is a better place to dream in than your own bedroom?So that is what a bedroom really is-a place to rest and relax,to share a few quiet moments with yourself,to sleep away the weariness of a long,hard day.
As the most private,personalised space in a home,the bedroom must necessarily reflect its user's lifestyle,his practical needs, aesthetic preferences and also his dreams,and this is exactly why a bedroom decor poses a challenge to interior designers.To design an ideal bedroom for a client,the designer must get to know the client's innermost thoughts and ideas,his cultural background and upbringing,his temperament and his personal conception of a dream bedroom;besides the more tangible factors such as his needs in terms of the storage space provided or his taste in terms of the colour scheme he would like best. All these diverse factors govern aesthetic decisions,which explains the high degree of subjectivity involved.That is why one cant really set up aesthetic byelaws;nor can these byelaws find an easy acceptance,if indeed they are made.The first thing to do when your home starts feeling cramped is to analyse the way you are using available space.All too often,there is too much unrequired furniture.Even clearing out stacks of old magazines, empty bottles and worn out clothes,will make you realise how much space you have and how incorrectly you have been using it.
Bedroom - a place to unwind,let your hair down and put up your feet-all very casual and private activities.For all the time spent and the intimacy it demands,a bedroom takes very careful and detailed planning.Not because it is the most personal room in a house but because it is a room WHERE YOU DREAM !!!
What is life without dreams??And what is a better place to dream in than your own bedroom?So that is what a bedroom really is-a place to rest and relax,to share a few quiet moments with yourself,to sleep away the weariness of a long,hard day.
As the most private,personalised space in a home,the bedroom must necessarily reflect its user's lifestyle,his practical needs, aesthetic preferences and also his dreams,and this is exactly why a bedroom decor poses a challenge to interior designers.To design an ideal bedroom for a client,the designer must get to know the client's innermost thoughts and ideas,his cultural background and upbringing,his temperament and his personal conception of a dream bedroom;besides the more tangible factors such as his needs in terms of the storage space provided or his taste in terms of the colour scheme he would like best. All these diverse factors govern aesthetic decisions,which explains the high degree of subjectivity involved.That is why one cant really set up aesthetic byelaws;nor can these byelaws find an easy acceptance,if indeed they are made.The first thing to do when your home starts feeling cramped is to analyse the way you are using available space.All too often,there is too much unrequired furniture.Even clearing out stacks of old magazines, empty bottles and worn out clothes,will make you realise how much space you have and how incorrectly you have been using it.
Your living room is the space where you spend much of your leisure time, and it is likely where you entertain. Your living room is likely the room that guests associate with you. It is also where you may read, complete craft projects, watch television, and spend time with your family. In many homes, the living room is the heart of a home. Being able to create a peaceful, relaxing, and attractive environment for the living room is very important for fostering your relationships at home and for de-stressing after a hectic day at work. If it has been a while since you have even thought about your living room, it is high time to take a fresh look at this vital part of your home.
There many things that you can do to ensure that your living room decor not only suits your style and your budget, but also provides you with maximum benefits. The first thing you should do is sit quietly in your living room when there’s no one else around. Take a pen and paper and jot down your impressions of your living room. Is it too warm? Too cold? Are there adequate windows and light? Does it feel cozy, or is it busy and crowded? Are you using your living room each day, or are you inadvertently avoiding this room because it is unpleasant? Is the room tidy or neat? Is the furniture old-fashioned? Your first impressions are probably not only the impressions that your guests have, but these impressions may inadvertently be impacting your day. For example, if your living room is too dark, you may inadvertently feel sleepy or depressed each time you sit in your living room. For both better entertaining and better home living, make it a plan to redo your living room to suit your current lifestyle.Consider how you would start over if you had a blank slate. Would you prefer different color on the walls? Would you prefer a different couch? Look through and decorating books and decorating magazines, and find ideas that appeal to you. Post them into a scrap book and visit online retailers and stores to get ideas for paint colors, fabrics, and furnishings. Since tackling living room projects can take some time, set yourself a budget and a timeline and make your changes gradually. While you save for a new sofa, for example, you may be able to repaint the room or rearrange the furniture. You may be able to add inexpensive slip covers for the furniture or just remove the extra clutter from the room. Even small changes can start you on the way towards a nicer living space and can make you feel instantly better about your room as it is now.
one of the easiest ways to get home decoration ideas is to simply watch television these days. There are several shows that are dedicated to the subject of completely redesigning an entire house room by room. The biggest problem with watching these television shows is having something in front of you as documentation. So a couple of ideas that may help out is to have a pencil and paper available to take notes as you go, and also to record the program for viewing later on.
Even though you may get some great home interior design ideas from these television shows, ask yourself whether or not they will fit well in your particular home. Just because they look great on television in someone else's home does not mean that it will fit in well in your home. So try to visualize the whole project from beginning to end in your house. And plan, plan, plan. By taking extra precaution in the planning stages, you can ensure a more problem free application.
Another way to get excellent ideas for interior design is to look through magazines on the subject. There is no shortage of magazines that are devoted to home decoration and interior design. Believe it or not, even many professional interior designers collect large quantities of magazine articles and pictures and store them in a way that will help them have a larger pool of ideas to draw from in the future. Not being a professional yourself, it may be a good idea to start your own scrapbook of home interior design articles and photos that you can separate according to a specific theme or room type. Sometimes, the best decoration ideas are a combination of things that are brought together from several different sources to form a unique, one-of-a-kind design
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